mpartial stand,
and accordingly seeks to publish all of the news, creates a sensation by
the publication of a tabulated statement of the contributions paid into
the treasury of the Plutocratic party. This table shows a total of
forty-seven millions of dollars.

With such a sum to expend, and with the knowledge that the chairman of
the finance committee will see that every dollar is properly
distributed, it is not unreasonable to suppose that a house to house
canvass of the doubtful states has actually been made. The corruption
fund provides more than three dollars for each voter in the land.

Did Marcus think that one hundred million dollars will be necessary, he
would demand that sum, and it would not be withheld by the prosperous
band that derives its wealth from the law-makers whom Marcus elects.

What a contrast is presented by the headquarters of the Independence
party. It is in a dilapidated hall in the western part of the city. The
only feature of the furnishings in keeping with the times, is the Bureau
of Publicity. This provides the campaign committee with telegraphic and
telephonic communication with the country at large.

The instruments are arranged on two plain deal tables. In its appearance
the room is more like the editorial room of a hustling Western newspaper
than the headquarters of a political organization that is aspiring to
elect a President of the United States. The floor is bare; obsolete gas
fixtures afford the artificial light that is made necessary day and
night. The chairs and benches that are scattered about the room, are of
the type commonly seen in cheap music halls. There are no ante-rooms, no
council chambers and no secret cabinets.

A campaign fund of but two hundred and sixty thousand dollars has been
raised through the agency of the labor organizations. This comparatively
paltry sum is being doled out in niggardly fashion by a finance
committee who feel reluctant to part with a single dollar unless assured
that it will have a hundred fold its natural effect on the result.

There are some causes that do not need money to make them successful,
and the people's fight against Plutocracy is one of this kind. It needs
only the awakening of the people's interest to make victory certain.

The surest way of gaining the public ear is by sending out speakers.
There is no dearth in the supply of brilliant orators who offer their
services. They foresee that the crucial test is to be given the