Cannot Pay

Money, politicians know, oils the wheels of the political machine. Last week Democrats, buoyed with hopes for 1928 elections, found their exchequer in the usual sad state. A report filed by the Democratic National Committee, with the clerk of the House of Representatives, showed a debt of over $200,000. Republicans, smarting under charges of bought elections, tartly replied that Democrats have no scandals because they cannot pay for them.

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