Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-10
COSTS OF THE ELEoTloN.
What ths Candidates aud Parties in
New YORK Had TO Pay on
Yesterday
New York World.


New York World.
in the gray dawn OF election day
about 800 express wagons ratified over
the pavements Of New York, carrying
little punch-and-Judy boxes to the
election precints As the ticket-ped-
oilers are not allowed close to the POLL
ing places. these stalls had to be fur.
nished by the candidates for office, but
their workers might be ON the epot.
70 accommodate the several parties
and factions required about Ave booths
in each election district which
made n total OF $500 for
the CITY, and at IS apiece, the cost
was $l7600 Around these were
gathered the party workers who mum
bered twenty five foreach box, making
"A total Of 1880 men. They got SIS
apiece, which called for $50 600 for
their services alone. When they found
an undecided man they did not lead
him under n tree aud talk him to
death, but took him directly 10 the
nearest saloon and gave him all he
wanted to drink. The good man was
grateful and did as he was directed,
but the heller drew on the candidates
for the money expended. Fifty dollars
was not very big roll yesterday. and
supposing that each of the II $40
workers had that much, the total fund
was $500 900. Each worker had
handfal of ballots, and IL was estimat-
I'd that the cost Of printing them was
$3.50 900. This was arrived at by COM
putting that forty.siX candidates of
each of the political parties expended
about $1,000 for personal tickets TO be
distributed at the polls The COM
bined candidates had TO meet the fol-
lowing personal expenses:
Boxes for cket peddlers. ......... $50. 8 1880,
-ervioes Of workers .,...,-.......... 5000
Flu d for tng heelers.. d.. ............... $1,000
ost OF printing ticlets.-......... $4,000
otsl..,........ ............. ........ sl,alts&
This was the cost OF the go-Rs-you-
please race Of Republicans, Democrats,
Butlerites, Prohlbitionists and faction
lists anxious to be congressman, MAYOR,
comptroller, alderman, judge, coroner,
district attorney, civil Justice or MS
| semblyman. Each candidate was i'm
the hands of his friends, who
spent his money for him,
aud his only trouble was drawing
! checks wnen the several committees
made their demands The expense
varied greatly for the several candl-
dates, being greatest for mayor, con
gresham, comptroller and Judge. 1t
| If said that Grace and Grant were
c,iled upon for about 500. 900 each aud
| Gibbs for $l5 900 The judges of the
court of common pleas were assessed
| $40 900 Congressman had TO pay ac-
| cording 10 the closentss of their dis
tricts, Some We're assessed $50 for
each election district, and there are
| seventy.seven in some congressional
districts, making an Item of $3.50
which some had to pay to one faction
OF their party. If the county Demoe-
racy had the most power In a particular
district they ASSESSED the candidate for
congress very heavily. Tammany
bel contented with lees and Irving
Hall with still less. The same was
true OF the Republlcai factions, and
this money was placed by committees
of these several organizations In the
hands Of trusted woI kerA who used IL
to the hest advantage. The printing
bills were paid by the candidates Ia
person, or by their right-hand men,
who had charge of the canvass for
them. The boxes were paid for by the
party or faction Interested, but with
money collected from the candidates
Assembly aspirants paid about 800
into the general expense fund, and al
dermen paid the same, except the
would-be presidents of the aldermauic
board, who were assessed $1,000 The
private expenses incurred by these
minor candidates In dinners and other
favors were also great, so that few es.
capped with less than $1,000 expendi-
ture The mayoralty asplrants were
| .,nf n Tho a1HfffnnuI n taafaaI ~ lithn-
graphs Of themselves.
The city. county and state bear the
expense of receiving and counting the
votes. Ateach polling place are four
inspectors at q salary OF 81 so each for
five days, or $3.50 for each booth. Two
supervisors of election nj each polllsR
place are paid S. day for five days, or
$50 for each booth. Two clerks at
81 so for one day, makes SIS, and the
rent which is s. day, increases the
total expense Of polling place TO
500 For New York's 7l2 booths the
cost was SIG $40. The total amount
of money necessary to worry through
the day was as follows:
Expenses Of candidates ..........sl 2sB ,go0
Expresses 10 the state and county. l53,ei)
rotsl................... 81 ,sss, 4lo
Previous TO the election the ma
| tionsl. state and local committees and
candidates probably expended 500, 600
/ for printed documents and postage
stamps, which were sent TO New York
voters, making grand total OF 81 ,4s3. ?
40, or nearly million and . half dol
lars.
JacksOn's Defaleation $4,000.
AUGUSTA, GA, Nov. 0.-rhe defal
cation OF President Jackson Of the En-
lerprise factory Is $4,000 The stock
holders have elected Francis Coggin
prealdent and have ordered an issue OF
SIS 900 preferred stock, bearing eeyen
/ ns.r cent inleregt