The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-14
How much did the sIndependent'
Fl0ater Get?

INDrAxAPoLIs, Dec. 6.-6ome daylight
was thrown this morning on the ltepuo-
licau fluances OF the lest campaign 10
this State. The State Committee prac-
ticalIy owns up TO having spent S2oO'Ov
In CARVING the State for Harrison. u
came out Inadvertentlys probably, 10 the
Journal here, the Republican organ.
The confession 10 not expressed, but The
i'm plicalIon 10 TOO br0sd not to be seen.
.Chairmap J. n. Huston, Of tho Repub-
|Iican 6iaie Central Committee, came
yesterday from Connersviile, accompa.
|nied By llis cashier, George Robinson. and
bringing with him the cash box and
|voucners OF the Republican State Com
lmistee since the Commiltee vacated lie
at the New Denisons i've
|dsys afler the late election. The chair
man and HE clerks have been busy On.
RsRed q bic home at Connersville, going
over the work Of the campaign, with Z
view 20 submitting bis final report %
1.-The state Committee. Ex-senator Nc.
Donald is widely credited with having
|stated that The Republican Committee oI
Indiana expended d 900 ,OO0 10 Tie late
|canvsss, spd others have given credit 70
|some OF the extrsvagsnt figures emanat'
ling from Democratic sources. II Sens.
|tor McDonaid's figures were divided By
lfour the rcsult would still be in excesl
lof the actual sum total Of moneys 70.
|ceived and expended by Chairman Hus
tons committee, considerably less thar
$1,000 OF which csme from the Repubii
lean National Committee
| The accounts which represent thiI
enormous expenditure. for the last sen
Itence above practically fixes o36O. 900 q
llhe Official statement Of the SUN disburs
led through the committee, consisting o
lStauton J. Peele, ext Chairman, and w
liz. McKeen, or Terre Haute. PsrtneI
John Il. ElaIn, Of The Has risOn firin, Il
Itbe other member Of the committee. bu
he IL absent on . visit 20 New York
lIt d said another hiut &C the size OF thl
financial part Of the committee's cam
IpaIgn work is given BY the following
also from the Journal.
~On the table at which the Financ(
.!Committee works lies : large v0iun,
Ipasted luIl OF rcceipts and vouchers fo
money expended, and beside Il is piled
'lbig bundle Of cancelled checks."
The mass Of these checks and bills VA
leo great that oil of yesterday Afternoon
land to-day was exhausted IN going ove
Them and checking them Oh against th
accounts. The Journal further remark
THAT the stories printed In Esstern news
.Ipapers Of the sums contributed by vari
lolis cities 90 help the Indiana Republi
cans we're exaggerated, but Il admit
THAT such contributors were made. III
lsjgnificant thing about these figures
thst IN The admission they contain -tha
the State Commitiee handled t25O. .00
during the campaign -is involved N i'm
)lpIied admission that the total sums spen
Iby the Republicans TO carry the Stat
was twice or three times that figure, To-
lie Il veil known there were large ex
lpendtsures Of money with which III,
Estate Committee had nothing 10 do
This ts 90 notorious that before and sine
ELECTION the faction Of the Republican
leaders who are opposed to Huston hav'
Openly boasted about The way In whicl
they hampered Huston personally, b,
'Iprevonting him or his committee from
handling the money In the StAte. Al
lhe funds that Dudley, for instance
could control, were handled through ID,
|other men.
| Il IL also asserted that Chairman Hus
ton desighedIy kept himself for pruden
tial reasons, . much - possible out o
the handling OF the doodle" But II
spite Of the attempts Of bic enemies 4
deprive him OF power, implied IL ths
handling Of the money, and IN spite o
his own reluctance % b mixed % viii
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