Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-15

stone, eutenant-gOVerllOr. 100
Froehlich, secretary of state............ 1,56s75
Davidson, state tt 1895
Giljohann, Insurance commissioner....... 1885
Rice railroad commissioner 65750
Hicks, attorney general................... 32t 25
Harvey superintendent of education. 1860
DEMOCRATS.
Sawyer, governor. 949. so
Deuster. lieutenant governor. 800. 90
stromme. secretary of state....... ....... 312.00
Malek, state treasurer. ................ 100.25
Grace, attorney general 2I6.25
SCHNEIDER, insurance commissioner...... 68.14
Wilcox, railroad commissioner...... 430.50
The statement of G.. f. CrOnk of Mad
isOn, prohibition candidate for secretary
Of stale, shows that he spent $11, $6 of
which went to the state committee and
% to the county committee
EXPENSES IN WOOD COUNTY.
According TO the provisions of the
new election law, Sec 4543c, statutes of
1898, every candidate before any con-
vention or at any election, whether
elected or not, must file a statement of
his campaign expenses with the register
Of deeds within thirty days after said
election is held. The thirty day period
for the recent election in Wood county
xpred last Thursday. Local candidates
VARIED until the last moment TO attend
this matter. On Monday afternoon of
this week we called at the registers
office and found all statements of candi-
dates on file excepting those of James
Haasl democratic candidate for coroner,
VIM COrcoran and l.. w. Pitts, oppos
ing candidates for surveyor. The dem
ocratic nominee for treasurer, Michael
g. Fleckenstein, leads with an expense
account OF S123 81, while I. J. Cooper,
republican nominee for coroner. cerii-
tes he did not spend one cent.
The average expenditure is very small
in comparison with past years, thanks
to the dry" contract idea of 1898.
However, II is interesting to note that
numerous items of "cigars," "treats,"
services" 10 persons whose names indi-
cate they are saloon keepers, appear in
the statements; expenditures possibly
made before the agreement was signed.
Atlidavits now on file, duly subscribed
and sworn to, are as follows:
Receipts of the republican county
campaign fund, according TO statement
of their treasurer, Z s R,nne, were
SlS6.9l, all of which was expended
mostly for printing and postage.
K, ceipts of the democratic campaign
cummlttee, per statement of its treas
urrr, W. IL. Rec yes, we're Sl60,00 Dis
bursements were $l60 90.
f. NJ Deming, acting as treasurer of
the republican city committee in Marsh
field for a period of ninety days before
and thirty days after election, received
S33 and disbursed said amount; partic-
ularly III paving for election day liveries
and hiring men to get voters out to the
polls.
OF the candidates, W. H. Reeves,
county clerk elect, contributed a total
Of $55,l6. The total is made up of ex-
penditure for meals, railroad fare and
livery hire, S22 66; assessment to cam
pagn fund, $40; printing, SIP so.
+. S. Renne, republican candidate for
county clerk, paid $25 into campaign
fund; printing, 81; meals, livery and
railroad, $136l. Total sum, S42.s1.
NJ. q. Fleckenstein, democrat elect
for treasurer. $l23.62 The items are,
printing, $40; campaign assessment, $40;
paid treasurer Marshfeld city commit
tee, S25; hotel. livery, railroad, ETC.,
$50 g.
Chas. G. Ekelund. defeated for above
Office, contributed S25 to campaign fund;
paid $3.50 for printing and S22 II for
meals and travelling expenses, Total,
S5l.62.
Michael Vincent, sheriff elect, S64 rs.
The items are, $40 to campaign fund; !;
SO to printing; meals and travelling ex-
penses, S22 70; treated divers persons
in divers places to cigars, etc, in Ru-
dolph, Milladore. Auburndale and
Marshfeld, $500; subscription to
churches during campaign, 81.
n. VI. Berg, defeated candidate for
sheriff, S44.S4, of which S25 went into
campa gn fund, $5.62 for meals and
team hire, $l.S2 railroad fare, Sl2 40
cigars and miscellaneous expenses.
John Llndahl, unsuccessful candidate
before the republican convention for
sheriff, paid Sl2.6l in hotels, car fare
and treats. besides So spent in his be-
half by a canvasser.
T. j. Cooper did not contribute any
money or other valuable thing, nor
promise to do so IN any manner as
republican candidate for coroner.
VIII White, elected clerk of court, is
eNpensed $52 rs. Items are. printing,
$50 25; committee assessment, $40; hotel
aud travel, $14 rs; other expenses,
.S7.75.
j. I. Searls, republican candidate for
above office, SO Sc. Assessment to
campaign fund, SIS; printing, $3.50;