Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-16
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES
How the Money Was Distributed Dur
ing the Recent Campaign
Facts and Figures.

Additional statements of campaign ex-
penses have been filed by candidates as fol-
lows:
Cunningham r. Scott, candidate for dis
trict Judge, poured, according to his verbose
certificate, s34.10 into the mad race for
office. His committee does not appear to
have levied any assessment and he testifles
in the document that he bought neither
whisky, beer nor cigars for any human
being. He blew in his coin on hotel bills,
livery hire, care Of horses, printing and $1.55
street car fare. One OF the items reads:
Bennington, horse feed cheese and crack
ers, liveryman and cheese vendor not
known, 4Oc."
George A. Magney, aspirant for district
judgeship, put $40 into the Golfers of the
popuist committee, 500 into postage, $40
into Royal Woodman advertising, $3.50 into
boost in the Excelsior 1921 railroad fare
and enough more into printing and adver-
tising to run the total up to s1O1.21.
A. N. Ferguson, another fusion candidate
for district Judge, tapped his wallet for
SIS. so, OF which the democratic county COM
mttee got $50, the rest going to railroad
and street car fares, hotel bills and
printing.
Irving G. Baright got against it for $236,
OF which 5000 was his assessment as cand-
date for clerk of the district court He was
touched for S. for a notice in the Royal
Woodman and spent $31 for campaign cards.
F. B. Bryant candidate for county treas
urer spent s126, of which $10O was his
assessment. He paid NJ. Inman and NJ. Mary
IS each for services, the Royal Woodman
got s6 and $40 went for cards.
Henry Z. Ostrom put $3.50 into his cam
paign for county commissioner, of which S25
was assessment by the committee, IS went
to the Royal Woodman and the rest for
printing.
George Mcbride, candidate for county sur
veyor, spent 1925, Of which $3.50 was his as
sessment, 81 went to the Royal Wcodman,
IS each to the Excelsior and Progress, $50
to the South Omaha Sun and the rest to
livery hire and campaign cards.
Peter Hofeldt, for county commissioner,
didn't spend a cent except the $1O0 assess
ment Of the county committee.
N. NJ. Howard, candidate for Board of Ed
ucation, paid a $40 assessment and let it go
at that.
The limit which a candidate for a county
office was allowed to sexpend in his canvass
has been figured at s2S5, the law allowing
the expenditure of 500 for the first 5000
votes cast at the previous election for the
office, and $1.50 extra for each 100 votes.
Many of the candidates persistently include
railroad fare in campaign expenses, although
the law expressly states that it does not
apply to travelling expenses. All of them
include hotel bills in their campaign ex
penses, just as If they would not eat II they
were not running for office.
Certificates were filed by candidates for
smaller Offices as follows: William G. An
derson, assessor, $3.50 for cards. Charles
Townsend, overseer, Florence, nothing;
Jacon Levy, justice of the peace, South
Omaha, s13, of which $1.50 was for uniden-
titled 'ncidentals;" p. ]. King, police judge,
South Omaha, IS for printing; P. C. Cald-
WE'LL justice Of the peace, South Omaha,
Sc for printing; e. R. Hume justice of the
peace for West Omaha, nothing; l.. F. Etter,
assessor for South Omaha, $31.75, of which
$40 was assessment and $21.75 for Carriage
hire and other legitimate expenses" w. II.
Hollins, overseer for Waterloo, swears in
his affidavit that "hs election cost him $00;"
Fritz Schlatz and Henry Clausen for con-
stableI in Millard, and Henry Kelsey and
Fred W. Ebener justices of the peace at the
same place, spent nothing, as did Charles
Thoelke and John Fundaberg, overseers in
that precinct; Bryce Crawford, for justice of
the peace, spent $40 for assessment, $3.50 for
cards and $S75 to various parties for errands
and electoneering at the polls; r. J. King,
for police judge at South Omaha, put So into
the committee and 81 into cards.