The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-06
SP[NT IN IHE CAMPAIGN
CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES RE-
PORT ELECTION Elk
PENSES
USED PLENTY OF CIGARS
Republican Committee Spent Nearly
$500 for Smokes = Harrington
Couldn't Keep Away-SOme
Individual Accounts.

Yesterday was the last day or the FL
ing of election expense accounts, and as
a result q goodly number of them We're
filed with the county auditor
The unsuccessful attempt of Her elmer
tombstone to land the Republican noT,i
nation for county attorney cost hun just
$21.5O. Spike" Harrington, a familiar
figure III political circles arodnd cleo
ton time, is credited with having g of
this am0nnt. In speaking Of the Lnat-
ter, in his report, Mr.. tombstone Says:
'Faid to one Spike Harrington, on or
about Aug. 20, 1900, the sum of So for the
purpose and upon the express under
standing and agreement chat the said
Harrington should remain WAY from
the office of said affiant until after said
county convention, which agreement sad
Harrington thereafter frequently VIC
lated"
The statement of the Republican coun-
ty committee was not filed with the
county auditor until nearly $50 yester-
day afternoon, and showed that the
committee had received $5,731.9S with
which to run the campaign, and that it
spent $5,6H.22 OF this, the generous
amount of $1S5.75 was spent for cigars
so that the committee and it's friends
must have had plenty of smoking. Z he
following are the items given for which
the rest of the money was spent:
Printing, $744. so; newspapers, $311.5O; of
fees and hall rent, $3.50. 10; clerk hire,
$3.50; postage, $62 so; stationery, 1882;
sample ballots, $65 rs; music and decorat-
ing, S249. so; travelling expenses, SIS; rent
Of furniture and chairs. $110; speeches,
$50. so: subscriptions toward clubs, $209. so;
livery, $619; signs and tranSparencleS,
1852. 40; canyassing voters, $947; challeng-
ers, $500.
The report of the county Prohibition
committee shows that the committee
after paying out the money received, is
still $211 in debt; $387.26 was received,
and $S8496 was paid out, of which 500
went to pay the committee apportion-
ment for the Woolley special tram and
$67 was paid out for the rent, light and
Janltor service for the meeting in the
auditorium. The remaining $77.96 went
for miscellaneous expenses.
DIR. V. j. Hawkins, candidate for cor
oner on the Republican ticket, spent $299
and of this amount he claims to have
given $6O5O away to church societies and
charities.
Edward A Oakley, candidate for coun-
ty auditor on the Prohibition ticket saws
he spent only $40; Fred C. Schroeder
candidate for county commissioner on
the Democratic ticket, spent $50, and E.
M. Card, candidate for district judge on
the Populist ticket, made his run with
out spending anything
The aspirations of Edward J. Helm
bach to secure the Republican nominal
ton for abstract clerk, cost him $25. and
DR.. Edward H. Haas, who tried to Sc
cure the Republican nomination for cor
oner, spent $3.50.
1t cost W. w. Rich, of New Brighton,
$!5 to be elected to the legislature from
the Thirty-seventh district
Leo Cornick who ran on the Ponu1ic+
ticket for the legislature in the Fourth
ward, claims he spent 500, while M. F.
Kahn says it cost him $3.50 in endeayor-
ing to get the Democratic nomination
for county treasurer
D. A. Potter, treasurer of the state
committee of the Socialist and Labor
party claims that the committee only
received $40 and spent $17S.45. Accord NJ
to Mr.. Potter, the committee Still owes
$3O97.