The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
RECENT CAMPAIGN
COST $29,2562O
Forty-seven of the Candidates
File Expense Accounts
Mr.. OICKEY GETS THE PRIZE
He Was Nominated With a Total Ex-
pense of $16.85-StiIes Spent More
Than Any Other Candidate,
While Greene Is Second.

Il OIlN-SeNeH OIL the GdnOludlco III AAhlA-
nation in the recent Jefferson county
primary spent 500, 756.2O during the cam
paign
Besides this amount the expense of con-
Quoting the primary was about $500.
There are more than twenty candidates
to be heard from. and 1t is estimated that
their expenses will go as high as $1,000.
This would make grand total of
500, 256. 20.
These figures give a clear idea of what
it costs to run for office in Jefferson
county.
About $4,000 of this money was wasted
In other words, those who spent 1t
reaped no reward whatsoever except In
ascertaining the exact number Of voters
who had stood by their promises.
Filing Accounts.
The new election law requires that every
candidate, defeated or successful, shall
file an expense account with the probate
Judge within thirty days after the cleo
ton. Wednesday was the last day. The
law further says that a failure to file such
an account is a msdemeanor, and is pun
DN Ii lllle ol ilbl less tAdh PA0V hoA
more than $1,000. Several candidates have
evidently broken the law, but unless
somebody pushes prosecution there may
yet be time for forgiveness.
There are forty-seven expense accounts
on file at the office of the probate judge,
and they are very interesting documents.
Some of the candidates in their desire to
keep the public well Informed have shown
the exact amounts expended on street
car transportation and some have jotted
down the price of the extra meals pur-
chased during pow-wows incident to the
campaign. One candidate shows where
he spent $3.50 for railroad rare and hotel
bills, and then adds an expense of $40 for
extra" hotel bills. He does not explain
the necessity of extra" bills, or why he
did not include 1t in his regular hote
Hills.
These interesting questions are left fol
the solution of voters who are interested
in knowing the actual disbursements OF
the men whose cause they fought oil
championed.
Street Car Fare.
| One tdnuludl6 dlHOuliSto bAAhe ~ 'oN
expended $3.50 for street car fare, bu
failed to show how much he had saved OF
transfers. His hack bill was $l1 and his
railroad fare $40. He had no hotel bill
evidently preferring to spend his nights
with constituents.
Charles X Dickey, who was nominated
for a member of the board of revenue
wears the laurel wreath, having work
ed his way through the campaign with q
total expense of s16s0.
Sam l.. Weaver, who was nominated
for third associate judge. Is wearing the
| blue ribbon In the contests for large Of
/ fees. He came under the wire ahead Of
the race with an expenditure of S275
his three opponents having dlsbursed
something over a total of $1,000.
Judge ]. p. Stiles filed the largest ex-
pense account of any of the candidates
having distributed $s3S5.7O, while Judge
Greene, who defeated him, is a close Sec
ond with ss099.1
In this connection the expense accounts
| in full of the candidates for probate judge
and county solicitor will be Of interest.
The items follows
Probate Judge.
j. p. stlles-Entrance fee, SIPS; adver-
Using. s195 rs; distributing cards and poll
ing precincts, $40; stamps and envelopes
s4s5; rent headquarters, telephone and
| lights, S47 so; car fare and hotel bills,
| s47. 20; printing tickets. $500; incidental ex-
| penses, 1891; clerical work, $185; workers
at polls, $S03 .35, buggy and hack hire
$500 Total, $685.. TO- Submitted by r.. w
Hammlll, manager.
S. e. Greene-Poll tax lists. $50; office
expenses, $474; rent. $lS5; ballots, $45
postage, $606. 60; newspaper communities
tions and advertisements, $422.55; print
ing s169.25; signs. s250; livery service
$500 So; stationery, $19 05; polling and can
wasting. $265 80; campaign agents, 1894
Total, S3099 10. Submitted by w. II. Ket
tig, manager.
For County Solicitor.
H. p Hefin-Entrance fee. 1920; post.
age stamps, 800; stationery and cards
$l5925; newspaper, for articles published
s512.l3; typewriting, $50; canvassing dis
| tributing cards, S305.50; travelling expenses
and railroad fare. s12.10. Total, s1iSo.35
Submitted by II. p. Helm.
| w. K. Terry-Printing, s22S; advertise
ments, $182; office assistance, $50; can.
/ NdSStIS, ozfo.fOf pOStdbt, SiVt l1l1piiDhs
service, s12; total, s7674O. Submitted by
A. o. Lane, manager.
John d. Strange-Announcem $50
postage s77.31; cards, $50; letters, $ll.95
street car fare, 1920; railroad fare. 1881
tickets, $3.50; entrance fee, $40; sundry ex-
penses, So. Is; total, s2O675 Cash returned
from committee $3.50; total sl9795.
Other Candidates.
By taking one of the ballots used in
the recent primary election and putting
the amount of expense opposite the name
CT each candidate the following result OBJ
tains:
For Judge of the Circuit court-chares
A. Sem, S45
For First Associate Judge Of the Cir
| CURT Court-A. A. Coleman, $l420; q. r..
Harsh, ssO6.95.
For Second Associate Judge Of the Cir
| cult Court-c. W Ferguson, $3.50.
! For Third Associate Judge of the Cir
cult Court-W. c. Garrett, A24S5; H. I,
Rudolph, $Sle.40; Won L. Thompson,
$500 80; Sam L. Weaver. SITS.
| For Probate Judge-Samael Z. Greene,
| 5000 10; j. p. Stiles. s33S5.70.
] For County solicltor-H. p. Helm