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To The grand total might be added

To The grand total might be added
paid their own expenses during costly
tours OF the state and country.
Much OF the Democratic committees
money has been used in establishing or
gani1ations In states which had been
largely neglected IN former campaigns and
, to meet Republican aggressiveness in In
diana and states In the far west. To
Indiana alone the Democratic national
committee sent upward Of 100000. The
state committee added generous sum
to this amount, ell OF which Mr.. Tag
CART has used 10. get out his vote.
GREAT SUMS SPENT IN NEW YORK.
The Republican national committee has
sent hundred OF thousands OF dollars into
the upstate counties OF New York, and
Governor Odeu spent in the nelghborhood
~ $3.50 900 perfecting his organizats in
New York city and arranging his card in
dox Of voters
Into West Virginia money has poured
from both national headquarters, and
from the state headquarters as well. A
golden stream has flowed into Conneo-
ticut New Jersey, Wisconsin. Rhode
Island and the mountain states, from both
Republican and Democratic sources. Ac-
clrate details OF the expenditures can
not. of course. be obtained. but neither
marty denies that Il has expended hum
dreds OF thousands of dollars in -allhe
rfuubtfut states.
The New York Democratic state com
mittee I'm it's efforts to perfect an organ
ization In this state. spent the bulk of its
money. and obtained generous con
tribution from the national committee
Realizing that the party lacked a ma
chine Of any kind in many parts OF the
state. william s. Rode. OF the bureau or
organization, set about building up an
Organization that would be useful Mr..
Rodic discovered that this work would
necessitate an enormous expense. greater
than the committee could ordinarily af-
ford II was decided 10 continue the
work however and the amount of money
used has been estimated az from S4oOo
to $500 900 Careful estimates place the
total sum spent by the Republican party
in this state between 100000 and $1,000
O0O.
In New Jersey and Connecticut the
ma ayers of the Democratic campaign
discovered an almost utter lack ~ or
eanlzation and enormous sums were sent
into those places To build up a machine,
I'm West Virginia the bulk of the Demo
era tic campaign expense has been borne
| nv tho state committee. Indiana was
about the only state which WAS thorough
| iy orga
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
| In addition to the expenses Of organiZa-
! ton of getting out the vote and supplying
| state HEADQUARTERS with funds TO meet
| exnenses. the national committees arc
| called upon to meet very large printing
bills and are compelled to- pay force of
| men large salaries They also have TO
keep an army OF spebinders at work.
N has been estimated that the two ma
! tionaI committees this year have dis
| bursed 500. 600 to campaign orators for
salaries and expenses. The printing bills
have footed up more than 100000. The
| bare cost Of maintainin headquarters is
! from $4,000 to $4,000 a week, exclusive OF
salaries paid to heads of departments and
| their assistants.
Costly though Il has been. the cam
paigns Of 1904 will not break the record.
! The expenditures In 1900 were about equai
I'm amount to those OF this year and In
1ses the fund OF tho Republican national
committee. OF which Senator Hanna was
chairman. was approximately s6,0o0,O0o,
or moro than the sum used this year by
hoth national committees. IL was during
tho campaign Of 1896 that the Republican
partv conducted its so-called campaign
of ed~ation" which cost a fabulous sum.
Statistics collected by a magazine and
printed four years ago showed tho total
exnenses OF the national committee in the
carnaipn of 1864 TO have been only $780,