Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-09
TOTAL COST
 $,22, 5OO,0O0 Figures Not to Equal Those of lG06.
Democrats Sent Out 43, O49, . 7 743 Documents and Spent
 nuch for Organization Democrats, $2,OOO, 900 ;
 Republicans, $3. 1000, 900.


 inmates of the total cost to both great parties of the campaign of 1904 place the amount at $22, 100000. Of this sum the republican national commit tee will have spent about $3,OOO,OOO and the democratic national committee approximately $2,OOOOOO. The various state committees will have spent the difference between the total of these sums and the grand total. The record of campaign finances shows that the combined state committees usually spend $4 for every dollar expended by the national committee. This year, because of the stiff fights waged in several states, the proportion will be increased to about Az to l. To this grand total might be added large sums spent by candidates who have paid tnelr own expenses during costly tours of the state and country.
 Much of the democratic committees money mas been used in establishina organizations in states which had been largely neglected in former campaigns and to meet republican aggressiveness
 The republican national committee has sent hundreds of thousands ot dollars into the upstate counties of New York, and Governor Odell spent In the neighborhood of $25O,O0O in per- fecting his organization in New York city and arranging his card index of voters.
 Into West Virginia money has poured forth from both national head. quarters, and from state headquarters as well. A golden stream has flowed into Connecticut, New Jersey, Wis consin, Rhode Island and the noun. tain states from both republican ana democratic sources.
 The New York democratic state committee spent the bulk of it's money in it's effort to perfect an organization in the state and obtained a generous contribution from the national com mittee. Realizing that the party lacked a machine of any kind in many parts of the state, William s. Rodie of the bureau of organization set out to build up an organizatf ton that would be useful. MT Rodie discovered that this work would necessftate an enor nous expense, greater than the com mittee ordinarily could afford. It wal decided to continue the work, how. ever. and the amount of money uEed has been estimated at from $4OO, 900 to $60O,e0O. Careful estimates place the total sum spent by the republican party in this state between 5000, ,O0O and $1,OOO,OOO.
 Besides the expenses of organization. of getting out the vote and supplying state headquarters with funds to meet expenses, the national committee are called upon to meet very large print ing bills, and are compelled to pay a force of men large salaries. They also have to keep an army of spellbdnders at work.
 It has been estimated that the two national committees this year have disbursed $7OO,O0O to the campaign or ators for salaries and expenses. The printing bills have footed up more than $1OO,OO0. The bare cost of main- taining headquarters is from $1OOO to $50OO a week. exclusive of salariea paid to heads of department and their assistants.
 Costly though it has been the cam paign of 1904 will not break the rec. ord. The expenditures in 1900 were about equal in amount to those ot this year, and in 1896 the fund of thA republican national committee, of which Senator Hanna was chairman, was approximately $6,0O0OOO, Or moro than the sum used this year by both national committees. 1t was dllrfna the campaign of 1896 that the republi- can party conducted it's so-calleo campaign of education" which cost fabulous sum.
 Statistics collected by a magazine and printed four years ago showed the total expense of the national commit tees in the campaign of 1864 to have n hiS rose to $5OO,OOO; in 1884 to $1, ,5OO 900, and in 1892 to $2,OOO,OOO.
 Secretary Woodson Of the demo- cratic national committee furnished the figures regarding documents sent out by the democrats. Altogether 43,- O49, TAB documents were sent out, be- sides 1922, 800 Autographs and 2,174,-