The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Recent Election Cost This State
Nearly S5,000,000
WNDlCATION
Abroad the Women Overlook the &C.
centricities of Tenors-A Negro
Department Store-Ryan's
Congo Plans.
(BY SEWELL HAGGARD)

New York, December 1.-(SpeeiaD.-
What an election costs in rich and
populous state like New Y orll Is an in
terestlng question. If the gatherers of
statistics are correct, the recent election
here cost in the neighborhood of $5,0ooaOO,
and this is probably considerably less Sian
the amount spent in many previous cleo
tions-less, because the new publicity act
prevented the party campaign commit
tees from raising such enormous funds.
In previous years the names OF the con-
tributors TO campaign funds were nspt
secret. This year they had to be made
public. Here is summary of all The
known expenditures in connection With
the election:
Public cost of election machinery 81, 0O0,6 GOO
Expenditures of state committees. Too, 600
Expenditures of county committee,
not including state contributions. 6oo,VUO
Miscellaneous committees and
agents doV,0oV
Personal expenses of candidates 100000
Mr.. Hearsts expense before his
nomination =. -. 800, 900
Free distribution of Hearst news
papers =. =. =. ... 100, $50
Total "a 500, 600
Although the total campaign expenses
of all candidates and all parties as sworn
to under the new publicity act amounted
to nearly s., 600 900 there must be added
to this the amount spent by Mr.. Hearst
before he was nominated. Mr.. Hearst
spent probably not less than S500,000 in
building up the independence league and
in organizing the Hearst movement in
the democratic party before his nomlaa-
II. lii. VI.l oil 3f,tR hat
the capture of the democratic nomination
saved him 81 100000 of expenses in the
campaign. and his own estimate may be
taken as a guide in estimating what he
was compelled to spend before he land
ed the democratic convention.
Under the law the accounting of election
expenses begins after candidates have
been nominated. No accounting is re-
auired of the expenditures made by cam
didate for a nomination, the theory being
that it is not probable that an asplrant
for office would spend any large sum Of
money to have himself nominated.
AS far as the records go, Mr.. Hearst
was far and away the largest contributor
of the campaign. He financed his candi-
dacy almost exclusively out of mis- own
pocket, giving $19SS70 to the independence
league and $4,000 to the democratic state
committee Lewis Stuyyesant Chanler,
MS running mate, WHO NdS cioOt'u, ehe'S'
$4,000 for the Independence league ana
$4,000 for the state democratic committee.
These figures by comparison make Mr..
Hughes personal Expenditures of SGlS.o5
and Mr. Bruce's of $1247.42 look insignih-
can't The republicans funds were
swelled by contributions from others than
candidates. j. p. Morgan and Levi L.
Morgton 81 Co.. with $4,000 each, head the
list and Mr. Morgan. having also given
5000 to the judiciary nominators fund.
ranks next to Mr.. Hearst, who spent $3.50 :
$40 in all, as the largest contributor OF the
year. Other leading contributors TO the
state republican fund were Andrew Car
negie, H. B. Hollins, e. NJ. Wells of Onon-
daga county, who subscribed $4,000 each,
and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who parted
with $4,000. The elder Pohn d. Rockefeller
contributed his mote of $1,000 to help eject
the Judiciary nomnators' ticket, sharing
| with Il p Morgan the first place.