Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

ALBANY, N Y, November 22-Official fig
ures Of the general expenditures of the
democratic and republican parties and the
Independence League in the recent state
campaign show the immense expense of the
election.
Expenditures of funds raised by local
committees. with the exception of the New
York and Kings county committees. are not
given, as they have not all been filed with
the secretary of state. Even when they are
filed it will be a matter of great difficulty
to make accurate computations, as commit
tees spending less than 5000 are not required
to file reports 1t Is estimated that more
than $4,000, 900 was expended in this state
in connection with the election.
The republican state committee had the
largest expenditures of any state organiza-
ton, and the largest sum contributed by
any one person was given by William H.
Hearst, whose election expenses were $685.
37O22. Several of the candidates on the
socialist socialist-labor and prohibftion
tickets spent nothing.
The smallest expenditure reported was by
John c. Chase, socialist candidate Tor gov.
ernor, who certified that he spent only 2
cents this being for q postage stamp TO
mail his letter of acceptance of the nominal
ton. The independent judiciary nominators
of the first judicial district. who nominated
an Independent judiciary ticket, mad ex-
$1O7, 9S7.
Largest Individual Account.
The expense account of Francis H. Gates.
who ran for senator as an independent
candidate in the Oswego-Madison district.
with democratic. prohibition and indie
pendence League Endorsements, was the
largest of any individual candidate for a
subordinate Office. He spent more than
S31 600 and defeated Thomas Lewis, repub-
lican. in a strong republican district.
Under the law the period for filing state
ments expired today but many of the local
political committees have not yet COM
piled with the statute.
The republican state committee received
1898, 923 in contributions. This includes
$780, 900 borrowed from Chairman Timothy
L. Woodruff. Its expenditures aggregated
1892 OIL of which $312,2 46 covers bills paid,
$l ,O65 bills payable rendered and S2,70O
bills payable estimated.
j. p Morgan & Co. and Levi P. Morton
&, Co. were the largest contributors to the
republican campaign fund.- each giving 500
co., Chairman Woodruff contributed SIC, GOO.
Other contributors to the republican fund
were: Andrew Carnegie, H. B. Hollins. E.
NJ Welles, treasurer of the Onorfdaga coun-
ty committee; John D. Rockefeller. tr., each
5000; Harvey Fisk Son. c. M. Depew.
John w. Gates, William P. Clyde, H. 8.
Black Frank w. Higgins, ]. & w. Selig-
man & Co.. c. D. Barney, James B. Ford,
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., w. Thomas, each 81, 500:
Edward H. Fellows. w. E. corey, William
J. Moore. Frank A. Munsey. Charles M.
schwab. Jacob Schiff, c. H. Mackay, each
$1,000, and E. W. Whitridge. $500.
Other Large Contributors.
Those who gave 1900 each included
Spencer, Trask & Co., J. G. White. Henry
A. Van Alstyne, Franchot Brothers. Irving
Blake, John B. Mcdonald, Henry F. Shu-
maker Adolph Lewisohn, w. X. Wander
bilt, jr; Kountz Brothers, ]. Borden Har-
riman, estate of Frederick Billings, e. ].
Berwind, Mackay & Co., s. d. Coykendall.
Edwin Gould, ]. G. Matchmaker. Winslow
Clark. Dodge & Co., Lanier & Co., Brown
Bros. & Co.. Edward T. Nichols,
Frederick Gilbert t, I Bourne; Frederick G.
William Nelson Cromwell, John Jacob AS
tor. o. S. Straus. William A. Enbeman and
C. Vanderbilt.
Contributions of $500 each were made by
& Co., w. N. Cohen, J. Leslie Hees, Louis
Stern. c. w. Anderson, William H. Rey-
nolds. J. F. Talmage. W; G. Wetherbee,
Smith, Frederick Potter. H K. Knapp.
Hiram W. Sibley, Oscar s. Straus, William
s. Miller. Arbuckle Brothers, Richard Hyde,
W. L. Green, Robert Winthrop. Howard
Carroll. J. R. Maxwell. ..rthur P. Heinze.
Francis r. Appleton, H. P. Heintz, c. Will
lam Barbour, H. E. Huntington, Jacob H.
Schif. Horace Porter. M. L. Schiff, L. H.
blSeIOW, H. r SutIlnS, A. u. Reeves, Il.
F. Howiands. G. r. Sheldon. s. s. Sanford,
D. o. Mills, Maxwell & Scoville, Moore &
Schley, George F. Baker. J. Horace Hard
ing, Fiske & Robinson Barring & Co., Kuhn,
G. w. Aldrich, c. Sidney Sheppard, w. B.
Cutting, N. w. Harris & Co., George F.
Morgan, Douglas Robinson and George
Eastman.
The names of Senator Thomas c. Platt
and former Gov. B. B. Odell, IT, did not
appear in the list Of contributors.