The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
WHAT 1T COST HIM.
Hearst Files a Statement of His E1ec-
ton Expenses


New York. Nov. 17.-something of
sensation was caused here when it
wa7 announced that William r.
Hearst, who was the candidate for
governor on the Democratic and IN
/ dependence league tickets in the re-
cent campaign, had filed with the sec
rotary of state in Albany a statement
showing that he had spent 1856, 370.-
p in his efforts to win the election.
Not since the law requiring candidates
for public office to file a list of their
expenses went into effect a number of
years ago, has anyone seeking the IA
vor of the voters admitted the spend
ing of one-tenth of that sum for cleo
ton purposes. The sum in magnitude
IS far and away greater than any 9TH
ers recorded in the books Of the state
for that particular purpose.
OF the amount Mr.. Hearst reported
to the secretary of state that he had
given to John G. FolIansbee, the treas
urer of the Independence league,
198sS7O.22, and to William J. Corners
chairman of the Democratic state
committee. $1,000. The balance or
$500 he spent for travelling expenses
As large as this sum may appear to
be for one man to spend on an at
tempt to gain an office which pays a
salary of $40. 900 a year for two years,
the total as reported to the secretary
OF state does not begin to compare
with the actual amount that Mr.
Hearst spent in his fight to be COVER
nor of New York In the first place
the total does not in any way include
the preliminary fight he made to get
the nomination and the law does not
require that such expenditures should
be included
Immediately after he was declared
defeated for mayor last fall he began
through his managers the organiza tion
of the independence league. An or
ganlzaton was formed in every county
OF the state and in every assembly dis
trict In the Greater New York. In the
latter city he had the old municipal
ownership league as a nucleus, but the
association had to be reorganized, and
altogether the establishment of the
league must have cost him thousands
of dollars He had great staff of
paid agents out organizing the various
branches of the league and their ex-
penSes must have been enormous the
vast bulk of which was paid by Mr..
Hearst
Another great source of expense was
the obtaining of the necessary sigma
lures to petitions for the nominations
for governor and lieutenant governor
on the Independence league state tick
| ct Such a petition with the sworn
| signatures of the necessary names of
voters had to be at hand for every one
Of the sixty-one counties in the state.
Nor does the statement include the
enormous cost of distributing free of
charge copies of Mr. Hearst's neWspa-
pers of which millions of copies were
gwen away during Ine campaign men,
too there were the salaries of many
paid employees who are on the regular
pay rolls of the American and Evening
Journal all the year around
All this, however, does not in any
way imply that Mr.. Hearst did not
make a true and correct return to the
secretary of state of all that was re-
quired of him by law. which merely
calls for a statement in detail of the
expenses of the actual campaign.
Charles E Hughes. the successful
candidate for governor. who ran on the
straight Republican ticket, spent. ac-
cording to his report only $618.55,
which would equal onething like eight
cents for every 100 votes cast for him.