Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-12-06
$1,000 A YEAR PLACE COST HIM
$17,334.12.
FILES TWO STATEMENTS
Tells What Nomination and Election
Cost-Gave Big Sum to Davidson
Conner ciub-Lenroot's Campaign
Entaied Expenses of R,653-AyI.
wards Dip Stood Him $3,68o.13.
Madison, Dec. s

Madison, Dec. D.
w. D. Conner OF Marshfeld, elected
lieutenant governor on the republican
ticket, "loosened up" both in his cam
paign for the nomination and in the
election, but mostly In the canvass
preliminary to the primary election.
incidentally 1t appears from state
ments filed yesterday by Mr.. Conner
in the Office of Secretary of State
Houser, that Mr.. Conner was liberal
in the interests of the candidacy of
Governor Davidson. The governor
viii file his own personal statement
Of campaign expenses today or to-
morrow
Mr.. Conner filed two statements
One was for his expenses as candi-
date for the republican nomination
for lieutenant governor This certi-
fed to total Of expenditures of
$ll,396.42. OF this amount the sum
Of $l3,680 was contributed in cash to
the Davidson-Connor club organiza-
ton at various times and in various
amounts. The statement of expenses
to an aggregate of $293770 OF this
$500 was paid to the state central
committee. The total cost to Mr.
Conner of the office OF lieutenant
governor was therefore $l735II2
He evidently appreciates the honor
very highly, for the salary of the of
flee Is only $1,000 a year.
Cost AyIward $3,6so.13.
John A. Awkward of Madison, dem
ocratic nominee for governor, spent
81 1866 in the primaries, this sum rep
resenting the cost of defeating Sena-
tor Ernst Merton for the nomination.
Mr., Awkward spent $231413 in the
campaign between the primary and
election day.
NJ. l.. Lueck, democratic nominee
for attorney general, spent $324S9.
Alvin Dreger, republican candidate
for congress in the sixth district, In
which G. II. Weisse was reelected.
spent $3.50
Frank L. Gilbert of Madison, re-
publican nominee for attorney sener-
al, spent $1,447.54.
Lenroot's Costly Fight.
l. l.. Renroot, candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor,
certified that his personal expenses
were $2014 and that to the best of
his knowledge and belief sums we're
expended in his behalf aggregating
$5,639 more. The total would be
81 ,653.
William II. Froehlich, candidate for
the republican nomination of secre-
tary of state, expended $7O467.
julius Rowland of Chippewa Falls,
who sought the republican nomina-
ton for state treasurer, spent $1,S98.
II cost Grant Thomas Of Madison
$330.32 to run independently for con.
gress in the second district against
John NJ Nelson.
Easy Scholarships.
Henry LoCkncy OF Waukesha Is out
only S3l As and was elected to the
state senate in the 33d district on the
republican ticket.
George b. Hudnall of Superior GER
titles to an aggregate of only 1925 as
campaign expenses. He was reflect
ed to the state senate in the nth dis
trict as a republican.
Martin Foley of Baraboo filed a
statement of aggregate expenses of
sSS6.27. He defeated Senator George
Wylle for the republican nomination
for the senate in the 27th district
and was beaten at the election by
George l.. Pearson, the democratic
nominee.