Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-15
Reports Show That Thirty-one
Aspirants For Office Expended
More Than $4,000
EXPENSIVE TO BE CANDIDATE
First Year of Operation of New Law
Compelling Filing of Expense Ae-
counts Reveals Some Interesting Fig
ures-LittIe Money Needed When
Not Opposed.
Special to Times-kepublican.

Special to Times-kepublican.
Des Moines, June 15.-Thirty- one
candidates spent an average of over
1000 each in the campaign that con-
cluded with the primary election. These
thirty-one candidates spent total of
$32,516.17. This includes twelve of the
gress in districts where there was a
contest with two or more candidates
in the field.
| This is the first year in which the
| law requiring candidates to file item
! lied statements of their expenses has
/ been in operation and the first year
therefore in which the public has an
opportunity to find out something of
| what 1t costs to run a campaign and
be a candidate for an office In which
there is stiff contest. Unless the
| Allison committee files a statement
showing what the committee spent
outside of the $1,000 which Allison
contributed to it out of his own pock-
ct the public will never know what
the total expense of the Allison candi-
dacy was. Undoubtedly it was much
Senator Allison.
Several of the state officers who
| were candidates for denomination
without opposition spent mere non-
inal sums of a few dollars. Prohi-
bition, socialist and democratic can
didates had but little opposition In
most instances and the spending OF
money on the campaign was there
fore almost solely by the republicans.
There is one notable exception in the
democratic ranks where Mark Walsh
spent. $1,39s.67 as a candidate for the
democratic nomination for congress In
the Second district.
There were senatorial campaigns in
twenty-four of the districts and legis-
lative campaigns in every county in
the state. Many of the candidates for
state senator spent more than 500
for an office that pays $500 every
two years. One candidate, A. G. Saw
age in the Madison -Adair district.
filed his sworn statement that he spent
$5s0S7
+ Uncle Sam reaped the richest harv-
est from the campaign for the postage
bill seems to have been the big item
with most of the candidates. Nate
Kendall in the Sixth district a can
didate for congress. spentsso6.4o, and
of this $30S.50 was for postage, s193
for printing circulars, sS3 for station
cry. $3.50 for printing an address, and
$3.50 for circulating petitions.
Senator Hopkins, who spent $315.77
as a candidate for auditor, and lost,
spent 500 for half tones, $22.97 for
travelling expenses, and $52 for post
age.
Bernard Murphy for lieutenant gov
ernor. spent a total of s23S.S6. and Of
this s60.sO was for stenographers.
s42.e6 for car fare. and s63.96 for post
age. George w. Clarke, the successful
candidate for lieutenant governor.
spent a total Of $12O.11, and Of this
$50 was contributed to the Cummins
campaign committee, s15 for stamps,
1911 railroad fare. and $22 for hotel
bills. James II. Wilson, the other can
didate for the same nomination, spent
total of 1924, which is mostly for
postage, stenographers and station
cry.
Warren Garst spent total of ST.
1880 as candidate for governor. of
which s23944 was for postage, $65 car
fare, and s29.25 hotel bills. Auditor
Carroll for the same office spent
S797.22. An item of considerable size
for Mr.. Carroll was the printing of
some of his speeches and the circula-
ton of them. John j. Hamilton spent
S92937, and of this s199.25, the largest
single item, was to the Homestead for
some printing. He spent more than
that amount in different items for
postage The three candidates for
governor on the republican ticket
spent s2,9O3.59.
Governor Cummins filed two state
ments His personal expenses were
s36e.eo, divided as follows: Nomina-
ton petitions circulated, s22.75; en-
velopes and letter heads, $3.50; tele-
phone, telegraph and postage. $196.S8:
hotels, $35.O5: railroad fare, s98.72. His
statement of his committee expenses
are: Postage. kilograms and the like.
sa432s; printing. s2.971.S2; clerk hire.
sS53.97, making a total of s476s15 for
his committee and total of s5.139.05
spent in his interests.
Senator Allison filed statement
that he spent $50 and gave his COM
mittee $4,000, but does not itemize 1t or
say for what purpose it was spent He
says other sums were spent in his in
terest, but he does not know how
much.
The following is not a complete list
of the candidates but 1t gives the bulk
of those wbAgFere candidates for the
principal state offices and for congress
men and United States senator's whose
expenses were of any considerable i'm
portance. Many of the candidates re-
port spending nothing at all. This is es-
pecially true of the prohibitionists.
The list Is as follows:
"A n C,suroips senator S12o05