The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27
Democratic National Committee
Turns in Its Account of
Campaign Expenses.
TOTAL FooTs UP $els,4loos
Aggregate Contributions Give the
Sum of $620,64477.
Statement 70 Be Filed with tho
New York State Secretary
Contributors of the Fund
Number 10000.


The Democratic national committee
received from all quarters exactly
$620,644.77 and spent $619.41006 dur
ing the recent presidential campaign,
leaving balance in hand of 81, 234.71.
So reads a statement made public by
the officers of the committee and the
itemized statement will be filed for
record in the Office of the secretary Of
state Of New York in compliance with
the resolution adopted by the national
committee at Lincoln, Neh., last July.
The statement made public by the
committee includes a certificate OF
audit by Myron ID. King, auditor Of
the national committee. The statement
is signed by Norman f.. Mack, Trey
WoOdson, Herman Ridder, John p. Os-
borne, John w Cox and John B.
Doolin, and covers every expenditure
of tie campaign. including the cost of
kilograms, postage and express
charges.
Makes a Recommendation.
Auditor Myron D. King makes the
following recommendation: 81 res
pectfully suggest that the national
committee give attention to the great
Importance of well directed business
system for the governance of future
departments of the committee in the
work of a national campaign. The
proper selection of a person to fully
prepare such system as 1 deem neces-
Sary to urge, would prove a saving Of
a large amount of money!
Contributors Number 100000.
The statement says that there has
been filed in the Office of the secretary
of state at Albany, N. Y, list of over
$4,000 names, representing over 100,-
600 contributors, who contributed
through newspapers, clubs, solicitors
and other organizations, whose names
are on file in the Office of the chair
man, and gives the following distribu-
ton of disbursements as to the larger
and most important items: Club or
ganization bureau, 5000 76: labor bu.
rear, $37, 4O1.36; organization of states,
1929, 053.62; finance committee, $780,
1864; publicity bureau, $SS, S99. 43;;
documents, $142, 1925; speakers bu-
feau, $33, 1885; general fund, $685.
111.S0; rent of headquarters, $13, 746.-
n; kilograms, $13,761.9O; express
charges, $13,O6117; postage, $751;
452.54.
Republican Campaign Fund,
In Albany, George r. Sheldon,
treasurer of the Republican ma
tional campaign committee, filed the
Its of contributors toward the recent
national campaign. 1t shows 1880
contributors and the total amount Civ
en- was $1,655,51 Tie net amount
received and disbursed at the New
York and Chicago headquarters was
$1,035, 36S.27. In addition to the fore
going there was collected by the ma
tional committees finance committees
in the states and turned over to the
Republican state committees for use in
their own states $500, 80.
Largest Individual Gifts.
Charles P. Taft gave $4,000 to-
ward the fund or his brother, instead
of over $150,000, as had been publish
ed by the 'forecasters, and after this
the size of the checks takes decided
slump. Andrew Carnegie, ]. Pierpont
Morgan, William Nelson Cromwell and
Whitelaw Reid were said to be quar-
tette who gave another 100000 The
official figures show that Carnegie and
Morgan gave only $4,000 each, Crom,
well only $4,000 and Reid $4,000.
The only man who gave $4,000 anu
the highest individual contributor ex-
cept c. P. Taft is Larz Anderson, OF
Boston. Anderson is a brother-in-
law of Nicholas Longworth and has
close personal feeling for the Roose-
welt administration.