The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16
SOCIALISTS SPENT
LEAST sum OF MONEY
Out Made The largest SaIn in
Votes Of Any Party In
Oklahoma

Quite a num1er OF expense acc .dnts
nave been filed by party committees
and candidates with the secretary Of
the state election board. as required
by the laws of Oklahoma.
Creager tRepubllcan). candidate for
congress in the Third district, speat
Sl,297.7S to be e.ected. while Daven-
port (Dem oraD spent $l.675.76. Mor
s3n. in the Second district. spent
s33.3A Banks (SocialisJ. candidate
in the Third district for congress. was
at no expense according to his affi.
lavit Charles Garter, reelected to
congress from the e7ourth district.
spent q total of $l9201, the largest
TENS aggregating nearly 800, for
sending cut circulars reminding the
voters that ne WAS C. N. Carter, the
Democratic candidate ia that district
Major A{ackett, Republican candidate
10 the same district shows an ex-
3ense amounting TO S20S.5l. A Ham
lin, negro member Of the legislature
from logan county, was at no expense
by reason Of The election, acc riding to
his statement on file. Reynolds of
l&toka, Socialist candidate for State
Corporation commissioner, spent
$320.30 and Co2 nel Watson. the Dem
1cratic candidate spent $203.3S There
are many individual statements that
nave not been made
The State Republican committee
made a report OF its receipts aud ex-
pendimres, showing thai the campaign
cost $l5.390.99. and that it finishes
L.. III
.rihutors the committee states that Il
received total of $l0.1S5.05. The cnly
contribution from d1e National com
mIttee was $3,450. the sum Oklahoma
people contributed to the National
.ampaign Added TO this was about
81 coo received from the cld State
committee ana used in payment OF its
Indebtedness.
Among the Oklahoma contributors
he largest was s775 from the Bartles-
lille Republican club. Dennis r.
Flynn, Republican candidate for United
states senator, ~ shown as contrtbut-
ing $3.50. Among the list OF expendit-
ures Is $3.50 as incidentals Cor the
Beweridge special train through Okla.
homa. The ether items arc postage,
speakers. etc
The State Democratic committees
statement shows it spent si2O36.11. of
,tich s476.14 remains unpaid. The
total. the statement says, does not in
ciude $3.50, cost OF the Haskell
special train that having been paid,
it says, by contributions made in the
towns visited en- rgte The commit
ee makes no report gs TO mUney
received However, some time ago e.
published n statement giving list Of
lf the contributions to that time.
amounting to S7IS7. Chairman
III mpson said today ihat he will
make another list public In n few days
ana show all moreys contributed. Pub
lie reports OF that character the State
Election 5oarG says, will not be ac-
cepted as official
The Socialist State connittee made
the best showing OF any. It received
total f s1,71i81 and spent Sl.399.S0,
having IN hand, and the debts to pay,
S3lI9t among the contributors is
"Mother" Jones OF Chicago for $3.50.
The largest expenditure Of this com
mittee was for Scialstic hteraure
and its distribution The First District
Democratic committee spent 81 ,O45.5O.
Republican committee spent Si.5SSh35
and received In contributions $3.50 so.
Bird s. Mcclure, Republican candidate
in the First district, shows expenses
amounting to s225.