The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
LEWIS TO SET new RECORD
LaF Toilette is Alleged to Have Won
Great Victory in the State With Elk
penditure of Not Over s5,ooo-To
File i'll Madison.

A great deal of interest is being
shown in the expense accounts which
during the next thirty days must be
! fled with the secretary of state as re
CARDS the expenses incurred by can
didates during campaigns. Probably
the most curiosity is being shown as
to how much was spent by the Taft
Republican campaign committee during
the primary campaign and how much
it cost Capt. William Mitchell Lewis
| to make his gubernatorial run. Most
everybody agrees that these two cam
and that the accounts Of the Conner
committee and Of Capt. Lewis will
show the largest expenditures of money
of any candidates in the campaign.
Just how much these men have
spent is merely matter of guess work.
By some it is said that the Conner
committee has spent as high as $4,000
during the campaign and that Capt.
Lewis bills have also equalled that
sum. BY others it is claimed that the
expenditures Of the Conner committee
have not been over 100000 during the
campaign and that Capt. Lewis has not
spent anywhere near as much as has
| been said but that in reality, consid-
ering the educational issue that he was
advancing, Capt. Lewis spent very
small sum in his fight. This is undoubt-
eddy correct, as the greater portion of
the money which was spent by Capt.
Lewis was used in an educational cam
paign and by far the larger part Of
his expenditures have been for litera-
ture and other things of a like char
acter.
Undoubtedly the greatest amount of
mail matter which was sent out by
any candidate during the campaign was
sent out by Capt. Lewis. The captain
made his fight on his issue rather than
on his personality and nearly all the
| literature he sent out was county
option literature rather than anything
about himself.
AS far as the campaign expenses of
F. E. McGovern are concerned, he is
said to have spent less than he did in
the senatorial fight two years ago.
Just how much he spent his managers
have not yet given out, but it is said
the sum is in the neighborhood of $780,
900. The campaign for Senator LaFol-
lette was probably the cheapest cam
paign conducted and the figures of the
expenses all told of the LaFollette
campaign will show the expenditures
to have been less than $4,000.
The most of the LaFollette money
went for the hiring of halls for outside
speakers and in work of that character.
There were some personal letters mailed
out for Senator LaFollette, but they
did not amount to very much in the ex-
pense account. In fact, the great bulk
of the work which was done for Sen
ator LaFollette was volunteer work
and was done by men who were willing
to fight and work for his cause.
The personal cost of the Cam
paign to S. A. Cook, was not large
and it is likely that altogether he
did not spend over $4,000 or $1,000.
Just how much the Conner campaign
committee spent for Mr.. Cook is also
a question. Wherever it was possible
the Common committee Jumped it's ex-
penses for Mr.. Falrchild and Mr. Cook.
Thus workers in many counties conduc-
ted the campaigns OF the two men
| together, and whether, the charge for
their work should be made to the Cook
or the Fairchild campaign is a ques-
| ton.
But as has been said before, while
it is probable that not as much alto
gether was spent in this campaign as
was spent two years ago in the primary
when Messrs. Cook, Stephenson, Hatton
and McGovern contested for the United
States senatorial nomination, enough
was spent this time to again thoroughly
demonstrate the necessity of stringent
Legislation to prevent the large expendi-
ture of money in campaigns.