Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-06
NOMINEES TELL HOW
MUCH It COST Them
Several File List of Campaign
ExpenSeS-So Far, $5,798
Is Reported Spent

They say circuses are fine because they
put a lot of money in circulation.
But how about primaries? There's some
class to them in that line, too.
It's easy to form an opinion on this
question, because there are about doz-
en- affidavts already on file with Comp
troller General Wright showing just how
much the same number of candidates
spent In their campaign, how they spent
1t, and where they got 1T.
Comptroller General Wright CONSTITUTES
the act of 1908 to require all candidates.
successful or unsuccessful, to file this list.
So far, only successful ones have filed
it.
None of the gubernatorial candidates
has been heard from.
Col o. A Stevens has not yet filed q
statement of how much it cost him to
get defeated. Neither has Hewlette A.
Hall, attorney general. Nor, likewise,
have B. NJ. Zettler, candidate for school
commissioner, and ]. B. Hornaday, can
didate for railroad commissioner, and
others.
SPEER SPENT s2.296.40.
w. ]. Speer, nominee for state treas
urer, an office paying 81. 500 a year, swears
that IL cost him 81, 2s6. 40 to win, spent as
follows: For postage, 500; for station
cry, S14: for printing, $3.50; for stenog-
rapher and typewriter, $1O4s0; entrance
fee, $50; advertising bills, 1850; travelling
expenses and hotel bills, $240; clerical ex-
penses, $40.
c. NJ Gambler, candidate for railroad
commissioner, spent sSS to get his Wow
office, as follows: Entrace fee, 800; post
age envelopes and stationery, $lz; carus
in three weekly newspapers, ~. ms
saws he came from his individual funds.
Chief Justice william H. Fish, of the
supreme court, holding an office paying
81, 600, spent $50 "a portion of my sal
any," for entrance fee. Associate Justice
Marcus w. Beck, getting the same sal
ary spent the same amount from the
same respective source, Comptroller GEN
eral w. A. Wright swears, and then MES
the affidavit with himself that he spent
the same amount for the same purpose
from his own funds, for an office paying
81 600 and fees. T. G.. Hudson, commis-
sioner of agriculture. spent $50 entrance
fee, paid by himself and employees of
the department of agriculture" to re-
tain his $1,000 Office. Judge Arthur g.
Powell paid the $50 entrance fee, and
nothing else, to hold his job on the court
of appeals. Secretary of State Phil Cook
goes In the same CLASS, toT d SzVVV SoioAS
and fee office.
COLONEL LINDSEY GOT READY.
Col. John w. Lindsey, the state pen
sion commissioner, was with the ex-
ception of Mr. Candler) the only unop-
posed candidate so far reported who
spent more than his entrance fee in the
campaign.
Colonel Lindsey spent s15s of his own
money to hold the place. The reason for
this was that along toward the first OF
the campaign it looked like he was go
ing to have opposition, and the colonel,
always awake to every move, laid the
foundation ia strong defense by pay
ing $SS for stationery and $40 for stamps
in addition to his entrance fee, Colonel
Lindsey now has on hand lot of per-
fectIy good stationery for sale at a great
reduction. But the pension commits
sioner gets 5000 a year, so the colonel
could afford the cost of a little furry like
that.
r. e. Dawson, successful candidate
for prison commissioner against Com
missioner G. r. Hutchens, says that he
spent a total of 1925 to win his 5000
Office. He spent $500 for printing, $3.50
for postage and stationery. 500 for news
paper advertisements, and SO for rail-
road and hotel bills.
PERRY SPENT s2,105.65.
J. A. Perry, successful candidate for
railroad commissioner against Commits
sioner ODE Stevens. says he spent 81, 205 65
to win his $2,5O0-a-year office. Mr.. Perry
itemizes this as follows: For newspaper
advertising. 81 ,479.40; post cards and
printing, $125.O5; entrance fee, $50; charge
for holding election in Ptckens county
So; railroad fare, $3.50; postage, 1880;
newspaper cuts, $50; clerical work. 1900
All this, he makes affidavit, came from
his own resources.
NJ. L. Britain, successful candidate for
state school commissioner, spent $3.50 for
5000 ONCE. He paid $50 entrance fee,
$50 postage. s35 stationery, $50 printing.
After he had everything printed and ad-
dressed, he grew tired of sending out
the circular letters, and quit Commits
sioner Britain is more accustomed to
looking after school affairs than he is
to playing politics.
In all, by the reports so far filed, S.
1886 was spent.