The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-09
Cash Was Far From
Plentiful at Last
Election.
DEMOCRATS USE
PALTR Y S27, I'll
This Amount Less Than Was
Spent by Republican Party
Which Went to Defeat-Re-
ports of Expenditures Are
Filed With House Un-
der New Law.

Washington, u. c.. December S.---The
Republican Congressional Committee
received s77.i6l and disbursed S7i,373,
while the Democratic Congressional
Committee received S27,79O and dis
bursed $2T17i during the recent cam
paign, according TO reports fled to-day
with the clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives
These reports were made In accord
ance with the act of June 20, 1910. pro-
yiding for publicity of contributions
made for the purpose of influencing
elections at which representatives in
Congress are elected.
Had Money Left Over.
or the amount contributed to the Re-
; publican cause. $4,000 was cash on
hand at the time the publicity act was
passed. The Democratic balance on
hand at that time was only s13,25S,
The set requires division of receipts
showing contributions of 500 or more
and contributions in sums less than
800. In the former class the Repub-
ilican report shows fifty-two items, max
ing up all but s2,4o2 of the total re-
ceipts. In the 500 class the Democrat
ic committee reported thirteen contri-
buttons, amounting to 1850. while the
aggregate of contributions of less than
500 was s1O.sS3. the remainder being
IIldut ul ny GtSu tli !idIlis
The largest Individual contribution
to the Republican fund was made by
Representative William B. Mckinley. OF
Illinois. the chairman OF the commit
tee, which amounted to $4,000. a con-
tribution of $3.50 was received from
The treasurer of the Union League
Club. of Philadelphia. The Republican
State Committee of Louisiana contrib
uted $4,000, former Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw, as treasurer
of the Manufacturers Club. of Phila-
delphia, 1890. and John Pitcairn, OF
Pittsburg. $1,000. All of the remainder
less than $1,000. The National Repub-
Iican Committee gare SSs7.
Largest Democratic Givcr.
| The largest individual contribution
/ to the Democrs tic fund was $1,000. from
w. C. Beer of New York City Colonel
! A. ID. Martin and South Trimble, both
of Frankfort. Ky. and j. C. Mayo. OF
Paintsville. Ky, gave $500 each
/ The Democratic State Committee OF
/ Georgia contributed $3.50. Travelling
! expenses during extensive speaking
/ tours were contributed by Representa-
tives Champ Clark, of Missouri; A. S
! Burleson, of Texas, and Ollie NJ. James
1 of Kentucky.
1 From the sale of 215 campaign text
| hVoks the Republican committee re-
ceived s107 The Democratic report
/ does not show any receipts from this
/ source.
! Only one member Of President Taft.s
! Cabinet is shown to have contributed
| anything to the Republican cause
iPostmaster-Gen Hitchcock gave
! $500, and If others of the Presidents
official family opened their purses they
4 <,S1 1oSc hav
Some Diplomatic Cash.
The diplomatic corps is represented
| by r. C. Kerens, of st. Louis. ambassa
dor to Austria Hungary, who gave
/ $500. and David jayne Hill, of Roches
/ ter, who gave 500. Charles Dyer Nor
! ton. secretary to President Taft, con
tributed $780,
| Senator Root made a contribution Of
| $500, his being the only name repre-.
| senting the United States Senate. As
the Jaw does not require the publica.
ton Of the names of small contributors
! it does not appear how many members
| of that body contributed to the cause
of the other branch of Congress.
/ How Money Was Spent.
J Under the head of disbursements, the
/ Democratic report shows no extraor.
dinary expenditures and no large sums
/ other than those covering rent, print
4 ing and where the salaries and eS.
| penses of a number of employees hac
| been combined into one item. Expen.
| ditures of 5000 each are shown for the
| campaigns in the Third Congressiona
District Of Kentucky, the Sixth New
| Ninth Missouri, the Eighth Tennessee
Second Nebraska, Seventh Missouri
Eighth North Carolina, Sixteenth Mis-.
souri, Eighth Missouri and Tentt
/ North Carolina. In Kansas $500 In dis
burscents was reported. while 5000 wa.
expended In Iowa. These amounts dc
not include travelling expenses OF
| speakers
| The Republican report shows man,
| large expenditures In comparison witt
| Democratic disbursements. The print.
| ing pills were far larger, and the same
! was true of items for rent, telegraph
! and telephone service and salaries
What Speakers Were Paid.
Under the head of expenses Of speak
ers IT. is shown that Representative
Duncan T., McKinlay received $1,000
| A. C, Rankin, OF Chicago s1,774; Rev
John Wesley Hill, of New York, s2,25O
and many other amounts between SCI
and $780,
In twelve districts the Republican
I, expended $1,000 cash, losing six dis.
| tricts and winning siX These districts
| We're the Sixth Kansas, the Ninth Iowa
the Tenth Kentucky, First Michigan
!, Fourth Minnesota, Fifth Minnesota
Second Tennessee and the Thirteenth
Seventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Four,
| teenth Missouri Districts. In. spite Of
| these expenditures, the Republican.
suffered net loss OF four seats In Tho
House IN the districts named.
In nine other districts expenditure.
of $500 each We're reported. These
l,were the First and Sixth Iowa, the
[ Ninth and Eleventh Kentucky, Sixth
and Fifteenth Ohio. First and Secone
Oklahoma and Second West Virginia
In the Ninth Wisconsin s1O0 was spent
! Contributions We're reported of $4,000
to the Republican State Committee o
North Carolina; ofSs1.5oo to the Repub,
llican State Committee of Missouri, Gslt