Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-11-29
ELECTION EXPENSES
Carroll and Porter Spent Less
Than $500 Each
GRILK SPENT LARGE AMOUNT
Sworn Statement Of Expenditures at
the. Recent Election Flied by Many
Candidates With Secretary
Of State Hayward.

Des Moines, Nov. 22.-Governol
Carroll ana Claude II. Porter eact
spent less than $500 in their fight iol
the governorship of Iowa, according
i to their sworn statements OF election
expenses filed with Secretary of State
Hayward. Governor Carroll spent
$287.09 and Mr.. Porter $224.25.
The congressional candidates are
the ones who spent the money in ORD
er to land or hold seats in Washing
ton. First on the list filed is l. S
Pepper, Muscatine, democratic candi
date, Second district, $1,S44; Walter
| l. Smith, republican. Ninth district
| $A,607.53; H. M. Towner, republican
Eighth district. $1,15O.93; c. E. Pick
EFT, republican, Third district, $1,000.
sc; James w. Good, republican, Fifth
district, $s3S.43; Frank @. Stuart
democrat, Fifth district, $34S; NJ. M
White, democrat, Eleventh district,
S376.90.
Over $4,000 was spent in the Sec
ond congressional district in an eff.
fort to elect Charles erik of Daven.
port to congress. according to cleo
ton expense statements filed by him
and the republican congressional
committee Of that district. This is
the largest sum that was spent during
the campaign in the interests Of any
one candidate.
Of this amount Mr.. Grilk's sworn
statement shows an expenditure OF
$5.699.75, while the sworn statement
of the Second district republican con-
gressional committee shows $4,300.5O,
total of $10,00O.25.
Judge S. F. Prouty, republican can.
didate for congress in the Seventh
district, spent $1,O42.92.
Other expense accounts filed show:
Clint Price, democrat, congress, Sew
enth district, $S11.45; Farley Sheldon,
democrat, lieutenant governor, $145;
Sherman De Wolf, democrat, state
senator, $155.50; Colonel Palmer, re-
publican, railroad commissioner, $2O1..
IS; Secretary of State Hayward, re.
publican, reelection, 1882, and social
list state central committee. $955.49.
The prohibition state central COM
mittee is $1,S92.51 to the bad as the
result of the state campaign. The
committee spent S2,193.35 and receiv-
ed in contributions $1,300.S4.
In the Polk county judicial contest.
J. T. Mulvaney, democrat, spent $221.-
As; Hugh Brennan, republican. spent
$50. l.. f. ROYAL. democrat. spent
$1461. The Seventh district demo-
cratic congressional committee went
$235.73 in the hole. The committee
spent $5SO.73 and took in 1926. John
w. Blake, democratic candidate for
state auditor, spent sos. and B. w.
Garrett, republican candidate for
clerk of the supreme court, spent
$153S3. C. E. Walters, democrat, at
torney general, $4S9.75.
Chairman Nick Reed of the demo-
cratic state committee was left hold
ing the bag for $479.52. He spent S.
9l and received from candidates
$1,10o, from county chairmen, $780,
and from individuals $2,03S.
H. r. Bradshaw of Fort Dodge. pro-
hibition candidate for railroad COM
missioner itemized his statement as
follows: Postage. &c; letter paper, 1c;
total, &c. He was not elected.
Other expenses were: Clifford
Thorne. $19S.94; George Cosson,
$17612; W. w. Morrow, $1S5.75; ].
v. Curran. $361.s9.