Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-14
CANDIDATES BEFORE PRIMARIES,
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS,
SPEND LITTLE.
SUPERINTENDENT FIGHT
MOST EXPENSIVE CONTEST
Democratic and Socialist Candidates
File Affidavits Showing No Money
Was Expended During the Campaign
Few Contests Resulted in Cam
paisn Expenditures Being Small.

! Thursday was the last day for filing
! of statements o: campaign expenses
! by candidates before the recent pri-
maries Practically all had filed with
, the county auditor before closing time
! last night. Owing to the few contests
! the expenses Of the majority of the
republican candidates were light as
! compared with previous years. Nearly
all the candidates on the democratic
and socialist tickets report no expend!-
! ture OF money and two bits" seems to
have beer the limit with those who
| opened : barl.'
The most strenuous contest. that for
; the superintendency OF the county
schools. was also the most expensive
fsht for the candidates involved. The
defeated republican candidate was
out" more than the successful candi-
! date. according TO the statements fled.
In fact the defeated candidate was
high man in the entire list.
| Surerin.endency Comes High.
! Leading the list of candidates in
I money expended is Miss Mary Hostel
! Ter, candidate for reelection as super
intendent of schools. She expended
/ s172.17. Her opponent. Miss Gertrude
( Z. Miller, who reports expenditures
( amounting 10 1883, ranked second in
the list Aside from these two cand;-
dates all kept well under 800 each.
: The statement of s. NJ. Cause. sue
cessful candidate for republican nom
! ination for county treasurer, shows an
expenditure of $500. His opponent.
/ F. wertenberger. went little higher.
his statement showing him TO have
spent s97.
! ". A. Nichols. the only candidate on
tht, republican ticket for supervisor
! who had filed up to last night, ex-
! pended s417o
: Candidates For Sheriff Even.
=; Two of the republican candidates
! for sheriff ran close at the primaries
il and closer still in their expense ac-
! counts Worden won the fight. but
/ then he spent cents more than MS
opponent. Deputy Sheriff Mason. the
expenses of these candidates, consld-
/ erirs the strenuous campaign that was
waged. were not heavy. E. T Worden's
, statement shows his expenses to have
been s61Ts, while c. B. Mason spent
s6l.75.
The candidates on the republican
ticket who were unopposed, especially
/ those up for reelection. got of easily.
Their lists OF expenses for the most
part. are confined TO announcements IN
newspapers and printing. The heavy
toll on the candidates who had fights
! to make was for railroad fare, hotei
bills and livery and automobile hire.
! The unopposed candidates who had
filed up to last night and the cost OF
/ their campaigns are as follows: Sheri-
{ can Il Reilly. clerk, $50: Harold c.
| Lounsberry. representative. $3.50; G.
! A. Mote, attorney. 1851: A. H. Welker,
iauaitor, 80: Eta Northup, recorder,
/ s14s0.
Reilly's Cards Costly.
s. H. Reilly. nominee for clerk, ex-
pended Si2 for campaign purposes
from which he received no benefit. but
which he has included in his list of ex-
perditures. This sum represents
printers hill for cards announcing his
+, candidacy on which the date of cleo
ton is said to be Tuesday, June 4, in
stead Of Monday, June 3. Mr.. Reilly
old not discover the mistake until af-
ter the cards were printed and deliv-
cred They were not used but they
helped TO swell the cost OF the cam
palgr.
Democrats Get OFF Easily.
The following democratic candidates
have filed statements, ali of when re-
port that their campaigns were car
ried on without any expense: A. c.
Daily. county attorney; A T. Lowry.
clerk: John A Timmons, supervisor:
DR.. Grove W. Harris coroner; Raphael
J. Weip. recorder: Emma Patton. SUI
perintendAnt: A. F. Urbine, auditor: E.
n. Schilling. SUPERVISOR and Joseph 6.
Edgar. sheriff.
p. NJ Townsend-Hansen. coroner.
and L. A Hansen, auditor, on the So
cjalist ticket. also filed statements with
no expenses. Anna B. White. recorder
and s. ]. Tinker. treasurer, on the So
cialist ticket. each spent % cents dur
ing the campaign, the sum in each case
I representing the cost Of an affidacit
Arney Spends Eleven Dollars.
Several candidates for state or dis
] tr;ct offices who have certified to the
state auditor make it plain that cam
paigning is not expensive, at least
when conditions are right. Senator
ships were less expensive than usua
this season, and W. H. Arney secured
a nomination for just an even 81.
The democratic candidate. for state
senator William Shipman. filed
statement with the state auditor
showing that he had out6one Mr.
Arney. He had spent nothing. Jo'
seph NJ. Mohr. candidate for repre-
sentative, and NJ. F. Wiltse, candidate
for senator, on the socialist ticket, wer'
also among the fortunate ones wht
could secure nominations withou
opening their pocketbooks.