Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-13
CANDIDATES FILE
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
Statement Filed With Score.
tafy Of State are Inter.
estinq Features

According to Section z Of Chapter
129 Of the 1911 Session laws, the same
being known as the corrupt practice
act" the time for filing the statements
Of expenditures in the recent primary
campaign expired with the closing Of
the Secretary Of States Office for the
day of July nth. Up till that time
nearly all the candidates had filed
their statements as required by law.
But under section II of the same law
delay in making such statement be.
yond the time prescribed shall not
preclude its acceptance or prevent the
insertion of the name upon the ballot,
II there Is a reasonable time therefor
after the receipt OF such statements"
Under this section, the Secretary OF
State is authorized to accept state
ments practically up till the time
when it becomes necessary to pre-
pare the November ballots.
In looking over the statements of
expenses now on file in the Secretary
of States Office, one Is struck with the
reasonable amounts spent by the can
didates. Another thing is noticeable
and that is that the newspapers and
share of the money expended by the
candidates. despite the notion that
was spread abroad that the State Pub.
licity Phamphlet would interfere and
take business away from them.
In the gubernatorial race, l.. B.
Hanna makes oath that his expenses
were $7O1.15. and of this 5000 went
for newspaper advertising and $3O3.45
for printing and stationery; ]. A. Blu
chanan certifes that he spent $732.75.
of which printing amounted to $270.50.
G. A. Johnson spent $246.43 Of which
$84.93 was newspaper advertising and
S54.5O was printing. Herman T. Midi
DO spent 1855, OF which $3.15 was
advertising. Mr.. Midtbo in a sage
communication in connection with the
filing Of his statement 1Eakes this
comment: II can console the boys
by saying my system is the only one
that leaves no sting If defeated and
gives the greatest Joy If successful"
but how Mr.. Midtbo is certain of the
Joy, except on faith, is hard to see.
F. o. Hellstrom the democratic nom
inee for governor, spent $737.89, OF
which $294.08 was printing and $685.
Is was advertising. George P. Jones,
his opponent, spent $l64.bO Of which
about $4,000 was printing, but ne
seems to have done no advertising.
Among all the statements filed the
-oA ao~ISl orI 0vonf uyQC that hIpN
by Carl o. Jorgenson. Following him
H. ). gessessen was even more de-
voted to minutise every item being
spread on the record in full detail.
In the judiciary, the two candidates.
for Supreme Court went lightly,
Judge Bruce expanding $257.OO, OF
which $500 was for the Publicity
Pamphlet and need not have been
listed. James E. Robinson acknowl-
edges having spent $125.2l, exclusive
of his expenditure in the state Pamph-
let, which was $275.0 90. Judge Pollock
of Fargo spent $3.50; Judge Burr OF
Rugby, 1885; Judge Kneesnaw, OF
Pembina, spent $1,000. Two candi-
dates spent not a cent-Judge Leigh
ton of Minot being one and the other
being Chas. E. Wolfe of Wahpeton.
candidate for judicial honors in the
Fourth district, and who adds to his
statement: mo money or other
thing of value was expended or prom
Used, not even, a postage stamp. The
nomination came %unsought and unso-
licited." In the three districts where
fights were waged, the following are
the amounts expended: Sixth dist
riot, Winchester $41v.26, Nuessle
$597.74; Second district, BUTTE $3.50.
%; Cowan $91.42; Fifth district,
Combs, $712.59; Cotfey, $27O7O.