Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-06
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81 for the same purpose. Thre'
employees still later put in a bill 70
three dinners which cost $3.50.
There were vouchers for sums a
small as fifteen cents for newspaper
and sixty-five cents for a sponge
this was before the prlmaries--ye
unden the heading Petty Cash" sunni
that run up into hundreds of dol
lars were spent without further ex
PLANTATION. Whether these went fol-
dinners or for payment OF workers
there is no way of knowing. But II
is notorious that petty cash entries
have before now been used to cover
multitude of sins.
Big amounts were spent in adj
vertlsing, printing. and circtlariz-
ing. For printing the Mail and Ex-
press Company was paid $6,147.20,
which is considerably in excess OF
the amount contributed by its edi-
tor, Henry L. Stoddard. to the funds.
This does not take into account the
free advertising and publicity given
by the Evening Mail, however, nor
the work done for the Committee by
its employees. Advertisements in
Yiddish papers and payments for
Yiddish circulars cost $3S7.50. Ital-
ian papers received $125, and ne
gro paper 1926. In addition to this,
more than $4,000 went to advertising
agencies.
Printing, mailing and addressing
circulars sent to the enrolled vot-
ers cost total of $9,241.20, which
included in some instances, postage.
Getting up petitions to place the
names OF delegates ON the primary
ballot was an expensive item. The
greater part of this was borne by
the Roosevelt League, which paid
$4,509 for this purpose. The COM
mittee expended $1,32S.90 for the
same work, making grand total
spent in notarial fees of $5,S38.55.
This possibly does not include all
the money spent for this purpose,
as there ARE several entries set down
as canvassing, which may have
meant that the money was spent for
obtaining names To petitions.
The Roosevelt League also paid
most of the bills for work on pri-
mary election day, such as those for
watchers, district captains, challen-
gers, and SO on. These expenditures
CONSTITUTES the most Interesting part
of the statement. According to the
document on file with the secretary
of state the league paid out largely
for, primary day expenses a total of
$6,309.55- The several items that
go to make up this total were as
follows: Verifying names on petit
tions, 1870; canvassers and distri-
butors OF literature, $16OO.7O; cap
tains and watchers (outside of the
Eighteenth congress dfstrictO $1,944-
80; challeHgers, $145; organizing"
the Eighteenth congress district ST.
219.35. as
This special work in the Eighteenth
congress district was one OF the in
tgresting phases of the campaign. No
other district was SO thoroughly or
ganized, and nowhere else was SO
much money spent The items set
down against the district do not in
clude general expenses for adyertis-
ing and circu1arizing, (which were
to beDefit that district, as
we'll as the others. The work in this
district was placed in the hands of
two experienced men, Joseph Muir
ray-known to fame as the dis
,overer of Theodore Roosevelt be-
cause of the part he played in get
ing him his first nomination to the
1ew York assembly thirty-one years
Edward l.. Rathers, VINO
8 not so we'll known.
The Eighteenth District comprises
part of the seven assembly districts
n the central portion Of Manhattan,
10 follows: Fifteenth district, elev-
m election districts; Seventh, one
election district; Twentieth, seven
election districts; Twenty-second,
wenty-one election districts; Twen-
y-fourth, eight election districts;
five election districts;
thirteen election dis
riots. 1t was in these districts that
he organizing was done.
what Murray Paid Ont.
Murray spent ss74,s5 for his part
4 the Work, $3.50 Of which was re-
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