The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-13
MONEY IS SPENT
WITH LAVISH HAND
Total Cost of Roosevelt's Cam
paign for Nomination May
Reach 100000.

NOW York. May 12.-with the dc.
tailed statements filed in ALBANY
showing that the actual cost Of each
vote at the recent primaries in New
YORK was approximately So. or S7l0or
Tor $4,000 votes. the politicians ves
''crdhy declared the country now is
seeing the most expensive camDatyn
Tor nomination ever waged. and one
mat VIII cost as much as the Republi-
an Nutiohhl committee expended to
elect President Taft.
Never has campaign for q nrcsi
Dental nomination been made win
such lavish expenditure of money ana
apparent disregard OF expense as that
being conducted in the interests of Mr..
Roosevelt. Men verscd in practical
politics declare the expenditure up TO
the present time is far III excess of
$1,000, 900.
on April II Henry w Taft, brother
of the President. was quoted as say
ing that he had been told by Mr.. iIiles
and others who had been watching the
Roosevelt campaign that the cNpenCi-
lures UP 10 that time were at least
$4,000.
While Mr.. Roosevelt denied that so
large an amount had been expended.
he did not give any figures. and the
only ones available are in the stace-
ments filed In Albany.
Until this year the campaign wagcd
TO bring about the nomination or
Judge Alton Il. Parker IN 190i had
been considered the most expensive.
Yhe amount spent before the convon-
tion that year has been estimated at
from 100000 to $4,000, and i is
certain that the Roosevelt campaign
managers have been strowinE money
across the continent with much more
lavish hand than was done that year
In behalf of Judge Parker.
Watchers and Automobiles Needed.
The Henry w. Taft estimate was
given the day of the primaries in
Pennsylvania. Since that time there
have hecn bitter contests In New
Hampshire. Massachusetts and Mary
land. Men who were in those states
during the primary contests assert
that the Roosevelt managers were
using money in the same generous
way that they did in the primary
campaign in this city.
The spontaneous uprising OF the
people did not seem 10 produce the
volunteer watchers, SO they were en-
ployed at SO much n day. Automo-
biles were used without stint, and in
the words Of George AIDE. the Roose-
welt committee acted, "as If ii had
money trees in the front yard"
Reports from Ohio. whore the cam
paign Will be well under way this
week show there has been no cur
ta!lment of expenses there. The party
workers are sitting up and taking
notice AS they have not done before
In years The Roosevelt men. while
their leader is docrying boss rule. arc
going into the towns and voting pre-
c'hcts and using the argument which
~ the most effective to enlist the lit
Tie ward, town or precinct boss 10
WORK Tor the Roosevelt ticket.
Total Cost May Reach $1,000 600
California Minnesota and some Other
states are to have their primaries. and
Ao'''e OF ihese promise TO be as expen-
eve as the campaigns IN other States.
one man VINO has had enough expcri-
tHce IN national campaigns TO mako l,i.
judgment of value said YESTERDAY 10
peIlsNed that before tho convcn,in,
meets in Chicago the Roosevelt nnr,'
UaiEh VIII have cost nearly 50 Oo0 0oo
IN 1'os' Tor the tirst time tho mn
7'onal committee had 10 file lis, q,
contributors. The Republican cav.
Pa'En that year cost sl.655.5lSa7 ana
v. ms amount Charles T. Taft contrib
'ii"'Vuo' The Democratic cam
paiGn cost S62o,644.77. Tho Rrnnbitn',
a.'..H'sh was the most economical in
Syhrs' ana II Is estimated that in 1901
Wnen Ny. Roosevelt was electos ,tI
national committee expended s4o0o ON
although Governors Wilson and Har'
ION, speaker Clark and Representative
onueF"o9d are all conducting cam.
paigns for the Democratic n5,n4r,,ia,
me politicians do not believe thn, -.
somoint.' Xpanditurcs OF the fomr r .o
an!ttee. 'e4' com