New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-24
SPENT S129,5l9 TO
WHIP TAMMANY
Fusionists Have S2,267 Left Over
Report Shows That Many
Women Contributed.

II cost the fusionists Sl29,Jl9 u to
defeat Tammany Hail at the last eiec-
ton. Unlike most campaign commit
tees. the Citizens Municipal Commit
tee. which handled the funds. has
surplus Of 81 2261 90. The outstanding
liabilities still amount to a little more
than $1,000.
In making public the report Charles
l.. Bcrnhcimer, treasurer of the fund,
itemized all receipts and expenditures.
even to an item of disbursement of 30
cents for exchange on checks.
Most OF the money came from the
/. $50 individual contributors. Their
gifts reach total of Sl14,l9l 2S.
Among them were many women, The
resa 3. Hopkins contributing 5000
while two sisters. tine Misses Edith
and Elsie Borg. gave $50. The largest
contribution was $500, from Andrew
Carnegie
Others who gave $1,000 or more
we're Jacob II. Schiff, $4,000: Cleveland
II. Dodge. 5000; George w. Perkins
.S5OCO: John ID. Rockefeller, $1,000; Og-
den l.. Mills. $1,000. Isaac Seligmsn,
s. 900: William H.'Childs. 5000; Will
lam Loeb. jr.. $500; Adolph Lewisohn
& Sons. $500: Rudolph Schaeffer, S.
300: William G. Wilcox, $1,000; f. It.
Albee. $1,000: Francis Lynde Stetson,
.O2j. and Eversley Childs. r. Fulton
Cutting. Ralph Pulitzer, G. J. Reilly,
Henry r. Towne and George b. Ho-
falling, 81 600 each.
Prominent among those whose gifts
ranged from 500 To $500 each were
Henry Clevs. Frank B. keech, Will
lam @. Low. f.. II. Outerbridge. John
r Pratt. Paul Block. Simon Borg, Ia
+. Dommerch. Algernon ;. trlsseI,
LLOYD G. Griscom. George e. Hopkins
a IT. Howell. Frederic l.. Jennings
Walter Jennings. -. p. Kingsley Seth
Low. Victor Morawetz. c. NJ. Pratt
Rcycrlcv Robinson, William r. Rose,
Harry Sachs. {. A. Schieren, Charles
Sooy Smith. r. 4. {. Smith, Frederick
4. Snow. James Speyer. j. II. wal
bridge. W. T.. White. w. Fellowes Nor
gan. George c. Boldt, Thomas A. Buck
nor. Lauren Carroll Joseph II. Choate.
Nelson Cromwell William j. Dunston,
Richard II. Ewart. Augustus Healy.
Harry Hentz Alfred Jaretzki, James
l.. Laidlaw. John y. Mayo, William X.
Peters. George y. Pratt, Lawson
Purdy. II. Schniewind, jr., Mortimer l..
Schif. Lawrence f.. Sexton, Charles
Triller and Thomas +. Victor.
Headquarters maintenance i'm all
amounted to $685. i6. Publicity. in
Guiding the cost Of printing THE
Voters Weekly" "A campaign paper,
cost S2l ,493 a. Meetings and branch
headquarters, automobile and truck
hire, music fireworks, rent of halls.
salaries and similar items of expense
involved the expenditure of Sl3.l9S u.
During the last week of the campaign
about $4,000 was collected, said Mr..
Birnheimer last night.
This report breaks a record he
continued, lin that il shows no deficit:
in fact It shows a slight surplus. The
pervasive, fundamental and controlling
idea OF the treasurer has been TO col
lect enough money to handle the F'u-
sion campaign with economy and with
the best business methods possible in a
hastily assembled organization contain
ing many raw recruits i'm it's elements;
and also sufficient for the purpose OF
safeguarding the ballot at registration
and election times. and at the count.
Another and most important prin-
ciple upheld was that the moneys
should be collected from sources where
no obligation was attached, so as 10
allow the elected candidates an abso-
lutely free hand, with no feeling OF
obligation and a sense Of duty only to
the electorate The larger sums given
by individuals were given as contri-
button to pure citizenship and for the
good and better government of the city,
and am glad TO attest TO their liber-
ality and civic spirit in this regard
NO USE FOR COUNTY JAIL