New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
PRIMARIES COST
 WILL BE HEAVY
Indiana Candidates Spending
 Large Amounts

Indianapolis, March 2.-That the
 diana March ', is going to be ex- pensive proposition both to taxpayers and candidates for office is the opin- 1 ion of political leaders of all parties. l There is much speculation as to what l it will cost the state and these esti- mates vary, but no estimate has been l lower than an average of $5,000 a l county. The lowest estimate, there | fore, is $460,00O for the ninety-two counties of the state. Some poli- ticians think the cost will run to | $6O0,OOO.
 Marion county, in which Indianap- oils is situated, has already appro- priated s34,00O to pay the expenses of the primary. Some county of ficials say this will not be enough. Some of the smaller counties may not have to spend, it is estimated, more than $3,00O. But the larger counties like Lake, Vigo, St. Joseph, Allen, and Vanderburg, and perhaps a few others will, it Is believed, have to pay out S15,000 or more. Until all the print ing bills are in, however, it will not be possible to ascertain the cost of the primary with any certain degree of accuracy.
 Hitting Candidates
 That the primary is hitting the can didates hard, there is no question: Practically all of the political leaders say that there was never any candi- date who made canvass for an office to be nominated at a convention that ever spent any ways near what the primary is costing. The greatest item of expense, in the primary, is for newspaper advertising. The candi- dates are using this method of ap- pealing to the voter, more than ever before.
 Because of the lack of contest, the democratic candidates for the higher offices have not been called to spend large amounts. The progressive can didates are spending pra ctically nOth- ing. It is the republicans who are making the strenuous campaign.
 Republican candidates for United States senator and governor, and there are three each for these two offices, are making their great appeal to the voters by displaying their photographs, with reading matter in the newspapers The increase in the use of this sort of advertising has been marked. Most of the advertisements are two columns wide and ten inches or twenty inches long. There are about 16O regular republican newspapers in the state and about forty others carrying this advertising. One insertion of the usual 10-inch adv in the 200 papers costs $1,000 at a conservative estimate. Republican candidates for senator and governor have had such advertise ments in this string of newspapers anywhere from three to a dozen times. The repetition, is explained by the fact that some of the men began their ac- tive campaign last August while others began theirs later.
 Campaign buttons, st1ckers cards, posters, street car advs and pennants have been distributed with a lavish hand.
 Transportation Expenses.
 Next to the advertising. the next item of expense probably, Is for trans portation and noted bills of the can- didates and their managers. The mo- tor car has played a great part in the primary. With the use of this means of transportation, a candidate is able to make several meetings a day. All the candidates for senator and gov ernor, claim they have visited every county in the state at least once, and it is understood that one of the sena- torial candidates is making his third trip to every county in the state.
 Postage has been a big item of ex- pense. It is estimated that each candidate has sent out from 100000 to 100000 pieces of mail and most of this has gone first class" The printing of circulars has also cost a lot of money.
 Not the least of the candidates ex- penses has been the maintenance of headquarters consisting of large suites of rooms in down town hotels or office buildings in Indianapolis Some of the candidates have even maintained headquarters, recently in the larger cities of the state, outside of the capital. This has meant the employment of clerks, stenographers and messengers, all of which have cost considerable. Telephone and telegraph tolls will run into hundreds of dollars.
 Various estimated have been made as to the amount the different can- didates will spend. Some are specu- lating that two of the most active candidates for governor and two for senator will have expended close on to $200. 900 at the close of prim- ary day. They figure that it will cost