The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-19
.Expense Accounts Of Gubernatorlal
Aspirants Show That They Spent
Considerable on
Campaign.
ALIENS ACCOUNT BIG
1t Cost c. A. Kennedy over $500 to
Win From Thorne
Who Spent
$1,se9.71.

| Anyone who has an idea that pri-
maries are not expensive propositions
| to the candidates had better cast a
| glance at the expense accounts on
| file and revise his statements. w.
L. Harding spent $4,000, George
Cosson over $4,000 and j. H. Allen
something like $4,000 According to
| the account of c. A. Kennedy his cam
paign took 1896
Lieut.. Gov w. L. Harding
filed with the secretary of state a
statement OF his receipts and expen-
ditures in his winning fight for the
Republican nomination for governor.
His total expenditures were S10,356.62
and his friends and relatives contrib
uted $5.7S3 of this amount.
! The lieutenant governor sets out
| his receipts and expenditures in de-
/ Sibley, contributed $1,000, and his
father-in-law contributed $1,000. w.
G. Bows of Cedar Rapids. wealthy
manufacturer, contributed $1,000. F.
| NJ Hubbell of Des Moines gave $3.50.
The largest item in his expenditures
was $4,000 for postage. Stenographic
i work cost $1,000. Advertising was
one of the big items.
kuehnIe Not Ready.
Carl F. Kuehnle of Denison, one
of the defeated candidates for tho
| republican gubernatorial nomination,
| called on Secretary of State w. S.
Allen in person and explained
that he will not be able to get his
statement in for day or so as some
of the data as to advertising has not
been turned over to him. He has
been attending commencement at the
state university of Iowa and the re-
publican convention in Chicago SO
has had little opportunity, he says, to
personally look after getting in his
statement.
4 Attorney General George Cosson
expended s3,5s1.eS in his efforts tc
secure the republican nomination fol
governor. Of this amount the attor
ney general contributed $1,107.94
George Wilson of Des Moines, count,
iattorney of Polk county, spent s2O31
Senator Joseph H. Allen filed a
statement showing he spent $1S.231 in
the gubernatoriaI campaign. of which
only $50 was contributed The state.
ment was not itemized The expen.
ditures were under the following gen.
eral heads: Auto trip $795; movin g
picture ad, 81 Using, $40; supplies,
$1,79S; advertising, $3,43S: clippings,
S107; letterheads. printing and cam.
paign literature, $4,936; salaries, 49,
| 664; hotel and travel, 1919.
Statements Not Right.
| The department of justice called
attention to the fact that some of the
candidates in fling statements of ex-
| pense did not comply with the law,
| which requires itemized statements.
| 1t was given out Thursday that the
candidates who failed to make thu
proper showing would be given an
opportunity of amending their state
ments.
George Wilson Of Des Moines
filed statement showing he
spent $2,031 in the campaign for
nomination for attorney general.
Expense statements were filed as
follows
H. M. Havner, Marengo. for attor-
ney general, $3.50.
w. S. Allen, Fairfield, for secretary
of state, 1886.
state, SIS.
J. A. Guiher, winterset, for railroad
com missioner. s1,217.
Edwin H. Hoyt. Manchester, for
treasurer of state. S1,97S.
D. w. Crawford. Des Moines, for
lieutenant governor, (soc.) nothing.
D. e. Kulp, Emmets burg, for rail-
road commissioner, 1858.
Henry Sampson. Des Moines, for at
torney general, $3.50.
For congress-C. A. Kennedy Mont
rose. 1896; w. r. Green, Council
Bluffs, $3.50; Harry Hull, Williams
burg, 50.
The law provides for fine of not
less than $50 nor more than $500.
or imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than thirty days or more
than six months for failure to file
the campaign statement within fifteen
days after the primary.