The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-03
INDIANA STATE
PRIMARY COSTS
PUBLIC HEAVILY
Estimates Place Expense of
re-Election At As Much As
$4,000 for Each County In.
volved.

indianapolis. March ..-Thnt the
state wide primary. To be he'll In In
mana March - going To- be an eN.
pensivc proposition both 10 inxuay-
"rs ana candidates for Office ls the
opinion OF political leadc : of All par-
t'tS There ~ much speculation ~ to
ms u VIII cost the state and these
estimates vary but no estimate hag
hecn " man an average of $1,000
"a county. The lowest estimate. there
Tore. % $3.50. o00 for the % counties
81 the state. some politicians think
INC cost VIII run Ia $500 OOg.
Marion county. "a which indiana
apolis H. situated has already appro-
pfIhtod sSl,OOO TO pay the
OF the primary. some county oaiclnls
saN this VII! lot he cnough. Some of
ihc smaller counties ma, not have To-
spend. II j. estimated. more than
$4,000. But the larger counties like
lake, Nigo. -. Joseph. Allen. AMI
Nanderburg, and perhaps a few
others viii, il Is believed. have 20 pay
out $4,000 or more. rniil an the
printing hills are in. how ever. il viii
not be possible 10 as"criaig the cost
~ the primary with any certain i.-
gree of accuracy.
That the primary BE- hitting The can
did0tes hard. there L. no question
Practically all OF the political lenders
say that there was never any candi.
date who made n anVas Cor an Of
flee. la be nominated AZ "A convention.
that spent any ways near what ,he
primary is costing. The greatest item
of expense, In the primary, Il foe
newspaper advortis,hS. The candi.
dates are using this method OF an
pealing To the voter. more thar ever
before.
Because Of the lack OF contest. tho
Democratic candidates for the high.
CT offices have not been called to-
spend In gs amounts. The %progrcs-
sive candi iatcs are spending practic-
ally nothing. Il Is the Republicans
h are making the strenuous cam
paign.
Republican candidate for United
states senator aud governor. and
there are three cuch for these two
Offices. are making their great appeal
To The voters by displaying their pho
iographs, with reating matter ln the
newspapers. The Increase in the use
Of his sort of advertisement has been
marked. Most of the advertisements
are two columns wide and ten inchol
or twenty inChcs long. There are
about 100 regular Republican, news
papers IN the state and about forty
Others carving this adveftisint. one
insertion Of the usual 90 Inch al in
h 200 papers costs $1,000 ~ q con
s%orVnlivc estimate. Republican can
diiates for senator ana governor have
had such advertisements TN this string
g.. -...N. &c.. -.
to a dozen times. This repetition ~
explained bV the fact that some ~
The men began their active campaign
last August whilc nthc = hogan thcirs
later
Campaign buttons. silrkcrs. cards
poster, street car adds aud pcuuunts
have been distributed with a lavish
hand.
NCXt To- the ADVERTISING. the next
itcm of expense p|rohahlr. = for trans.
poriatlon aud hotel hllls 81 tn" candi-
dates and their mnlagcrs. The mo-
tor car has played a q "a' part il the
primary. VAIN the use of th,s means
~ transportation. % candidate H. able
TO make several meetings a day. All
the candidates for senator and gov
ernor claim they have visited every
county in the state ~ least once, ana
II b. understood that one of tn. seun-
tor.nl candidates is making his third
trip to every county IA the state.
Postage has been u big item Of OK
pcnse. II * estimated that each can
dldatc has sent out from 100 O00 tn
POO O00 pieces of mail ana most Of
this has gone "a ~ class The print
ing of circulars has also cos, q lot OF
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