The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-31
POLITICS IN THIS
COUNTY NOTVERY
. EXPENSIVE. GAME
Candidates Tell How They
Spent Their Campaign
Money.
SMILES FOR THE PUBLIC
Also Show Tickets, Meal
Tickets And Other
Gratuities.

Today being the seventh before the
Primary election, June 6, practically
all of the candidates expense state.
ments have been filed with the county
clerk. Probably few that are still
spending their money and desire the
statement to be very accurate will
delay filing until the eleventh hour.
At late hour this afternoon however.
there were filed the statements Of 55
Republican candidates and IS Demo.
cratic candidates.
Many OF these that are candidates
for the school board In the various
districts and for the various party
committees incurred no expense at
all according to their statements.
Twenty.seven Republicans incurred
expenses most Of which consisted sim.
ply Of their announcement fees and
printing bills for cards and announce.
ments. Twenty.eight Democrats incur
red various expenses ranging from
bare announcement fees to gasoline.
Many of these men wished evidently
that their record be opened to the pub.
lie and without secret expenditure so
they faithfully kept an itemized &C.
count even TO the four cents one man
spent for postage stamps.
James w. Davis, Democrats candi-
date for assessor. tops the list with
the largest sum spent by any candi.
date in either party and In his itemiz.
cd statement lists Smokes to the pub.
lic-$20; show tickets to the public
$25; Henry Backer for distributing
cards-S10." Davis total expenditure
reaches $172 and he evidently believes
in showing the public" good time.
Walter Haggerty, for prosecuting at
torney, also wants the public to enjoy
themselves at his expense and he
spent $3.50 for two boxes OF cigars
at the Mountain City drug store aud
paid the A. D. Childs company $40
for campaigning coins" What he
intends to do with the coins" was not
mentioned on the statement which to.
tailed in his case $95.40.
s. E. Burnett, Democratic candidate
for county commissioner, evidently Is
not familiar with some parts of Win.
field and Union districts and he lists
"Rig Hire to First Ward Livery
$3.50; H. Vincent as guide on trip
$2.70." Burnett also lists Running
expenses of auto-$150." This should
interest those contemplating the pur.
chase Of an "auto." Burnett's total
is $52.52, the odd two cents Is for
postage.
A. NJ. Glover. candidate for sheriff,
spent $42. Beside the announcement:
fee of $25 he lists Meal Tickets
$S," the remainder being printing
cards and carefare, etc. Who deceived
the meal tickets or where they were
purchased was not stated. John Con.
away received 81 from William w.
Conaway for his services in tacking up
cards, for his employer who is can.
didate for Justice of Peace. John
has evidently forsaken the stage and
the baseball diamond for the political
field which seems to be more lucra.
tive. F. NJ. Fleming received the most
Of the money spent for printing cards
and candidates in each party patroniz.
ed him almost exclusively. The two
local newspapers and printing estab.
lishments received very little Of the
candidates money, for announcements
and printing. None Of the men on
either party received any contributions
according to their statements.