The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-22
COP. SPENT 3 TIMES AS MUCH
 AS DEMOCRATS Party Starts Out for the Next Campaign With
 Reserve Fund. ACCOUNTS FILED
 WITH TOWN CLERK Vast Difference in Amounts Spent Disclosed in Off,
 cial Report.

The Republicans collected and used nearly three times as much money to carry on their campaign in Bridge port, as did the Democrats at the last election. The statements of John J. Broderick, treasurer of the DemOcT atic executive committee, and that of Will liam E. Seeley, flied with the town clerk today, show the vast difference in the amounts used by the two big parties.
 The Republicans had $14,S3375 which included SPA left over from the last campaign. There was expended $13.- OO3.20, which leaves the party q bal ance of 55 for next election. The Democrats collected $5,3SO.70 and ex- pended s5,3so.ee. leaving a. balance of four cents.
 The accounts follow:
 REPUBLICAN RECEIPTS.
 The Republican fund totals $14,- S33.75.
 The largest contributors were: De- Yer H. Warner $500; Joseph T. Roche $500; Nathaniel w. Bishop $500; State Central Committee $2,500: Waldo c. Bryant $250; Carl F. Sic mon $500; William H. Com1ey, Jr., $250; F. Walker $25O; w. Walker $250; Thomas l.. Watson $250; John T. King $200; A. H. Bullard $1O0; E. P. Bullard $100; Walter Stapleton $1O0; Joseph Schultz s125: w. J. Grippin s200; Paul L. Miller $200; Frank B. Ballard s100; Simeon E. Pease s10O; J. P Bartram s10O; Robert N. Blakeslee $10O; William E.. Ry h a S10n. rl,r{e ;~ $1O0; Walter Anderson $100; J. A. H: Robinson $150: A. H: Canfield s100 Andrew M. Cooper $1O0; IN. Shreave $100; Alexander L. Delaney s100; Jacob A. Courtade S125; William B. Seeley $50; James Mulligan $50; Theodore E. Steiber $SO; Frank M Wilson $75; George M. Baldwin s75; William Lounsbury s75; S. A. Meek CT 376; E. J. Morgan $50; William Martin $50; F. D. Bell $50: F. Will liam Behrens $50: Harry H. DeLoss s50;. Loren Delbridge $50; c. L.. Thompson $50; Frank F. Munich $50; c. Barnum Seeley $50; Wilson Mar shall $50; John H. Redgate $50; W. B. Leigh $50; A. c. Godfrey $50; H. c. Ives $50; Fred Enos $50; Henry Carstesen $50; Henry R.. Parrott $50; Charles HI. Poland $50; A. J. Merritt $50; E. B. Goodrich $50; E. E. John- son $50; A. B. Beers $50; Elmer H. Ravens $50; Julius w. Knowlton $50; Harvard Clark $50: W. L. Morton $50; T. J. Pardy $50; M. H. Rogers $50; Charles c. Kingston 50; F. J. Hughes $50; H. H. Brautigan $50; William Chew $50; T. c. Logan $50; F. H. Daniels $50; W. R. Webster $50: A. E. vinvent 5o; Dennis Kel- ly $50: c. B. Winton $50; Jonathan Thorne $50; F., E. See1ey $50; F. D. Keeler $50: G. s. Herthal $50; B. J. McKelvey $35.
 Republican Expenses
 The Republican expenses total s13,-
 Amount given to districts: First. $50; Third, s177.4O; Fourth, $23451; Eleventh, $245; Second, $45; Fifth, $15s.20; Sixth, s20371; Seventh, $46:50 Eighth, s2OO: Tenth, $24O70; Twelfth, $2S5.50; Ninth, $20o.
 Other expenses include the follow ing items: auto hire, $1,934.11; clerk hire, s1.450.9S; printing s1,S1705; postage $1,655.20; parade, $1,14S92; bands and hall rent, $266; buttons and badges, s126; red. fire. s442.42.
 Democratic Receipts
 The Democratic fnud totals s5,3s070.
 The largest contributors were: State central committee, $2,000; national committee, s200; Judge Morris B. Beardsley, s250; A. McNei1, Jr! $500; Hugh J. Lavery, s1S7; James L. Me- Govern, $178.70; Charles F. Greene, $10O; Charles Stuart Canfield, s1Oo; Theodore B. Ford, s35O; Charles G. Sanford, s1oo; P. w. Wren, s100: Hen. ry F. Lyons, s200; Henry Atwater, $50; Louis Kutscher, Jr., J. H. Spittler and Sigmund Loewith, $50; S. P. Cronan, John A. Hurley, UT. ,Thom- as Walsh and Arthur Wren, $50; D. w. Lynch, $50; James H. Rooney, $40 and Frank J. Clancy, s20.
 Each of the following gave S25: D. Ballard, zalmon Goodsell, William T. Mullins, William I. Davis, Cullinan & Mullins. Dr. Edward F. McGovern, John H. Casey, Irving Elson, F. D. Baker, Joshua Meltzer, William P. Kirk, John J. Scully, Cullinan & Culli- nan, George Burns and D. Fairchild Wheeler.
 Democratic Expenses
 The Democratic expenses total, s5.- 3S0.66.
 Amounts given to districts: First, $112; Second, $50; Third. SIP; Fourth, SPA; Fifth, $141; Sixth. s16O; Seventh, $14s; Eighth. $146: Ninth, $14s: Tenth, $110; Eleventh, $144; Twelfth; $200.
 Other expenses included: postage and envelopes, s231.2o; printing and stationery. s26s.50; red fire, S220; bands, s135; D. W. Lynch, collector, $2e3.
 The balance of the expenditures came in the hiring of autos, renting of halls for rallies and com1ittee rooms.
 Joseph F. Onkey, elected Democrat ic alderman. contributed $3S for auto hire to Daniel E. Walker. Thomas Hungerford, Democratic candidate for selectman, spent s, S2 of which was spent for red fire, flags and 'cele- brating." Onkey also gave $10 to the Democratic campaign committee and spent s3 for advertising.
 Frank Clancy. treasurer of the
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