The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-28
BOTH PARTIES
FILE EXPENSE
OF CAMPAI
National Committees Efforts
to Elect Senator Warren G.
Harding President Will Cost
$3,442,892.32.
MARSH NAMES GIVERS
tBy Associated Press.)


w. upham, national treasurer of the
party. notified the senate committee
appointed to investigate campaign ex-
penditures in report filed with the
committee here today
or this sum $3,042,s92.32 had been
spent up to the close of business Sun
day, Oct. "a, and Mr.. Upham estimated
the expenditures in the closing week
OF the campaign at 100000 addition
al. The report shows that 1901, ,388.9S
was spent between Oct. 18 when a re-
port was filed with the clerk of the
house of representatives in Washing
ton and Oct. "a, the date of today's
report.
The total estimated cost of the cam
paign-$3, 442. .S92.32-is considerably
in excess of the Republican budget of
$3.079, ,037.20, presented to the senate
committee at a hearing here last Au-
gust. but Mr.. Upham explained that
the disbursements covered the period
from June IA, while the budget in
cluded only expenditures from July 1.
About 100000 was spent between
June IA and July l. Mr. Upham's Of
flee estimated, leaving the estimated
disbursements from July l to Nov. 2
approximately s3,243,O0O( about s162,-
OoO IN excess Oh the estimated DuuSet.
Some Back to States.
Contributions received since June
IA total $2,914,706OS, or S12S. 1S6.24
less than the amount expended to
date Mr.. Upham's report shows. Of
the amount collected S1,793. .556.54 was
devoted directly to the national cam
paign under the direction of the ma
tional committee. The remaining ST.
121,14954 was returned to the states
in which 1t was raised, in accordance
with an agreement whereby the ma
tional committee solicited all funds
for both state and national campaign
purposes.
Since Mr.. Upham presented his last
report to the senate committee, here
on, Aug. 30, in which he showed six
teen contributions exceeding $1,000
limit laid down by Chairman Will II.
Hays, there have been sixteen more
such contributions from individuals
and two from clubs, today's report
shows.
In several instances members OF the
same family have given contributions
Of 81, 900 each. Mr.. and Mrs. James
F.. Davidson, Bay City, Mich, Mr. and
Mrs Charles T. Crocker. San Francis
co, and four other members OF the
Crocker family Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Hodge, Detroit, and four members of
the Spreckles family, of San Francisco,
are in this class.
Many Contributors.
Senator Warren G. Harding, and
Governor Calvin Coolidge, his running
mate, each gave $1,000, as did Fred
w. Upham, the Republican national
treasurer: John T. Adams, vice-chalr-
man of the National; A. T. Hart, or
Louisville. committeeman from Ken
lucky: Myron T. Herrick, of Cleve-
land. former ambassador to France;
and Charles P. Taft, OF cincinnati
brother of Ex-President Taft. There
are several hundred $1,000 contribu
tions.
Mr.. Upham's office estimated there
were approximately $4,000 contribu
tors to the campaign chest. There are
thousands of 25, so Is cent and 81
donations, as we'll as large numbers
I'm odd cents. Eleven Chicago women
gave 62 cents each: why no one in
Mr.. Upham's Office knew.
With his report Mr. Upham filed
sworn affidavit answering series OF
written questions put to him by the
Senatorial committee. The afhdaVlt
sets forth that the amount to be ex-
pended by the national committee for
the further purposes of the campaign
does not exceed the sum of S400,0oO,
which is the aggregate sum uneXpend-
ed of the appropriation provided for
in the budget of the committee"
NEW YORK, Oct 2S-Total receipts
by the Democratic National committee
to Oct 25 for the conduct of the pres
ent campaign amount to SS1S,631. "a.
according to an announcement today
by Wilbur W. Marsh, the party's ma
tional treasurer.
This figure, Mr.. Marsh said was to-
day submitted according to the re-
ouirements of the corrupt practices
law to the Kenyon committee investi-
eating campaign contributions and ex-
penditures.
The sum collected. the Democratic
treasurer stated, is constituted almost
entirely of contributions to the cam
paign fund with the exception of $3.50 |
600 which was borrowed. Other |
sources which aggregated collections !
of only a few hundred dollars included |
the sale of the campaign text books, |
refunds from advertising and such |
small items
Itemizes Moneys.
The statement itemizes moneys re-
ceived by the headquarters in New |
York, Chicago and San Francisco, as |
we'll as the Women's bureau. OF the |
total $665.4S1 33 was collected in New |
York, while San Francisco showed an |
aggregate. fund of but s1,763.a0. The
women's bureau was responsible for |
the collection of sS,454.50. Chicago col
lected $53,04151.
Disbursements by the entire organi- !
zation up to the same date. as shown |
by the statement, amount to $S23.-
34O09, with New York bearing by far |
the heaviest burden. Chicago a sum
slightly less than it's receipts, and |
San Francisco and expense approx !
mately eight times the amount of
funds received. Running the women's
bureau for the entire campaign to date
cost but $1,33930, the statement adds.