Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-24
OVER THREE MILLION SPENT IN CAMPAIGN UP TO OCTOBER 18 Democratic Expenditures Only Little Over Half
 Million REPUBLICANS SPEND THREE TIMES AS MUCH Socialist National Committee Rec ords Show That S4S,i7S.6S
 Put Out to
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Washington, Oct % The presi- dcntial campaign of 1920 up to Oc- tcber IS had cost more than $3,6O0,. 000 Sworn statements filed witf the clerk of the house of representa- tivcs by the treasurers of three prn- cipal parties show the following total expenditures to that date:
 Republican National committee S2,- 714,503.34
 Democratic national committee $6q9, 9,971.69.
 Socialist national committee $4S,. 4786S.
 Contributions to the various cam. paign funds aggregated about $3,- 325,000, the Republican national com mittee reporting a total of $2,d66,. 019.54; Democratic national commit tee $677 ,934.S7 and the Socialist party $51 ,02S.24. The Democratic congress sional Com nittee received $13,475.7t and the similar Republican organiza- tlOn 9l llO,I IUU.
 The Socialist party's committee re- port also showed surplus of receipts over expenditures.
 List Each Contribution
 The Republican report made vol ume of more than 2,500 pages with each individual contribution listed to give the full name and address of the donor. According to the national committee more than 34,000 names were listed. No effort was male tc group the contributions by states ol to assemble them in accordance with the size of the gifts.
 Both Republican and Democratic ! reports showed hundreds of $100( donations while larger items were few. It was stated there were but 1t of these larger contribYtions in tho Republican lists and not more thar 24 in the Democratic.
 Among the larger contributors tc the Republican campaign fund were:
 Truxton Beale, New York, $l0,00( (for prize distribution); James B Smith, San Francisco $5,000; J. s Cosden, Tulsa, Oklahoma, S5,000; Charles F. Pfister, Chicago, Charles E. Brockus, New York, George M Reynolds, Chicago, w. IT. R. Hillyard Pittsburgh and George F. Backer Chicago $2,OOO; MT. and Mrs. Vim cent Astor, S1,O0 each; Howard E 'Hedger, Aberdeen, s. D., S1,500; Hen ry w. Taft $1,000; T. c. Dupont 5000; Chauncey M. Depew $1,000; William Metcalf, Jr., $1,000; pr Nicholas Murry Butler $1,0OO.
 In the Democratic list were five contributions of more than $5,000:
 H. A. Wroe, Austin, Texas, $20,000 Remberandt Peale. Carrollton, Pa. $1O,0O0: Chas. R. Crane and Thomas L. Chadbourne, Jr.. New York, $7,500 and E. l.. Doheny $6,500.
 Baruch Gives S5.0O0
 B. M. Baruch donated $5,00O to the National Democratic fund and $5,000 to the "Pro-League Independents" a political organization of New York City. which collected $16,735 and ex- pended $14,7O6
 Other contributors to the Demo- cratic notional committee were Ed ward M. Hurley, August Belmont Joseph E. Willard, Francis Burton Harrison, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Cleve- land H. Dodge, Joseph F. Davies Thomas F. Ryan. Allen A. Ryan, Ira Morris. Nathan Strauss, c. E. Davis M. Liebel, Jr., $500 each; Charles B. Alexander $4,00O; F. D. Roosevelt George F. Brnenan and w. N. Rey- holds, $3.000; A. J. Casey $2,500-- James w. Gerard and Norman H Davis $2.OOO: E. T. Meredith, C. N. Hitchcock and John B. Payne $1,000; A. Mitchell Palmer $500; Colonel E. M. House $500; and Hon. Alton B Parker, $100.