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Virginia" Dorst said.
His object was to "enlighten the
people OF West Virginia as to General
Wood and his qualifications for the
Presidency" Dorst added.
General Woods light has been hid
under a bushel, and not one in twenty
of the people OF West Virginia knew
anything about, him until we got
busy in that State TO educate the
people regarding him.
Dorst estimated $1,000 county
.wasn't sn unreasonable sum- In the
Wood "campsign OF edueation" In
West Eirxinis.
Senator Harding's total campaign
expenses have been 07.7oo.sd, with
contributions tII3,I00.50, III. M.
DouEkerty testified.
Coptributioss 10 the campaign Of
Nicholas Murry Butler, of New York,
fer the Presidential nomination total
S40.S5O to date. according 10 the tes-
timony of John n. Davies, justice OF
the municipaI courts of New York.
and msnager OF the Butler campaign.
There have been five contributions
of 5000 each, Davies stated. One
OF these was made by @. Dunn, an
engineer OF New York. and another
by william C. Demarest. also OF New
York.
All For Wood.
Dorst insisted the sentiment in
West Virginia was for Wood"
ave are all for Wood, you can bet
on that" Dorst reiterated.
you can't get men in these days
of the high cost of living and of la
bor to go out and work for candi-
date unless you pay them money"
said Dorst.
He denied any Wood money was
used in West Virginia to buy votes
for Wood"
Wood money was used in West Vir-
ginia to get men to "organize coun-
ties and precincts.
You have to pay them more than
common laborers," Dorst said.
, Dorst gave the total of Woods
campaign expenses in West Virginia
UP to date as S4,43S.36.
we really needed more than that.
$4,000 or $4,000. or $1,000 a coun
ty." Dorst said.
Daugherty, manager of the Presi-
Dental campaign of Senator Harding,
was called when Dorst concluded.
when Senator Harding's candi-
dacy for the Presidency was decided
upon. he expressed a desire that
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, campaign conducted" Daugherty
said. 'It was not expected that there
would be any contest in Ohio.
Later on a contest was brought
on. We were compelled to make
something of a campaign.
Indiana is a neighbor State. Be-
sides, under the laws of Indiana, any
candidate receiving a majority Of the
votes at the primary could hold the
delegates to vote for him and away
from any other candidate until the
convention was over. 1t was, there
fore, more or less necessary that prac-
tically all of the candidates should
enter Indiana
I'm all of the other primary States
we notified them that we would not
enter the primaries on account of the
expense. In States where there were
no primaries we made something Of
a campaign Of publicity, speaking and
sending literature somewhat extern
sively,
The neighbors OF Senator Harding
living in his home town of Marion
contributed practically one-third of
the amount expended in the Senator's
campaign Practically all of the bal
ance was contributed by residents Of
the State of Ohio, in small amounts,
comparatively speaking.
I'VE have headquarters at Colum-
bus, Washington, Indiana, and Kan
sas City. We had no auxiliary organ
izations collecting or disbursing any
imoney. There is, perhaps, connected
with the campaign expenditures in
Ohio, something over $35, 900, which
must be classified as general expenses,
inasmuch as all the literature and
campaign material furnished all the
a In ~ N,,t alI
the United States was paid for
through the Columbus headquarters"
'Daugherty read a long typewritten
list of $500 and 500 contributions to
Harding's campaign fund. many of
them from citizens OF Cleveland,
youngstown and other Ohio cities.
Harding Gave $1,000.
On April 5, Senator Harding gave
him a check for $1,000, Daugnerty
said. This was Harding's principal
and only contribution, as he 'is a
man of moderate means, and his
friends were willing to finance his
campaign" Daugherty added.
II. S. Firestone, the rubber tire
man Of Akron, Ohio. gave $1,000
Other contributors to Harding's cam
paign given by Daugherty were: Mrs.
Anna Norton Batelle, J. H. Frantz
and T.. M. Poston, all of Columbus,
Chic, $1,000 each; citizens Of Marion,
Ohio, $4,000; Mrs. Batelle and Pos
ton. $1,000 additional, each; Parmelee
Herrick and L. c. Hanna, jr., of Cleve-
land, $1,000 each: Carmi A. Thompson,
of Cleveland, $500 and s3,250; II.
l.. Thompson. of Toledo, $4,000; r.
Grosvenor Hutchins, New York City,
s2500; Michael Gallagher, OF Cleve-
land, $1,000. Citizens of Marion.
Ohio. also contributed an additional
$1,000 and still another of s2,500.
v Harding's total expenses in Ohio
were between $4,000 and $4,000,
Daugherty said.
Other Contributors.
other Harding contributions cited
BY Daugherty were r. r. Creager, of
Brownsville, Texas. and +. E. Scobey,
OF San Antonio, $500 each: +. L.
stsrek, New York. $4,000; william p.
Leech, New York, $1,000; John Sher-
wood, Cleveland, S2,500; A. @. Bean.
Elyria, Ohio, $1,000.
Daugherty credited himself with
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