The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-07-14
SEEKING OFFICE !.
NOT 50 COSTLY
SAY CANDIDATES
Expense Statements Filed I'm
der Law Do Not Show Remark
able Expenditures of Money
LARGEST LESS THAN $1,000
Most Nonpartisans Set Out Con.
tributions to Campaign Fund
as Largest Items

The primary election campaign was
not an expensive one for candidates
according to their statements of ex
penditures filed with the secretary OF
state.
Most of the candidates have com
piled with the law, which requires a
statement of expenditures and prom
ises to be filed within Is days after the
election. The largest items of ex
pense were railroad fare. .t
Governor Lynn ]. Frazier spent
$226.18, according to his statement, OF
which 500 was contribution to the
Nonpartisan league campaign commit
tee while the expenditures OF his op'
ponent, William LANCER, amounted to
$50. The largest single item in Mr.
Langers expense statement was $1OO
paid out for livery hire
Printing Bill Largest.
Congressman George M. Young
spent the most money of the candi.
dates who have filed statements. His
statement shows expenditures of
$9984S, of which the largest item was
a printing bill of $429.S0. Mr.. Young S
opponent, Thomas Pendray, spent
$225.7O, of which $1O0 was campaign
contribution.
o. B. Burtness, who defeated Con.
gressman John M. Baer. spent 1888,
while Mr.. Baer expended $522.79, his
statement says. The largest item list
ed by Mr.. Baer is $434.34 for advertis-
ing Congressman J. H. Sinclair spent
$29O.00. his report shows.
Frank White, candidate for United
States senator, spent the second larg-
est amount of money, his statement
showed. His expenditures amounted
to $712.36, of which $2SS was for print
ing, $162.93 for advertising and $196.63
for postage. This supposedly was for
the White literature flooded to ex.
service men Just before the primary.
Democrats Didn't Spend.
Other expenditures shown are: D.
C. Poindexter, NOnpartisan candidate
for state auditor, .$62.9O; John Nc
Cram, Democratic candidate for lieu
tenant governor, none; Thomas Hall,
Republican candidate for secretary of
state, $39.S9; C. w. Mcdonnell, Non.
partisan candidate for railroad com
missioner $39.S9; e. F. Ladd, candi-
date for U. s. senator, $500; ]. F. T.
O'Connor, candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor, unop-
posed, none; John Steen, candidate for
state treasurer, $25; s. A. Olsness,
Nonpartisan candidate for commission
er of INSURANCE, a contribution of 5000
to the campaign committee; R. A.
Walker, candidate for state treasurer,
$S279; Nv. H. Stutsman, candidate for
railroad commissioner, $3.50; Henry
T. Quanbeck, commissioner of insur-
ance, $19.07; ID. J. Kruger, railroad:
commissioner, $1O7.9O; Ruth M. John.
son, candidate for superintendent of
public instruction, 1892; and Miss Min
ME j. Nelson. for the same office,
$19.O8; Arthur H. White, candidate for
commissioner of agriculture and labor,
$40; A. M. Christianson, candidate for
supreme judge, 40 cents; Seth Richard
son, candidate for supreme judge, $25;
John Hagan. candidate for commission
er of agriculture and labor, $293.53, of
which $3.50 was campaign eontribu-
ton.
The statement of William Lemke,
candidate for attorney general on the
Nonpartisan ticket, had not been filed
last evening - L- -