New-York tribune., 1920-11-09
Cost of Victory
To Republicans
Is $6,250,O0O
This Includes Entire Sum
Expended From 1918
Congressional Elections TO
End of Campaign Tuesday
Party ST., 500 600 in Debt
Leaders Will Confer This
Week ON Plans to Make
Up Deficit i'll Treasury
Party $500, 900 in Debt
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-Counting
all expenses from the Congressional
election of 1918 down to last Tuesday.
the Republican party spent S6,25o 900
to win control of the government from
the Democratic party-or, as some Of
them would rather put it, to rescue the
country from Woodrow Wisconsin.
The Republican party is now $780,
900 in debt, partly as the result of
these large expenditures and partly be-
cause no large contributions could be
received. For all practical purposes
there was no violation of the 81 900
limitation placed on contributions by
National Chairman VIII H. Hays.
conference will take place late this
week to devise ways and means OF
raising this million and half. Chair
man Hays, who is now resting in In
diana from the strenuous work Nof the
of the Republican National Committee; :;
Clarence b. Miller, secretary of the
committee, and perhaps William Boyce
Thompson, chairman of the national
ways and means committee of the
party, vii! sit in the conference.
AS the excitement of the election is
over, 1t is felt by many Of the party
leaders that it would be very di~cult
to raise such large sum as million
and haf by popular suhscr ptions.
There Is not the fear Of Democratic
victory which would drive the little
fellows to contribute. Men must CON
tribute, it is thought. to whom the
money means less-men who could con-
tribute $4,000 or more without re
vising their personal budgets to keep
their heads above water.
Both Parties in Same Pickle
Therefore, IL is expected that the
question Of lifting the ban on sub
scriptions in excess OF S 900 may be
considered The Republicans may be
fosced, il the expected happens, to fol-
low the example Of the Democrats in
accepting big contributions after the
campaign is over. Tire Democrats did
probably be forced to DO it again this
year, as they also have large deficit.
The task with the Democrats is Ii,
tie harder, for two reasons First,
there is not the flush of victory to
help them, and no ono IS going 10 cor
tribute to the Democratic national cam.
paign fund IN the hope, for example,
of getting an ambassadorship Almost
every ambassador appointed by Pres
dent Wilson had been a heavy contlibu
tor either to the 1912 or the 1916 cam
paign fund. Then. too, the Democrats
placed no restrictions on contribution
during the Campaign, 8, 'aat there are
not many in the party ,or' YondiH
to men in the Rcpubhcaa party Who
eontented themselves with cont batting
81 600 to the National CoiaN't, - whom
they would have been perfectly Will
ing to have given $4,000.
OF the sS6,25000O spent lv the Il,
publicans $500 600 curiously enough,
Just the amount of the present deficit
had been spent before the nomination
o. Senator Harding. The Congressional
Committee spent 100000 and the Sen
atorial Committee $20O,O00 The Ma
uonal Committee during the campaign
proper, excluding the money spent prior
to the convention, spent about ST.
100000.