Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-01

CONTEST COST
Ten E MILLION
- LA " 4
Democrats Spent TYo Mil
lion While Republicans
Spent Eight Million.

costs of electing III pFesident Of the
United States in u 4z6@were $1Q,338.-
,509, as estimated by III SPECIAL senate
COMMITTEES create nEestigat them,
whicl today filed report with con-
Eepuhs canatdate and
IcAmpaign organiss ttonspsnt $780,
..ssrs Isl & ii soi,ra.ttee COM
tttn took into account expend-
5SsaS9 - mad by. sss,r III lbehalf Of all
dAtes Tor the Ttspublae and
cratl president ttal nomination.
nSt korlai B. ~ congr essional
Of both
SsG z AnA esssia egrecting amounts
candidates and Organizations
3 saats 2eAtsAs99 parties.
ks SnA6h. Iowa; Edge, New
cer. Missouri. Repub-
sssssan1s! !!ae sAer eines 0hto, md Reed,
s NH I'M 4 ,lzgas! k!Ease Ithe
cbIc cltis1ons that the ex-
diturs pfS these vast sums is. a
sHfoWfDE I9ananA to- the nation" No
recomMen AAtioHs for congressional
ssctios Wer ksmade except for the sug-
t1dns that elections committees Of
tho nAx Congress should consider the
question. Thes constitutional difficult
ties intervene to prevent legisla-
sAoA vi ESQ ESuDJeCt, lue IepoTt SdAu'
but congress should take proper
steps to submit constitutional
amendment dealing with the difficulty
III 1t IS found necessary
While the largest sums of cam
paign expenditure found were those
of the national CARNATIONS, which
the committee said, was $9,319,729 for
the Republican party and $1,318,27A
for the Democrats, candidates who
sought presidential nominations from
the conventions accounted for a total
Of $2,98O,033.
The Republicans.
Major General Leonard Woods eff.
forts to secure the Republican nom.
ination involved expenditure of ST..
773,303, the committee found, while
for Frank o.. Lowden. the total wa:
S414.000; for Senator johnson of Cali
fornia $1s4,ooo; for Herbert Hoover
S173,o00, and for President-elec
behalf of other Republican candidates
were: $4,000 for Senator POND
Washington: $6S.000 for Vice Presi
dent-elect Coolidge, and $4,000 70,
, DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler of New
York.
The Democrats.
Attorney General Palmer led Dem
ocratic candidates in expenditures, tht
amount being fixed at $4,000, Will,
. Governor Cox, who secured the nom
I ination, spent $4,000. James w
Gerard, former ambassador to Ger
many, was listed at $4,000 and sena
! tor Owen, Oklahoma, at $685..
N Two candidates, in behalf OF whom
spent, were William c.. McAdoo, Dem
ocrat, and Senator France, /Republi
can, Maryland.
Many difficulties were found In get
ting complete tabulations and avoid
ing Implications the report said, bu
the amounts were given as ''showinl
the situation fairly and accurately"
Something over 100000 of the to
! tai went into senatorial and congress
sional contests, the committee found
over which only $4,000 was spent b.
Democratic national organization
created for the purpose. The Repub
lican congressional committee spen
/! $375,969. while the G. p. senatorial
organization spent $326,980.
Through state committees. the re
port said, the Republicans spent al
aggregate of $2.07s.0s0 against $sss.
323 for their Democratic competitors
The larger Republican state expend
itures were in New York, $479, 900
Indiana. $215, 900; Pennsylvania
$139.000; Massachusetts,. $133,000
and Washington. $l16.000. Democra
state expenditures were greatest ii
Indiana, $74.616; New York, SOS, 900
Kentucky, $62,S30; Ohio, $5S.815
Maryland. So, 1888. and Pennsylvania
I; '$5S.512. Several state committees
representing both parties. failed to III,
reports The committee said amount
turned into states by national commit
tees were not included. "a