The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-01
By Senate Committee
Which Considered the
Presidential Election
$1O,338,50O SPENT
FOR 1920 PRESIDENCY
Committee Unanimously
Recommends Congress
sional Action

Washington, d. c., March Cam
paign costs of electing a president OF
the United States in 1920 were sl0,-
33s, 500, as estimated by special SEN
ate committee created to investigate
them, which to-day filed its report
with Congress. OF this amount Repub-
lican candidates and campaign organl-
cations spent Ss,l00739, while Demo
cratic expenditures were S2,237 ,770. The
compilation took into account the eX.
penditures made by or in behalf OF all
candidates for the Republican and
Democratic presidentialn ominatlon and
OF national, state, congressional and
senatorial committees OF both these
parties. neglecting amounts spent by
candidates and organizations OF minor
parties.
Senators Kenyon, Iowa, Edge, New
Jersey, and Spencer, Missouri, Repub'
licans; and Pomerene, Ohio, and Reed
Missouri, Democrats, signed the report
which was unanimous. While stating
their conclusion that "the expenditures
Of these vast sums is a present and
growing menace to the nation, they
made no recommendation for eongres
sional action except that elections
committees of me next Congress
should consider the question. Constitu'
tiOnal difficulties may intervene TO pre-
vent legislation on the subject, the re-
port said, but Congress should take
proper steps to submit a constitutional
amendment dealing with the difficulty
If il is found necessary.
While the largest sums of campaign
expenditure found were those OF the
national organizations, which the com
mittee said was S5,3l9,T29 for the Re
publican party and 81 I,3lS.274 for the
Democratic candidates who sought
presidential nominations from the con
ventions, accounted for total of 81
$50 1888
Major General Leonard Woods ef
forts TO escure the Republican nomina.
ton involved expenditure of Sl,I3,
3O3, while for Frank O. Lowden the TO.
tal was $4,000; for Senator Johnson
sl9i 600; for Herbert Hoover. Sl73,
600; for President elect Harding, Stl3,'
600: for Senator Poindexter OF Wash.
iugton. ST7 900: for Vice President,
elect Coolidge, SOS, 1000; for DIR. Mich
olas Murray Butler of New York, S4o,'
600.
Attorney General Palmer led Demo.
cratic candidates in expenditures with
$4,000 while James VI. Cox spent S22,
600. James w. Gerard was listed al
$4,000. and Senator Owen of Okla
homa- at $685..
No money was found to have been
crat. and Senator France, Republican
spent or William g. McAdoo, Demo
Maryland.
Something over 100000 of the total
went into senatorial and congressional
contests, the committee found, of which
only S3l .O00 was spent by Democratic
national organizations created for the
purpose. TIE Republican congressional
committee spent 1915 ,a69, while the
Republican senatorial organization
spent S326,9s0.
Through state committees the Re
publicans spent an aggregate of So
07s .OGO against SsSs. 1923 for their Dem.
ocratic competitors. The larger Repub-
lican state expenditures we're in New
York. $40 600: Indiana, s2l5,000;
Pennsylvania. Sl3g,000; Massachusett )
sl33.OOO and Washington, Sll6,000
Democratic state expenditures were
greatest in Indiana S74.692; New
York. $4,000; Kentucky, S62,930
Ohio, S5s.sl5: Maryland. S5T $50, and
Pennsylvania, S5s,5l2. Several state
committees representing both parties
failed to file reports and amounts
turned into states by national commit
toes unre not inrlndeh