New Britain herald., 1921-03-01
EyATE INVESTIGATION
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Expenditures of G. o. p.
Amount to Over Eight Mil
lion, Opponents Anti Over
Two-Is Menace to Nation.

Washington, March 1.-Campaign
psts of electing n president OF tho
|nited States In 1890 were s10.33s.-
10 as estimated by n special senate
mmittoo created to investigate
ctl, which today fled Its report
h congress. or this amount, re-
siican candidates and campaign or
limitations spent ts.i0o.739. while
smocratlc expenditures were s2.237.-
70. Tho compilation took into ac-
lunt tho expenditures madc by or In
khnk OF all candidates for the re-
II ln and democratic presidential
nlnation and OF national state. con-
mional and senatorial committees
both these parties, neElecting
nounts spent by candidates and or
nirations or minor political parties.
"a Growing Menace"
| Senators Kenyon. Iowa. Edge. New
brsey, and Spencer. Missouri. repub-
snns. and Pomorene, Ohio, and
|eed. Missouri, democrats, signed the
bort which was unanimous Stat
that 'thc expenditure OF those
* sums is n present and growing
|cnaco to the nation" they suggest
that elections committees OF the
|sxt congress should consider the
liestion. Constitutional difficulties
my intervene TO prevent legislation
thc subject. the report said. but
kress should take proper steps TO
bmit'' constitutional amendment
baiinE with the difficulty ''lf II In
(und necessary"
While the largest sums of campaign
kponditure found wero those OF the
hiDnpi organizations, which tho
teo said were s5.3st.729 for
publican party and s1.31s.274
pr the democrats. Candidates who
|ught presidential nominations from
20 conventions accounted for n total
y2.sS0.o33.
Woods Costs.
Major Gen. Leonard Woods ef- !
'rts to secure tho republican nomi-
alton involved expenditures OF ST. j
I3.s03. the committee found. while /
~ Frank o. Lowdon the total was ,
"a. 600: for Senator Johnson of CAL |
Irnia, $4,000: for Herbert Hoover. |
900; and for President-elect 1
hrding $4,000. Expenditures not
In behalf or othor republican can !
dates were $4,000 for Senator I
pindextor. Washington: Sos. 900 for .
~-ProSident-eiect Coolidge. and
10000 for d.. Nicholas Murray But
\ OF New York
attorney Con. Palmer led demo-
'atic candidates I'm expenditures. tho
hovnt being fixed at $50 900. while .
pt rnor Cox. who secured tho NOM
rdon. spent $4,000. James w.
@rard. former AMBASSADOR TO Ger
any. was listed mt $4,000. and SEN
Oklahoma. MT 1855. Two
lates I'm behalf of waom no
nrHy was found TO have beel spent
IRE VIM. q. McAdoo. domocrast, and
nator France, republican. Mary
nd
Many difficulties were found In get.
kv complete fluctuations and avoid
- applications. the report aid. but
. amounts were given as moving
q situation fairly and accurately"
100000 I'm DiSfricts.
over s5e1@soo or the to-
went into senatorial and con-
esNional contests. tho committee
pnd, OF whic, only $4,000 was
ent by demo attic national orEani-
tions created aor the purpose. The
publican congressional committee
ent s3Tb,o6o, while tho @. o. p SEN
rrini organization spent s33s.sso.
Through state committees. tho re-
re aaid, tho republicans spent an
gregnte OF s2,07s. .o6o against sssS.-
7 for their democratic competitors.
20 larger republican state expendI-
ros were I'm New York. s479. 900:
na, s2f5.00o; Pcnnsylvania,
100: Massachusetts. si2s, 900: .
a Washington. $4,000. Demo-
'tlc state expenditures wore Rrcat-
In Indiana. s74.692: New York.
1000; kentucky. s62.s30: Ohio.
s.SfS; Maryland. s57.SS9. and
Sbs,Bi2.