Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-03-04
MENACE SEEN IN
CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Shown That s8,100,739 Spent
to Elect Harding.
s2,2s7,77o SPENT ON cox.
Senate Committee Makes Public Cam
paign Expenditures in the 1920
Presidential Fiaht-Wood Spent
sf,773, 303 for Nomination.


Washington, March 2.-Campa1gn
costs of electing a President OF the
United States in 1920 were $40, 1885,
800, as estimated by special senate
committee created to investigate,
which filed its report with congrc; IS.
OF this amount, Republican candidates
and campaign organizations spent.
$500, 739 while Democratic expendl-
lures were $2,237, TO.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, Edge of
New Jersey, and Spencer of Missouri,
Republicans, and Pomerene of Ohio
and Reed of Missouri, Democrats.
signed the report, which was unani-
nous. While stating their conclu.
sion that 'the expenditure of these
vast sums is ~ present and growing
menace to the nation" no recommend
atoms for congressional action were
made except that the suggestion was
made that the elections committee of
the next congress should consider the
question.
While the largest sums of campo ,cn
expenditure found were those of the
rational organizations, which the COM
mittees said was S5319,7 for tina
Republican party and $1,31S,274 for
the Democrats, candidates who sought
presidential nominations from the con-
ventions accounted for total of ST..
OS0,O22
Wood Spent $1,773, 1903.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Woods effort to
secure the Republican nomination in-
volved the expenditure of $1,7T3, sos.
the committee found, while for ex-Gov.
Frank o. LOwden the total was $414,-
600; for Senator Hiram Johnson of
California, $194,000; for Herbert
Hoover, $4,000, and for President
elect Harding, $113,000. Expenditu cs
noted in behalf of other Republican
candidates were $1,000 for Senator
Poindexter of Washington, $6SOO0 for
Vice President-elect Coolidge, and $780,
600 for DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler of
New York.
Attorney General Palmer led Demo-
cratic candidates in expenditures, the
amount being fixed at $4,000, while
Governor Cox. who obtained the NOM
ination, spent $1,000
James w. Gerard, former ambassa-
dor to Germany, was listed at $4,000
and Senator Owen, Oklahoma, at S.
500.
Two candidates in behalf of whom
no money was found to have been
spent were William G. McAdoe (Dem.)
and Senator France (Rep.) of Mary
land.
Many difficulties were found in get
ting complete tabulations and avoid
ing Implications, the report said, but
the amounts were given as showing
the situation fairly and accurately"
100000 in Congress Races.
Something over 100000 of the total
went into senatorial and congressional
contests, the committee found, Of
which only $4,000 was spent by Dem
ocratic national organizations created
for the purpose. The Republican con-
gressional committee seent S375,9eo,
while the GO. =. senatorial organi-
cation spent $326,9S0.
Through state committees, the re-
port said, the Republicans spent an
aggregate of S2.07S,060 against $685.
323 for their Democratic competitors.
The larger Republican state expendi-
lures were in New York. $4,000: In
diana, S215,0O0; Pennsylvania, $780,
900; Massachusetts, $133.O00, and
Washington, $4,000.
Democratic state expenditures were
greatest in Indiana. $74692 New
York, S63,000: Kentucky, $50. $50;
Ohio. $5S,S15; Maryland, $57, SS9, and
PENNSYLVANIA, $5S,512.