Evening star., 1921-03-01
$1Q,33S,5()9 SPENT
TOP|CK PRESIDENT
Senate Investigators Put
G. o. P. Bill atS8,1O0,739,
Democratic at $2,237,770.

Campaign costs of electing Presi-
$10,33s,509. as estimated by a special
Senate committee created to investi-
gate them, which today filed it's report
with Congress. OF this amount re-
publican candidates and campaign
organizations spent $s.100,739. while
democratic expenditures were s2,237.-
ITO. The committee compilation took
by or in behalf of all candidates for
the republican and democratic presi-
Dental nominations. and of national.
state, congressional and senatorial
committees Of both these parties.
neGlecting amounts spent by candi-
dates and organizations OF minor po-
,iticaI parties.
Report Of Committee.
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'expenditure
of these vast sums is a present and
growing menace to the nation" no
recommendations for congressional
suggestion was made that election
committees of the next Congress
should consider the question.
Constitutional difficulties may in
tervene to prevent legislation on the
subject, the report said, but Congress
should take proper steps to submit
constitutional amendment dealing
with the difficulty If it is found nee
essary."
While the largest sums of campaign
expenditures found were those of the
national organizations. which the
committee said was s5,319,72s for the
republican party and $1,318,274 for
the democrats, candidates who sough.
presidential nominations from the
conventions accounted for total of
$2.980,033.
Expenditures for Nominations.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Woods effort to
secure the republican nomination in
volved expenditure Of $1,773.303, the
committee found, while for Frank o.
Senator Johnson Of California, 1884,
900; for Herbert Hoover, $4,000. and
for President-elect Harding. $4,000.
Expenditures noted in behalf of other
republican candidates were $4,000 for
Senator Poindexter, Washington; $685.
900 for Vice President-elect Coolidge.
and $4,000 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
Gov. Cox, who secured the nomination,
spent $4,000. James w. Gerard, for
mer ambassador to Germany, was list
ed at $4,000. and Senator owen, Okla
homa, at 1886. Two candidates in
behalf of whom no money was found
to have been spent were William G.
McAdoo, democrat, and Senator France,
republican. Maryland.
Many difficulties were found in get
ting complete tabulations and avoiding
Implications, the report said, but the
situation fairly and accurately.
Money for Congregational Contests.
Something over 100000 of the total
went into senatorial and congressional
contests, the committee found, of
which only $4,000 was spent by demo-
cratic national organizations created
for the purpose. The republican con-
gressional committee spent $375,969,
while the G. o. p. senatorial organiza-
ton spent $326,9S0.
Through state committees. the report
said, the republicans spent an aggre-
gate Of $2.07S,060. against $S88.323 for
republican state expenditures were. in
New York, $4,000; Indiana. $215.O0O
Pennsylvania, $139.000; Massachusetts,
$133, 900, and Washington. $116.00O.
Democratic state expenditures were
greatest in Indiana, $74,692: New York,
SEA, 900; Kentucky, $62.930; Ohio, $685.
SIS; Maryland $57.889. and Pennsyl-
vania, $5S,5l2. Several state commit
tees. representing both parties, failed to
Ale reports, the committee said. and
amounts turned into states by national
committees were not included.