Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-21
SHANK EXPENSE
IN MAYORALTY
EVENT $12,O16
Successful Candidate En-
plOyed 479 Messengers
at S5 Each.
BALANCE IN TREASURY

Samuel Lewis Shank, Republican nom
inee for mayor. finished his campaign
with a balance Of $587.19 in the treasury,
his expense account filed with the city
clerk today by. Herman 5. RIkhoff, treas
urer of the Shank for Mayor Club,
shows. The receipts totaled S12,6O3. S5
and the expenditures $12,016.66.
Mr.. Shank's largest expenditures, the
report shows, were for messengers, chal-
lengers and poll book holders. The re
port shows the Shank organization en-
/ ployed 479 messengers, 1888 challengers
and 151 poll book holders at IS apiece,
totaling $3.50.
| SPENT MONEY
FOR ADVERTIsING.
The second largest expenditure, the
report shows, WAS for printing, adver-
tising and publicity, totaling $2,OS4.77.
/ One of the largest sums in this total was
/ S400 which went to Harry Calkins, pub
/ licity man, for clerical work"
7 The largest contribution listed was
{ 81 500 from Dr. L. Z. Hodgin. The second
+ larr sst was from Shank himself, totaling
/ 81, 200. The third largest was from VII
liam and James Armitage, amounting to
1 81, 900. Other large contributions listed
4 in the report are Herman Rikhoff, $500
/ c. 2. Ross, $500; L. Carnetx, S400; Ed
/ Unversaw, $500; E. II. Beck, $500; Leo
Kirsh, $500; Charles Jones, $3.50; Ed
ward G. Sourbier, $3.50; Joe Hogue, s4O0
4 George Griffin. $37s.45; A. Morgan, 500
Herman Rikhon, $500; J. S. Pierce, $3.50
j. Griffith, $3.50; Taylor Groninger, $3.50
and Charles Hutchinson, S21540.
RALsToN EXPENSES
NOMINAL SUM.
The expense account Of Boyd NJ. Raj
ston, Democratic nominee for mayor
| shows contributions Of Sl,J07.11 and ex
penditures Of the same amount. OF th'
contributions Mr. Ralston himself gave
SS771l. His brother, Samuel NJ. Raj
ston, former Governor Of Indiana, con
tributed $500
The city controllers office was pay
ing the bills Of the city primary elee
ton today. Checks for a total Of SIS,
120sT have been made out upon war
rants Of the city board of election com
missioners.
Before the primary when party Officials
were having a hard time getting persons
! to serve on election boards word is sale
to have been passed from Republican City
Chairman Irving w. Lemaux down 70 th'
precinct committeeman through the ware
chairmen that the committeeman migh
promise persons who would serve tha
inspectors would be paid S12 clerks an'
judges 80 and sheriffs SO. A law passed
by the 1921 Legislature provides for suci
scale OF pay. However, the State bOarC
Of accounts a short time ago ruled tina
the rate Of pay should be IS per day FOL
each official and that inspectors shoul,
not be paid for more than thrae, days ass
the others FOR not more than two days
basing the decision upon a ruling tha
the new law does not apply TO primaries
BOARD MEMBERS
OBJECT TO PAY.
So, when the election board member
came 10 the controllers Office TO-DAY
most of them got from s. to 50 less thar
they had been promised Then thing
/ began to happen to the party officials
! Two disgustcd inspectors came into tn,
office Of one ward chairman In the citl
hall and expressed their views in nc
uncertain terms. stating that they coult
have made more by sticking to theil
regular jobs.
Some more Jewettism," one Of then
remarked A precinct committeeman
tried to convince the inspectors that 4
was the fault OF the State board Of ac
counts and not Mayor Charles w. Jewett
but the board members went out still
denouncing "Jewettism." Reports o.
similar Incidents came from severa
other quarter
Republican party officials were fearfu
that the tangle might make 1t even hard
er than It has been to get men to serv'
at the polls.
Robert Il. Bryson, city controller
however, said: This is the same kline
of trouble that has followed primary elec
tions for the last twenty years"
With the total cost Of the primary a
$1S,12Os7, It cost the city % cents 70
each Of the 1886 votes that were cast.
There is available for municipal elec
tlons this year 100000, appropriated By
the city council.