The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-04
MENACE SEEN IN
CAMP A|GN FUNDS
Shown That s8,1OO,739 Spent
to Elect Harding.
$2,237,770 SPENT ON cox
Senate Committee Makes Public Cam
paign Expenditures in the 1920
Presidential Fight-Wood Spent
$1,773,303 for Nomination.

Washington, March 2.-Campaign
costs Of electing a President of the
United States i'm 1920 were $1O,33S,-
oO9, as estimated by special senate
committee created to investigate,
which filed it's report with congress.
OF this amount, Republican candidates
and campaign organizations spent
$S,10O,739, while Democratic expendi-
lures were 2,237,77O.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, Edge Of
New Jersey, and Spencer of Missouri,
Republicans, and Pcmerene 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 a 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 campaign
national organizations, which the COM
mittees said was $5,319,729 for the
Republican party and $1,318,274 for
the Democrats, candidates who sought
presidential nominations from the con-
ventiOns accounted for total of ST.
OSO,O22.
Wood Spent $1,773,303.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Woods effort to
secure the Republican nomination in
vOlved the expenditure of $1,773,3O3,
the committee found, while for ex-Gov.
Frank 0. LOwden the total was $414,-
900; for Senator Hiram Johnson of
California, $4,000; for Herbert
Hoover, $4,000, and for President
elect Harding, $4,000. Expenditures
noted in behalf of other Republican
candidates were $1,000 for Senator
Poindexter of Washington, $4,000 for
Vice President-elect Coolidge, and $780,
900 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 $4,000.
James w. Gerard, former ambassa-
dor to Germany, was listed at $14 900
and Senator Owen, Oklahoma, at $8,-
500.
Two candidates in behalf of whom
no money was found to have been
spent were William G. McAdOo (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 $31 900 was spent by Dem
Ocratic national organizations created
for the purpose. The Republican con-
gressiOnal committee spent $375, 1859,
while the q. 0. L. senatorial Organi-
zatiOn spent $326,980.
Through state committees, the re-
port said, the Republicans spent an
aggregate of $2,078,060 against $685.
1913 for their Democratic competitors.
The larger Republican state expendi-
lures were In New York, $4,000; In
diana, $215,0OO; Pennsylvania, $780,
600; Massachusetts, $133,000, and
Washington, $4,000.
Democratic state expenditures were
greatest in Indiana, $74,692; New
York, $4,000; Kentucky. $4,000;
Ohio, $58,815 Maryland, $57,389, and
Pennsylvania, $5S,512.