The Washington times., 1922-10-27
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Democrats and RspublIc
WIN Make Record for! Light 4
/! Expenditures. aAs
By GEORGE ,. HOLMES.
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Ther1s2 campaign, now draTing
Into It's final stages. probably win
set a new record for economy OF en-.
pepditure by. both tma1or political
parties, II was predicted by. party
managerp In the Capital today.
Not q sudden attack Of political
conscience. but grip1. .necssslty has
dictated this situation, II was cd
mitted by party leaders, y. The
financial wizards OF both Democratic
and Republican organizations have
been unable to pry 4 the usual
| angels" loose from the Tat checks
OF f.+yesteryear.z---s r..sss-. +-Sf It,-l !i.s,-
| b Can't Raise Money! I
The Democrats attyibute their IN.
ability to raise funds 70 the numerous
faotional rows and ;bersonai differ.
ehces that arose during the 1890
campaign. and which remain; ;un-
healed to the present time, two years
later The Republicans attribute
their lack OF persuasive powers TO
old General Apathy" among the
Both parties are in bad shape
financially. This In candidly ,ad.
mittsd by both Democratic and Re-
publican spokesmen. The Democrats
closed the 1920 campaign with a
deficit OF q quarter Of million dollars
and this still remains despite the
strenuous efforts of the party
managers to write II off. The Re.
publicans closed the campaign with
deficit Of approximately a million
and half. This has been largely
written Off in the two years the
Republicans have been in power. but
| enough Of II remains to worry the
leaders. ~
The Democrats have spent but
100000 this year IN their efforts to
wrest control of Congress from the
Republicans, The Republican state
ment. yet to be made. probably win
not reveal a much greater ex.
Not only in the expenditures Of
the national organisations u the
economy or 1922 reflected, but also
In the Individual statements filed
by candidates.. For instance, Joseph
q. Kerrigan Dem) who "a oppos-
Ing Speaker Frederick H. Gi.iett In
Massachusetts this year, reported
he had spent but SAT in both pri-
mary and election campaign. Jsne
z. Leonard Dem) opposing Con.
gressman N. L. Strong Repl In
the Twenty-seventhf Pepnsyivahia
district. reported an outlay of SIS.
Ss,e05 Is Record. - ( i
Congressman e. n. Ackermafi
(Repl Of the Fifth district Of New
Jersey, holds the record expenditure
to date with $2.005. The great
majority OF returns filed show exs
penditures Of few hundreds OF
dollars. &
A fine young row has been kicked
up in Democratic quarters by the
! publication of ifhe expense state
ments and the names OF the con.
tributors.' Two statements were is.
sued in Washington bearing on this.
One was put out by the Democratic
National COMMITTEES. and merely
listed the amounts spent and the
names Of the contributors The
other statement was put out by
sources that are considered anti.
Contributors. but called specific at.
tention to those former officehoid.
srs under Mr.. Wilson who did not
contribute one penny to the gen
srai Democratic war chest this
year. ...
The statement called Nspecific 1t.
tention to the following outstand.
ing prominent members OF the WI.
SON Administration not on the list
Of contributors" II then proceeded
to name william J. Bryan. Robert
Lansing. Bainbridge. Colby. David
r. Houston, Lindiey. M. Garrison,
Albert Burieson, William c. Red
Geld. J. C. A.exandero John Barton
Payne, Edward Meredith and w. B.
| Wilson. all Cabinet members; for
mer Ambassadors Thomas Nelson
Page, James w. Gerard. Ire Nelson
Morris, Pleasant Stovall, Paul
Reinsch and W. 8. Sharpe.
| Attention was also invited to the
| fact that James NJ. Cox, candidate
for the Presidency, In 1929, was not
q contributor. ~ Neither was the
name Of former Vice president
| Thomas R. Marshall listed.
. This statement caused consider
able stir in the Democratic National
Committee. whose duty. It u to heal
party wounds, not, 70 throw salt In
them. There's were indications to-
day that the last had not been
hoard from this statement.
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