Evening star., 1922-10-27
$8Q,512 DEMOCRAT
Campaign EXPENSE
Congressional Races Cost
Party One Seventh Of Sum
Spent in 1920.

! The democratic congressional cam
paign fund this year is merely $s0.512
, which is only one-seventh Of what 1t
| was In 1920, and with the names Of
cabinet officers and others who held
prominent official positions under the
| late democratic administration con-
spicuously absent from the list Of con-
tributions. Former President Will
son gave $500.
In it's first financial report, filed late
yesterday with the clerk of the House,
| the democratic national committee
| showed that expenditures to date amount
! to some 100000 more than receipts. COW
cred by loans, the largest Of which was
| made by Harrison Nesbit Of Pittsburgh
| chairman of the finance committee.
The first report filed by the commit
year. showed receipts Of s677,e34. IN
| der the law another statement of the
committee finances must be filed with
! the clerk Of the House week hence.
NJ. L. Benedum of Pittsburgh headed
| Its list OF democratic contributors, with
| $4,000. A statement prepared by DEM
ocratic committee officials and made
! public Just prior to the presentation OF
Treasurer Marshs report. placed b. NJ
Baruch OF New York, as the leading
| contributor, with $4,000 This later
! was corrected to $4,000, which was the
same as reported by Mr.. Marsh
The official list, as filed with the
House, also differed in several other
particulars from that previously CIV
en- out by committee officials. The
biggest contributors, as listed on the
official compilation, were the follow
ing:
NJ. L. Benedum, Pittsburgh. $4,000;
Harrison Nesbit. Pittsburgh. $4,000;
Frank l.. Crocker. New York, $4,000;
Cyrus H. Mccormick. Illinois. $4,000;
B. NJ. Baruch, New York; L. F. Craw-
ford. Pittsburgh; Thomas F. Ryan.
Oklahoma. and former Senator Clar-
ence W. Watson, West Virginia, s2,500
each; former Senator Charles S.
Thomas. Colorado. $1,000. and Frank
H. Dodge. Little Lock. Ark. $3.50.
List of $1,000 Contributors.
Those contributing $1,000 each
were:
Henry Morgenthau. New York:
Charles r. Crane. Illinois: Joseph NJ
fairfield, New York; Ralph Pulitzer
New York: Walter Moore, Birming-
ham. Ala; c. c. Carlin. Virginia: j:
George T. Bradley. New York; Ed
Wise. \ New A915ek Ydek inGs Wam F. adTsrs pay
New York: Edmund L. Mooney. New
York: George NICE. Bowman and
George e. Sweeney. New York: Percy
S. Straus. New York: Wayne johnson,
New York; Norman H. Davis. New
York. and Vrooman H. Davis, New
York.
There was one contribution for
$l.100 marked Unknown
Other contributors were: William
G. McAdoo, California: Vance c. Nc
Cormick, Pennsylvania: David r.
- w.t.
Virginia; Frank L. Polk. New York,
and DR.. Herman B. Baruch, New
York. $500 each: Charles J. Vopika,
Chicago. $500: A; Mitchell Palmer.
er, Washington $500; Joseph W.
Folk. Missouri; Hoke Smith, Georgia;
Martin Vogel. New York: John s.
Bryan. Richmond, Va; Robert n.
Harper. Washington; Justice Richard
OBrien. New York. $3.50 each.
In addition TO Woodrow Wilson,
Washington. those giving 5000 each
included Senator Carter Glass. Eir-
ginia: Thomas w. Gregory. Texas:
Gonzales. Columbia, S. c.
Josephus Daniels. North Carolina
and Judson Harmon, Ohio. were
among many Of 500 contributors
which list also included democratic
The unofficial list given to the press
mentioned Joseph E. Willard, Vir-
ginia. among the $1,000 contributors
and Joseph p. Tumulty in the lis:
Of those giving $3.50. but their names
were not In Treasurer Marsh's re-
port. Newton D. Baker and E. NJ
House were listed unofficially among
500 contributors, but their names
were not on the official document. 1t
was explained that some names which
were given to the press might have
been overlooked in the hurry of pre-
pairing the treasurer's statement, and
that they would appear in the next
filing.
While Norman H. Davis, undersec-
retary Of state in the Wilson admin
istration was listed unofficially as
contributing S3.100. the report to the
House credited him with $1,000. 1t
was explained that "Vrooman H.
Davis" in the official report probably
was q typewriting error.