The Washington times., 1924-01-02
CARAVAY Ask s.
]. s. ELECTION !.
FUND LAW
Senator Points to Millions
Spent in 1920 Campaign.
His Opinions.
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the senate that ii pay some heed
to the recommendation made to it.
by the Kenyon committee on cam.
p6lgn expenditures in its report in
the year 1921.
Would Change Constitution.
That report found that candidates
for nominations for the Presidency
in the year 1920 expended a total
of two million nine hundred and
eighty thousand and thirty-thres
dollars. It concluded as follows:
1--WE recognize that there are
constitutional difficulties involved in
the passage Of laws to regulate ex.
penditures in Presidential cam
paigns, but we are of the opinion
that the Committee on Privileges
and Elections of the Senate should
in the next Congress take up the
question Of remedial legislation and
that, If a constitutional amend
ment should be necessary, the
proper steps should be taken to
submit the same, as provided by
the Constitution. The subject is of
such importance that the next Con-
gress should give early attention
thereto"
Costly Organizations Formed
No attention, whether early or
late, has been. given to this recon-.
Senator Caraway points
out, by any act Of Congress up to
this time. Accordingly, says Sem
ator Caraway, we now are seeing Q
repetition Of the large and loose POI
litical expenditures Of the last Presi.
Dental year.
Great expensive organizations have
been formed for the promotion OF
the personal campaigns OF candi.
dates In the Republican party, and
also, says Senator Caraway, in the
Democratic party. On this latter
point Senator Caraway il especially
He claims that he is not
engaged in making a partisan play
or in seking partisan advantage. He
asserts that he simply is grieved to
see that organizations involving
great expense are being set up on
all hands.
He accordingly will advance and
support the idea that now ut last
the Congress Of the United States
should make an attempt to prevent
the scandals which the last Presi-
Dental conflict brought forth.
Kenyon COMMITTEES Figures.
The kenyon committed in 1921 re-
ported the following Expenditures
made on behalf Of csAain candi-
dates for the Republica hnd Demo
cratic nominations:
Calvin Coolidge, Republican.
$6S 1916.
Warren Gan1aliel Harding, Re
puhlicans $113,109.
Herbert Hoover. Republican.
$l73,542.
Hiram johnson. Republican,
$194,303.
Frank o. Lowden, Republican.
$414,9s4.
Leonard Wood, Republican ST..
77s,soS.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Democrat.
SIS, $40.
James M. Cox. Democrat, go. 900.
James w. Gerard. Democrat,
Edward 1. Edwards, Democrat.
81, 900.
william G. McAdoo. Democrat,
nothing.
The Kenyon committee also re-
ported that In 1920 in the course OF
The regular election the various ma
tional and State committees OF the
two parties expended for campaign
purposes a total Of more than $1O:.
100000, 0f which some $4,000, 600
was spent by the Republicans and
some $2,000.000 by the Democrats.
Directed at Candidates. =
The present legal situation IL that
there is no Federal statute attempt.
ing to limit the expenditures by
parties or by Presidential candidates
either in the primaries or in the
regular elections.
Senator Caraway has not disclosed
any intention to limit the expendi.
lures by parties. His effort IL d.
rected to the candidates. without
criticising any candidate individual
ly he maintains that present cir
cumstanceS show clearly that the
competition between the candidates
10 producing great OUTLAWS Of money
for organization and for propa.
ganda.
He and certain other Senators
who are In full agreement with him
believe that this competition should
this time be checked and moderated
from the start.
If any one candidate maintains a
large organization, the temptation
is very strong, they point out, to
other candidates to try to parallel
their rival.
1t Is alleged, on the other hand,
that no candidate could ever sue
cessfully compete with any occu-
pant Of the White House for a party
nomination without considerable
campaign fund; because the occu-
pant Of the White House always
legitimately and necessarily has a
large amount OF invaluable Federal