Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

another victorious fight at a cost oil
! Sl95S,o00. Hughes found his eXpen.
ditures of $3.829.000 of no avail.
Harding Campaign Cost.
The Harding campaign eight year:
! ago established money mark that ha:
not been approached since. and which
| is not likely to be for some time &c
come. A total of $5.3l0,729 was chalkec
up on the campaign bill in 1920. Coz
| spent $i,3l8.374.
Coolidge economy cut the campaign
! cost of the Republicans to $3,063, 729 il
1924, and their treasury still was vel
| stocked when the drive was over. The
remainder was returned to the contrib
utors John W. Davis found use fol
S903.90S of Democratic money, while
La Toilette had bill of 1921 ,977 for the
ProgreSsives to pay.
Chairman Work has announced that
the Republican nominees will not coun-
tenance money campaign" Large
contributions will be discouraged, he
said, although no definite limit yet has
been agreed upon.
The financing of the Republican cam
paign has been put in the hands of an
able Cleveland banker. Joseph r, Mutt
He has succeeded William v. Hodges
Republican national committee. Mutt
has been in frequent conference with
both DR.. Work and Secretary Hoover.
Chairman Work has been empowered
by the national committee to borrow
money in any amount as needed. This
is an authority that never before has
been vested in the chairman OF the
campaign, it is said. No exercise of this
power has been taken to date.
DR.. Work has no fear that SUFFICIENT
funds with which to advance the in
terests of the Hoover-Curt ticket will
be forthcoming when needed. The
finance books of the entire campaign will
be open to public inspection at all
times. he declares The accounts will
be audited each day and the results
made available to the press. Dona-
tons to 1.-The cause will be announced
as they come in.
Newton's Influence.
Another restraining influence on
Republican expenditures no doubt will
be the presence in the Hoover CAM
paign organization of Representative
Walter Newton of Minnesota, father Of
the movement in the House to keep
Scrutinizing eye on campaign expendi-
lures in the coming presidential cleo
ton. Newton has accepted the post
of chairman Of the speakers commit
tee for the Western division of the Re-
publican campaign. He win resign from
the House committee on investigation
of campaign expenditures, which is
his pet and which he holds should
be of highly judicial character.
The hand of Herbert Hoover will be
the dominating influence raised against
unreasonable" expenditures during the
ensuing Republican presidential race,
however. He has let it be known that
the cost of his campaign must be kept
10 the very minimum. Similarly, 1t Is
expected that Gov. Smith will strive TO
keep his expenses within q .iudicious"
margin Both Hoover and Smith want
their forces to conduct themselves po-
iisely and to devote the major part of
their efforts to praising the merits of
their own nominees, rather than to
launch broadsides bristling with allega-
tons not meritorious to the opposing
contestants.
From preliminary indications, the
coming campaign viii be waged along
constructive and sensible" lines, and
when the fight is ended the losers
won't have that heart-breaking empty
feeling in their pockets that has fea-
tured some of the presidential drives of
the last decade or two.