Evening star., 1938-11-29
Simpson Named
To Republican
Committee
Hastings Chosen
For Executive
Group Post
By G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

Kenneth F. Simpson of New
York was unanimously elected a
member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee at the annual
meeting of the committee in the
Carlton Hotel today
Mr.. Simpson, who is regarded as
a progressive and was criticized by
some Old Guard Republicans in
New York because he allied the
Republican party of New York City
with the American Labor party in
1887 to elect Thomas E. Dewey dis
trict attorney and to re-elect Mayor
F. H. La Guardia, did not get a
place on the Executive Committee
of the Republican National Com
mittee, however.
The vacancy on the Executive
Committee caused by the resigna-
tion of the veteran Charles D. Hilles,
who had been National Committee
man for years, went to former Sen
ator Daniel o. Hastings of Della
ware, regarded as member of the
conservative wing of the G. o. P.
Elected in Open Session.
The election of Mr.. Simpson to
succeed Mr.. Hilles on the National
committee was made in open ses-
sion. When the election of men,
bers of the Executive Committee
became the order of business,
motion was made by Representative
Pryor of Connecticut to go into
executive session, and this carried.
IT any fight over the election of
q successor to Mr.. Hilles on the
Executive Committee was expected,
1t did not turn up on the floor. It
was reported that the only nomina-
ton made for the place was that
of Mr.. Hastings.
Had Mr.. Simpsons name been
put toward for the committee,
row might have developed Mr..
Hastings was candidate for the
Executive Committee at a meeting
of the National Committee last year
but Representative Pryor was
elected.
The members of the National
Committee, as they assembled for
their meeting today, expressed great
satisfaction over the results of the
recent election.
No Deficit Reported.
A financial statement, submitted
by c. B. Goodspeed of Illinois, treas
urer, showed that the party had not
only come through the recent, cam
paign without deficit, but had sue
ceeded during the year in further
reducing the deficit remaining from
the 1886 presidential campaign.
Mr.. Goodspeed reported that the
party deficit on November 26 was
$724,910.76, compared with Sta
74847 on January /, 1888, and $685.
298,30 on January /, 1887. At the
end of the 1886 campaign the party
was in debt approximately 81 l250,000.
From January l, 1898. to Novem-
ber 26, 1885, Mr.. Goodspeed said,
"our Embarrassing committees in the
various States raised a total of ST.
6S1 ,1O5 81 from S6,777 contributors, of
which S99,65396 was remitted back
to the State organizations with
which we had contracts for joint
Embarrassing campaigns, leaving a
net for the National Committee of
S686,4519l. This net to the National
Committee was used as follows:
Paid to States, $4,000.
Paid to Senatorial Committee,
$122,350.
Paid to Congressional Committee,
s295 100.
Paid to Joint Congressional and
Senatorial Speakers Bureau, $3250.
National Committee headquarters
expenses, $2O9,914
Balance of S49,S3,.
"This left balance of receipts
over expenditures of S4983771. This
reduced the deficit to S724,91O.76 as
of November &c, 1888.
I'm addition to the amounts car
ried on our records, the Senatorial
Committee received direct $21,70O,
making a total of S144,O5O to that
committee, and the Congressional
Committee received direct $4,000,
making a total to that committee
of $315,1OO.
During the year 1887 4,738 per-
sons became sustaining members
and agreed to contribute in 1888,
1889 and 1910. We received $780,
742 from these sustaining member
ships in 1887 So far this year, we
have received a total of $202 2,343.72,
which is 95.6 per cent of the amount
pledged this year to date. At present
we have 6,367 sustaining members,
and the amount pledged for 1889
is ,528.
Mr.. Goodspeed told the committee
the ideal way of financing a political
committee would be to have enough
sustaining members of the party,
contributing small amounts, to meet
the current expenses of the COM
mittee, and to accumulate funds for
campaign years. He pointed out