Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — CAMPAIGNING COSTS MONEY [ARTICLE]

CAMPAIGNING COSTS MONEY

Parties and Candidates Make Statements of Expenditures. Campaign expenditures, state- ' ment of which was required to be filed in Washington ten days be--1 fore election, show that the Republican national committee spent sl,- > 578,934.38. The National Hughes Alliance reported contributions of $172,903, with J. P. Morgan, Clarence Mackay, George W. Perkins, i Louis Clarke, Harry F. Sinclair, Robert Windsor and F. C. Walcott j among the largest contributors. The Republican congressional com- ' mittee reported contributions of $316,930. 1 The Democratic congressional | committee reported receipts of $25,646 and expenditures and obligations of $41,383. The Woodrow j Wilson Independent league reported expenditures of $31,503.89, and the Democratic national committee’s report showed contributions of sl,j 176,000. Contributions to the Prohibition 'party amounted to $44,096.04, and the disbursements were $41,767.65. The largest single contribution listed was for $5,000. Campaign expenses of the Socialist party were estimated at £29,953.89. In the Tenth Indiana district Will R. Wood, Republican, reported expenditures of SBSO, and George iE. Hershman, Democrat, reported $99.