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Show jMONEY IN THE ELECTION. What does it cost to run a national J campaign'' The treasurer of the Republican Re-publican national committee has filed this report and places the expenditures j at $3,416,000, which is not an extraor dinary sum considering ihe activities (which must be covered It would rep jreseni not much more than 11,700,000 in purchasing power four years ago. In saying this, there is no thought of estimating es-timating the price of votes now and four years ago The Republican party must possess a high credit rating as ihe treasurer announces an indebtedness of ?1 350,-000 350,-000 in the form of money borrowed on notes from the banks of the country Had the party lost, it is within the bounds of possibility the notes would have failed of redemption But with an army of office Bi ekers in sight and many rich men desirous of stepping into the band wagon the deficit will b raised without worry If it were possible, both the big par ties should be. allowed a certain sum out of the treasury of the United St'tes with which to conduct their campaigns, and the minor parties should receive a sum in the ratio of their popular vote to the total vote of ihe preceding: flection, and that should be the limit of all outlay for the na 'tional parlies. Private subscriptions should be prohibited This would do away with the talk of slush funds and make money less a (actor in our presi-denial presi-denial contests. |