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Show CAMPAIGN COSTS OF ELECTING PRESIDENT $10,338,509 IN 1920 Republicans Spent $S, 100. 739 and Democrat $2,237,770 Senate Probers Estimate in Report Which Calls Expendi- , tures of Vast Sums Growing Menace to Nation. WASHINGTON. March 1 . Campaign costs of electing a presi-dent presi-dent of the Tinted states in 19'Jn won $lu..Tis.."iiii. ns estimated by Iho special senate investigating committee which tuilny filed its report re-port with oongrom 01 this amount, Republicans spent $S, 100,739, while Democratic expenditures were $2,:57. 770. The compilation took into account only the expenditures made by or in behalf of alii Candidates' of Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, and of national, state, congressional and senatorial committee! of both parties. nenaium rw"'nyon. l u vs u . r,n'. w Jersey, and Spencer. Missouri. Republicans; Repub-licans; and Pomerene. Ohio, and 1 Reed. Missouri. Democrats, idgneil the report- which was unanimous. While stating their conclusion that "the expenditure ex-penditure of these vast sums Is a present and growing menace to the nation." no recommendations for congressional con-gressional action were made except that the suggestion was made , that i election committees of the next congress con-gress should consider the question. Constitutional difficulties may Intervene Inter-vene to prevent legislation on the subject, sub-ject, the report said, but congress "should take proper steps ti sibmlt ' a constitutional amendment dealing with the difficulty "If found necessary." neces-sary." HI GB SUMi SPENT. While the largest Bums of campaign cam-paign expenditure found were those of the national orgu ntzatlons. Whloh the committee sold was 6tlti7SI for the Republican party and $1,318,274 for the Democrats, CandtdstSI who , sought presidential nominations from the conventions accounted for a to- t.i of ?:.oso.n:n. Major Oeneral Leonard Wood's effort ef-fort to secure the Ri-onbllcan nom ination invoivea eTpennitiii e oi .-773.303. .-773.303. the committee, found, while for Frank O Lowden the total was $414,000: for Senator Johnson, of California. $194,000: for Herbert Hoover. $173,000. and for Presldent-Oleet Presldent-Oleet Hording. $113 000 Expenditures Expendi-tures noted In behalf of other Republican Repub-lican eandtstSS were $77,000 for Senator Sen-ator Tolndexter. Washington: $C8,000 for Yl e President-elect Coolldge. and $40,000 for Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, But-ler, of New York. PA1 HER Ed U8 Af'orney tb-neral Palmer led the Democratic candidates In expenditures, expendi-tures, the amount being fixed at $69.-000, $69.-000, while Governor Cox. who secured the nomination, spent $22,000. James W. Gerard, former ambassador to fJermany, was listed at $14,000. and Senator Owen. Oklahoma, at $8396. Two candidates In behalf of whom no money was found to have ben spent wre William O. McAdoo. Democrat, Dem-ocrat, and Senator France. Republi can, Maryland. Something over $700,000 of tho total to-tal went Into senatorial and congressional congres-sional contests, the commlt'eo found, of which only $31,000 was spent by Democratic national organisations created for the purpose The Republican congressional committee com-mittee spent $375,969. while (3. O. P. senatorial organizations spent $326,-980. $326,-980. Through state committees, the report re-port said, the Republicans spent an aggregate of $2. 07?. 060 against $$.-3.'3 $$.-3.'3 for their Democratic competitors. |