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Show PARTIES SPEND LITTLE MONEY THIS CAMPAIGN Less Than Million Expended Expend-ed For Control of New Congress. (International News Service.) WASHINGTON. Oct; 28. National political organizations including both Republican and Democratic headquarters, head-quarters, have spent considerably less than one million dollars thia yur In tho contest for control of the sxty eighth congreMi according to suirn returns tabulated tonight in the ot-fire ot-fire of the clerk of the house of representatives. rep-resentatives. Up to closing time tonight the following fol-lowing organizations had sworn to receipts and expenditures for campaign cam-paign purposes as follows: Dlsburse-Recelpta Dlsburse-Recelpta nxents Republicans . . . . $720,738 $644,762 Democrats 107,000 100,000 j rohlbition 300 300 Anti-saloon . . . . 3,750 2.259 Plying Squadron ( Drys) ... ..... 66,71 1 47.622 Socialists. Farmer lxiborlte.-;, -.Ingle taxers and other minorities appropriately appropri-ately have not spent any mon- nationally, na-tionally, at least they filed no returns. Tho figures for the two major parties, according to political sages of tho capital, establish a record Coi economy of expenditure and effort that probably will stand for some time. Tho figures bear out. at any rate, the predictions of campaign managers that this will be the cheapest campaign cam-paign in years. Of course, the figures swern to by the national organlatlons do not represent an lota of the cost of the campaign to the various state, county and municipal organizations. There la no way of even estimating the total cost of this year's elecilon because state organizations file no returns. re-turns. Tne expenditures by Republicans and Democrats, however, represent only about 20 per cent of thoso in 1920, the party managers expressed the opinion today that this ratio of BCOnomy extends all the ways down the line, except possibly a few states like. Ohio and Missouri, where th-. contests this year are particularly keen. |