The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-03-25
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Mr.. toShran's nm 10 Prevent CsrrupsIer
/ at Elections Passes the senate-Tho
Provisfdrs of fhe BiIf-Tbe Tsashers
Institute Biif-The General ApproYnr
| tion BiiI Passed by the ffoese Dfxposes
OF $1,000. 600 Msrey for Edacssssnes
and Eieemosypary InstitdfscnsL
JEfrEKsoN cIrY, Mo, March 17.-The
senate has passed Senator Cocsyan's'
BILL to prevent corruption at elections.
ft f. sgenerafAw In fssappiicsbility and care
fully prcpdred. TIE ftst section declares the
following persons fsses guilty Of bribery at
elections: Any person shs shall give or lene
| snything TO secure an oifice, sad sny person
VINO sAall promise TO procure money or vafoe
bic consfcsystion Of any kind 10 ootsin a vote
or In any way interfere with the full exercise o5
suffrage; sny voter 6tc shall sell his vote OF
| any candidate who agrees = pay wholly or IN
| part the expense Of any meal. drink. entertain
ment or provision for the purpose u ecrruptly
influencing any person to give or refrsin from
eivfng bis vote for such candidate. Any person
| who strafi by threat or violence Of any kino
I ptevent the exercise OF the franchise by voters
1 eta1l he deemed guilty OF misdemeanor and
! punished by not less than one months impris
| 6nmen4 To sfmpensonase q voter at nny
election or undeTfske TO vote under Q fictitious
! sarne. or aid or abef such conduct. Is made
fei6Et t.nishahle by NOS less than two years
fmpSisontffh IN the penitentiary. No candi-
date for consre>e Or sny public once shall. By
himself or through spy agent, psJ ont or ex-
BEND or promise to pay Il secure any ONCE 10
exoess ef ne following: For r<oo voters or lees,
sfoo for each 100 voters over 5OC9 and less than
S.J"i the sum Of =: for each 100 voters over
8 600 anu lass than sG,Ooo 81: for esch iW
voters over Suc. 30 cents. The numhef
~ voters Is 20 be asceStained By the total
numbcs OF votes cast the iast preceding gen.
eral election. Every person Who shsu be
candidate before Sly caucus or conveusssp
for any once In the sssise = required 70 make
out q complete and iteu1tstd statement OF alt
sums Of money contributed or promised and
swear 70 the same and file IL wits sSe ofiicer
empowered 20 issue certificates Of Scction<
70 certificates o. election can be issued tatit
suct ssasemert Is hled. During the term Of offsS
of any ohices ne person VINO received the next
highest number OF Vstes may present verified
application in writing &C. ffie attorney general
setting forth one or more OF Che f6fiosing
charges: That at the election az WHICH succ
oficer was elected the total amounf con-
trfbuted or incurred exceeded the sert
allowed by this act, or that votes were
secured or promises made in ytolation OF
the >. law. The attorney general may
thiIn tffrs action to have the once declared
vacant. s-eh application must be accom-
panied by a sdfSSas tond for si.Ono conditioned
for the payment Of ss7 costs that may accrue
Within ten days the atsasnsy general shall be-
gin action to have such oface declared vacant
II II shall be determined in the sction that
one or more Of the charges has beer sustained
Judgment shall be rend4ed ousting s"eh Dc
PENDANT from cfice. In such an event <no
judgnrent shall award ssch once to the appli<
can't tstAss (, Is establishes that he, too, vfo-
lated the Law, SsaeF whicf circumstances the
once must be declares vscanf Every roffscAi
committee shall appoint SD constantly main
tain a treasurer to receive and aisbuTse all sums
6fmoney collected and unless such treasurer Is
FIRST appointed II shall be unlawful 10 Secefve.
collect - disbursc money for any political pr,
pose. The treasurer must keep q book ano
preserve full ard detaiied statement Of each
and every sum OF money collected or disbursed,
setting forth the date ana fhe name Of the psS'
son from whom such money was received or 70
whom paid. Within thirty days sfter the cleo
tion the treasurer. as defined shall file with ths
recorder of deeds q detailed account, sub
scribed and sworn 20, Of all money received
and dishursed to whom paid or from whom rec
ceived. ETC.; also, any unpaid obligations.
Such statements shall be kept on file for four
yesrs as once records and subject to public
inspection. A failure to comply with this pro
vision In nisde a misdemeanor. punishable by
from SO to 800 A failure on the part Of tho
treasurer 10 meet the full requirements OF the
law incurs o jail sentence Of from two 10 six
months,
Every possible effort will be made to
push this bill through the house. 1t is
a pet measure of the Civil-Service Re-
form league of St Louis. A delegation
from the league, headed by Charles
Clafin Allen and John Lee are in the
city I'm the interests of the bill.
THH TEACHERS INSTITUTE LAW. !
The teachers institute law is likely
to Is baug up between the two houses,
and the present law that has caused so
much trouble be left in full force.
Some days ago the house passed bill
ameHdtpg the law so as to eliminate all
the objectional,le features, and the sem
ate has passed bill repeating the pres
ent law and re-enacting the old law re-
pealed two years ago. Unless the two
houses reach an understanding very
soon both bills will fail. -
A MILLION DOLLARS VOTED.
The general appropriation bill passed
by he house disposes Of 81 1000, 900 Of
the states revenue in round numbers.
This does not take into consideration
the earnings of the penitentiary, which
are estimated at $3.50, 900, which can not
properly be classed as revenue. The
bill does not appropriate as much money
by s175, 900 as the bill of like character
that passed two years ago.
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
The senate has eliminated the $3.50
for putting In gas at the state uni
versity, as recommended by the house,