The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-22
W0YEY N ETECTTONS.

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 There is no doubt that candidates for
 public office in New York are compelled to spend an unreasonable amount of
 money, and an effort is to be made to lessen the expenditure of money by
 such candidates. The bill for that pur- pose which has been introduced in the
 assembly provides that every political committee, every party organization,
 every organization established for po-
 litical or party purposes, and every per
 son within the State receiving any mon- ey to be by them, it or him expended
 within the State in aid of the nomina-
 tion of any person as a candidate for
 or the election of any person to a pub
 lie office, shall on the first day of De-
 cember in each and every year, file or
 cause to be filed an itemized statement, showing in detail all the moneys receiv-
 ed and expended by said committee, or
 ganization, or person, directly or indi- rectly, for political purposes from and
 after the 31st day of November of the
 previous year. Such statement shall
 give the names of the various persons
 who contributed such moneys, the spe- cifc nature and amount of each item, and also shall give the names of the various persons who received such mon- eys, the specific nature of each item, and the purpose for which it was ex- pended or paid out. There shall be at- tached to such statement an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to by such person, or by an officer or member of such conn., mittee or organization, who is person. ally cognizant of the facts, setting forth in substance that the statement thus made is in all respects true, and that the same is a full and detailed state ment of all moneys received or paid out by said committee, organization or per sons, as the case may be, directly or in- directly, for political purposes. Said statement shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where said mon eys were expended, providing the same be expended entirely within said coun- ty; otherwise said statement shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Any person, the members of any political committee or the officers of the party organization or organization es- tablished for political or party pur- poses who refuses or refuse, neglects or neglect to file a statement as pre- scribed in this section, shall be guilty of misdemeanor. It shall not be law full for any candidate for public office within the State to expends or contrib ute, either directly or indirectly, by himself or through any other person, or through any committee or organi- election or nomination, at any one elec- tion, greater sum than 10 per cent. of the salary or revenue attached to said office for the first fiscal year fol- lowing said election. Nor shall it be lawful for a person holding any pub lie office within the State to contribute or indirectly, for political pur- poses, during any one year while he shall remain in office, more than 10 per cent. of the salary or income de- rived by him from said office for that year, Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor. and shall also for reit any office which he may hold, or to which he shall be elected at the election with reference to which such 1ffense was committed.
 This appears to cover the ground pretty thoroughly. It is to be hoped | hat it will meet a better fate than did | the plan of the New Haven Commit tee on Democratic Reform.
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