Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-03
CANDIDATES SLOW
VERY FEW HAVE FILED STATE.
MENTS OF EXPENSES.
GIVEN TILL DECEMBER {
Law Explicit on the Point and Severe
Penalty Provided for Its Neglect Or
Disregard-No Reports at Secre-
tary of States Office and Few at
That of Register of Deeds.

Madison, Nov. 26.
The various candidates for office ap
pear to have been about as busy after
election as before. for not one has
made returns to the secretary Of
states Office of his political expenses
and less than half dozen of the coun
| ty candidates have reported to Lhe
register of deeds as required by law
All state and congressional candidates
and all others whose districts cover
more than one county or parts of sew
eraI counties must report to the secre
| tary of state. the others sending their
statements to the register of deeds.
In Dane county Sheriff-elect Burmeis-
| ter has filed his statement showing a
total expenditure of 1888 during the
| campaign. His opponent, William
| Engelke, reports that his expenses
were s375.
Thursday, Dec. 6, is the date when
all of the candidates for Office at the
last election in all parties shall have
filed statements showing the amounts
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ination and in securing their election
| if successful. This includes also all
the candidates before the county con
ventions who were not nominated.
Those who fail to file these state
ments as required by law will be liable
to a fine of from 800 to $500. 1t is not
improbable that many of the candi
dates dread this task. but the law is
quite explicit as will be seen from the
following section:
Section 4343. Every person who
shall be a can 1idate before any con
vention or at any election for any
state, county, city, township, district
or municipal Office or for member of
legislature of the state or for senator
or for representative in congress of the
United States, shall within thirty days
after the election held to fill such office
make out and file with the officer en-
powered by law to issue the certificate
of election to such officer or place and
duplicate thereof with the register of
deeds for the county in which such
candidate resides. a statement in writ
ing, which statement and duplicate
shall be subscribed and sworn to by
such candidate before an officer auth
orized to administer oaths. setting
forth in detail all sums of money con-
tributed, disbursed, expended or prom
ised by him and to the best of his
knowledge and belief by any other per-
son or persons in his behalf, wholly or
in part, in endeavoring to secure or IN
any way in connection with his nomi- |
nation or election to such Office or
place, or in connection with the cleo
ton of any other person at said cleo
ton and showing the dates when. and !
the persons to whom, and the purposes
for which all sums were paid, expend |
ed or promised. Such statement shall |
also set forth that the same is as full
and explicit as affiant is able to make
it. Any such person who shall fail to
so do shall be punished by fine of not !
less than 500 or more than $780,
1t is also necessary that the county |
committees of all parties by the proper
officers shall file statements of ex-
penses incurred by them in endeavor-
ing to procure the election of the can
didates in their respective parties.
cit is a well known fact" said a |
prominent politician. that candidates |
are bounded by class of leeches who |
are not to be shaken Off The candi- |
date finds himself in much the same |
position as tne man which a snake |
go lest he is bitten. Therefore. he is
obliged to endure the acquaintance of |
these people and pass to them an occa-
sional bonus if for no other purpose
than to preventincurring their displeas-
ure. Their influence is usually mega |
tive. The money paid political beg |
gars is rarely regarded as seed well |
sown, but more in the light of some
thing to prevent the growth of weeds |
that would choke out the good seed"
Candidates do not relish the provi- |
sion of the law that is imposed for ex-
posing their weakness in giving to this |
one and that one known to be in poll |
tics for money only, but, according 20 |
one gentleman who has been through |
the mill, this necessity may be used to |
good advantage if the candidate use
judgment. Said he: 1.-THE political |
leech does not like to see his name |
published as having received aims from |
candidates and when one of these ap- |
proaches a candidate. the best safe |
guard is to inform the beggar that his |
name will appear in connection with |
all other expenses incurred in making
the run for Office"
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