The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
Candidates at Recent Election
May Not Violate the State
Law With Impunity
CLERKS MUST MAKE REPORT
District Attorney Baker May be Called
Upon to Prosecute Candidates for
Office Who Fail to File Ac-
counts of Expenses


Candidates who sought nominations
at the primary election held March 20
and those who we're candidates at the
election held April will be compelled
under the law to file statements of
their election expenses. The candi-
dates will have to file such statements
within thirty days after the elections
are held, so that those who we're can
didates at the primary election must
file their statements before april 20,
and those who were candidates at the
election April must file their state
ments before May 8.
In the past candidates have snot all
observed the law and many have neg
lected to do so, but hereafter under
the law such statements must be filed
The penalty for failing to file an
election expense account statement
for the primary and the final election
also is a fine of not less than SIS or
more than $500. While little atten-
ton has been paid to the require
ments Of the law in the past, the last
session of the Legislature passed an
amendment which has materially
changed the situation. Under the law
as amended, City Clerk Harring ton is
required to report to District Attorney
Baker the names of all candidates for
Office who fail tosfile the election ex-
pense statements.
The following extract from the law
shows what all candidates are re-
quired to do if they are not to be re
ported to the district attorney for
prosecution:
every person who shall be cam
didate before any conventionor at any
primarysor election to fill an office for
which nomination papers or certif-
cate of nomination may be filed, shall
within thirty days after the election
held to fill such office make out
and file with the officer empowered
by law to issue the certificate of cleo
ton to such Office or place, state
ment in writing, subscribed and sworn
to by such candidate, setting forth in
detail each item in excess of SIS in
money or property promised by him
or to the best of his knowledge or be-
lief, by any other person or persons
for him or in his behalf, wholly or in
part IN endeavoring to secure or in
any way in connection with his nom
ination or election to such Office or
place or in connection with the cleo
ton of any other person at said cleo
tion the dates when and the persons
TO whom and the purpose for which
all said sums were paid, expended or
promised and the total aggregate sum
paid, expended or promised by such
candidate in any sum or sums what
ever.
'Said statement shall also set forth
that the same is as full and explicit
as affiant is able to make it.
IAN exact duplicate of said state
ment shall in like manner and within
the same time be filed with the reg
lister of deeds for the county in which
said candidate resides.
"Any person failing to comply with
lL1S SSCllOu snail Ut pun1Sn6Q Dy
fine of not less than SIS or more than
$500"
Some of the candidates at the pri-
maries were not put under any ex-
pense, but those who we're must file
statements. Nearly every candidate
for election April expended money
for campaign purposes and detailed
statements must be filed by them.