Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-19
New Primary Law Prohibits
Candidates From Employing
Campaign Workers
TO PUBLISH EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Only Things Candidates May Do Arc to
Advertise Candidacy in Newspapers
and Pay Persons for Circulating Pc
titions =. Promised Appointments
Public.
Special to Ti,nes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Dec 19.-Canddates for
public office who are beginning to
think of their plan of campaign are
giving some thought and burning some
midnight oil studying two bills enacted
into law during the last session of the
legislature.
One of these, the primary election
law. provides that a candidate can
not hire anyone to work in his inter-
ests during the campaign. The other
law requires that every candidate must
full information to whom and for
what purpose all money was paid and
central committees must do the same.
The candidates expense law is one of
the most drastic that has been passed
by any state. 1t passed late in the
session of the legislature and did not
attract great deal of attention at
the time What it lacked in attention
then, however, it is likely to receive
campaign in this state must be con-
Quoted on an entirely different basis
from the campaigns of the past.
There are just two things that the
primary election law allows can
didate to do. They are:
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papers announcing his candidacy.
Second. Pay persons for circulating
petition for signatures
The primary election law specifically
prohibits under a penalty of $500 or
Imprisonment in the county jail for
ninety days any person. offering to
perform or performing any service in
the interests of candidate for a
money consideration or other thing of
value and prohibits any candidate pay
ing or giving or Offering to pay or.
give to any person any money or thing
of value in return for services, except
as noted above for newspaper adver-
tising or for circulating petitions for
signatures required on nomination pa
pers.
The candidates expense law reaches
everything, state, district, county and
The language of the law
is every candidate for any office to
be voted for at any primary, municipal
or general election" Here is what
this law does to candidates:
He must file detailed expense ac-
count.
He is not immune from testimony
.hoir nf no orfxy y1,11Sf
file like statements.
Such statements are to be open to
public inspection.
Treats at or near the polls are pro-
hibited.
The penalty. is $500 or imprison-
ment.
The statements of candidates and of
central committees must be filed with
in ten days after the primary or cleo
ton. In the case of the candidate he
must file within ten days after the
primary. If he is nominated he must
file another statement within ten days
after the election. The statement Of
the central committee must be filed
after the election.
These statements must be a "true.
correct, detailed, sworn statement
showing each and all sums of money
or other things of value disbursed ex-
pended or promised directly or indi-
rectly by him, and to the best of his
knowledge and belief by any other
person or persons in his behalf for the
purpose of aiding or securing his NOM
says "Such statement shall show the
dates, amounts, and from whom such
sums of money or other things of val /
ue were received; and the dates,
purposes and to whom paid |
or disbursed, and shall include the as |
sessment of any person, committee or
in charge of the cam
paign of such candidate"
This is taken by politicians to mean
that if candidate promises an ap-
pointment to anyone he must make /
note of it in his statement. Appoint
nent to public position is certainly
4 thing of value and the law requires /
that all be reported.
The statements of state, district and
central committees must be
made by the chairmen of the commit
tees and the law provides that they
shall contain all the information re-
1uired to be filed by candidates" and
n addition Shall state the amounts
)r balances remaining on hand" For
he central committees this means that
The information as to who makes the
for the campaign shall be
public property hereafter. The state
nent of the central committee must
show the names of the persons making
~
ZACH
Superintendent Barber of the Anti
saloon league said today that Governor
rummins will not be invited to speak
o the big temperance rally. He said
lie might be invited to attend, and
possibly might be invited to sit on the
platform. Hanly and Folk will be in