The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-06


or refuses to make such investment
for the public benefit of such fund
he shall forfeit for the benefit of such
fund at the rate OF 10 pe-centum
per anEum on the amount directed
shall fail to make such Investment
And then provision Is made as to
whit kind of securities in which this
sinking fund shall be invested May
I inquire of my Democratic friend.
IL this Is one OF the laws which has
a tendency toward the development
of the state?
Again. At the same session of
the legislature an act was passed for
the registration of voters. Certainly
our Democratic friends are not COM
planning of this law. You VIII re-
member that # was necessary for us
to amend our constitution before we
could have a registration law. It
was a Republican legislature that
submitted such an amendment to
the people and after the amendment
was ratified by the voters of this
state our Democratic friends COM.
planned of our delay in passing a
law in and by this amendment. It is
possible that they now complain be-
cause we are trying to purify the
ballot and prevent only legal voters
from being cast Certainly this law
has no tendency to retard the devel-I
opment of the state.
Honest Elections.
And again. At this same extraor-I
binary session we passed what is
known as The Corrupt Practices
Act" ran act to prevent corrupt
practices in elections. to limit the ex-
Penses of candidates, to prescribe
the duties of candidates and political
committees and to provide penalties
for the violation of the act.
This act makes II unlawful for
any person directly or indirectly by
himself or by another on his behalf.
to give, lend, or agree to give. lend
or offer promise. or promise to pro-
cure or endeavor TO procure any
money or valuable consideration OF
private. to or for any voter, or to or
for any person on behalf of any voter,
or to or for any person, In order to
Induce any voter to vote or refrain
from voting. or to vote for any par,
ticular person or candidate, or object.
or to refrain therefrorl. or to cor
ruptly do any such act as aforesaid
on account of such voter. or candi-
date, or object. or TO refrain there
from, or TO corruptly do any such act
as aforesaid on account of such voter
having voted or RETAINED from vot-
ing at an election. or having voted for
any particular person OF candidate or
object. or refrafning therefrom
And IT further provides that every
person who shall in consequence of
any gift, loan or OFFER. promise OF any
place of employment. public or pri-
vate, procurement or agreement. pro-.
cure or engage promise or endeavor
to a public Office, or the vote of any
voter at any election, or who shall adj
vance or pay or cause 20 he paid any
money to or from the use of any 9th
er person with the intent that such
money or any part thereof shall he
expended in bribery at any election,
or who shall knowingly pay or cause
to he paid any money wholly or in
part expended in bribery at any cleo
tion shall be guilty of 4 misdemeanor
and may be punished by imprison-
nent in the county Jail for term of
not less than six months or more than
one year at the discretion of the court
and be fined not more than. 5 100000
and shall in addition thereto forfeit
his Office.
have not the time to discuss as l