Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-07-20
THE PRIMARY Law
EDITORS ARE TOLD HOW IT AP-
PLIES TO NEWSPAPERS.
Assistant Attorney General kniCker~
booker Talks to neefinq of the
Washington State Press ASSOCis-
tiOn on the Working of the Primary
Law.

Assistant Attorney General I. B.
knickerbrocker, at the meeting of the
Washington State Press association,
discussed the direct primary law as
applied to newspapers. He said in
part:
"A newspaper may lawfully, for q
valuable consideration, print, or pub
lish formal announcement of candi-
dacy without newspaper comment, or
a photograph of a candidate, without
newspaper comment. except state
ment of name of candidate and name
of office for which he is a candidate,
whether the consideration is paid by
the candidate or by some one else.
The consideration, however, paid or
to be paid, should not exceed reason
able advertising rates. Although
the letter of the law does not require
it, the spirit of the law will be better
subserved by placing at the begin
ming of the announcement of candi-
dacy or of the photograph, in a con-
| spicuous place, in plain type of black
! faced Roman capitals the words,
Paid Advertisement
"A newspaper NAV l:wfu1lv for a
consideration, publish the biography
of a candidate for nomination at
direct primary election, whether the
consideration is paid or to be paid by
the candidate himself or by some one
else If paid or to be paid by the
candidate, directly or indirectly, such
biography must not contain any mat
ter advocating the election of such
candidate or the defeat of his oppon-
ent. The consideration, however, paid
or to be paid, should not exceed rea-
sOnable advertising rates. The bio
graphy should have placed at the
beginning thereof, in conspicuous
place, in plain type of black-faced
Roman capitals the words, paid Adj
vertisement.
"a newspaper may lawfully, for a
candidate upon public questions,
whether the consideration is paid or
to be paid by the candidate or not.
"A newspa per may lawfully. for 4
valuable consideration, publish arti-
cles advocating the election or defeat
of any candidate, in case such con-
sideratiOn is not paid by such candi-
date or his opponent, either directly
,,l
such article or articles must have
placed at the beginning thereof in
plain type of black faced Roman cap
itals, in a conspicuous place, the
words, paid Advertisement
"It is unlawful for newspaper
in any instance to advocate, for
valuable consideration the election
or defeat of any candidate for NOM
ination at a direct primary election,
either editorially or through its news
} columns, even if such consideration
is paid by one who is not a candidate
with no expectation of being repaid,
or without the knowledge of such
candidate, unless there shall be
placed at the beginning of such arti-
: Gle in a conspicuous place, in plain
type of black faced Roman capitals,
the words, Paid Advertisement
"It is unlawful for newspaper, for
a valuable consideration, to advocate
the election or defeat of any candi-
date for nomination. at a direct prim-
AIRY election, either editorially or
through its news columns, in case
such consideration is paid or to be
paid by tnoL CauuIudte OF MS OppO-
nent, eithor dirnotlv or indirectly, nv
himself or through another person
even though the article is marked,
Paid Advertisement