Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-05
was killed in committee.

mandatory on county commits o
ers to build concrete or son,
bridges VIII n the cost of slcl
structures is not more than 3;
per cent greater than the cos
OF steel bridges.
Senator 0verfiefd's bill for tn,
publication of campaign expe S
es which is understood, embOdiee
the ideas of the admins ra Oh
along that line.
The bill provides that every
candidate for office, within
thirty days following the decla-
ration of the canvassing board,
must file an itemized statement
Of his campaign expenses, provid
ing he has received ten per cent
OF the aggregate vote cast. In
the case of candidates for state
offices, members of the legisla-
ture representing more than one
county, district judgeship in
districts containing more than
one county, and members of the
national congress, the statement
OF expenses must be filed with
the secretary of state. Candi'
dates for county offices, includ-
ing members of the legislature
having only one county in their
district and candidates for dis
trict judge whose district is con-
fined to one county, must file
their statements with the county
clerks. Candidates for city offic.
es are required to file their. ex-
pense statements with the city
clerks.
All state and congressional chair
men or managers of the campaign
for each political party are re-
lhuired to file with the secretary
of state not more than 60 dys. af-
i
ter the general election an item
lied statement showing all the
receipts from every source, re-
ceived during the campaign and
Also all disbursements and the
purposes for which the money
was expended. County and city
chairmen of campaign committees
are required to file similar state
ments with county and city clerk.
respectively.
The secretary of state must
publish in the official state pa
per, within ten days after the fill
ing, the statement of state and
congressional committee chairmeD
Statements of county and city
campaignmanagers must be pub
lished in the official county and
city papers, respectively.
Any person who makes a false
statement of expenses will be
deemed guilty of feloniOus per-
jury and subject to a fine of
from $50 to $1,000 and imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for from
l to 5 years. A similar penalty
is prescribed for the secretary OF
state, county clerks and city
clerks, who fail to publish with
in the specified time, the state
ments filed with them. This may
be a pretty good thing if follow
ed to the letter, and would, if
| j had been in force last year,
have shown who of the peniten-
tiary employees had donated to
the fund of $4,000 said to have
been raised at that institution
for the Stubbs campaign, likewise
the $1,000 said to have been rails
ed at the reformatory, not to
mention other state institutions
which likely did as well.
Somebody left the door open to
the senate chamber during he
noon recess Thursday and Mrs.
Myra McHenry drifted in. The
true reformer, was carrying the
Bristow big stick, a window cur
tain roller in one hand and a
small bundle OF real literature
tracts of her own eomposing-in
the other. She was also pO-
sessed of a well developed groucf
against a local newspaper man
who chad writ pieces for the pa
per" about her.
Senators Fowler and Chapman
were seized upon alternatly and
were entertained with a recital
of Mrs. Myra McHenry's griev-
ances.
Lambertson of Brown believes
that the late ex-senator Ross of
Kansas, whose vote saved An