Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-24

TO violate the law.
Expenditure of large sums of mon
ely by candidates is degrading both 10
candidates and electorate.
There IS no question of the impro.
priety of candidates for legislature
accepting money from senatorial as
pirants.
1t is impossible to secure hearty
support of senatorial primary unless
representatives will abide by results
Hiring of ward workers is degrad-
ing and demoralizing
Above are some of the observations
contained in the report of the assem-
bly, members of the joint senatorial
Investigating committee appointed by
the legislature of 1909 to investigate
the methods employed by the candi-
dates before the primaries and at
the election for United States sena-
tor. The report was delivered to
Governor Davidson yesterday after
noon at two o'clock and is signed by
Assemblymen George p. Hambrecht,
John G. Chapple, Plat Whitman and
William M. Bray.
The report is a gentle rebuke to all
the republican candidates for their
failure to- comply with the law in re-
spect to fling expense accounts, Of
fers reproofs for the expenditure of
hy
didates, devotes many words to
condemnation of Senator La Toilette
and makes recommendations for leg
fslation that should, if adopted, GO
fan toward correcting the evils that
have grown into the election system
of the state.
Among the recommendations tor.
Legislation are the following:
Proposed Legislation.
Bill No. 1 provides that no person
in the employ Of the state whether
under civil service or not and VINO
receives a salary or emolument from
the public treasury shall engage IL.
any kind of political activity in favor
of Or opposed to any candidate OF
measure before the people at any pri-i
mary or election except to vote.
Any person violating the law win be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor ana
shall be punished, when convicted.
by Imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than one month nor more
than one year
Bill No. 2 provides that no person
or candidate, by himself or any 9TH
er person, either before or after an
election or primary or while sucn
person is seeking a nomination or
election, shall directly or indirectly
buy, give, furnish to provide or pay.
wholly or In part the expense of
buying, giving, furnishing or provid-
ing any wines, liquors, cigars or to-
bacco or any entertainment to or Tor
any person for the purpose of or
with the intent or hope of infiuenc.
ing that person or any other person
TO give or refrain from giving his
vote at such election or primary to
or for any candidate or politica,
party, ticket or measure before the
people, or on account of such person
or any other person having voted or
refrained from voting for any candi-
date or the candidates of any poIiti-l
cal party or organization or measure
before the people or being about to
vote from voting at such election or
primary.
No elector shall accept or take
any such wine, liquor, cigars or to-
bacco or any entertainment so given
or provided, either directly or indi-
rectly, by a candidate for office. vto-
'ation of this provision shall be
grounds for challenging the vote or
such elector and for rejecting his
vote at such primary or election.
1t is further provided that no per-
son or candidate shall either by him.
self or through the agency Of any
other person while seeking a nomina-
ton or election to any office. make
or promise or intimate that he VIII
make any payment or contribution OF
money or anything of value to or for
any religious, charitable, fraternal or
other cause or organization, EXCEPT
political causes or organizations. and
no person shall demand, solicit, in
vite, take or receive any such pay
ment or contribution or promise for
such payment or contribution from
any person who is seeking a nomina,
ton or election to any office: but
nothing herein shall prohibit the pay
ments of any regular subscription or
contribution to an organization by &
candidate of which he is a member
u @ which he may have been reg
aiar contributor prior t. his candi-
uacy' nor prohibit his ordinary con-
1rlDutions Or regular church services.
me Dill forbids the payment OF
any mOQey mr. fhin< -.