Arizona republican., 1911-04-15
Majority Experienced Its
 First Serious Trouble FUCKER PUBLICITY BILL
As Amended by Solid Mi nority and 52 Democrats Was Too Much of a Good Thing Final Triumph of Majority.

Washington. D. C.. April 1.-The democratic party met it's first serious trouble in the house of representa- tives. at the close of accession mark ed by insurgency in the democratic ranks by reason of which the repub- .icans narrowly missed scoring
 triumph The house had passed the Fucker bill for the publicity of cam paign contributions before fight arose cover the extent tO which pub licity should be applied.
 But for the vigorous and continued use of the democratic whip. an i'm p0rtant republican amendment extend ing publicity to individual receipts and expenditures of candidates for congress would have been retained in the bin when il was finally passed.
 As it was the amendment was adopted over the protest of the dem pcrdtic leaders by the support of fifJy-tWp democrats who voted with the solid republican strength A re- sort to a parliamentary move enabled the democrats later to get rid of the amendment. but twenty eight of their number refused tO change their atti- tude and stuck with the republicans in opposing the democratic ajOrity.
 The Fucker bill was passed by unanimous vote. but only after a stormy scene. An amendment offered by Representative Jackson. an insur- gent republican from Kansas. requir- ed an candidates for congress to file statements of the source and use of their individual campaign funds. both at the primary and the general cleo tion. The amendment met instant support from the republican side but encountered the opposition or the democratic leaders.
 Alr Fucker of Missouri. chairman of the committee in charge of the bill asserted that it would SD change the form of the law that it might en- danger it's final passage. This did not deter fifty-two democrats from supporting the Jackson amendment. They. with the solid republican forces gave the amendment a majority that resulted in it's adoption. 172 to 132. and the announcement of the vote was followed by storm of applause on the republican side
 There was a hurried conference of the democratic leaders and then Mr Rucker moved to recommit the bill. with the new amendment to the cleo tiOnS committee. with instructions to send the bill back to the house with out the Jackson amendment The parliamentary move tO squeeze the amendment out of the bill brought split in the ranks of the democrats who had favored the Jackson amend
 
 by their former action and voted against the motion to recommit. But the democratic leaders mustered enough votes to carry their point 157 to 149 and the bill technically was sent back to the committed
 Mir. Fucker gathered the members of the committee around him and without leaving the floor they i'm StruCted him to report the bill again without the Jackson amendment. He at once did 50 and this motion was carried 164 to 139 The bill in it's original form then passed the hous- without a dissenting vote.
 The Fucker bin as finally passed makes more stringent the campaign publicity law passed in 1910 Tha- law requires the publicity of funO; after election. The Rucker oiH VIII require the publicity of funds by a campaign committee ten days Before the election and the filing of supple mental statements every three days thereafter until election day. AS amended it requires the publicity of all payments of sums of s1O or over for campaign purposes. Throughout the debate Perry Belmont president of the National Publicity Law 1sSp- ciation and former member If the house occupied a seat on the floor.