The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-06
STATE TO SERVE THE VOTERS
Expenses are Cut to the Lowest Poss-
ible Limit and Forfeiture of Office is
Penalty for Violating Provisions of
New Lave

More sweeping and radical than the
Oregon idea is the corrupt practices
act introduced in the lower house on
Wednesday by Assemblyman Roycraft,
chairman Of the committee on elections.
This act was introduced as a substi-
tute for all other similar measures
pending before the legislature and is
especially designed to carry out one Of
the platform pledges of the republican
party.
The act provides that no person or
persons other than a candidate shall
make any disbursements or incur any
obligation, express or implied, in be-
half of any candidate except through
a personal campaign committee or
party committee. A candidate is per
mitted to make disbursements for the
following purposes:
For personal travelling expenses.
For payments required to be made to
the state pursuant to law.
For contributions to his personal
campaign committee, duly registered.
For contributions to his party com
mittee.
Disbursements by personal and cam
paign committees are confined to the
following purposes:
For maintenance of headquarters and
for hall rentals incident to the holding
of public meetings.
For necessary clerical assistance, en-
ployed by the candidate at his head
quarters.
For expenses incident to the printing
of handbills, Autographs and other
campaign literature and the distribu-
ton Of the same through the mails.
For campaign advertising in newspa-
pers, magazines and periodicals.
For actual necessary personal expens-
es of public speakers.
The maximum, amount to be contri-
buted by any person or firm to a cam
paign fund is $500. Contributions are
confined to residents of the state.
All advertising shall be marked,
"paid advertisement The amount
paid for the advertisement and the
name of the author of the "ad' shall
be available.
A unique feature of the proposed act
is publication scheme. Any one de-
string to become candidate for pub
lie office fifteen days preceding the pri-
mary in September may file with the
secretary of state, with or without his
portrait, a statement giving reasons
why he should be nominated. The op-
position is extended the opportunity
also to file similar statement setting
forth why the candidate should not be
nominated
The candidate is notified of any
statement in opposition to his candi-
dacy and is given page for rebuttal,
and all of this matter is served to the
voters twice during the primary cam
paign in pamphlet form. The little
pamphlet may take the place of pub
lie debates from the stump.
The act provides the amount of mon
ely to be spent by certain candidates in
publications as follows:
For United States senator-$1Oo.
For representative in congress-
$1Oo.
For state ofices-$10o.
For state legislature-$25.
The total amount to be spent for
campaign purposes is named as follows:
For United States senator-$7. 800.
For representatives in congress-
$500.
For governor-$5,o00.
For other state offices, Including
state superintendent of public schools
and judges of the Supreme court-s2.-
900.
For state senator-$400.
For member of the assembly-$2oO.
The penalty for violation of the cor
rupt practices act shall be forfeiture of
the right to serve in Office,