The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-21
IT PROVIDES PUBLICATION OF
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
BEFORE ELECTION.
REPORTS EVERY 3 DAYS
Fight Is Over Amendment Hitting Can
didates for congress.-lt Is
Adopted, but Democrats
Later Cut it Out.

dODlHSIOu, l.. ~ hO IN
cratic party has met its first serious
trouble in the house of representa-
lives. At the close of a session mark.
ed by insurgency in the Democratic
ranks, by reason Of which the Re-
publicans narrowly missed scoring q
triumph, the house passed the Rucker
bill for publicity of campaign contri-
buttons before election.
The fight arose over the extent to
which, publicity should be applied.
But for the vigorous and continued
use Of the Democratic party whip an
important Republican amendment ex-
tending publicity to the individual re-
ceipts and expenses Of candidates for
congress, would have been retained in
the bill when it finally passed.
AS it was, the amendment was
adopted over the protest of the Demo
cratic leaders by the support of 81 OF
the Democrats, who voted with the
solid Republican strength. Resort to
a parliamentary move enabled the
Democrats later to get rid Of the
amendment; but % of their number
refused to change their attitude and
stuck with the Republicans in oppos-
ing the Democratic majority.
The Rucker bill passed finally by
q unanimous vote, but only after a
stormy scene. The amendment Of
tered by Representative Jackson, IA
new Republican member from Kansas,
required all candidates for congress to
file statements of the source and use
Of their individual campaign funds in
both the primary and general cleo
ions.
Amendment Adopted.
The amendment met instant support
from the Republican side and o
tered the opposition of the Democratic
leaders. Mr.. Rucker Of Missouri,
chairman of the committee in charge
Of the bill, asserted that it would so
change the form of the law that it
might endanger its final passage.
The Democrats who stood out
against the efforts of party leaders to
dispose of the Jackson amendment
we're: Akin and George, New York;
Alexander and Borland, Missouri; Blu
chanan and Stone, Illinois; Bulkeley,
Sherwood and Whitacre, Ohio; Burke
and Konop, Wisconsin; Cox and Gray,
Indiana; Dupre, Estopinal, Pujo, Rams
ieIl and Wyckliffe, Louisiana; Good
win, Arkansas; Hamill. Townsend and
futile, New Jersey; Hardy, Texas;
Pepper, Iowa; Baker, California;
Sweet, Michigan; Thayer, Massachu-
sets, and Wilson, Pa.
The bill, as finally passed, makes
more stringent the campaign publicity
law passed in 1910. That la requires
publicity of funds after election. The
Rucker amendment will require public
lty of funds by the campaign commit
lees tel days previous to election, and
the filing of supplemental statements
every three days thereafter until cleo
ton day.
The bill limited publicity of cam
paign expenditures to sums of 500 or
over, but Mr.. Rucker accepted an
amendment of Mr.. Konop, Republican,
Of Wisconsin, requiring the publicity
Of all payments in sums of $40 or over
for campaign purposes. Through the
debate Perry Belmont, president of the
National Publicity Law association and
a former member of the house, occu-
Died a seat on the floor.