The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-24
SENATOR DILLINGHAM;
ON PUBLICITY BILL
vermont's Senior Senator In Debate
Over the Measure in Senate June
20. Senator Bailey Also
Takes Part.

/ Takes Part.
/ In the United States Senate on Tues
day, June 20, senator Dillingham; Of
Vermont participated in the discussion
Of the bill which provides for the pub
licity Of campaign expenses, entering
the debate to explain the nature Of the
bill, as follows.
Mr. DILLINGHAM; VIII the sena.
tor allow me for just a moment ?
When this bill was reported yesterday
| by the committee on privileges and
elections 1t was not supposed that it
would be taken up as quickly as has
been done. When the motion was made
to take it up, eight members of that
committee were engaged under the or
| der Of the Senate in conducting the
1 investigation of the election OF the sen.
ator from Illinois tNr Lorimerl
which they suspended in order to come
in and answer to the roll call on that
motion
For reasons which seem TO us inn
portant the members Of the committee
are obliged to return at O'Clock, and
before going ] want to make state
ment for the committee, not having
had an opportunity to do so before,
In reporting this measure the com
mittee had in mind the fact that the
movement to make public the campaign
expenditures of different political par
ties is not entirely new one In
1907 we adopted a law forhidding ma
tional banks and other corporations de-
irving their powers from the national
government to make campaign contribu
tons
Mr. BAILEY. ! supported II
Mr. DILLINGHAM; Yes; OF course.
Mr. BAILEY. 1t was reported on
my motion
porations, OF whatever nature from
making contributions to what may be
briefly termed national elections
Mr. BAILEY That was reported on
my motion.
Mr.. DILLINGHAM;. Yes. In 1910,
in furtherance of the same idea and
for the same purpose Of discouraging
large contributions by making public
the course from which they came Con.
gress passed bill requiring reports OF
statements from POLITICAL committees To
be made within 80 days after such
election.
The main feature Of the pending
House bill Is TO amend the law Of 1910
by requiring reports to be made before
the election as well as after, not more
than Is days nor less than 10 days be-
fore the election as well as 30 days /
after, as now provided
The committee have reported favor
ably upon that proposition believing /
that the country demands the fullest /
light in relation to the extent OF poll I
teal contributions, the sources from
which they come, and the disposition I
which * made Of them But it seemed /
to Them in order TO make the measure (
absolutely complete, that it should not i
stop with national committees or other |
committees engaged in influencing ma
tional elections, but that ii should /
cover the expenditures made BY the
candidates themselves if they were can. /.
didates either for membership in the
House of Representatives or the Sem
ttbt VI Int 0ulLtu NldLtst
In the proposed new section they
have simply extended the same prinei
pie and made it apply to candidates
as well as committees the principle II
upon which was leased the provision
already ia the law relating to the
duties OF political committees
Mr.. BAILEY ! think that is
right
Mr.. DILLINGHAM;. Yes. Now we
have carefully avoided, we have
avoided just as far as we possibly can,
using any phraseology III this bill inn
plying the right of Congress to 60
further than that in the control OF
the election Of federal officers in the
various states
Mr. BAILEY. Do you mean cleo
tions or nominationsf
Mr. DILLINGHAM; Nominations or
primaries of any character
We understand that in certain states
The primaries control. in effect, the eIec
lion Of senator's In other cases cam !
iidates 20 before conventions and Sc
,ure the Endorsement of the convention
which is intended to control the cleo
ion in the legislature OF the state /
There is no attempt In this bill to !
'equire anything mean under sec i
ion S--but statement from candi- /
lates, either for the House OF Repre- !
entatives or the Senate OF the Unit /
d States, OF all moneys they have re- i
eived and expended in pursuance Of
heir own election This is the pur-
rose Of the proposed amendment II
Mr. BACON Does it include the &
residential electors alsog i
Mr. Dillingham; II does not Sec {
ion s only relates to candidates for !
ither one branch or the other of Con- 9
ress
Mr. BACON Is there another pro-
.ision in the bin which relates to +
residential electors? c
Mr. DILLINGHAM; No; there is 6
10 such provision in the bill d
Mr.. JOHNSTON Of Alabama. Mr.. n
resident Ic
The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the i
enator from Texas yieldf e
Mr.. BAILEY | yield to the sena- v
or from Alabama. p
Mr.. JOHNSTON Of Alabama j
fant to say, in addition TO what the
hartman of the committee so well said, &
hat we were confronted with the de-
ire to have the widest publicity in a
II these matters; and | confess that Il
hen section 5 was before the com 7