The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-03-22
LAW LIMITS EXPENDITURES.
Candidates Should Conform to Cor
rupt Practice Act

Candidates for nomination at the
coming primaries should carefully study
the new corrupt practice act in order
to avoid coming into conflict with the
law. Here is an important paragraph
Of the law which they should carefully
observe:
''No person nor personal campaign
or party committee shall pay or incur
any obligation, express or implied, to
pay any sum of money or thing of value
whatever, for services to be performed
on the day of any primary or election,
in behalf of any candidate, party or
measure, to be voted upon at said pri-
mary or election; or for any political
services performed on such day, or for
any loss of time or damage suffered by
attendance at the polls at the primary
election, or in registering for voting,
or for the expense of transportation of
any voter to or from the polls on such
day."
This law prevents candidates from
hiring workers at the polls and the vot-
ers will be relieved Of the annoyance Of
being told for whom to vote before
they enter the booth.
Under the new law a candidate is
permitted to make disbursements for
political purposes only as follows:
For his own personal hotel and tray
cling expenses and for postage, tele-
graph and telephone expenses.
For payments which he may make to
the state pursuant to law.
For contributions to his duly regis
tered personal campaign committee
For contributions to his party com
mittee.
No party committee nor personal
campaign committee shall make any
disbursements except:
For maintenance of headquarters and
hall rentals, incident to the holding of
public meetings.
For necessary stationery, postage and
clerical assistance to be employed for
the candidate at his headquarters or at
the headquarters Of the personal cam
paign committee, incident to the writ
ing, addressing and mailing of letters
and campaign literature.
For necessary expenses, incident to
the furnishing and printing of badges,
banners and other insignia, to the print
ing and posting of handbills, posters,
Autographs and other campaign litera-
ture, and the distribution thereof
through the mails Or otherwise.
For campaign advertising in news
papers, periodicals or magazines.
For wages and actual necessary ex-
penses of public speakers.
For travelling expenses of members
of party committees or personal cam
paign committees.
Candidates for city offices are allowed
to spend sum not exceeding one-t third
of the salary to which they would be
entitled if they were nominated and
elected
Here's another important section of
the law:
''No publisher of a newspaper or
other periodical shall insert, either in
the advertising columns of such news
paper or periodical Or elsewhere there
in, any matter paid for or to be paid
for which is intended or tends to infu-
ence, directly or indirectly, any voting
at any election or primary, unless at
the head of said matter is printed in
plea capital letters the words paid adj
yertisement' and unless there is also
statement at the head Of said matter
of the amount paid or to be paid there
for, the name and address of the can
didate in whose behalf the matter is
inserted, and of any other person if
any, authorizing the publication, and
the name of the author thereof. "-Ex.