White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-02

fore was still apparent. The debate
waged fast and furious for nearly an
hour before the final vote was order
ed. The poll showed % cas- and "a
nays. Lacking a constitutional ma
jority, Assemblyman Gardiner OF
Washoe county changed his vote
from yea to nay and gave notice of
a reconsideration of the bill.
Fridays action virtually disposed
of the effort to repeal the publicity
bureau act this session. Friends of
the administration claim they have
enlisted sufficient support to prevent
the passage of a repeating measure
over the governors veto in case a
veto should become necessary,
The assembly commenced the
week, by passing with a vote of 80
to IS, Assembly Bill No. 10, the
same being the measure introduced
by Mr.. Sullivan of White Pine eoun-
ty, and commonly referred to as the
corrupt practice act. 1t is a volumi-
nous piece of legislation, comprising
in its original form "A sections or
close to % pages of printed matter.
1t was modified somewhat in COM
mittee, but so far as known the
amendments have not changed
materially the intents and purposes
of the bill. The corrupt practices
measure is an act Ito limit %expendi-
lures for campaign and election pur-
poses to candidates, their political
agents and managing committees of
political parties; to prescribe the
manner of appointment of such
agents; II limit the contributions.
expenditures and liabilities of candi-
dates, political agents and managing
committees of political parties; to
define. prohibit and punish corrupt
and Illegal practices in nominations
in primary, special and general cleo
tions; to secure and protect the puri-
ty of the ballot; to prohibit the use
of c%onyeyances to carry voters to the
polls; to prohibit the distributing of
liquors and cigars by candidates for
Office; to prohibit and punish the
making, publication and circulation
of false charges and statements
against candidates, the doing of any
act tending to deceive or interfere
with THE voter; to provide for fur
nishing information to electors"
The intention of the act appears to
be nicely summed up in Section 81.
which is as follows:
Any person shall be guilty of a
corrupt practice within the meaning
for election purposes contrary to the
provisions of any statute of this
state, or if he is guilty of treating,
undue influence, p~ersonation, the Civ
ing or promising to give, or offer of
any money or valuable thing to any
elector with intent to induce such
~elector to vote for or refrain from vot-
ing for any candidate for public of
flee, or the ticket of any political
party or organization, or any meas
ure submitted to the people, at any
election, or to register or refrain
from registering as a voter at any
state, district, county, city, town,
village, or school district election for
public office or on public measures.
Such corrupt practices shall be deem
ed to be prevalent when instances
thereof occur in different election dis
triets similar in character and suffi-
cient in number to convince the
court before which any case involv-
ing the same may be tried that they
were general and common, or where
pursuant to a general scheme or
plan"
The bill sets forth that Persons
shall apply to any individual, or
number of individuals, male or fe-
male, ard. where consistent with col
lective capacity, to any committee,
firm, partnership, club, organization.
association. corporation, or other
combination of individuals"
Corporations convicted of viola
lation of the act are subject to a fine
of not more than 800, 900, or forfeit
ture of the charter and franchise, or,
if a foreign corporation enjoined
from doing business in the state,
while corporation officers or agents
convicted. may be punished by a fine
of not more than $1,000 or by i'm
~prisonment in the county Jail for
not more than twelve months, or by
both fine and Imprisonment. Persons
convicted of a corrupt practice, as
defined in the act, are liable to i'm