The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-03
APPROXIMATION EXPENSES MAY
 BE CURTAILED
Bill Introduced to Limit Booming" Expenses
 of Candidates.

Washington, D. C., April 3.-A drastic bill limiting the pre-conven- ton expenses of candidates for the Presidency is offered in the Senate by Senator William F. Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho, who will insist upon early action in view of charges and counter charges that large sums of money are being spent in the Re- publican presidential campaign
 The Borah bill follows published charges that a group of mi11ionaires has undertaken to Etunderwrite'' a rnillion-1oIlar pre-convention cam paign for General Leonard Wood That other Republican candidates are con dtzcdng more or less expensive campaigns has also been asserted The bill offered by Senator Borah | would make it a felony to expend | more than ten thousand dollars in | any one State This is not inclusive l of the actual personal expenses of the 1 candidates, such as subsistence and 1 travelling allowances, telephone and I telegraph bills, postage, stationery, | posters and printing, except newspa- per advertising
 ! It Is provided that H<any person who shall violate Or conspfre with l another to violate this act shall be i deemed guilty of a. felony, and upon trial and conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than l two years, or by both such fine and I Imprisonment
 Providing for the fullest publicity l of the recepits and disbursements of ! presidential candidates, the bill stfp- ulates that fifteen days before the l nominating convention, and thirty days thereafter, detailed statements 1 hal FNA loH 31an l the Attorney General of the United i States
 l These statements, to be filed with 1 the chief legal officer of the Govern l nlent., must contain an itemized ac- 1 count of i1a11 moneys and things o1 | value received by him or by any one l with his knowledge and consent iron, amy source in aid and support of his candidacy for the nomination, to- gether with those who have furnish ed the same in whole or in part And such statement shall contain a true and ften1ized account of all money. and such things of value given, con- tributed, used or promised by sucI candidate Or his agent, representa-. 1 tive or other person, used or promised l by such candidate or by his agent representative or other person. fo. and in his behalf with his know4edg, ! and consent up to and for the las 1 day of the nominating convention. to gether with the names of all those tt i whom any of such gifts, contribution payments, or promises were made fo the purpose of procuring his nomina . tfon!"
 Under the terms of the Borat1 bfl the only way a, presidential candfdat
 may escape personal responsfbilft
 for expend4ng more than ten thous
 and dollars in any one state is t i publicly make protest against sue i expenditures" This provision woul
 direct personal attention to the fac
 that friends of the candidate wer
 expending more than the maximum ] sum and Senator Borah believe
 would act as a, check. Without sue
 public protest by the candidate him
 self, the candidate would be crfns
 nally liable.
 Senator Berah's b..t is enfit1e
 'tAn Act to provide for publicity C
 contributions made for the purpos 1 of influencing the election of dele
 gates to national conventions at wflic l candidates for the Presidency are {
 be seIeetsd,''
 The far-reaehing law proposed b
 Senator Boraa is a direct outgrowt
 of the heated charges in Republiea l circles that large sums of money ar | being expended by Republican car
 didates in the primaries and eenven
 tions now being held by the severs
 States. Such charges have been 1e1
 e1ed principally at General Wood, bJ
 campaign managers for other G. o. I
 candidates have also included tn
 Lowden campaign in the money
 spending indietm ent.
 After published charges that ] nillien-de1lar nre- -eaREantiaa fun