Show I HIS Bill BillI f p I c y Use Money in Elections 1 of f G r i I fe I I j r 1 I 1 w I It S t S HE HAS THE I 0 pJ Og EM j jf f 1 I IV V i 9 F Feb 9 It s srn i t to me that th the oot c n oni j ICe 1 se of oC in sW fi Rn dolph 1 Hoa l Ii dIsc bill to toi i the thc use of t money at national r saM said Mr Ir Hoart Hearit let letl l me cite New Y rk state elec J I lion The us use ot of somethIng more than thana a million dollar state campaign 1 Is b bj the various committees I of nf party lUrt In addItion n a great graL deal ot of money spent by f or orK ii K did not come the tho of the election lawa rhese amounts or of money cannot be beh h spent properly In merely morely informing the voters ot of the Js es of the campaign an anI I I in fl guarding the tho ballot on election day therefore the greater Dart ot of it iti Li i i must be spent improperly in directly or orI H I influencIng the vote of the i S t i Criticizes Hughes HughesS I S Mi M H characterized as i V Governor Hughes a I i for u a corrupt practice act In Now New York in that It failed to limit Umit the 4 I total can be spent in any uny i I He caLd 1 My bill Is framed to strictly 1 j I the he amount that can cun bt be iP ut td id the uses to which it can be put and andS S an any other expenditure or Of money as a brIbery It furthermore contains n a 4 II which I think will vIll be absolutely l I in th the lete tion of this bribery I I I and Improper uso UBi of money The per perI I son guilty of this Improper use of 4 1 Is rn my bill punishable by I a fine fino of not more than nor less I t 2000 halt ot of which amount shall I 4 o to the tho Informer together with Im 1st Imi j i Thus there thero will be n a constant 1 rov reward rd offered of from to in tj 1 W ry ease case of tim tho i r use ot otI in elections I the tho m mn who the bribe automat r tor or his wn da daI I There Thera Is another clause which provides punishment for false o c I I undo and Illegal voting I t Rockefellers Gift j 1 This morning we aU all read In tIl the jm irn It I is that Mr 11 Rockefeller had given givon givonI I I I for public most pa and nI praiseworthy thing for forI I him tit t do Yet cannot we help feeling I Itha tIm tha possibIlItIes of cf the misuse or of such I wealth to control the rt ret government I I our present election laws If 4 Mr h Rockefeller can give for tor n a na a se no moU r ho how bene benc bener r he might give or one tenth that to lr ervo 1 l that mno the accumulation 11 c S 3 or oi such great groot as a this possible I S si or 0 even oon three millions 1 w r c carryIng or orp p n elections And it If Mr rr I no Rockefeller kellel should be too ii to it p yote ott any part or of bis to such I are ar many multimillion 1 I s In this country whose has ha 4 bo by political favori favo and 4 d 1 who would spend nU nil lions Items to the for fori i I I further political favors and to preserve rc 1 t their bell special privileges I Mr tr expressed confidence that his but bill would stop Improper use uso of money i In elections Tot Yot h I 1 do doc c v 14 t It will be passed for I do not notI I J thore is Ia any sincere sincoro desire t ht hr or of t the he old to interfere f I WIth the use uso or of politics |