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Show TILLMAN BILL WINS VICTORY Makes Insurance Companies Com-panies Liable to Fines for Contributions. WASHINGTON, April 2T.-The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, - v by unanimous vote, today authorised Senator Sen-ator Foraker to report favorably the Tillman Till-man bill to prohibit Insurance and other corporations from contributing to 'campaign 'cam-paign funds. The bill was amended by a sub-committee consisting of Senators Foraker, Knox and Bailey, and was made to apply to corporations of all kinds, and to all elections elec-tions for presidential and vice-presidential elector, for Legislatures where United State Senators are to be chosen,. and for Representatives In Congress. It makvs offending corporations subject to a fine of J.V00, arid an employee of corporations cor-porations subject to a fine of $1000. The measure does not apply to persons . receiving re-ceiving such contributions. |