| Show iJo w l LONG N PURSE WI WINS IN ENGLAND Candidates for Election Honors Spend Vast Sums in Making Themselves Solid FOR THOSE WHO PUT UP The Cam pals n Counts for fr Quito ut III It nOCi JOC In III Ami 1111 It h i Miner pe Elal Ml forre Jun Jim 6 the e lines hues appear In print about 1300 candidates roughly will bo be engaged In n a L to 10 be Included among the Iho theIO ITO SiO IO who will gain the of ot writ writing writing ing lag the magiC letters suM 1 M lJ 1 after Itter their names It Is III estimated thinS that tho tile general lection tle llon will ili coat cost something like f Heally It II will wilt an of ut lit least that urn sum One 01 authority who ha hal had great trl ii In III political tights behind the tho stales l ca 3 It I vt It From this it tt wili be hI Inferred interred that lint the lon Ioa fe tet fee to 10 It the club chub In tho the orid as tho ito house of commons has hall t been n called alle amounts lo to u it 1 sum itCh and other oiher be equal tilt thu Ih man mal with the longest purse stand the thit th best be t chanc of 0 getting In The Tho bari fUal herp herl tor for quite as much n ui IS It does titie In la Amer n a lPT ACT Cl The estimate 1 Is 18 based on the tho rigid restrictions placed by b tile the corrupt lit an ad ac on tho the amount of ot money may expend to get elected Under that lt measure which was waR passed m itt U 3 In m borough elections In Great areaS where the tho number of ot electors dOts dees tio io exceed exceed x 2000 the tho maximum 1111 h a n candidate may ml expand Is limite II to tu 1150 and In country con COli t Is of ot ft a 1 similar It must not nOI Urd ex For each eath lou tru un allowance Is III l ma t jio 10 und and respectively for tor 5 counties The limits of or leg w are on a mo me s Saie Frale In country than n In Inu r u u town district for Cor or the reason rell l n that the tiTs are aro much touch more inure scattered and It must Intuit t necessarily cost candidates more inure to bring their persuasive oratory orator to hour bear lIr on the bucolic Intelligence Irish elections ate aie nl run on un a n cheaper scale of or legitimate expenditure which must mum he be exceedingly welcome to III t the candidates who utho ho uru ur ar seldom men mun of ot In III bor WI boroughs where tho th number of lit electors does dues not 1101 exceed SOO 5 O a n man may ilia y get cL Into parliament for tor 1000 Where the ultra her bpI runs up tip to lOU 1500 he le must not HOt upend moro mere I ro titan limn In counties of lit 2000 electors his expenditures ore art limited to te 0 All 11 parliamentary candidate have to Ole file sworn vori statement of ot what I they lucy the have VI expended In the tue light In III the tha general election of ot the Iho ru re turns showed nn on Average outlay by each candidate of ot iCO In iii the tho case cany ca u of or n a 1 county anil attil about 3 OO In the case cate ca e of o the tue borough constituency TREATING Ib JH While hiie placing strict II 1111 II on tho amounts may expend cx on un elections tin the corrupt practises 1 net act In i II a tu I I I stringent St ri agent In III I a ni rig that hat I expenditure legitimate I II III IL eaSt ii in in ull 1111 ni I forms Conus to Is It I a ha rued Six cents van held lie hi to be too mum u II ato ia iato to 10 charge for tOI refreshments ut at u II conver given n by b one all Musio to III soothe tho the elector is us If it provided nt ut the expense lUll hut heCk Ihen arc aio no na on gin gm itt itous singing and a uti Ilu T Iivo o judges dei lured tOilS a 1 minister ot i must not hold out hopes hope of or reward lieu or III ll us tot un induce inducement ment to tu vote Oto for tor any 1111 particular candi candidate date Candidates es are III it re prohibited Hum hiring vehicle vehicles of o fillY any sort to tu t convoy convey voters lo to the tile polls but they me nil meat at itt perfect liberty to place their own motor cites cars carriages rind horses nr ur those of or their at tt the Ih I be disposal of ot their for tho the purpose This Jitt Interpretation of lit the law it con curs considerable advantage on nit aspirants for tor honors honor who ore nio veil oil off For whereas rich candidate tilde their cult can any all a tt ii u u rI ncr ol III their theil private unit anti at atthe t I the disposal nt ot electors ol of M their I ninny of lit whom greatly relish th privilege II II lege lega lEg of at riding tor once olito in his u a equipage poor lOOr tIre are t I from fu hiring public conveyances to tort con vey yc voters to the tue j johi oll l HI Candidates are aru held helt responsible fur fin final al nil the acte of or their agents Jesse rol 01 hugs UI utter being t re ie i n IH member for Ipswich one of at his agents hud had prom Irom promised hued het to 10 pay Pa the lilt lit sum shill ot us 3 aH 6 id about S Scents St cents t tor the cost of or tho thu 1 I ticket to II ot or n it i vot nt r who Was temporarily absent from Cronl thu lie 1111 did dill not lust le i the tho promise for rOl or he hue that hu hll h hull hud done wrong In III making the Ito oTt o n nhut tint hut ne the tite upi mi court Judge before whom wham the case Cl e ia brought deemed mell tho lie i heinous to 10 II Mr iii h of or his hi h neat Hal the this Vote n ti would have IHo made no ISO In hit th ii result Penalties ore ac severe c re enough t to til tomake make the tue hardened 1 candidate o careful Briber bribed alike bl be punished by hy 12 11 ira with or without hard labor or n a 1 afine fine Ono of or 1000 And nd the tho candidate may lo hH h sent If it elected and 1111 be bo forever from r pt tutu the con tori constituency IS DONi Jho corrupt net act und tho the rnea adopted fur for Its enforcement lire are often referred to as us proof that fo Jo It utica In England h is 1 righteousness un his denied compared with tire the degradi that KOCH goes oel by b the tha same alle nam namIn In lit America Hut It Is III only alter the tit writs ate ale out and the election battle battlo technically begins that hint the tha unies of or party lOrt warfare according to tu tile the cur cor corrupt rupt rUIt Practices practises net There 1 is hi no n law 11 n what Is III here hiete called hula lag Ins In a ii I constituency before nn tin election A n it 1 l e candidate merely mere th Ih the man of or wealth can 11 upend Hpe money freely In In paving the vay 11 to victory It H considered I bribery corruption then lien It IH IS openhanded generosIty mid luCU I hla public spirit Many a 0 statesman I spends In iii ranking making himself Mild with the voters oters Thit ro s costs coats him hi Itt vastly il more than limn the tile law permits him tp t on un tho thu cite elec election tion Itself How It IM ha It done Inno Is welt well Il in Its ito tho following report of or u it mu mUlto dp by b a I prospectIve Conservative Con In which s I have f X from tho ho th Western Vestern Mali he hue knew although he tie hurl had only been resident In their heir th h midst t about two t Wo years a n good goat deal about ob lIt lie tho HO ua P dish 1111 side lle of or tho Iho town He lie was 1 n ns n a lucia mem member ber hiet of or o 33 football clubs dubi 12 t cl el bs four our or cur five n pigeon o 0 bicycle clubs hockey hockl club cluba golf olt clubs ant nn various race nice m not to 10 speak of or agricultural societIes dnA in ciuba chrysanthemum societies He lie was 1111 alto alfo an nn n a Forester n us Duld n II u a II Free Jr Foreiter ter n a member of ot th Ilin Twentieth Century K Equila Irk lite society rural null but out nor ln int t tho Ihl Mick Hick Benefit society Ho Ito I l that Oral the people of or Newport N did dill not nol look upon Mm hint touch much In lit the hue of ot n ct politician hut but us itS a it 1 sort of lIt pocket A HI Obviously thu 1113 phrase a pocket Hercules I U 11 i not Intended lo to mean H II Hercules of at small but a It Hercules of ot the tho that Is III to I say Sll Si n a I mail whoso whose who o strength or Influence Is lii I that of It the pocket Hut But the speech h show the superiority of ot ineth meth title compared with those tho e of or Tammany for tor Instance Votes ot otes flIt art riot not bought The Hercules I advocates what he hue regards us nil the tho right und patriotic cause and us nil fur for ur bribery hriber or ur anything of or thirst that sort noil III It he Itt would scorn corn the tite action Hut But happening to take a manly Interest t III In football cricket pigeons bicycling bl I hockey golf golt racing toeing farming shooting gnu chrysanthemums chr und friend friendly ly I societies ho lie heroines u n member anti and patron pitron of or various devoted to these thelle causes cau p And b a I candid man lana he this thui filet fact nt at It u dinner when his hIli remarks are In a It paper PUPI which supports his hili political views Ies In Inthis n this lila way It Is shown hown how much better belter In II the typical British politician than Shari thos degraded American fellows who ho openly buy hu bu ote TIm THE lit itt mony constituencies I think I should be b within the murk In lit saying a 1 tho determining factor In tho the selection of ot u n candidate Is the amount of ot money mon which ho he Is likely like to expend on ou or the district It Is III this which puts uta so many young fresh tre h from the th universities und anti totally Ignorant hm 11 t nt oC n politics ca Into ato I tilt tho house o e of ot commons I Thi consideration wins a 1 seat seit lI at for antI and snakes makes Hung tine the brewer nn flu M 1 P 1 The terms term of or thu hi bargain are thoroughly understood on both sides The candidates must spent money freely not runt only airily before they ire elected el but as nIl long us liS they lucy the retain their seats Of Ot course lire me some men lIIn who Salle these lucite Impositions by hy their bril brilliancy I and eloquence Their presence I In lit parliament lit ha considered so gO aliI to t o their loin political rant party that tho the i managers of ot the latter hatter pay I I their elec electoral dee toral trout from the tho campaign fund tun tunA AM 44 A soon oon as all they the have irae ha VI through the hue entire term of or parliament for Cor onto one on onI constituency th tIll y tIre are nominated In III the hue I next parliament for tor some other elec elc electoral toral oral expenses from flairs the campaign fund hie bie from the first uric one where their disinclination to respond to appeals on i their purses Is moro moore or hers unknown Tilt Thu managers of a party usually take i care etre to have hoe u a candidate of oe this kind that hint Is to say sa 5 ono who possesses pOS moro inure brains tuna than money followed by 11 ono OTSO who urho ho huts has more money Iran brains In irs Inthis Inthis this bug way Wily lure ire evened up liP nut and nutha th ha voters prevented 11 from losing faith In till the lit s gospel of or political salva salvation than tion JUST 1181 AS S thAi HAD AS HI Despite nt all ull that lint Is III salt ot or till thit Ier Ter Terrible corruption of or politics thi campaign fund CUIllI plays pla quite as ati Im itil a It 1 part In elections u tl uIt iti It doc In Itu A hut It IH Iii h oh ob obtained In its a different fashion For tIle the principal subscribers I are not rich cor cot corporations potations who seek fleek legislative protection tion of 01 i holders prospective or actual but rich risen men are aro anxious either for Heats II In itt Parliament or titular dis distinctions distinctions A t large number of or peerages baronetcies arol anil knighthoods have been bemi conferred sIlica the tho Corrupt practices net wi W hl passed 1881 which are cne admittedly merely party rewards for liberal con tori contributions toriI I tit to the tue electoral campaign fund In Itt this way Wn Vii Lord Burton Lont Iveigh Lord multi multimillionaire millionaire brewers gained their ele do elevations clea a to the house of ot lords So rot rill others might be named who siro owe theIr thelt Inclusion among tho lie hereditary legislators to In tho lie fact that they the hit have shelled out nut generously to a win victo victories rice ries at It the th polls Of Ot OUnCe tho ito num nulls number ber ler who have won ioui minor honorl honori by liberal to party parly ox ex H Is 11 much greater rise Tho king kingus us UPI did the Iho late queen cn sanctions the hid thesy system sy tem Each Kach E Ch outgoing and premier submits to tho the sovereign a It list listor of or honors and dignities which are nd iid rewards not noL for tor services to tl tho the nation tuition but for tor services l 8 to io onto one or nl other lither of ot the political turtles parties In iii the tIl shape of or large contributions to the fund Such things would muse Ill UPI trouble III In l tint no one une onet thinks t ur if kicking up a n low over It here hete Campaign funds ate llIe never subjects of or parliamentary or oi Judicial Investigation 31 M I IS PoS AS Mi I One opportunity members of ot pallia i have hae of or recouping themselves In Inn Ina a n measure fur for or what It line cost them lucia to 10 get t there of ot which they the ate aro not slow to 10 avail themselves That Is III by IW serving as oS company directors Companies like to halve M 1 Ps Is on en their boards They are lire rde T us LIS good halt hall for rOI Investors There aru members of parliament who hold between them thorns director directorships directorshIps ships There Them are arc lOS JOS of or them who sito ate are I Il associated l ll with the boards boat lJ of or orn panics This Thill gives give u a f total of or 1010 l held hetti by members of Q the tho hue upper ripper and lower luwe house Seventh memo mem members bers hers ot or Mr Ir late cabinet were company directors director Mutt But the tho new Sit Sir Hou h has hitta mudo mullo It a IL 1 rule rulo that hunt no Ito member of It his ministry shall hold hoM such uch Job jobs They finey must have liao no a Interests which might t conflict with their thell services to toito the ito nation which pays them themI m I |
