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Show NEW CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY BILL. Candidate for Senate and House Must Not Pay Over 10 Cents for Votes. Washington. The most drastic cam- I palgn publicity legislation ever passed In either branch of congress was adopted by the senate on Monday practically without a d'snentlrig vote, j Using the pre-election publicity bill passed by the house of representatives representa-tives as a baRls, the senate constructed construct-ed a proposed law with the following Important features: No candidate for the senate or houRO shall spend In tho election more ' than a sum equal to 10 cents for each f voter In his district or tstato. ' No senatorial candidate shall spend 1 ft total of more than $10,000 In the primary and general election; and no candidate for the house shall spend more than $5,000. e Publicity mup.t be given to ail prl- ' mary campaign contributions and ex- c pendltures, e All general election expenses tnuBt be made public before the election, be t ginning fifteen days before election l and making publication each six day a until election. Promises of political I: ' Jobs must be made public. I |