Show UON expenditures TIM etli sublet ezet of 0 campt campaign ign expenditures Is oc occupying tle the center of interest t throughout the lie country disclosures ina in illinois in and in nil fill states lit in fact I 1 indicate that a victory in a primary Is ie von non only through the expenditure of eno inious sums of money on one of tile the editors friends in coln coin r on tills this expressed one point of lieu effect liely mien lie he said Is tile the little approaching aulien the man inan without a great fortune cannot aspire to any high hagli political office lave have ne lie closed tile the floor door of public life to the poor man As ve lie vleit the situation it appears at a t times that here Is a real menace to the future of democratic government goi but tie e leave lave in tills a problem that Is not easily e Y selred to make an appeal to the great mass a 0 indifferent voters a candidate must spend enormous sums lit in printing and distributing campaign literature to educate the voters on the issues of the campaign today a candidate may upend spend enormous sums of money and spend it all honestly honesty of course should be the rent real test it Is not important what a candidate spends but how lie he spends it it ills his in money ney la Is devoted devoted to the distribution 0 circulars clr culora presenting the issues of ta the campaign to the voters ue lie find and nothing contrary to the theory of democracy it if it Is used to buy the support of influential fat individuals then the law should deny thack any opportunity to aimee hold public office limitation by law cfall ofa all campaign expenditures tures Is i not a satisfactory method of 0 solving tit the c problem the party in power pence with its appointed officials has an enormous advantage to limit arbitrarily campaign expenditures always gives the group in office an all advantage that Is 19 not in accordance with nith the theory of democratic government no group faction or party can be trusted it if it Is not checked in its activity by the tear fear that the party out of office may be victorious in the next campaign so here we ise lave a great and significant problem that can lie be argued effect effectively hely from two sides to solve it ie must consider it from all angles before ne lie advocate legislation leli that may create new problems and leave inave tile the existing problem u unsolved it Is 18 of careful thought thou glit |