 McCreary was not as successful in securing reforms during the 1914 legislative session . He advocated a comprehensive workmen 's compensation law , but the law that was passed in the 1914 General Assembly was later declared unconstitutional . He also recommended a requirement for full disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures , but the majority of legislators in the House of Representatives voted to send it back to the Suffrage and Elections Committee , from whence it was never recalled . Although they did not pass a law regulating lobbying at the capitol – a law that McCreary supported – legislators showed responsiveness to McCreary 's desire for this reform by putting stricter regulations on who could be in the legislative chambers while the legislature was in session . Some reforms were made in the area of education . The school year was lengthened , school attendance for children was mandated , and the legislature created a Text Book Commission to assist local school boards in adopting textbooks . Public schools expenditures were increased by 25 percent . 
