The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06

the board shall consist of of three
members to be appointed by the gov
ernOr to receive compensation and re-
endorsement for their expenses. 1t
is provided that $12, 1000, together with
the $4,000 unexpended balance from
the st. Louis fair be placed at the dis
pOsal of this board to make provision
for the erection of suitable buildings
for exhibition purposes. This is the
third attempt of this season for this
exhibition, two previous bills having
been killed.
Senator Barney A. Eaton of Mil
waukee Tuesday was denied the right
to sit as a member Of the upper house
of Wisconsin legislature, after being
tried and convicted. He was found
guilty by the votes of his colleagues
of contempt Of the senate and was
suspended until Jan. 1, 1906.
This is practically removal from
Office, but motion to so state the
penalty failed of passage, it requiring
a tWO-thirds vote to eXpel, and there
being eleven senators opposed to
such harsh treatment. These were
Senators Beach, Bird, Kreutzer, Nc
Gilliyray, North, Randolph, Roehr,
Stevens, Whitehead, Wolff and
Wright. Of these McGillivray and
Stevens are reputed La Toilette men
and the others are anti-administra-
ton members including North and
JnIo VIII &c
fractional lines were not absolutely
drawn, but in general the Stalwarts
of anti-La Toilette members favored
being lentent with Eaton and the ad-
ministration side was inclined to ex-
pei him.
The specific offence for which
Senator Eaton was tried was describ-
ed in a finding of fact reported by the
senate committee of judiciary that
me accepted and used $10O from
Albert Stark, during the session of
1901, in making compaign against
the BARRIERS license bill"
Senator Eaton was caught a year
ago in the grand jury graft nett in
Milwaukee, being indicted three
times for criminal bribery while a
member of the legislature. One in
dictment concerned the alleged act
for which he was tried and found
guilty today. He at first refused to
stand trial, being under immunity
from prosecution as a member of
the senate, but was compelled by his
legislative associates to return to Mil
waukee, under indefinite leave of alb
sence, to face prosecution. He was
acquitted by jury, on his defence
that he took the money not as bribe
or to influence members against the
bill, but merely for the purpose of
paying his expenses in making a
campaign against the bill, buying
drinks, dinners and other favOrs.
He returned to the senate and took
his seat, insisting that his acquitted
on one of the three indictments was
full vindicatiOn.
Senator Frear, one of the La
Toilette leaders in the legislature,
pressed the matter against the Mil
waukee member and brought about
IN investigation by the judiciary COM
mittee, resulting in the trial and con-
giction.
Senator Frear led the prosecution
If Senator Eaton of the floor to-day,
assisted by Senators Sanborn, Martin
Iunson and Hudnall. No member
poke a word against conviction, the
ccused senator being allowed to be
apresented by his counsel, Attorney
lyman G. Wheeler of Milwaukee.
Te argued that Senator Eaton took
le money in the honest performance
{ his duty; that he did it only to
ct fuller and more complete consid-
ration of the Objectionable bill, and
lat the senate had no jurisdiction in
ne matter after the member had
cen tried and found not guilty by a
Try.
After the senatorial verdict of
utility had been rendered, by a vote
f &c to 2, only Senator Beach and
Wright voting for acquittal, the
,enate voted on expulsion, defeating
hat proposition by vote of Is to II.
Senators Kreutzer and Roehr at
.empted to get the senate merely to
suspend Eaton for the few remaining
weeks of the session, but it finally
was determined by a vote of II to
16 to suspend him until Jan. 1, 1906.
The senate passed by a vote of
35 to "a, the Thayer residence district
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