Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-03-05

3la:ne was expected to explain in d L
where h, got his information on which
BASED his charges of corruption aStInl
Senator Stephenson, but he did nor i
He stated in an indefinite way where H." f.,
received his tnfOrmation Senator IN Gas
vas evidently piQued ut being called r. -,
: fy before the committee and his an$wnrT
to the questions put were sharp amI u
rite SIN of the way in which tne como, 4
zee was conducting the investigation M
ator Blaine was on the stand most If ri
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY ~
! Senator Stephenson received sc vote, L
the sixteenth ballot Sixty five were nn
Sary to elect. Rodney Sackett. one of <T
ator Stephenson,s campaign managers Nh
on the stand before the primary iuv,sr ir 1
ing committee. He testified that he ~ &
bursed large sums of money for the v@nn
nette senator but that he had no acr1Tn
now of where the money went. Sen9fn%
Morris precipitated a fight in the commit
zee by asking fGt what specific purDnSpSH
the So. 900 spent in "crganiZiug Dane r,rr8
ty' had been expended. Mr. Ingalls, ~
iected to this line of questioning dcclarna
that it would necessitate the committaa2
calling an indefinite number Of witnessaS
and the investigation would come N
naught. Charges We're hurled back ~
forth between the committee members tIa n
each was trying TO retard the work Of III
until the time limit set by the LcgisIgturd
for the taking of testimony had eAniraT
Mr.. SackettS testimony was not al nh
sensational.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %
Senator Stephenson received ffty-Scrna
-otes on the Seventeenth Joint ballot
needed siXty-four. State Chairman II
monds threw a bomb into the primary NJ
vestigation by testifying that Speaker R9,x
croft had received $3.50 of the StephcnsoS
campaign fund and that City Attorney Jo6m
T. Kelly of Milwaukee had received SSNl
Subpoenaes were issued for Speaker Ban
croft and City Attorney Kelly to appPaF
before the investigation committee W. r
Lush and w. W. Powell. managers of NJ
Hatton campaign and the managers of Nh
Cook and McGOvern campaigns were aIs6
summoned to Madison to testify before thS
committee State Senator Blaine today I'd.
fused to honor the subpoena of the invests
CATION committee. A tilt occurred between
Assemblyman Hambrecht and Senator Nor
ris in which Hambrecht maintained that M
attempt was being made to whitewaSh aid
the candidates with the exception of Ser
ator Stephenson.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY &c
On the eighteenth joint ballot Senator
Stephenson received 40 votes, the necessarw
number to election being 81. Speaker BaIN
croft was a witness before the primary ius
vestigating committee but refused to tel
to whom he had paid the $3.50 given him
by Senator Stephenson, s campaign mama
ger. J. H Puelicher. The speaker said thai
he did not think it was within the PROVINCE
of the committee to ask the names or tnos
tc whom money had been paid. The speak
er said that he had hoped to be app0inted
United States district attorney and for than
reason worried for the success of SenatoN
Stephenson in the primaries. The witness
was wary on the stand and expressed ths
desire to have the ordeal over with as sooH
as possible. w. c. Cowling, manager d
the Cook campaign, appeared before the
committee and said that he would be %
hand next week to give testimony as "a
how Cook spent his money in the pris
marieS.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 81
Only ninety members were present at the
joint session today and Senator Stephenson
received 80 votes on the nineteenth senas
torial ballot. Before the primary inyestiA
eating committee Rodney Sackett, the Stef
phenson campaign manager, testified thai
thirteen ministers received money from the
Stephenson campaign fund. Rev. j. j
Ryan of Milwaukee got $500 In Mr.. Sack
ett's testimony was brought out the start
ling fact that C. c. Wellensgard, a membeE
of the Assembly had been paid by the Ste
phenson managers. A special afternoo4
session was held out Of accommodation "a
Mr.. Sackett who was anxious to go CO
Washington for the Taft inaugural. Mucn
of the testimony was in regard to news
paper advertising, Mr.. Sackett maintains
a newspaper for advertising purposes dig
not imply the purchase of the editorial pol
icy of the paper
MONDAY, MARCH 1.
carefully Planned coup on the part q
the Stephenson forces to elect the juniOr
senator fell through today, when through
the efforts of Senator Blaine, enough mems
bers of the Legislature were kept away
from the joint session to prevent quorunl
being present Senator Stephenson received
50 of the "a votes cast on the joint ballot
but as sixty-five members present are necess
sary to constitute a quorum it was de
clared no election. The principal business
done by the Investigating. committee was
the STRENGTHENING out of the tangle WhlCn
involved several ministers in Saturday +
proceedings. 1t developed that the minis
tiers had not received money from the Ste
phenson campaign fund Senator BLAINE
was on the stand again and told from WhaS
sources he received the information o1
which he based the charges against Senator
Stephenson. Blaine reiterated his state
ment that he had had a conversation Witn
State Chairman Edmonds and that the lag
ter had told him that at least $lO6,00O nag
been spent in the Stephenson primary cami
paign.