Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-26

editorial support, were introduced in
to evidence.
1t was shown that in almost every
daily issue of the paper in the latter
part of August there appeared articles
in some form favorable to- Senator
Stephenson's candidacy. 1t was ap
parent, however, that before August
Is there was not a single Stephenson
article published. The committee set
Mr.. Dee to work to pick out all the
Stephenson articles and count up the
lines by their length to ascertain
whether, at FIVE cents line, there
really was enough material run to
make up for the $3.50.
Afternoon Session.
When the examination of Editor
George E. Dee was resumed in the
afternoon the witness said he had
completed the checking up of his
newspaper files regarding the articles
that were published in favor of the
candidacy of Senator Stephenson. The
committee again went through the file
of papers and the articles were emu
merated and their length noted.
The committee finally ascertained
that all campaign material published,
sat five cents a line" amounted to
$685. Mr.. Dee had made out g state
ment just before noon covering the
entire $3.50 he received. He had fig
ured up something over 200 lines of
all the material, editorials and no.
tees, published.
1--WE find that you padded this ac--
count about 900 lines said Senator
Husting. There are no more than
about 100 lines in all your papers. .
Il said before that l withdraw my
former statement. If you want to be
the censors of the material which is
to be taken into account you can very
we'll fix up an account of 1900 lines. .
You charged extraordinary rates
here. The last time you were on the
witness stand you said that your rates
were 20 to 25 cents an inch. Taking
that as basis for figuring up that
account the services you rendered
Senator Stephenson are not worth
more than about $780,
Il think the old man got value re-
ceived."
well, you stated several times
that Mr.. Stephenson got value re-
ceived. Now if the actual material
published does not amount to more
than $50 how do you account for the
balance of the $3.50? Isn't it fact
that you not only got paid for the
space devoted to the campaign, but
received the $3.50 principally to buy
the editorial support of your paper
Senator Marsh asked.
1.-The $3.50 was given me with the
understanding that ] should literally
advertise in the interest of Senator
Stephenson. This I think was done.
The examination then again turned
to the 5000 that the witness received
outside of the $3.50. The 5000 were
for hiring workers to distribute cam
pa .gn literature. The witness chung
to his former story that he could not
remember the names of any persons
to whom he paid money or the
amounts paid out. Confronted by a
direct answer by Senator Husting as
to what he did with the money he
asked in return;
What do you want to know that
for?"
Isn't it fact that you kept $500 OF
this money yourself, say, for your
newspaper work." he was asked.
Il do not remember. j am OF the
opinion that / didn't" was the answer.
No direct answer to the last ques-
ton could be reached. Mr.. Dee was
finally excused and after he had as
sorted his three big patches OF papers
and wrapped up huge package he
was given his voucher for his hard
earned witness fees as Senator Hust-
ing said.
The committee then adjourned until
next week subject to the call OF the
chairman.