Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-04-07

He called the boys together, he con-
fessed, the night after he refused to
divulge their names before the inves-
tigating committee. 1t was agreed
that they take the responsibility of
$500 that Mr.. Stone could not very
well account for before the committee.
He stated on the stand the first day
| that he gave Fred Gebhardt $3.50. AS
a matter of fact it was $1,250. Mr..
Gebhardt was one of the heaviest con-
tributors to the Davidson fund, but
Mr.. Stone could not exactly give the
amount that he 'chipped in
Afternoon Session.
P. ]. Koehler, manager for Cook in
Milwaukee county disbursed $4,000 in
behalf of his candidate His salary
| for nine weeks was $500. Mr. Koch
Ter conducted campaigns for Governor
| Davidson and Mayor Becker.
Albert Klump of Milwaukee was one
of the men that switched. He was a
Cook man from principle, the witness
state. He accepted work from
Stephenson managers because he was
given $3.50. Leo Kelpinsky, the Mil
waukee politician, got 800 from Mr.,
Klump and $55 from Knell, manager
for Stephenson.
'It certainly made me stare" the
witness said, ''to see that the honor
able Leo Kelpinsky got some from
Knell l gave him 500 to place poll
workers in Is precincts. / know now
that he didn't do a thing"
Workers Bring Votes.
Mr.. Koehler stated that workers are
not necessary for the upper wards in
Milwaukee. In the wards where the
illiterate people live, workers can do
good deal. The voters often have to
be assisted or watched. Workers fire.
quently mark ballots for them, and
not infrequently marking the ballots
in their own favor or in favor of their
friends. A candidate that is not pro-
tected will suffer considerable loss.
Would you consider a payment of
money to Klump legitimate?'
mo. A hold up4'
WAS that a matter of conviction
on the part of Klump when he.
changed to Stephenson"
mo 1t was a matter of business
with him.
Nov, would you consider it legltl-
mate expense to pay money to such
fellows to boom a candidate-fellows
that have no personal choice?"
''No, | would not"
Some Voters Purchasable.
do you think you could have got
ten your men to work for Hatton for
the same price?''''
Some of them"
Are you acquainted with the men
that worked for Knell?"
YES
do you think that some of them
could have been engaged to work for
other candidates."
Eyes, some of them"
"Klump and Cleary?'
Cleary was another man that
switched in consideration of money.
yes. They could. 1t was all a
matter of money with them.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Koehler
stated, the workers Travelled from
manager to manager.
Looking for a job--tinding out
where they could get the best price?
mo. They received letters from all
managers, and the managers inter-
viewed them, treating them with CT
CARS, trying to win them over.'
Mr. Koehler named 55 precincts as
good" in Milwaukee.
by good you mean precincts that
can be controlled by money!?
IF YOU could put UP an imaginary
candidate, name him, would you carry
these precincts, if you had enough
money!
Eyes. You would at least make
good showing.
The twentieth and twenty-second
wards he placed entirely among the
bad" you can't do anything there,
he said
Democrats offered for $500.
The witness stated that Benjamin
Steinel offered to deliver the demo-
cratic vote of the 18th and 10th wards
for $500.
What did you say to him about lta
Nothing doing"
What did he say?
"Nothing-to keep it under my bon
net
WAS that the end of it?''
NO; he came back to me and re-
newed the proposition later. He
wanted to introduce nae to the chair
man of the Rose marching club.
told him there was absolutely nothing
doing" /
Mr.. Stone was recalled to the stand
to continue his testimony not COM
pleted at the morning session.
what caused you to tell your story
differently now?"