Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-17

of the Republican state central COM
mittee, were S1O7, 1906. They are not
itemized, but are given under four or
five big general headings and the bust
ness of the committee will be to re-
duce them to lowest terms, so to
speak. and follow their intricate I'M
rawlings to the end and see if any
crook edness or corruption attaches to
them.
Should nothing of a particularly
shady character be developed Mr..
Stephenson will undoubtedly be re-
elected in spite of his enormous eX-
penditures, since the law prescribed
no limit to expenses and the DISPOSE
ton is not to defeat him if he emerged
from the investigation unsmirched.
Stephenson himself certifies simply to
turning over to Mr.. Edmonds the sum
of Sill 900 to be used as he saw fit to
advance his (Stephenson's) interests,
and it will be up to Edmonds to tell
where and how the money went. The
investigating committee has been or
ganized. with Senator Marsh as chair
man, and from now on will push its Ia
bors with dispatch IL . :.
% Members of the Committee.
The committee consists of three SEN
ators and five members of the assem-
bly,. The senate members, who were
first appointed, are Senators Marsh,
Morris and Husting. None of these
have been voting for Stephenson.
Husting is a Democrat and has been
taking a leading hand in the fight for
an investigation and because of the
support he has received from Repub-
lican colleagues has generally carried
his points. The assembly members
appointed by Speaker Bancroft are
Messrs. Bray. Ingalls,, Whitman, Ham
brecht and Chapple, all keen, aggres-
sive young men, Tive wires" who can
be depended upon to make the investi-
eating proceedings interesting.
All have been ardent supporters of
Stephenson, but will be unable to head
off any proceedings that might look
bad for their candidates, as under the
resolution any three members can
compel the attendance of any witness
desired and the giving of his testi-
mony. r'-
- Candidates Asked to Appear.
The investigating committee has
been organized with Senator Marsh as
chairman and Assemblyman Ham
brecht as secretary and the first meet
ing was held at 9 o'clock this morn
ing. All the seven candidates who ran
for the senatorship last summer have
been written to. asking them to appear
at the first meeting today. 1t was de-
cided at the meeting that no special
attorney should be hired to assist in
the investigation since all members of
the committee except Mr.. Chapple are
lawyers. The pro-Stephenson men
were inclined to stand out for an at
tOrney but finally yielded the point.
The committee decided to hold ses-
sions every day as nearly as possible,
the sessions to continue six hours a
day. In the meantime the members
will not attend the legislative sessions.
but if necessary will be present at the
fOint conventions at noon, when the
vote for senator must be taken each
day. It was voted by the committee
to employ a doorkeeper, two mes
sengers, one stenographer and one
clerk The sheriffs Of the various
counties will be resorted to serve sub.
poenas in case OF witnesses not heed
ing requests to appear.
Blanket Bill to Cover Expenses.
The candidates themselves will be
summoned in this way if necessary