Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-04-07
TRACY HELPED
SENATOR BLAINE
OIL INSPECTOR SAYS HANNAH
SENT HIM TO Bos-
CoBEL.
AMBER LIQUOR FLOWS FREELY
IN MILWAUKEE
CAMPAIGNS.

State Oil Inspector E. l.. Tracy re-
futed the testimony OF Senator
Blaine about the senator's refusal ip
1904 to receive the assistance OF
game wardens. Mr. Blaine must
g.have forgotten the circumstance OF
my visit" he said. Il went TO Bos-
cobel upon the instructions of John
]. Hannah, private secretary of Gov
ernor La Toilette. 1 came to Mr..
Blaine's office about ten o'clock at
night and stayed there in conference
until 2 o'clock in the morning. The
next day l went to Lancaster to work
at the convention in his behalf"
Mr.. Tracy had also some grievances
against political conditions that had
existed when he served as game war
den. He resigned his position, he
stated, eunder pressure brought to
bear for not delivering the 18th ward
in the state convention of 1904. But
on being pressed for detailed informa-
ton he admitted that he was not sure
that the cause of his being laid off
given you for laying you OFF," he was
asked.
'Insufficiency of funds"
"Was there enough work In your
district to maintain a game warden?"
mo, there wasn't" he admitted.
Liquor Plays Important Part
That liquor has an important bear
ing in campaigns was brought out IN
Mr.. Tracy's testimony and also in the
testimony of Mr.. Mattoon of MilWau-
kee. Mr.. NATION stated that schools
of his city have picnics every Sunday.
The boards, which institute these af-
fairs, sell tickets days and weeks in
advance which are redeemable In
beer at the picnics. This is done to
circumvent some legal provisions for
bidding the sale of beer on the
ground. Children attend the picnics,
and the boards consider these diver
sions as a considerable source OF
revenue. Mr.. Tracy advised not to
4 flash checks in saloons or big bills
7 during a campaign. The saloon
keepers follow an established custom
to give no change. A man interest
ed in politics is supposed to leave it
all in the saloon. The committee
received the information with alb
sorbed interest Senator Marsh adj
mitted that it was tempting to digress
on the subject.
Frank W. Taylor, a metaphysiclan
from Green Bay, testified that he
worked for Hatton, receiving $3.50 for
his services. He disbursed $500 in
behalf of the candidate. He testified
that MT. Anserge was spending mon
ey heavily in behalf of Stephenson.
C. H. Stevens of Mansion also
worked for Hatton. He disbursed $92
His remuneration was S. day and
expenses for himself and team, which
came out of the s92.
Nelson Receives No Pay.
T. P. Nelson of this city entered
the field in behalf of Hatton through
Mr.. Lush He handled $3.50 without
receiving any remuneration. He en-
ployed more than 20 girls to do cler-
ical work in the campaign. His ex-
pense account showed in detail all
disbursements At the end of his
campaign he returned $110 to the
Hatton headquarters as sum re-
naming unexpended The money he
discussed was for literature, station
cry. addressing and so forth. He
engaged no workers He had La
Toilette mailing list of 90 600 names.
Mr.. Nelson stated that he had not had
any definite information as to whom
La Toilette preferred, but he under
stood that McGovern or Hatton
would be acceptable to him.
George Nation of Milwaukee re-
ceived 1894 from the Hatton fund as
his compensation at So a day. He
travelled around the county and visit
ed picnics. District schools of Mil
4 waukee have Sunday picnics for
which tickets are sold generally.
Beer in great quantities, the witness
testified, is consumed at these af-
fairs. Tickets for the beverage must
be secured in advance.
Schools Run Picnics.
who gets UP these picnics?
school boards"
DO they buy the beer and sell the
tickets?"
YES. they sell the tickets in adj
vance,"
Us there rivalry between the
schools as to what school shall have
the picnics?"
NO. the boards meet and arrange
between themselves to distribute the
picnics evenly"
do children attend these picnics?
YES"
whats the proportion of men and
women at these picnics?"
ssMore men than women
Did Powell go to these plcncs
with you?"
mo, sir. He did not know anything