Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-02-26
ASSEMBLY.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16.

There rush of bills in the Assembly
might be introduced Almost $50 biils
reached the clerks desk. ACKNOWLEDGMENT NC.
Council introduced Senator La d Foette to
the primary election law, providing for
second choice in all primaries Assembly ~,
introducing a bill providing for the cree
ton of dynamite plant at the state prison.
at Waupun. Assemblyman Estabrook hau
measure providing for two separate pfl-
mary days, SO that if a candidate failed to
receive a majority vote on the hrst an
other election might be held. There was
little interest in the proceedings, the mem.
bers being engrossed with the senatorlal
investigation which was before the spe-
cial committee.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY II.
After a spirited discussion lasting almost
two hours the bill providing for a new
judicial circuit for the northern district OF
Wisconsin engrossed. Under a sus-
pension of the oo rules bill ssang tor s {ne
plement to the statutes for s. per volume
was passed. The Senate bill to pay the
cost of the senatorial investigation was
messaged to the Senate
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 49,
Assemblyman Kalaher objected to the
consideration of the bill providing for
juvenile court in Milwaukee before amend
ments prepared by Milwaukee supervisors
had been received. This means that the
passage of the bill will be held up for
time e. Coy on I'M stafs re-
sources was read. A sharp debate took
place when the bill relating to adulterated
milk and cream came before the Assem-
bly, After a speech favoring the bill by
Assemblyman Twesme the bin was ordered
engrossed
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 49,
A spirited contest took place when the
committee on judiciary recommended that
two bills introduced by Assemblymen
Roethe and Kay, designed to do away with
ments, be killed. A hard fight to push the
bill through was put up but the measure
lost out by decisive , vote The bills to re-
commission were also reported unfa7orably
upon by the committees on banking and in
surance and taxation.
Joint Session.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Is.
Senator Stephenson failed to break the
deadlock, receiving SO out of 129 votes
cast. Senator Stephenson was on the stand
before the joint investigation committee ali
mittee how much and in what way his
money was spent in the September pr1
mary. The senator made a good witness,
appeared quite nervous. The substance Of
his testimony was that he had turned over
sums of money to his. campaign managers
the money. should be spent. He insisted,
however, that none of the money was spent
9py f sfon Of the RemapP led
vas as foloT5 Stephenson Sas So So i Bro~n
l 81 n Owen cf 4dsrd 8 M essh
?; Sanborn, 2. The following got one each
Gov. Davidson, Norcrosg, KimbaI, Mccoy
Fridd, Wilcox, Lockney, Bird, Marsh,
Whitehead, Morse Morris and Cook The
total vote was 1925, and necessary for
choice, 63
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IT,
Senator Stephenson again failed Of re-
election, securing ffty-nine votes, sixty-fye
being necessary to a choice Before the
brown. s. A. Cook, Frances e. McGovern
and William H. Hatton were the star wit
nesses. Both Cook and Brown raped the
primary system, declaring that an unlimit-
ed amount of money can be spent under it.
McGoyern scored those persons who had
been financed by Senator Stephenson. Hat
ton said that he believed that the primary
should be binding, if the nomination was
secured honestly.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1s.
Senator Stephenson received 81 votes on
the thirteenth joint ballot. short Of election.
again a witness before the legislative in
vestigation committee. Mr.. Hatton gave
some valuable suggestions on the ethics OF
Ee the ost Of his
paign and said that he hoped that some
method might be devised by which money
future campaigns. Late in the afternoon
Horace A. ]. Upham, one of Stephenson's
campaign managers was called to the stand,
as was Mr. Puelicher Milwaukee banker
who worked for the junior senator.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
Senator Stephenson received ffty-fve
votes on the fourteenth joint ballot, eight
less than enough to elect. The senatorial
investigation committee issued a second
subpoena to John II. .Puelicher of the Mar
shall g Ilsley bank Of Milwaukee to appear
before the committee in the capacity Of his
position Of cashier Of the bank and tell
that was handled by his bank. This new
tack in getting at information viii compel
Mr.. Puelicher to tell Of all the money
passed through his bank not in the capac-
ity, Of a Stephenson campaign manager,
but in his official capacity as an officer Of
the bank. lively debate took place. in the
committee as to whether or not Senator
Blaine, who preferred the charges against
Senator Stephenson, should be called before
the committee to testify before other wit
nesses had been called. After lengthy dis
cussion it was voted, to 8, to summon
Senator Blaine and he will be called in the
near future. Attorney E. NJ. Hyzer test
led before the committee and told Of his
connection with the Stephenson campaign.