Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

committee, but in every case the tea-
timony seemed to justify their recall
AS an instance of this. Henry Over
beck. former state game warden, who
during the first inquiry told of the ex-
penditure of large sum in behalf Of
Stephenson in the primary. appeared
and told of money paid ont by him TO
aid Stephenson while the deadlock was
on in the legislature. He testified that
he received SSl3 from State Chairman
+. A Edmonds, sl45 of which he paid
| 10 d II. Davis. private detective,
whose work it was to watch the mem
bers' eocings sad goings and in few
! cases talk stephenson to them. Be
sides this sum. Davis received an adj
ditional sum, under $500" from Ed
monds, the check passing through
Ovarbecks hands
"Morai Suasion" Work.
C. c. Wayland. a business partner OF
Edmonds also remained in Madison
daring the deadlock his expenses he
ing paid by Edmonds He had charge
of a portion Of the moral suasion'
work and he denied vigorously that
he had offered any brlbes or done any
thing illegitimate during the deadlock
He admitted calling Assembyman
Towne a Democrat, out Of the joint
convention on the day OF Stephenson
election. and holding him IN a small
room adjoining the assembly chamber
while the roll was being called 1t was
the absence of Towne and two Demo-
cratic colleagues, Farrell and Ramsey.
that really caused the election OF Ste
phenson on that ballot.
Richard White Of Milwaukee told tue
committee that LaFollette had prom
ised him the United States marshal
ship Of the eastern district of Wiscon-
sin, but hadn't kept his word He
also said that his hiring of Democrats
in Milwaukee to work at the polls for
Stephenson was nothing unusual; th1l
1t was Customary Some OF these
men, IL turned out, were also election
inspectors
Letter Caused Amusement.
e. L. immel, former game warden
of Blair. Trempealeau county-the uis-
trict formerly represented ia the as
sembly by II T. EkcrG-said Frank
Brown. another Wa,uen. asked him To
contribute q Governor DavidsOn's cam
paign fund and told him he could get
it back by padding his expense account
and charging il mp to the state. I'm
mel said he refused to contribute and
later resigned Amusing in this con
nection was mmeps production OF a
letter written TO him by Chief Warden
Stone after the latter had received his
last installment OF Stephenson money.
The letter warned li0mel that the lat
ter was trying 70 keep this depart
ment out Of politics"
On Thursday Assemblyman thinner
man told Of hearing Assembiyman
Domach oWski say that he believed the
three Democrats mad stayed out of the
last Joint convention because They got
somo. ming He also said he heard
Assemblyman Leuch u' Milwaukee say
that an agent Of Stephenson offered
hin anything he wanted II hs would
vote for Stephenson.
Leuch corroborates Zimme rrnan.
The next day Leuch corr oborated
LIuuiei Alhht 9d94Ns t'1G 95IAlt IA 1uSs-
tion was Davis, tie Stephe' sJn private
detective DAVIS, he said, did not ask
him to vote for Stephenson. but offered
him anything he wanted" IL be would
only remain in the chamber to help
keep up quorum--that he didn't care
whether Leuch voted for Stephenson or
not Leuch said he refused
Following Leuch, Warden Stone
again appeared, and amorg other
things he said that after he had paid
the s., 200 contribution from the depu-
ties to Governor Davidson ht had seen
the latter frequently, but the subject OF
the contribution was never mentioned
by either OF them Only recently Gov