Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-02-25

atoria1 election to follow at noon. Too
valuable he thought was the time
wasted on irrelevant questions.
Nj Hambrecht replied in an impas-
stoned speech that he was surprised
that the senatorial gossip should be
brought into the committee and that
time should become the element of
argument for the committee or that
! what newspapers say should be heed
! ed There are other facts more i'm
portant than time" he argued. The
/ dignity of the committee is in ques-
ton and I am not going to be gov
e~ned by the newspapers reports or
| by what the people in the lobby think
of my taking time for the delibera-
ton Of the matters before us"
Voting on the question Of asking
Senator Blaine whether or not he
wished to retract his statements. Sen
ators Marsh, Morris and Husting and
Assemblyman Whitman voted no. AS
semblymen Bray, ingalls,, Hambrecht
and Chapple voted yes. Mr. Whitman
explained his position that the an
swers Of the witness implied that he
would not retract. The vote being a
tie. the committee asked for the
answer Of the witness to the question
Of Mr. Bray, but as he was not obliged
to give an answer Mr.. Blaine only
repeated that he would not say any
thing on The matter Mr.. Ingalls, was
asked by the chair to take up the
quiz. After the preliminary ques-
tons, Mr.. Ingalls, wanted to know how
Senator Blaine secured the figures of
S25O,0OO charged as the expenses of
the Stephenson campaign.
Blaine Testifies.
Mr.. Blaine said that Mr.. EdmOnds
told him that 100000 was spent
through him as manager. Senator
Stephenson claimed publicly that
he spent 100000 through the
Free Press, his organ, in three
La Follette campaigns, which
is $4,000 on the average per
campaign Assuming that Senator
Stephenson would use at least as
much money through The Free Press
for his own campaign as he did for La
FOIlettos. he spent at least 1888 900
in addition to what Edmonds spent
Considering further the information
Of Mr.. Edmonds that Senator Stephen
son had additional expenses to the
$10G, coo spent by the manager, he
was justified, the witness said, in con
Guiding that the candidate spent
$3.50 600 in round figures to elect him
self He did not want to cOntne him
self to the sum Of 100000 as an in
vestigation committee might not allow
charges brought in reaching out be
yond the specified amount. Technic-
ally an inquisitoriaI body could refuse
to hear testimony Of expenditures be
yond the $1OG,00O. if that we're made
the limit in the charges. The charges
as filed by Senator Blaine were made
by himself He even did the type
writing on it, Asked if he had more
definite knowledge of the amount
spent in excess of the 100000, the
witness said that the inference was
all he could offer.
stephenson's Attorney Objects.
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g, ,'g ~ ,.iov. Of fba class of
1idarna afro,od haing in the nature of
.,,.I,,+ !. co,o,,onI, called baarsav he
objected TO its acceptance, unless the
aa,,,n,it+ao decided that sucb testi-
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,...,..,..-. .,so.,,od tho o+tor-
..l ! Il" tnot ''t - Iva n-as his Understanding
tl,s4 ~ a,.;donca ,ron1d no admitted
+bat n,fabt load 70 some cIew as the
COMMITTEES was an inqusitOrial body
and not judicial. Mr.. Bray moved
that the objection or me attorney ~
the particular QueSuon oeloIe me
committee be oFerruIed' DuI the queS-
ton of admitting what the at -oTney
referred to as heaF-Say evidence WAS
lett open
Senator Blame repeated 'haI iI7
considered that the expenses VI me
Free Press as iar as ueI Te'"Veu ~
the primary campaign We're part 0.
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