Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-01-28
SENATOR JOHN ]. BLA|NE'S SPECIFIC
CHARGES AGAINST ISAAC STEPHENSON

Specific charges of violation of tn
statutes, illegal voting, and briber
and corruption were made in the sen
ate yesterday by Senator John ]
Blaine of Boscobel against Isaac Ste
phenson, candidate before the legislat
ure for election to succeed himself a.
United States senator. Sixteen separ
ate charges preferred as follows:
What is Charged.
John J. Blaine, an elector of the
state Of Wisconsin and a member O
the state senate, upon information anG
belief, do hereby specifically charge
and allege:
1. That Isaac Stephenson of Mari
nette, Wisconsin, now United States
senator and a candidate for re-elec
| ton, old, as such candidate, for such
reelection give to one E. A Edmonds
Of the city of Appleton, Wisconsin
| then an elector of the state of Wis
consin, and said city of Appleton, q
valuable thing, to wit: sum of money
in excess of 100000, and appropriate
! irg the sum of $250,0O0, as a consid
| Grafton for some act to be done by
| said E. A. Edmonds in relation to the
| primary election held on the first day
of September 1908, which considera
ton was paid prior to said primary
election, and that said Isaac Stephen
son was at the time of such payment
a candidate for the republican nomin-
alton for United States senator at
such primary and did by such acts as
above set forth violate section 4.542b
of the statutes.
2. That said Isaac Stephenson did,
prior to said primary pay to Edmonds
the above mentioned sums with the de-
sign that said Edmonds should pay
to other electors of this state out of
said sums above mentioned and
other sums of money received by said
EdmOnds from said Isaac Stephenson,
prior to said primary, sums ranging
from five dollars per day to $1,000 in
bulk, as consideration for some act to
be done in relation to said primary by
said electors for said Isaac Stehhen-
said section.
3. That with full knowledge and
with instructions from said Isaac Ste
phensOn, as to how and for what pur-
poses said sums were to be expended,
said sums were so paid as above stat
ed to aid Edmond by said Isaac Ste
phenson and that said sums were paid
as above stated for the purposes above
above stated and also for the purpose
Of briDing and cOrrupting a sufficient
number of the electors of the state of
Wisconsin to encompass the nOmina-
ton of said Isaac Stephenson at said
primary for the office of United States
senator.
4. That in Pursuance of the pur
poses and designs above stated, said
Isaac Stephenson, did, by and through
his agents, prior to said primary pay
to one U. c. Keller of Sank county
then an elector of this state, the sum
of $500 as a consideration for some
act to be done by said Keller for said
Stephenson preliminary to said Dri-
mary, corruptly and unlawfully.
5. That in further pursuance of
such purposes and design, said Isaac
stephenson, by and through his agents,
prior to said primary, did pay to one
Hambright of Racine, Wisconsin,
large sums of money as a considera-
ton for some act to be done by said
Hambright for said Stephenson prelim-
inarv 40 said urinary said Hambrighf
being then an electOr of this state,
cOrruptly and unlawfully.
6. That In fOrther pursuance of the
the purposese and design above
stated, said Isaac Stephenson, did, by
and through his agents, prior to said
primary pay to one, Roy Morse, of
Fond du Lac, Wis, then an elector Of
this state, the sum of $1,000 as a con
sideratiOn for some act to be done by
said Morse for said Isaac Stephenson
preliminary to said primary and cor.
ruptIy and unlawfully.
7. That in further pursuance Of
such purposes and design said Isaac
Stephenson, by and through his agents
pro to said primary, did pay to divers
persons, then electors of the county Of
Grant, Wisconsin, ranging from S. per
day and upwards, as a consideration
for some act to be done by said sever
al electors for said Isaac Stephenson,
preliminary to said primary, corruptly
and unlawfully.
8. That in further pursuance of