Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-02
STEP HENSON
WASPROD|GAl
WITH MONEY.
Senator Had to Employ An
. Attorney to Find Where
Fortune Went; Lawyer
Called to Stand Today.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct, 31.-So little
attention was given by Senator Isaac
Stephenson to the amount Of money
he was spending in his primary cam.
paign for the United States senator
ship nomination in 1908 that he had
to employ an attorney to find out what
was spent. H. A. J.. Upham, the sen.
ators attorney, SO testified before the
senatorial Investigating committee to-
day. Mr.. Upham said he found the
total expenses to be $110,350 or about
$4,000 moro than was previously
given. s.,9.., -.
Mr.. Upham testified he asked each
recipient of large sums to account for
their expenses. They accounted for
them In general way, he said, for all
but $4,000. Mr.. Upham admitted that
his report technically was not In &C.
cordance with the statute which re-
quires a detailed accounting Of cam
paign expenses, but it complied with
custom, he declared, and even IT the
law was violated it was merely to
threaten a fine without affecting the
senators tenure Of office.
Referring to the testimony of State
Senator Husting and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Thomas Morris involving Rob-
ert J. Shields and Edward Hines in al
legged participation unlawfully In
Stephensons election Mr.. Upham
said:
If any charges of perjury are con-
tempted as result of this invest1ga-
ton. the charges must be brought be-
fore the Wisconsin state authorities
and not before this committee
Senator Heyburn's instructions as to
positive perjury charges were based
on the record of the present investiga-
ton. The record shows that ~Husting,
Morris and Cook have told of the con-
versation in a Chicago attorneys Of
fee, while Shields and Hines both have
denied that they ever had any dispute
Stephenson's election or
that they participated wrongfully in his
election.
Hines will be recalled tomorrow to
answer allegations made by Hastings.
The story Of Edward Hines, the
and Robert J. Shields as
sisted in the election Of Senator isaac
as given in the testimony
of Lieut. Gov. Thomas Morris was re-
tClO DSlOEe LILO SSLidlOAldA lhSCotAo"SAAAo
late yesterday with added
details.
State Senator Paul O. Husting, who
was with Morris in an attorneys Of
flee in Chicago, testified that at that
time he overheard Writ II. Cook OF
Duluth giving details about alleged re-
ations between Hines and Shields.
Cook said he obtained information
about dispute which Shields had with
Hines over the amount OF money that
ought to be paid for Shields work IN
buying the legislature,' testified Hust-
ing. 1.-THE understanding" Cook said,
was that Hines had gone to Washing
ton and told Stephenson that money
would he required to put over the
Shields was employed to 90
the putting over Then when the work
was done. Shields demanded. his pay
for it. =
"Ffines said he'd send Shields to the
if the latter insisted on
$4,000. Then Shields re-
piled to Hines, Eve burned your build
ings for you. bribed your assessors and
every crime in the calendar
n you, and You bet if go to the pen
ntiary You will 20 too. - "
- cross examination, Husting adj
n :, he had nothing but hearsay evil
tl.,., {" concerning this phase Of the in
vestiga ton. Lieut.. Gov. Morris pre-
viously had given the same account of
what Cook was alleged to have said