The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-10
MIGHT HAVE
 COST MORE
sTEPHENSoN's MANAGER SAYS THEY DID NOT HAVE MONEY
 TO CANVASS WHOLE STATE.
Might Have Spent $2oo,ooo Instead of $to7,0oo if They Had Had It. Lorimer Hearing Is
 Resumed

Milwaukee. Wis, Oct. 9.-Out of the testimony given before the Unit etd States Senate Committee, it was developed that the responsiveness ot the campaign was decared to be part ly due to close fight between two factions in the republican party in Wisconsin, one headed by Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette and the other by Senator Stephenson who as a regular, was determined to win ov- CT the candidates supported by the insurgents.
 As showing Senator Stephenson's position when he sought renomina- ton at the primaries in 1908. and al so the showing how he had to spenc literally to advertise, campaign lit eratnre was read into the record, stating that Senator Stephenson was believersin the Roosevelt ideas and as such was bound to support MT. Taft for president.
 The statement from Rodney Sack ett, one of Stephensons managers, that $l5O00O or $2O0OOO might legi- timately have been spent for the senatorial nomination brought forth comment from Senator Atlee Pomer- enc of Ohio, a member of the com mlttee.
 'Tf $l07,0OO is not enough to nom mate United states senator in Wisconsin, how much is, and what could you do with s20O000 legally 10 secure for man position with s75. .0o0 annual salary sked Sen ator Pomerene.
 We could have been more system attic" answered Sackett.
 There are approximately S400,0oe republicans in the state. Had we the money We should have personally vancasset each voter. This, l esti- mate would have cost from s150,O00 to s200,000. As it was, with our means limited to litt.e over S100- GOO. We could not see each voter and had to get along the best we could. 7
 Senator Stephensons vote as was shown, was 56,SJ, ot of total of 224,000 votes cast
 Answering questions bearing di- rectly on the charges against Sena- tor Stephenson, saclett testified that money out of Senator stephcnscns fund had been given to state 1rri- cials as in the instance of State Game Warden J. w Stone, who VI s given $2,50O to work up sentiment IL favor of the senator.
 That money was paid to candidates for office, as in the case of seven can didates for the legislature, three of whom were elected. Although the three men elected afterwards voted for Senator Stephenson, the witnesss declared it was not known when the money was given them that they were candidates.
 He also testified that no complete accounts of campaign expenses were kept and that all records were de- stroyed after the campaign. State- ments in this testimony were deciar- ed in the original charges to show violations of the Wisconsin statutes
 The assertion that part of Sena- tor Stephenson's heavy expenses were due to his desire to make II generally known that he was sup porter of MT. Taft for the presidency came when Sackett in explaining an advertising bill of $l2,e9e, was re- quired to produce one of the ad- yertisements.
 We want to know the text of the literature for which the money was spent.' said Sen. Heyburn, the chairman.
 The witness read the following as heinz typical:
 Vote for Uncle Ike Wisconsin $ grand old man. Senator Stephenson is candidate to succeed himself Ill the senate He is a lifelong re- publican. nrvays faighful to the party and always in sympathy with the progressive spirit. All his votes in the senate were in line with the Roosevelt ideas. The Roosevelt pol icies must be carried to final sue cess by the election of Mir. Taft. AS Goyerp", Hoard puts t. Never swan horst middle of the stream,