The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-03

TELLS WHERE
:. MONEY WENT
Just Paid the Campaign Ex-
penses AS They Were
Called For
Old NOT GIVE attention
TO THE DETAILS Of CAMPAIGN

Inquired Why Some of the Items Were
So High and Was Told The State
Was Close and Must Be Thoroughly
Canvassed.
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milwaukee. Oct. 3.-That the s1o7..
~, 80 which was expended by United
states Senator Isaac Stephenson in his
campaign for the nomination at the
primaries was used legitimateIv in ad.
vertising and was not EMPLOYED cor.
ruptiy. was the gist of the testimony.
given today before the senatorial in.
Vestigating committee.
committee which is investieat.
ing the charges that Stephenson se.
cur cured ms seat in the senate by bribery
and other corrupt use of money, ex-
amlned E. A. Edmunds, manager az
the Stephenson campaign in 1908. Ed
niunds described in detail the methods
OF organizing in the state. Knowing
tnat the senator was desirous of a re-
election and fearing the opposition
would be strong. the witness said a
tnorough organization was determined
nomination and his election by the
legislature the year following. The
tnoroughness of the campaign explain-
eo large amount of money spent but
all of 1t was for the nomination and
none OF 1t for the election by legisla-
ture. he said. Edmunds said none OF
the campaign workers rendered detail
ed reports of their expenditures. No
such report was required Of them. It
was pointed out by the witness that
there were $3.50 Republican party or
ganlzers. This was intended to show
tnat Stephenson's expenditures were
not excessive. There was keen COM
pe!ltion among the Republican can
dldate and Stephenson had to work
hard to get out the voters to insure
MS nomination. the witness said.
On the witness stand for three
nours to answer charges that bribery
and corrupt use of money had con-
tributed to his election. United States
senator Isaac Stephenson testified
mat. although he spent $107,7s3 in
his campaign, he had little knowledge
as to just how it was spent, except
that 1t was not used in violation Of
the law. The details. he said, he had
lett to his campaign managers
AS an instance of his ignorance Of
Just where the money went, he cited
an item Of $1,000 for postage.
Now" declared Senator Stephen
son. II am president of more than q
"SeiNe INDUSTRIES IN tnlS state
and l have in my employ more than
5000 men. some Of whom have been
with me for fifty years. In them I
nave every confidence. don't pay
any attention to the details of these
industries. Just SO, when my cam
paign for nomination by the primaries
in 1908 same up; l couldn't lay awake
age was used. I gave sums of money
to my managers and told them to car
ry on vigorous campaign and do
everything to elect me. except that
they must keep within the law.
cautioned them not to violate the law
in any particular. So far as l know
they obeyed me-"
Citing proportionately large expens-
graphs. advertising in newspapers and
travelling expenses. the witness testi-
fed he frequently asked where so
much money was going, but. on being
told 1t was close fight. and the state
had to be Systematically canvassed to
elect him, he questioned the mater no
further
Two points as being the position Of
the defense" in the inquiry, which is
being conducted by a subcommittee
of the senate committee on privileges
and elections. were made known by
Charles E. Littlefield. counsel for Mr..
Stephenson. One was that the COM
mittee had no authority to investigate
the primary campaign of 1908 at
which Mr.. Stephenson was nominated,
but must oonfine itself to questioning
whether the senator actually expended
money for his election by the state
legislature in 1909. He asserted that
all the money was spent in the NOM
ination and not a dollar went to the
election. Another declaration was
hof Nv ale I,xy
the legislature. when both houses vot-
ed separately on January 26. 1909. and
that subsequent election by the legis-
lature jointly on March 4. 1909, when
three Democratic members absented
themselves and so gave Mr.. Stephen
son majority, was not necessary.
The committee announced that at
present would not confine itself to any
of the limitations thus set forth.
Continuing his testimony MIR. Ste
phenson declared he had given for
campaign purposes sums of money to
men who afterwards became candi-
dates for members of the legislature
and some of them were elected, but he
was not aware of their candidacy
when he gave them money.
Il paid $3.50 to l.. H. Bancroft for
send campaign literature" he said.
HE afterwards ran for the legislature
and was elected. but l did not know
of his candidacy. l took little interest
in the primaries. leaving it to my man.
ayers. l understand sum of money
was paid to c. c. Wellensgard. who
afterwards was elected to the assem-
bly,. but this money was paid him
without my knowledge. My managers
were E. a. Edmonds of Appleton. j.
II. Puellicher of Milwaukee and j. A.
Van Cleve of Marinette."
THE record shows that you paid out
to your managers one day 100000 and
a short time afterward gave them
$4,000 more" said Senator w. g.
Hepburn. chairman. Didn't you ever
ask them what they were doing with
all that money!"
mo. only in general way"
I'm October. 1908, more than a
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