The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-10
MT. StephensOn's Manager Thinks Sum He Spent
 Was Small
.POMERENE ASKS
 POINTED QUESTION
New Feature of Investigation Will Be Introduced Today When the Game Warden Will Explain
 Relation to Campaign

Milwaukee, wis, october 9.-Ont or testimony given today before the unlteo States Senate committee investigating charges that bribery and corruption con tributed to the election of Senator lsaac Stephenson, was developed evidence that the Stephenson campaign manager re- garded the s107, ,79S spent, as small as com pared to $150000 or s200,000 which might have been spent for a campaign more sys- tematically conducted.
 The responsiveness of the campaign was declared to be partly due to a close tignl between two factions in the repupllcah party in Wisconsin, one headed oy oera tor Robert NJ LaFollette and the other by Senator Stephenson who as pegoiar) was determined to win over the eahui- dates supported by the insurgents. AS showing Senator Stephenson's position when he sought renomination at the pri- maries in 1908 and also as showing now he had to spend literally to advertise, campaign literature was read into me record, sttaing that senator Stephehso.I was a believer in the Roosevelt ideas ana as such was bound to support MT. Taft for president.
 P0merene OOmiHentS
 The statement from Rodney SacKet1' one of Stephenson's campaign managers that s15o0oo or S2Oo,O00 might legitimateiy have been spent for the senatorial nomi- nation brought forth comment from Sena- tor Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, member of the committee.
 ''If $l07 600, is not enough to nominate a United States senator in Wisconsin, how much is and what could you do with $2O0,00O legally to secure for man a position with a s750o annual salary! asked Senator Pomerene.
 'eWe could have been more systematic, answered Sackett "There are approXi- mateIv 100000 republicans in the state Had we the money we would have per , sonally canvassed each voter. This, l ' estimate, would have cost from $l50,Oo0 to $20o.000.
 Senator Stephenson's vote, 1t Was shown, was yG,Ss0 out of | total of 22AiVoo votes cast.
 Answering questions bearing directly on the charges against Senator Stephen son. Sackett testified that money out Of Senator Stephensons fund had been siv- en to state officials as in the instance or State Game Warden J. W. Stone who was given S2500 to work up sentiment n favor of the senator.
 He also testified that no complete ac- CO1tlS Ol CdHHpdlSI tNpSHptS NtiN t-epN and that all records after the campaign ! were destroyed. Statements in this tes- timony were declared in the original charges to show violations of the Wis consin statutes.
 The assertion that part of Senator Ste phensons heavy expenses were due to his desire to make it generally known that he was a supporter of MT. Taft for the presidency came when Sackett, in explaining an advertising bill of $12.6 was required to produce one of the ad- Vertisements
 We want to know the test of the lit erature for which the money was spent, said Senator Heyburn, the chairman.
 The witness read the following as being typical:
 Literature Read
 Vote for Uncle Ike, Wisconsin's grand old man. Senator Stephenson is can didate to succeed himself in the Senate. He is lifelong republican, always faith fuI to the party and always in sympathy with the progressive spirit. All his votes in the Senate were in line with the Roosevelt ideas.
 ''rhe Roosevelt policies must be carried in final success by the election of MT. Taft. AS Governor Heard puts it, never swap horses in the middle of the stream.' We are in the middle of the stream The republicans of Wisconsin must do their share and they can best serve their in terests and those of their party by send ing back to the Senate Isaac Stephen son.
 A new faature of the investigation is expected to be developed tomorrow when G. L. Kingsley of Lacrosse, Wis, takes the stand. Kingsley was one of the dep uty game wardens frequently mentioned in the legislative investigation of MT. fc al