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ly three years. and l WAS not In the
Waldorf on either OF those two days.
In neither Of those two days did
NO into or come out OF any building
In i2nd street and on neither of
those two days did I E0 above 31st
or send streets on Fifth avenue. BE-
tween I aud q o'clock the aycneue
Is densely crowded.
IF or the last fifteen years ] can
give you In detail Just about what
I have drunk and I have given II
substantially above and neither dur
Ing those fifteen years or since !
have been OF age have ever and un-
der no circumstances been in even
the smallest degree under the In
fiucnce OF liquor.
81 don't remember within the last
dozen years drinking even part OF
glass OF beer except once. That
was At the Deutschcr club. When
ever I go TO Milwaukee I try to go
To the Deutschcr club for u call.
AT their request. ! think In 1908.
I drunk u m0uthfui OF beer. They
offered mo beer and I asked II they
could not get me some white wine.
saying I never drank bccr. They
asked me II I would not take glass
ful OF beer anyway. because they
said IL WAS the beer that made Mil
waukee famous. So took mouth
sul aud then took white wine. They
then NIL rang songs. but there WINS
only one song In which I gould Join.
While I was governor and always
my habits In using wine and cham
pa xnc shvc been precisely ms stated. e
Cross examination OF the colonel
only occupied twenty minutes. 1t
was conducted by Horace Andrews
OF the defense as follows:
You have never lived In the
state of Michigan"
Michigan
Outside OF n flyins trip mad"
through the state Of Michigan. you
Nave never been In the state of Mich
iRAn during the last ten years
- have never been In the state o,
Michigan within the last eight ~
ten years except upon the flying
trips I made through the state
80 would be correct iu saying
that you have not been withia the
state OF Michigan within the last
fifteen years."
Yes. sir
"Yoar acquaintance Is somewha,
limited In Michisan:"
1T II limited
10 you know Air. George Shiras!'
= know Mr.. Shiras.''
DO you know Mr.. shiras Il not n
resident Of Narquctt.:'
II have heard tha, he docs not
live here regularly
mir. shirns really Is not a rcsi.
dent Of this city"
- don't know
IL Was In Washington that you
met Mr.. shiras-''
Yes. when he was In consrcrs.
''Sincc you came back from Africa
you have brcn connected with the
Outlook ut New York;"
u have"
And connected some in politics."
And In politics also.''
Now your acquaintance while
YOU were In tho city Of Warrington
Ind possibly at Aiabny was with 20.
liticai mrn."
Not many were political mon. \
great many were writer's Of history
and naturaiists."
You have many friends In con-
srcss. have you not-''
II have known almost every rcna-
tor
You know also = great many con-
.rcssmcn and received great many
congressman at the white house and
they invited you TO their residcn-
ccs!"
II received q great many congress.
men hut they rarely invited me to
their residences
Did I understand you to say you
have never taken anything in the
way OF Intoxicating liquors."
You did not so understand me:
bu uuuctbuOOu uIe " H&y tu1t ! utu
so only In small quantities.
"Thc only spiritous or intoxicat-
ing liquors you took in general
would he - little brandy with milkg"l
"A tcasi,oonfui in a tumbier of
iull OF milk
You have never for fifteen years
taken more than dozen glasses Of
" whiskcy?"
II did not drink dozen glassc.
Of whiskcy In fifteen years
You never drank any whiskcy.'
II said that In the fifteen years |
Il would probably not he more than
a dozen times ] have drunk whiskcy. |
Now the wine you drank II light
wine?"
"Ycs. SIR"
What do you mean by light
winCy'