Mr. WAYLAND. I do not know just the exact amount. One man I know I paid $15 for copying the Appleton polling list. I also sent that down to the headquarters in Milwaukee. The CHAIRMAN. Was Buchanan Township one of those in which you have described your method of procedure? Mr. WAYLAND. That was not under my personal supervision. That consisted of the town of Little Chute, of about 1,400 people, and Kimberley, containing about 600 people, and the township around. I arranged for the rigs to be sent there on primary day, and those were sent to John Scanlon. The CHAIRMAN. Are you referring now to the item of $66? The CHAIRMAN. Did you expend that much money for this purpose? Mr. WAYLAND. There was a bill rendered for canvassing. In this township there was a man put on each rig and a driver. We had to keep these mills running. They were paper mills, and when the men voted they are conveyed about a mile or 2 miles, and they usually convey them in what we call towers, that is, in sets, so as not to shut down the factory; and at certain hours, when the shifts changed, we had to have more rigs. Almost all of the expense there incurred was for teams and drivers. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is for $34 for the town of Freedom. Is that class of expenditure within the description you have given of your usual proceeding? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes; I can explain that. The CHAIRMAN. Explain it. Mr. WAYLAND. I asked ex-District Attorney Krugmeyer, the present county chairman, to find out if possible who was for Stephenson in that township. He telephoned me one day that a Mr. Schrader and a Mr. Birdstrom, I think, were in town and were Stephenson men. I met them and talked over the campaign with them, got their ideas of canvassing--they had had experience-and arranged with them that they were to canvass the township. They were to devote time to it as they saw fit, and on primary day they were to take, with their sons, rigs and start from different parts of the township and bring to the polls people who were found to be favorable to Senator Stephenson. I gave them. $15 apiece for their work, and I bought a box of cigars for $4, to be used in canvassing when they were talking among the farmers, the idea being that when you stop a farmer's team, if he would smoke, he would wait patiently until you got through talking with him. The CHAIRMAN. Fifteen dollars a day for the teams? Mr. WAYLAND. No, sir; they were to canvass the township, and then to furnish, I think, three teams apiece on the day of the primary, and receive only $15 each for the two of them-$30. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is City of Kaukauna, west and south, and townships west, advertising, teams, workers, etc., $1.50. Mr. WAYLAND. That is a town of 6,000 people. The CHAIRMAN. You employed the same general methods of expenditure there? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes; that was expended by Mr. Watson. I talked over with him as to how it was to be expended. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Watson? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes; Mr. John Watson, a business man there, practically the only man I knew in the city. The CHAIRMAN. How did he spend that money? Did he report to you? Mr. WAYLAND. No, sir. He was away after the primary and I was away. I talked with him since I testified. I knew how he was expending it at the time-that is, in a general way. He took charge of the advertising, and advertised the city thoroughly. From that point he told me that he sent out men in the townships around. He had charge of this city of Kaukauna, and there were several townships adjoining, and also the teams, and in the settlement of Combined Locks, about 2 miles from Kaukauna. The people in Combined Locks voted at Kaukauna, and the rigs were sent there to bring the voters to the polls at Kaukauna. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Combined Locks? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes; that is a paper-mill town, where there are about 300 men employed. The CHAIRMAN. We will now pass to the next item— Paid expenses of C. G. Cannon on trips to Seymour, and town of Black Creek, $10. Mr. WAYLAND. Mr. Cannon was Edmonds's brother-in-law, and they were having an old settlers' picnic at Seymour, a home celebration. I got him to go over there, and I think he stayed about three days. The CHAIRMAN. This was what kind of a celebration? Mr. WAYLAND. A kind of home-coming they had there, and all the politicians of the county were attending it, as I understood it. The CHAIRMAN. Was this a religious meeting? Mr. WAYLAND. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. It was a social affair? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. A sort of harvest home? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Who was this man to whom you gave $10 to go to this meeting? Mr. WAYLAND. I paid his expenses. It amounted to a little more than $10, but he settled it at $10. The CHAIRMAN. How did he spend it? Mr. WAYLAND. For hotel bills and car fare. The CHAIRMAN. Was this a meeting out in a grove? Mr. WAYLAND. No; it was a meeting in the town of Seymour. It was a town celebration, and then from there he went to Black Creek, and I paid his expenses. The CHAIRMAN. What were his expenses for-liquors and cigars? Mr. WAYLAND. He probably had some cigars. He does not drink. I do not think he would buy it for anybody. The CHAIRMAN. The money that he was to expend was not his money, and might he not have had a different rule in a case of that kind? Mr. WAYLAND. No; not that man. The CHAIRMAN. You do not know what he spent the $10 for? You it to him? gave Mr. WAYLAND. I know what he told me he spent it for-that is, he explained it to me. He explained his hotel bills and the number of days that he was gone. I rather think he paid money out of his own pocket, because he was gone several days. The CHAIRMAN. He could not get a room with a bath at that rate. Mr. WAYLAND. No; $10 would not last very long up there. The CHAIRMAN. Was this a gathering of any particular nationality? Mr. WAYLAND. No; it was a general picnic in a town of about 1,000 people. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. American citizens? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Livery rigs, buses, etc., autos for day of primary and trips before primary day, including rigs for the month of August, $164. Was that expended by you? Mr. WAYLAND. Most of it was paid for by me. Different men who were employed by me made the trips. I paid the bills. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Cigars, $38.25, $14, $14, $7, 70 cents, 25 cents, 25 cents, $20, 15 cents. Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Is that item intended to be separate from the one following it? Mr. WAYLAND. It is a part of the one following. I separated that because this last money was spent in these saloons that I have mentioned, in these grocery saloons. I was willing to account for what I did. The CHAIRMAN. Then there is the item, "Headaches (treats), $17.15." Mr. WAYLAND. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. Was that expended the same day that the money was expended for cigars and treats? Mr. WAYLAND. No; they are different days. The CHAIRMAN. The headache came along the next day, did it? Mr. WAYLAND. In the morning after, I think. The CHAIRMAN. I notice it is a subsequent item. Those all amount to $95.95. You paid for those out of the money given you from the Stephenson campaign fund? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. In what county were those expenditures made? Mr. WAYLAND. Outagamie. The CHAIRMAN. Over what period of time did those expenditures extend? Mr. WAYLAND. They commenced, to the best of my recollection, from, probably, about the 15th or 20th of July, and continued up to the close of the primary. The CHAIRMAN. Was the $17.15 for headaches after or before the primary election? Mr. WAYLAND. It was about 20 days before the primary election. The CHAIRMAN. That is the closing item. Mr. WAYLAND. They are not put in in the order in which they were expended. The CHAIRMAN. There is no way of distinguishing between the items expended before Mr. Edmonds's instructions to you and after wards? Mr. WAYLAND. No, sir; not from this. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Paid at different times to 7 pretty girls for fastening badges and campaign buttons on voters, including dish of cream for each girl, $7.70. I suppose you expended that money for that purpose? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes; for a good reason. The CHAIRMAN. And paid it out of the campaign fund of Senator Stephenson? Mr. WAYLAND. I did. The CHAIRMAN. Did you report that to Senator Stephenson? The CHAIRMAN. He did not object to it? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. He has never had a chance to. Mr. WAYLAND. He never had an opportunity. The CHAIRMAN. Do you think he would have objected to that item? Mr. WAYLAND. I do not think he would. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Paid for printing campaign badges, sample ballots, instructions to voters in newspapers, bills stating what Stephenson had done for Appleton, newspaper advertising, ribbons for badges, stickers, etc., $45. Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You made that expenditure out of this fund? The CHAIRMAN. Then there is the item— Expenses traveling about State and incidentals, estimated (my expenses first 10 days were $49.34), $100. That was expended, as you have said, for traveling around in the State? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Making a total of $987.65. The item of total amount expended in Outagamie County is set forth as $887.65? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. The total amount received by you, you state, at various times during the entire campaign was $1,199.34? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. What did you do with the difference between the amount paid out, $887.65, and $1,199.34? Mr. WAYLAND. That was retained by me for services. The CHAIRMAN. Then you did charge for your services? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes. Mr. Edmonds was mistaken in his testimony about my being paid in the primary. He was correct as to my not being paid anything before the legislature, but in the primary I was to receive pay for my services. The CHAIRMAN. Have you at any time held public office? Mr. WAYLAND. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Were you a candidate for public office? Mr. WAYLAND. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Did you go down to Madison when the legislature was in session and the election of Senator Stephenson was before it? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Why did you go there? Mr. WAYLAND. The first time I went there, I went at the request of Mr. Edmonds. He said to come down, I think, about the 24th. 15235-VOL 1-11-47 The CHAIRMAN. The 24th of what? Mr. WAYLAND. January, 1909, or the 25th. He said: "We can go down and come back the next day, after the first ballot-it will be all over with." I did not wish to go. I said I did not wish to make any expense to myself, that I had wasted, I thought, a great deal of time, and he said: "If you will come down as my guest I will pay your expenses." I told him all right, and I went down, expecting to return immediately. The CHAIRMAN. When did you arrive there? Mr. WAYLAND. I think it was either the night of the 23d or the morning of the 24th. The CHAIRMAN. Of January, 1909? Mr. WAYLAND. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. Who was with you? Mr. WAYLAND. Mr. Edmonds. The CHAIRMAN. What did you do when you reached Madison? Mr. WAYLAND. The first thing we did was to register at the Park Hotel. The CHAIRMAN. Was the legislature in session? Mr. WAYLAND. It was to convene the next day. The CHAIRMAN. With whom did you talk there in regard to Senator Stephenson's election? Mr. WAYLAND. I do not think at that particular time that anyone was particularly canvassed, because it was not known that there was going to be any contest so far as the Republican vote was concerned. The charges had not been filed, and I remember Mr. Edmonds stating to me when I said I was going home, that it would be all over. I asked him as to the rumor in the paper, if there was going to be an investigation, and he said no, that he understood not. So we made no efort, as I understand, to see anyone. We visited with each other and talked in a general way. I do not remember that anything particular was done. The CHAIRMAN. Whom of the members of the legislature did you meet when you were there on that occasion? Mr. WAYLAND. I think I met Mr. Haight of the east district of Columbia County, and Mr. Tower from Portage. That was my voting place at that time. I talked with Mr. Ballard, of Outagamie County, and I visited with Mr. Lehr, and Mr. Cleary, and Mr. Twesme, and I think I was introduced to Platt Whitman. The CHAIRMAN. Did you talk about Senator Stephenson's election with these members of the legislature, whose names you have just given us? Mr. WAYLAND. I do not think I did. We were talking about matters in general at that time. The CHAIRMAN. Did they talk to you about it? Mr. WAYLAND. I think they did. I do not recall just what was said at that time. I was not taking any particular notice. It was not understood that I was to go down there at that time for work. Mr. Edmonds wanted me to go along with him. The CHAIRMAN. Did you do any work while you were there on that occasion? Mr. WAYLAND. I do not think I did, as I recall. The CHAIRMAN. Did you electioneer or talk to the members of the legislature, and try to induce them to vote for Senator Stephenson! |