Senator SUTHERLAND. But if Mr. Stephenson found it necessary to spend $200,000 to make an effective campaign, would not the others as well have to spend a similar amount? Mr. RIORDAN. They would if they were endeavoring to make it in the same length of time, Senator. Senator SUTHERLAND. If they had a longer time in which to make the campaign, the expenses would simply be carried over a longer period. Would not that be all the difference? Mr. RIORDAN. No; I do not so understand it. I think there are men in this State who have been carrying on the campaign so long that they could get along with a very much less amount. Senator SUTHERLAND. If $800,000 were spent in the primary campaign to employ electors to do work for each candidate in the various precincts, practically the entire electorate of the State would be in one of these four machines, would it not? Mr. RIORDAN. That is true. The party for whom they were going to cast their vote would be known the night before; and there would be some one there on election day to see that none of those missed getting to the polls, or that they were not taken away from the place where they were supposed to be the night before. Senator SUTHERLAND. There would not be any other voters left to be brought in to the polls; they would already be in the organization, would they not? Mr. RIORDAN. All of that party and, under the Wisconsin primary, a great many of the other party also. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Mr. Riordan, how was the item of $400 paid to you? Mr. RIORDAN. The item of $400 and the item of $500-if you will permit me to put them together, one to A. C. Miller, of Ashland, and the other to T. I. Laughlin, of Eagle River-were sent to me by Mr. Edmonds. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. A. C. Miller, or A. D. Miller? Mr. RIORDAN. A. C. Miller. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I have it here "A. D. Miller." Is he a member of the Price & Taylor Co. ? Mr. RIORDAN. No, sir. Mr. A. C. Miller was the stenographer and clerk in my office at Ashland. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. So that one came through A. C. Miller? Mr. RIORDAN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Do you remember the amount of that? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. And the other came through Mr. T. I. Laughlin? Mr. RIORDAN. T. I. Laughlin, who was vice president of the Eagle River Land Co., of which I am president, and had charge of my office at Eagle River. Senator POMERENE. Your attention was called to the employment of a man by the name of Everett, I believe, who was a candidate for . the assembly. Were any of these other men whom you employed candidates for the assembly? Mr. RIORDAN. No, sir. Senator POMERENE. He was the only one? Mr. RIORDAN. He was the only one. Senator POMERENE. That is all. The CHAIRMAN. The witness is excused. Mr. RIORDAN. Will my presence be further required, Mr. Chairman ? The CHAIRMAN. We will send for you if we need you further. You do not need to remain in attendance. Mr. RIORDAN. I can go home, then? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I do not know but that Mr. Riordan would like to know whether Mr. Essmann found his statement in the papers on file. The CHAIRMAN. We are going to put Mr. Essmann on the stand right now. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Then Mr. Riordan can remain here. The CHAIRMAN. You can remain here if you prefer to do so. TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM L. ESSMANN-Recalled. WILLIAM L. ESSMANN, being recalled, testified as follows: Mr. ESSMANN. Superintendent of public property of the State. The CHAIRMAN. As such official, have you the exhibits and papers introduced in evidence before the joint committee of the legislature appointed in 1909 to investigate the election of Senator Stephenson? Mr. ESSMANN. I have all those in my possession. The CHAIRMAN. Have you indexed and arranged those papers in such way as to make them readily available? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You say you have all that were left in your possession. Do you know of others in the possession of some one? Mr. ESSMANN. I have been unable to ascertain. The CHAIRMAN. Where would you be able to ascertain, if at all? Mr. ESSMANN. I think from the chairman of the committee, Mr. Marsh. The CHAIRMAN. Where is he? Mr. ESSMANN. He lives in Neillsville. The CHAIRMAN. Would it be necessary for you to go to Neillsville to ascertain, or could you do it by communication-telephone or otherwise? Mr. ESSMANN. I called him up by telephone, and he does not seem to know anything about it. He was under the impression that there were two trunks left in my possession. But, as I stated yesterday, one of them had nothing in it pertaining to this investigation, and one of them did. The CHAIRMAN. You have examined those trunks to which he referred as containing all of these exhibits? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Have you here in the court room all that you found in those two trunks? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Tell us how you have arranged them, so that we may identify them and use them. Mr. ESSMANN. The official stenographer prepared an index; and they are all listed as exhibits in the last four pages of this book, running from Exhibit 1 to Exhibit 474. The CHAIRMAN. Have you all of those exhibits here? Mr. ESSMANN. I have all except what I have written here on this paper. The CHAIRMAN. You say you have all except those enumerated on the paper in your hand? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. Just have that paper marked Exhibit No. 1 in connection with your testimony. (The paper referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 1, Essmann.") The CHAIRMAN. We understand you to say that those marked on the paper are not found in the trunk? Mr. ESSMANN. In this trunk; yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Have you the names of the exhibits there? The CHAIRMAN. Read them, please. Mr. ESSMANN. Exhibit 43, Thomas Reynolds' statement of exExhibit 49, detail statement of Senator Stephenson's expense. pense. Exhibits 50 to 59, stubs of cashier's checks produced by Mr. Puelicher. Exhibit 65, check to W. L. Smith. Exhibit 113, letter accompanying No. 112. Exhibit 114, account of W. R. Knell found in record on page 3874. Exhibit 452, statement of J. W. Stone. Exhibit 455, voucher of W. C. Haslem for February, 1908. Exhibit 456, voucher of W. C. Haslem for May, 1908. Exhibit 463, voucher of Thomas M. Purtrie-record, page 7245. Exhibit 469, stub of check of A. S. Herbert from E. A. Edmonds. Exhibit 470, vouchers of Frank Brown. Exhibit 471, poll list produced by George Beyers. The CHAIRMAN. With reference to the Stone exhibit is that J. W. Stone? Mr. ESSMANN. That is the ex-game-warden. The CHAIRMAN. Have you made diligent search to find that exhibit? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. I went through the box three or four times. The CHAIRMAN. You say it is not in your custody? Mr. ESSMANN. It is not in my custody. The CHAIRMAN. Has it been in your custody, do you know? The CHAIRMAN. Have you a list of the exhibits prepared in the order of their number? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir; I have them all written out. The CHAIRMAN. Produce the list, please, for identification, and have it marked "Exhibit 2" in connection with your testimony. (Mr. Essmann produced the list of exhibits, and it was marked by the secretary Exhibit 2.) The CHAIRMAN. We are now dealing with Exhibit 2. The reporter will mark those as a part of the testimony. They will be a part of the record and copied into it. (Exhibit 2 is in words and figures as follows:) INDEX. VOLUME 1. Remarks. Statement of Senator Stephenson (money paid out by him). Vouchers in connection with above. Certified copy of Stephenson's campaign expenses. Jacob Rummell, statement election expenses. Melvin A. Hoyt, statement election expenses. Book containing expense account of F. E. McGovern, found in record at page 1895. Checks introduced by McGovern. Original checks introduced by McGovern. E. E. McGovern, statement election expenses. Neal Brown, statement election expenses. Letter containing Cook's contract with William C. Cowling. Vouchers introduced by S. A. Cook. Itemized statement of checks sent W. C. Cowling as per Cook's statement to secretary of state Sept. 29, 1908. Receipt of Louis Sorenson (introduced by S. A. Cook). Statement of checks to W. C. Cowling since making statement to secretary of state on 8. A. Cook, statement election expenses. W. H. Hatton, statement election expenses. Additional items of No. 41. Thos. Reynolds, statement of expenses. Receipt of Rodney Sacket for $98,083.72 received of J. H. Puelicher. VOLUME II. VOLUME III. Letter from J. A. Stone produced by John J. Blaine, appears in record at page 1429. Supplemental statement of W. H. Hatton. 79 Account of W. C. Cowling. Bundle of checks on Stephenson National Bank signed by J. A. Van Cleve. J. A. Van Cleve, statement of election expenses in Marinette County, appearing in record at page 1738. Account of J. A. Van Cleve. Original letter signed by J. A. Stone, produced by J. J. Blaine. 86 Check to H. L. Ekern for $1,000, No. 5005, dated Jan. 4, 1908. 1492 74 1492 75-77 1494 78 1662 1512 80 1513 81 1537 1659 83 1778 84 1807 1808 1875 87 Bundle of checks relating to Hatton campaign, produced during examination of C. K. Lush. Account rendered to W. C. Cowling by George D. Orput. Letters from Dr. F. H. Gehbe to Cowling, appear in record at pages 6666 and 6667. Letters produced by W. C. Cowling, being correspondence with Franz Heyden. VOLUME IV. Remarks. Letter and affidavit from J. P. Peterson, Polk County. Letter from Knute Johnson, pertaining to Hatton campaign. Account of L. B. Dresser, appearing in the record at page 2653. List of game wardens, appearing page 2843. Checks from which No. 107 was made up. Account of J. W Miller relating to Stephenson campaign. VOLUME V. Receipts of poll workers in Dane County produced by A. R. Ames. Account of C. E. Brady, Manitowoc, appears in the record at page 6668. Account of W. R. Knell. found in the record on page 3874. VOLUME VI. 115 List of men who worked for Stephenson during the month of August and week of primaries, appears in record at page 4265. July, August and 1 week in September appears in record on page 4266. Account of C. M. Hambright. Letter to John Aylward from Lester Tilton. Affidavit of Lester Tilton. Statement of W. W. Powell. Bill from members of State barbers' board to W. W. Powell. Bills of Cantwell Printing Co. (Hatton). Bill to W. H. Hatton from Geo. N. Wood. Account of Geo. B. Hudnall. Bill of Sullivan Printing Co. 4170 4170 116 5066- 144-183 Correspondence between J. A. Stone and W. H. Dick. 5134 Poster "To the readers of the Milwaukee Free Press." 5186 Letters produced by C. E. Broughton pertaining to campaign. Account S. H. Cady. Letter to Taylor from W. H. Dick confirming contract of Taylor with Powell. Account of E. L. Tracy |