195 Expense and per diem voucher of E. L. Tracy. 5310 194 5620 5399 196 5411 197-200 5417 201-217 5441 218 5442 219-237 5467 238 Letters between C. F. Stout and C. A. Ingram. Letters between C. F. Stout and E. &. Keup. Letters between C. F. Stout and Anton Kuckuk. Letters to C. F. Stout from T. M. Thomas. Letters between C. F. Stout and G. B. Hudnall. Letters between M. L. Bunnell and J. A. Stone. Letters between W. H. Dick and J. A. Stone. Letters between E. F. Dithmar and J. A. Stone. Letters between J. T. Dithmar and J. A. Stone. Letters between R. I. Dugdale and J. A. Stone. Letters between W. L. Essmann and J. A. Stone. Letters between W. H. Hatton and J. A. Stone. Letter, W. D. Hoard and J. A. Stone. Letters between R. M. La Follette and J. A. Stone. Letters between Lenroot and J. A. Stone. Letters between F. E. McGovern and J. A. Stone. 5704 5705 367 368-372 5711 5714 373 374-375 5717 376-377 5720 378 Letter, Henry Lockney and J. A. Stone. 5738 390 Letter, D. McGregor and J. A. Stone. 5739 391 Letter, S. M. Marsh and J. A. Stone. 5742 392 Letter, C. J. Meyer and J. A. Stone. Bill of Henry Heine, M. H. Whittaker, and George F. McDonough, for $32.40, to W. W. VOLUME VIII. 444 Receipted bill produced by G. B. Hudnall. Check to J. S. Craig for $82, signed by J. W. Stone. Letter to P. J. Koehler from W. C. Cowling. Statement of W. C. Haslam. Letter from W. C. Haslam to J. W. Stone, asking for leave of absence. Voucher of W. C. Haslam for February, 1908. Voucher of W. C. Haslam for May, 1908. Note for $1,000, Wisconsin National Building & Loan Association, signed by F. E. Note, Marshall & Ilsley Bank, for $600, signed by F. E. McGovern. Letters from J. A. Stone to S. A. Towne. Telegram from Jas. Fenelon to T. F. Ramsey. Envelope containing No. 461a. Answer to 461a. Voucher of T. M. Purtell appears in record at page 7245. Letter from Wm. M. Perry to S. A. Cook. Stub of check dated 8/31, signed Thos. Morris. Dodger sent out by Thos. Morris in behalf of W. H. Hatton. 5918 5938 445 5940 446 5946 447 5948 448 5949 449 5990 450 Poll list produced by Geo. Beyers. Stub of check to D. J. O'Connor from E. A. Edmonds. Affidavits of Blewett, Swett, Morse, Piggott, and DeSteese, of Fond du Lac. Resolution introduced by Mr. Ingalls providing for the taking of depositions before the committee. The CHAIRMAN. What have you now in addition to these two exhibits? Mr. ESSMANN. I have prepared here an index to the names of the individuals. The CHAIRMAN. We will mark that Exhibit 3 in connection with your testimony. (The index of the names of the individuals was marked Exhibit 3 and is in words and figures as follows:) Blaine, J. J. 74-76 Courier Printing House. DeSleese.. Dresser, L. B.. 104, 105, 102, 103 Rasmussen Publishing Co.. 73 The CHAIRMAN. Have you there now all of the exhibits referred to in Exhibit 2? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Will you leave them with the clerk of the committee? They will be accounted for and returned to you as public documents when the committee has had proper copies made of them. Mr. ESSMANN. I will leave the key with Mr. Smith. The CHAIRMAN. Yes. (Mr. Essmann handed the trunk key to the secretary of the committee.) Mr. ESSMANN. I have here also a resolution fixing the penalty imposed on E. A. Edmonds, adjudged in contempt of the senate. It was not indexed, and no record was made of it in any way; but it was found in the box. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will need that document. It belongs to the Senate. Mr. ESSMANN. I have here also the expense account of Mr. Wheeler, with checks, which is not marked in the exhibits. The CHAIRMAN. Is it enumerated upon your list? Mr. ESSMANN. Not at all. The CHAIRMAN. It will be marked "Exhibit 4," and it will be properly catalogued by the clerk of the committee. (The Wheeler expense account was marked "Exhibit 4.") Mr. ESSMANN. I have here also the "Report of the Senatorial Committee on Investigation," which is not marked. The CHAIRMAN. That may be marked "Exhibit 5." (The report of the senatorial committee on investigation was marked "Exhibit 5," and is in words and figures as follows:) REPORT OF SENATORIAL COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION. To the honorable the Senate of the State of Wisconsin: The senatorial investigating committee beg leave to report the following resolution unanimously adopted by said committee this 19th day of May, 1909, with the recommendations therein contained: RESOLUTION. Whereas the work of the joint committee appointed by the two houses of the legis lature to investigate the recent senatorial primary campaign was delayed and hin dered by those members of the committee who were opposed to a thorough investigation of said primary, and who voted for Isaac Stephenson for United States Senator on every ballot while they were investigating him, including the ballot on which he was elected; and Whereas this committee subsequently appointed by the senate to investigate said senatorial primary and the election of Senator Stephenson by the legislature to the United States Senate has been unable to secure the attendance of several witnesses, notably Senator Stephenson himself, who was excused temporarily under promise on his part to return at any time upon request, but who now refuses to return and testify, and who is in Washington, D. C., beyond the reach of a subpoena; Rodney A. Sackett, who was also excused upon the same agreement, and who is now in Washington, D. C., beyond the reach of a subpoena, and refuses to return and testify; Arthur Lambeck, who was one of the Stephenson managers, and who is also in Washington beyond the reach of a subpoena; J. H. Puelicher, of Milwaukee, who appeared before the joint committee, and after having testified in part was excused by the committee upon his urgent request to be permitted to visit his sick father in Chicago, and who shortly thereafter, without returning to Madison and without notice to the committee, left for Europe, where he has since been and now is beyond the reach of a subpoena, as the committee is informed and believes; Robert Shields, of Superior, Wis., whom the committee is informed visited Senator Stephenson in the city of Washington, D. C., after the beginning of the investigation and returned just prior to the election of Isaac Stephenson and acted as the agent of said Stephenson in his candidacy for United States Senator during the primary campaign and supported him before the legislature, and who has since left the State of Wisconsin, and for whom a subpoena was issued which has been returned to the committee unserved, the sheriff of Douglas County reporting to the committee as a reason for his not being able to serve such subpoena that said Shields does not return nearer to his home at Superior than the city of Duluth, which is beyond the reach of a subpœna of this committee; Henry Hetting, of St. Croix Falls, Wis., who is now in Winnipeg. Canada, and who, the evidence shows, received a large sum of Stephenson campaign money from the president of the State board of control, and who acted as a campaign manager and disburser for Senator Stephenson during the primary campaign; L. W. Thayer, of Ripon, Wis., who also received a large amount of Stephenson campaign money, and acted as his campaign manager during the primary campaign, and who has been and now is, as the committee is informed and believes, in Arizona ever since this committee was appointed; Whereas subpoenas have been issued for Assemblyman Thomas Ramsey, Joseph T. Farrell, Silas A. Towne, Lawrence Ledvina, William Reader, J. E. Thomas, L. H. Bancroft, and Frank Smith, upon some of whom subpœnas have been duly served, and whose testimony is necessary in order to enable the committee to make the full and complete investigation which they have been instructed to make; and Whereas the assemblymen above named upon whom subpoenas have been served have claimed to be privileged as members of the legislature and have refused to appear and testify; and Whereas a resolution has been adopted by the assembly indicating that all of the assemblymen who have been or may hereafter be subpoenaed will claim such privilege and refuse to testify; and Whereas said privilege, if it exists, will continue during the balance of this legislative session and for 15 days thereafter; Now, to the end that the committee may be continued beyond this session of the legislature and that the committee may be invested with the power and authority to subpoena and examine witnesses after the close of the present session of the legis lature, up to and including the special session if necessary: Now therefore be it Resolved, That the facts as aforesaid be reported to the senate for its action in the premises with the recommendation that the powers of said committee be so extended and that said committee be authorized to make and file its final report with the legislature at its next special session, or at any time prior to said special session if sooner completed, with the governor. Mr. ESSMANN. I have here a whole box of receipts and bills of the Stephenson campaign, which is not marked. The CHAIRMAN. Have they been arranged in order and classified? Mr. ESSMANN. No; I have gone through them, and they are just simply receipts of bills that were paid. They were not marked as exhibits in the original investigation, and I did not mark them. The CHAIRMAN. They will be left with the clerk of the committee, and will be classified. They are not to be taken out of the possesssion of the clerk of the committee until after they have been arranged. Mr. Essmann, you testified in this case on a former occasion, did you not? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. In regard to the facts, or your knowledge of the facts relative to the campaign. Did you support Senator Stephenson in his campaign for the Senate? Mr. ESSMANN. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Whom did you support? Mr. ESSMANN. I managed the campaign of Francis E. McGovern. The CHAIRMAN. Yes; that the record seems to show. This committee is not investigating the campaign of Mr. McGovern. You are excused for the present, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Just a moment, if the chairman please; I take it, Mr. Essmann, that you have made a careful search of this box for all papers that have any relation to the Stephenson inquiry? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. It seems that a letter from one J. A. Stone to J. J. Blaine was handed by Mr. Blaine to Mr. Marsh, the chairman of that investigating committee, since which time no one has seen it. Did you find any letter like that in your search? Mr. ESSMANN. No, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. You know the letter, I suppose? Mr. ESSMANN. I would know it; yes, sir. I am familiar with the proceedings. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Have you seen the letter from Mr. J. A. Stone to J. J. Blaine since the meetings of the committee? Mr. ESSMANN. No, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Apparently a great many of these papers which were handed to the committee were not marked as exhibits. That is true, is it not? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. That is, in the papers that you produce here there are a large number of papers that did not seem to be marked by the committee as exhibits, and were not, therefore, formally referred to in that investigation. I am correct about that, am I? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. And the box that you have there, holding a lot of bills, is an illustration of papers of that kind? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. I understand there are no such papers outside of the box? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. No. I am simply developing the fact that the committee had a lot of material put in their hands that they did not identify and did not mark, and there is no way of tracing it. That is true; is it not? The CHAIRMAN. He has classified the papers by putting them in a box by themselves. |