Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Yes; certainly. Did you carefully examine all the papers in this box with reference to whether or not this letter of Mr. Blaine was there? I do not know that your attention was called to that. Mr. ESSMANN. There are several letters here from Mr. Blaine. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. But no letter to Mr. Blaine from Mr. Stone? Mr. ESSMANN. From J. A. Stone? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Yes. Mr. ESSMANN. I think that letter is here. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Oh, it is? Will you be kind enough to show it to me? The CHAIRMAN. Is it enumerated among the exhibits? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I do not know. Senator POMERENE. You are referring to the letter a part of which was introduced the other day? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Yes; that is it exactly. What I want to get at is the date of it. There is nothing in the proceedings thus far to show the date. All that appears in the proceedings thus far is an excerpt from the letter, minus the date. Senator POMERENE. Is it your claim that there is anything further in the letter that should be in evidence? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I do not know. I want to see the whole letter. I do not know what the context shows. The CHAIRMAN. I should like to suggest that the witness has testified that everything outside of that box is enumerated in the schedule that he has given us, and we will find it there. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. If that is the fact, very well. I simply wanted to develop the fact whether it was or was not here. The CHAIRMAN. We will have the box carefully investigated. Mr. ESSMANN. Here is a letter [producing it]. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. This is Exhibit 74. That is not it. What I want is the original. Mr. ESSMANN. That is the only thing that is here. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. The only paper you find is a copy? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. So that the original of this letter, although handed to the chairman of the committee, apparently did not come into your possession? Mr. ESSMANN. All I have is there produced. The CHAIRMAN. The witness testified that he made a copy of certain parts of the letter, and handed it to the chairman. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Yes. Then he afterwards testified, on my examination, that he delivered the original to the chairman of the committee; and the original is what I want to see. The CHAIRMAN. We may find that in the box. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. The witness says it is not in the box. The CHAIRMAN. This witness does not know what is in that box. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Oh, you mean in this box with the receipts? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Is there anything in the box but receipts? Mr. ESSMANN. I do not know. I know there are receipts in there. I have not examined it. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. You have not examined the contents of the box in detail? Mr. ESSMANN. I think there is nothing there but receipts from Mr. Puelicher, Mr. Sacket, and Mr. Knell. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. You have not gone in detail over the papers in the box? Mr. ESSMANN. I do not think you will find any letters in the box. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. We can see about that, of course. But so far as you know there is not any letter there? Mr. ESSMANN. So far as I know there are not any letters there. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I should now like to see what information we can get about the principal exhibit in this case. See if I have the identity right: The proceedings of the committee show Exhibit 49, and an immense amount of time has been spent in this hearing on Exhibit 49; and it is described here on page 588 as "Edmonds' expense account." I should like to have that exhibit. ESSMANN. Exhibit 49? Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I think that is one that you are not able to find. Mr. ESSMANN. No, sir; that is not here. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Do you have any knowledge of this principal exhibit in the case? Mr. ESSMANN. No, sir; I do not know anything about that. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Can you give the committee or give me any information that would enable me to find out where that original exhibit now is? Mr. ESSMANN. Unless you should get it from the members of the joint committee or the secretary. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. As I understand it, you have already been in telephonic communication with Chairman Marsh? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. And he has no knowledge on the subject except that his recollection is that two boxes were left, substantially, I suppose in the custody of the superintendent? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Í do not know that you were the superintendent at that time. Were you? Mr. ESSMANN. No, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. So that you simply succeeded some other gentleman who held the office? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. And you have taken whatever you found in his hands? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. That is the only suggestion you can give us as to ascertaining the whereabouts of that original exhibit? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Did you examine the other trunk with such care that you feel able to confidently state that this letter from Mr. Stone to Mr. Blaine is not to be found in it? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. You feel very certain of that? Mr. ESSMANN. It is not there. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. That is, we can rest upon that? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. And we can also rest upon the fact that Exhibit 49 is not in that trunk? Mr. ESSMANN. Yes, sir. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. That is all except that Mr. Riordan wanted to know if you found his statement. Mr. ESSMANN. It was not in the box. (The names of D. J. O'Connor and George Beyers were called. Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Beyers responded to their names, and the oath was administered to them by the Chairman.) TESTIMONY OF D. J. O'CONNOR. D. J. O'CONNOR, having been previously sworn, was examined and testified as follows: The CHAIRMAN. You are a practicing physician, are you? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. How long have you been such practicing physician? Mr. O'CONNOR. About 15 years. The CHAIRMAN. Where do you reside? Mr. O'CONNOR. Appleton, Wis. The CHAIRMAN. How long have you resided there? Mr. O'CONNOR. Five years last February. The CHAIRMAN. Did you take any part in the senatorial primary contest during the year 1908, at which Senator Stephenson was a candidate for nomination? Mr. O'CONNOR. I did. The CHAIRMAN. What part did you take? Mr. O'CONNOR. I do not know how I can answer that without going into The CHAIRMAN. What did you do? Mr. O'CONNOR. I made a canvass of our county, Outagamie County. The CHAIRMAN. Did you enter into an arrangement with Mr. Edmonds as Senator Stephenson's representative by which you were to take part in the campaign in that county in the interest of Senator Stephenson? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. When did you make that arrangement? Mr. O'CONNOR. Six or seven weeks before the primary. The CHAIRMAN. Where did you make it? Mr. O'CONNOR. In Milwaukee. The CHAIRMAN. Did you come to Milwaukee for the purpose of making such an arrangement? Mr. O'CONNOR. No, sir; but I received a letter from Mr. Edmonds previous to my visit. The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to that letter you came to Milwaukee. What arrangement did you make with Mr. Edmonds? Mr. O'CONNOR. I was to go around the county and visit the different people there throughout the country, interest them in Mr. Stephenson's campaign, and put up some of his literature, if it was not already put up. The CHAIRMAN. Were you to expend any money on behalf of Senator Stephenson in doing the things that you mention? Mr. O'CONNOR. In the first arrangement I was to have $500. After I returned home I received a letter from Mr. Edmonds to "call the deal off," as he expressed it. 15235°-VOL 1-11--52 The CHAIRMAN. Then you did not receive the $500? Mr. O'CONNOR. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Did you afterwards renew the arrangement through Mr. Wayland? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Wayland was representing Senator Stephenson or Mr. Edmonds; was he? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. It was so stated to you? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. What arrangements did you make with Mr. Wayland? Mr. O'CONNOR. He told me to continue to do what I could for Mr. Stephenson's election, and when I got through he would pay me what money was expended. The CHAIRMAN. That was C. C. Wayland, was it? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You know him personally? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. How long have you known him? Mr. O'CONNOR. About four years, I think; since he first came to Appleton. The CHAIRMAN. Is he the witness who testified before this subcommittee, or were you not present when he testified? Mr. O'CONNOR. I was not present. I met him here, though. The CHAIRMAN. What arrangement did you make with Mr. Wayland with reference to payment for your services? Mr. O'CONNOR. He told me that when I got through, any money I expended, he would see that it was paid back. The CHAIRMAN. Did you, pursuant to that arrangement with Mr. Wayland, receive any money from the Stephenson campaign fund? Mr. O'CONNOR. Some time after the primary I received three hundred and seven dollars and some cents. The CHAIRMAN. $307.30? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. That is the amount stated in your former testimony. Before receiving this sum of $307.30, had you expended money out of your own pocket on account of Senator Stephenson's campaign? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. How much had you expended? Mr. O'CONNOR. That sum. The CHAIRMAN. You rendered an account, and the account was paid? Is that true? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Did you make out that account yourself? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Was it in typewriting, or did you write it out? Mr. O'CONNOR. I think it was written out with a pencil on a pad. The CHAIRMAN. Where is it? Mr. O'CONNOR. I brought it up to Mr. Wayland's office, and he asked me what the amount was. I told him, and I had down there what it was for. The CHAIRMAN. You had the statement, and he paid you on the statement that you rendered in writing? Is that right? Mr. O'CONNOR. No, sir. I received the payment several days afterwards. He said he would take it up with Mr. Edmonds, and I would get paid. The CHAIRMAN. But the payment was based upon the statement in writing which you rendered of the expenses which you had incurred? Mr. O'CONNOR. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Do you know where that statement is? Mr. O'CONNOR. I do not. The CHAIRMAN. You left the statement with Wayland? Mr. O'CONNOR. It was a statement or memorandum. I. do not even remember whether or not I left it there. The CHAIRMAN. You do not? Mr. O'CONNOR. No; I do not. I took it to his office, though. The CHAIRMAN. Can you remember the items of expense which you had incurred, as set out in that statement? Mr. O'CONNOR. I can remember that they were cigars and liquor and automobile hire and moneys expended on an auto trip throughout the county. The CHAIRMAN. When you testified before the joint committee, did you have the memorandum that you had used in settling with Wayland? Mr. O'CONNOR. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You gave items before that committee. Did you give them from your memory? Mr. O'CONNOR. So ne of them; yes, sir-in fact, all of them. The CHAIRMAN. I have before me your testimony given on that occasion. I have also a memorandum made by the witness which I think he is entitled to, inasmuch as he made it, to refresh his memory. [The Chairman handed the memorandum to the witness.] Will you now give us the items of expenditure made by you on behalf of Senator Stephenson? Just give us the items in the order that you have them there. Mr. O'CONNOR. There was one cigar bill of $52 or $62. The CHAIRMAN. What is it in the statement that you have? Mr. O'CONNOR. This is the statement here. One bill of cigars, if I remember correctly, was $52 or $62. The CHAIRMAN. When did you purchase those? Mr. O'CONNOR. Immediately after returning from Milwaukee, before receiving the letter I referred to. The CHAIRMAN. In what month? Mr. O'CONNOR. I think it was the latter part of July. The CHAIRMAN. What did you do with those cigars? Mr. O'CONNOR. I had some in the office, and I gave them around to different fellows. The CHAIRMAN. What do you mean by the "different fellows?" Who were these people to whom you gave the cigars? Mr. O'CONNOR. Why, just as I met the men. The CHAIRMAN. Were they electors in the State of Wisconsin? The CHAIRMAN. For what purpose did you give these cigars? Just tell us the conditions or circumstances under which you did it. |