Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-14 | Page 8 | Expense Increased by Primary Law

EXPENSE INCREASED BY PRIMARY LAW LAIN Senatorial Committee Learning Learning Learning Learn Learn- ing Why Stephenson Had to Spend Freely B By Associated A Press Milwaukee Oct 13 Intimations w were VerO re made mado tonight ht at nt the senatorial investigation Irl of at Senator Isaac Stephen Stophen- Ron Bons s election that committee in intended in- in tended thoroughly to LO go o Into tho thU charges chargE's of ot bribery as related to tho the absence of at certain members of 01 the theVIs Wisconsin Wis VIs cousin legislature on March 1 J 1 1309 1909 when the tho senator was elected The was made in a previous i i legislative Inquiry that Senator Steph- Steph was waa elected after aCtor a five weeks weeks' deadlock and then only after three Democratic assemblymen had lund absented themselves thus thue giving Stephenson a majority Most of oC the thc session was given Iven over overto to Li consideration of oC the tho Wisconsin primar primary mar mary law Jaw When ben William G G. Wheeler testified that under tinder tho the present law mw In Individuals In- In rather than political parties had to bear tho the expense of oC campaigns and only about 25 26 per cent coat of oC the voters took advantage of ot the tho primaries Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor or Heyburn asked I suppose you mean that fewer ewer peo- peo plo pie vote now than the they did when shen hen they were ero under a republican form torm of oC government gov KOV- Senator Heburn alluded to the primaries primaries maries manes as ns not net republican in form torm I I mean the p people dont don't seem seeni to take the tho Interest In primaries the they do In elections when they really arc uro electing somebody Homebody Wheeler eeler estimated It Il would take a 11 senatorial campaign campal cam cam- pal n properly whereas as Senator Steph- Steph spent pent only All the witnesses declared they never had heard henr of ot any of Senator Stephenson's Stephensons Stephensons Stephenson's Stephensons Stephenson's Stephen- Stephen sons son's money being used corruptly