UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES IN LABOR'S RANKS
EKERN GIVES LIST OF HIRED KOHLER CROWD Tells Who Were In On 'Divvy'' in Last Campaign STANLEY, Wis.—Unmistakable evidence ot the most lavish expenditure of money to renominate the present governor...
...payments and salary, $2,566...
...The force of the report o( his attorneys recommending (he dismissal of the proceedings against Huber is not changed by the obvious attempt on their part to besmirch the Progressive eor-didates...
...100 "A...
...E, Vandercook, Milw., exp...
...The list includes: Mrs...
...travel exp...
...Though Mr...
...no expression of disapproval of this large expenditure has come from the governor...
...Kohler Backs Up "The governor was compelled to back track on the smoke screen he attempted to set up In the retaliatory charges against Lt...
...L. Prescott Is a member of the Assembly from Milwaukee, and as secretary of the Kohler-for-Governor club of Milwaukee filed a statement showing $18,000 borrowed by George E. Meredith from the First Wisconsin National bank of Milwaukee...
...Nor did the Stalwart, campaign of 1928 neglect the women...
...100 (This is the attorney who Investigated the expenditures of the Progressives at the appointment of Kohler) "F...
...21» He Is now chief oil lnapector under Gov...
...J. Lukaszewski, publicity dept...
...The history of the excessive election expenditures whether in Pennsylvania, Illinois or Wisconsin shows that these enormous expenditures can not fail to result in violations of law and the resort to methods which can only mean a large wholesale corruption of laTge parts of the electorate...
...Smith, Newberry and Vare," said Mr...
...publicity director, salary, exp...
...The Supreme Court of Wisconsin rejected this argument, and held the law constitutional, and that the facts set up in the complaint were a valid cause of action...
...N. Steele...
...Thi» should deceive no one and a reading of the opinion of former Atty...
...O. Wipperman, salary...
...Against this the reported expenditures of the Kohler campaign committees and their total failure to comply with the requirements of the law leaves no question as to who favors an open door to the buying of votes and offices and who favors the enforcement of the corrupt practices act to protect the integrity of the ballot in our primaries and elections...
...Wipperman received in salary $3,535...
...1026...
...The law prohibits any expenditure for both the primary and election by a candidate for governor in excess of $4,000 and for the four other state officers in excess of $1,500 each...
...Instead of limiting themselves to the $10,000, th« Kohler campaign actually cost more than ten times this amount, or more than 25 times the amount limited by law to the governor alone...
...The list of those to whom the larger payments were made Includes: "Leo Klelpinski, Milw., travel exp........................$ 176 "L...
...In (act the aggregate expenditures of these candidates ir the sum of $12,776.06 shown in the report of the governors attorneys was materially below the total of $15,000 permitted by law to these candidates...
...375 "Mrs...
...These loans have been referred to in various legal proceedings since...
...He read a list of names of men and women who received large sums In the Kohler j campaim two years ago...
...and travel epenses $975.35...
...Rubin, travel exp...
...75 She is now a member of the Republican State Central Committee of Wisconsin "Mrs...
...Kohler at the Kansas City convention as a booster for Hoover was a party to the fraudulant contest, which overrode the majority of the Wisconsin delegation, and named her as national committee woman to help George Vits distribute the political appointments from Wisconsin, which the reactionary Hoover administration denies to the regularly elected Republican senators and representatives from Wisconsin...
...L. Prescott...
...Bowen, Augusta travel exp...
...R. Barry, services...
...1, 1928, indebted to the same First Wisconsin National bank for money borrowed in the sum of $18,000...
...The only salaries or wages which may be paid are those to clerks at headquarters and to speakers...
...160 "J...
...W. Seifert, travel exp...
...Kohler administration, ha.s fathered the evasion of the laws and court decisions against branch banking through the chain bank movement, aiming to monopolize the banking business In Wisconsin...
...Michigan and Pennsylvania which closed the doors of the United States Senate to Lorimer...
...C. Breeke, travel exp...
...This makes a total permitted combined expenditure of $10.000'for both the primary and election...
...show payments to him for organization services, $490 and travelling expenses $289.98 and that for July 10, 1926...
...This is but the smaller part of this money debauch...
...travel exp...
...2,160 In the Stalwart campaign of 1926...
...This was when he managed the campaign which doublecrossed Perry, the Stalwart convention nominee by throwing the Stalwart vote to Zimmerman...
...This Is the bank, which under the...
...125...
...which in-j eluded Frank L. Prescott...
...Kohler "Karl M. Kahu...
...Total $4,929.86...
...As far as has been disclosed, these loans have not been paid, except the $5,000, It is doubtful If others owing the bank are treated so generously...
...Excepting rent of headquarters and halls and postage, stationery, printing, writing, addressing, mailing, distributing, or posting of literature and advertising in papers, all other expenditures, than those above mentioned are in violation of law...
...The fact Ls that each of th Progressive candidates as shown by their report* kept strictly within the law both in the amounts and purposes of their expenditures and made their reports in the detailed mariner required by the law...
...That this Is being repeated today there can be no doubt...
...R. O. Wipperman and many others prominent in the ranks of conservative Republicans...
...Huber and the other Progressive candidates in 1928...
...A, Lamoreaux, Ashland, salary and travel exp...
...130 i"F...
...travel exp...
...No information is given a* required by law, as to the persons to whom the money was paid, the purposes, and the dates...
...Brotz was connected with the Kohler Co...
...250 "Charles Lacy, salary, travel exp...
...The Stalwart Kohler organization calling themselves the "Republicans of the Third Congressional district," of which Mr...
...show in addition to the $18,000 loaned by the First Wisconsin National bank to the Koli-ler-for-Governor club of Milwaukee, that the Kohler "State Republican committee" was on Sept...
...343 "Harry Ransom, salary, travel exp...
...2,245 "Gov...
...Harry E. Thomas, Sheboygan, travel expense, S700...
...Ekern...
...Thousands for Traveling "Yet the sworn statements of expenditures in behalf of Kohler show the payment of thousands of dollars for travel expsnse to persons, who were not either candidates or speakers...
...Agnes Charbonneau, travel exp...
...The statement gave the expenditures of the club I the lump sum of $17,371.33, without giving the persons to whom paid, the purposes or dates when paid as required by law...
...Even though a majority of the court which must decide the question are appointees of the governor...
...J. Well, salary, travel exp...
...Prescott received $60 for traveling expense in the stalwart campaign two years before, i "G...
...JO" (Member of Assembly from Iron and Vilas counties) "H...
...Frances M. Kaupert, travel exp...
...It wa« with this record that the Stalwarts under the leadership of Gov Kohler wrote Into their platform, the promise to strengthen the Corrupt Practices Act...
...V. A. Lundgren, salary and exp...
...R. W. Bovver, Augusta...
...salary (speakers dept...
...Ban More Slush "The Stalwart reports o( expenditures for Kohler In 1928...
...Owen and the opinion I gave will convinced any one that there Is no conflict between these opinions and the construction placed on the laws in the conduct of the campaign of 1928 by the Progressives...
...Another $5,000 is shown by the statement of March 21, 1928, to have been, borrowed from the bank to elect Stalwart delegates to the Kansas City convention...
...Kohler evidently did not resent these payments to Mr...
...9(13 "J...
...Hovey of Madison was secretary filed statements showing balances to organizers $1,817.50 and traveling expenses of organizers $2,511.37, a total of $4,328.87 in a single Congressional district...
...375 She was a candidate for secretary of state in 1926 when the Stalwart committee paid her for travel exp...
...Not alone was the law violated In the amounts spent, but it was brazenly disregarded in the purposes for which the money was expended...
...salary, exp...
...The state is being flooded with banners, posters, tire covers, literature and bill-boards, the cost of which amounts to many times the permitted expedi-tures of the candidal* for governor and greatly exceeds that permitted to even (he five Kohler candidates for state office...
...Mrs...
...hotel and meals $743.40, travel expense $595.78, petty items $55.69...
...The only traveling expenses which may be paid are those of the candidate, of public speakers and members of personal or party committees...
...200 "Charles Witt, salary, travel exp...
...Kahn, because he served :is publicity man In Gov...
...100 "In addition, the report of the Kohler "State Republican committee" shows as owing Fred G. Brotz $3,057.99, for money advanced for posting and distributing bills and literature paid to 32 named persons In sums ranging from $5.44 to $420.96...
...110 She Is now a candidate for member of Assembly from Superior "Mrs...
...225 "A...
...assemblyman, j Milwaukee...
...L. . As'iworth...
...200 Mr...
...T. Twesme, La Crosse, travel exp...
...The Wisconsin law prohibits using money to pay workers in political campaigns...
...400 "Hardy Steeholm, salary, travel exp...
...From a decision in the governor'* favor, an appeal is now pending in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin...
...I have searched I he laws enacted by the legislature of 1U29, and I find that, no amendment whatever wt\s marie, and none was proposed by the governor or his followers I find however that when the governor was brought into court on this charge of having violated the law already in force, he set up the claim that the present law was unconstitutional, and that no constitutional law could be enacted to limit the expenses of the governor...
...We are witnessing here in Wisconsin a repetition of the flood of money in Illinois...
...The law does not permit payments either for salaries or for expenses of organizers...
...Sworn statements filed by Gov...
...500 "H...
...1,440 "A...
...On the trial on tne facts, the Judge arbitrarily excluded the evidence of the gross violations, which I have referred to...
...The stalwart statements filed Aug...
...Howler's office for ?• months after the latter became governor...
...Ekern is on a tour of northern Wisconsin cities in behalf of the candidacy of Philip La Follette for governor...
...Milw., salary, travel exp...
...435 "Earl LaPlante...
...EKERN GIVES LIST OF HIRED KOHLER CROWD Tells Who Were In On 'Divvy'' in Last Campaign STANLEY, Wis.—Unmistakable evidence ot the most lavish expenditure of money to renominate the present governor were pointed out by Herman L. Ekern in his speech here tofcay...
...Fred Balllett, travel exp...
...Winter, distributing literature...
...362 "L...
...Kohler and his supporters show that much more than $100,000 was spent in securing his nomination...
...Moriarty, Milw., manager organization dept...
...I believe they must find against him on this appeal...
...552 "R...
...100 "Arthur A. Tiller, publicity (salary...
...2X0 "George Seidel, travel exp...
...Vandercook has for years been the outstanding publicity agent for Stalwarts opt.*ltlon to the Progressive...
...Sworn statements filed two years ago by the numerous Kohler commitees showed the expenditure of tens of thousands of dollars for salaries and expenses of paid workers in direct violation of the law...
...200 "A...
...Mrs...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 40
