Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-22
Liberty Hall Sworn.

Question by chairman. Have you offered
money or any other valuable consideration to
any member of the Legislature, as an induce
meat for him to vote against the so-called sup
Elementary text book bill, or in favor of any
pending or proposed amendments offered
thereto?
Answer. have not and do not know of any
money being offered for that purpose.
@. Are you in the employ of any publishing
house?
A. Yes: the house of A. s. Barnes & Co., and
no other
@. Have you, as such, endeavored to defeat
said bill?
A. have / have conversed with different
members of the House and Senate.
@. Have you talked with Mr.. Brandt, of the
House?
A. L did.
@. State briefly the circumstances, and
what was said and done.
| A.-Saturday morning Mr.. Brandt came to
room 81 in the Merchants hotel with Mr.. Geib.
Geib introduced him to me when Brandt
stepped into the room. The first | recollect
that was said was by Brandt, that he called to
| talk about the text book bill. Said he should
support the amendment to the text book bill
making it optional with the districts to take
books or not, and he said he intended to do SO.
/ We talked for several minutes. / gave him
my reasons for opposing the bill. Asked me
what thought Of the amendment Including
cities. replied that I did not consider it
essential, aud did not think it right that cities
or towns should be compelled to use the books
that it seemed to me the best way to get along
was to leave it optional with the districts.
Brandt said he thought SO too and intended tc
vote for the amendment making it optional.
That was all that was said about the text book
| %o1H cd 18th S17hio All mi
the grasshopper troubles; said his county suf
fered, and he had suffered, and was hard up
Nothing more had been said as to how he in
tended to vote on the text book bill. Mr.
Brandt is in my congressional district. lnevel
met him before this time. l did not procure
the appointment for him to come to my room
and did not know that he was coming. l tool
him to be an influential man in his commune
ty. When Brandt got up to leave the room
gave him fifty dollars. It was my own money
and not given with any idea of procuring hi
vote on that amendment, as he had stated un
qualifedly that he was friend of the amend
ment. The point had in my mind was t.
secure him as friend i'll case | wanted hi
assistance in political matters in the future.
Q.-Did you converse with Geib the nigh
before at the Merchants:
Al did.
Q.-What was the conversation?
Alt was brief; cannot hardly tell; but tn
substance was-can you give me lift on thi
bill. He told me he could not, and that wa
E about all; he said his constituents in fave
! of the bill, and that ended the conversation
far as | know.
; Odd you intimate to him that parti,
$ that would vote for the bill could get 500,
l any sum?
!, Al did not. had an envelope in IN
: hand; did not show it to him, to my know
. edge. What was in the envelope do not kno,
4 This was in the Office or saloon of the hotel.
e am not positive whether I asked him if
: could not get another member. IF l did,
t have forgotten it. did not send anyone
d bring Geib to the hotel.
|. Q.-Have you paid out any money for,
. belonging to any parties in order to defeat ii
J, Merrill text book bill?
+ A-Not to any member of the Legislatul
/ but have employed one or two to help defe
S the bill for short time not connected with {
e Legislature. did not see Geih, to my know