Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-15

had talked TO me about voting for some otner tnat
Cornell and Platt understood from nus oonvsI n,
tions With me that he wanted to talk oonndenuali:
with me at one meeting of stalwa arts Wa as''E uee
to duty trying to get independents IN. 1ne In1s .
| pendent stalwarts met ut Carpenter room IA tns
Delevan house Thursday night tune ~ Sst osucns
voted for Fenton and Ward tnat oay ano "oA' u"S
voted for Conkling and Plat .,on,
To Bangs-Our contract WIN ao Ssfnr. tSss
| $4,000. They advanced fully Soo'VVV ooioio '"0'
| got any oak timber whatever.
Bangs-I said to Bradley, If you know snytnIne
duplicating anybody besides Senator sessions ~
| matter how high his rank mey be or now iow-no
matter whom he has voted for or proposes 70 vote
for, who has made you anybody else any oorrup'
proposition, Just name the person and crcum'
stances here. Bradley replied ya,n 1on' hn'~ an'
Here Bradey's examination rested. hscess'
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session State Sena or Sessions
was placed on the stand for cross-examinston
Bangs examined him. Witness said: nave oeen
delegate to party conventions and have been In the
habit Of promotiug the interest OF ss INFORM.
ed of Bradleys disclosure in assembly. HAD neSro
the evening before that 1t was common rumos tnat
I was the one whom Bradley was gong 20 cnaIee
with offering to bribe him. l maoe no aue"p' "
see Bradley about It.
into by legislative body or judicial tribunal.
case of charge of bribery against Frederick Little
john before the grand jury here IN 1909. l was
charged with giving money alleged to be refused.
Bangs-was the statement or charge true?
Counsel for Sessions objected to the question.
After long argument Bangs read parts OF
statement going 10 show Sessions was In Albany and
in attendance at the legislature.
Smith objected to taking up 70 much time IN
reading irrelevant matter.
Bangs asked if he could continue, and the COM
mittee decided he could, aud he to read the
statement going to show Sessions admitted ne was
;vf NJ q
lature. Also he had not spent dollar on any men,
Der of the legislature to effect passage OF bills The
deposition acknowledges recceiving money for urg-
ing the passage Of several bills.
Witness II gave that statement In my statement
and as much more before the grand jury. I gave
full history of the proceeding. / do
not think I was clerk In the Senate at the TINS;
was, perhaps, what you would call . lobbyist.
was endeavoring, by argument, to induce members
to vote for bills. One Of the bills was to secure
site for postofice in New York. I spoke to In.
dividual members In favor OF 1t and got S6,OOO for
my work on the postofice bill. Long after that
acted as lobbyist off and on. Acted as such six or
seven years. During that time I came here as a
lobbyist nearly annua sue1 h.ra rss bs o.
before was elected to the Senate between 1869
and 1870. Was here few days In 1870 and l8fl'
Wes here when Winans left his party In the Assem-
bly, I Occupied room with him and left the day
before he left the pa ty Had no conversation with
him on the subject. Played poker little with Wi
mans. 1t was not much of game. Not for thou
SAND, Dloe6 your SOUL no.
Bangs. do you know OF anyone who was 30 init
mate with Winans as Mr.. Sessions, just before he
went over to the Democratic party and changed the
majority of the House?
Witness-I was not at all Intimate with MIN, nor
do know anyone who was.
Bangs-Do you know James Forsyth of Troy?
Witness-Yes.
Bangs-De you know something about Rouses
Witness-No. Never heard of such bill. Guess
you don't koow as much about what you have been
told as can tell you: I know Forsyth. knew ne
check on it and thought he was going to stop pay
ment on it. 1t was for services against the Albany
bridge bill. He gave me check Tor $i i,oOO 70 op.
pose it. / to render service for the bill Don't
remember whether he had relative in the legisla-
ture at the time. had brother In the assembly
In 1858 and 1854, and afterwards in the Senate.
FORSYTH wanted that should aid u. MN aaao In IN
check and said he hoped would not present 1t TILL
the next day, and thought he intended to stop pay
ment, and went out and got horse while ne TOOK
the cars for Troy got there in time to get the
check cashed Never divided any of that money
with any one, nor anything else have assisted IN
Washington in one or two little matters. When l
went up to Senator woodruffs room. There were
several in the room at the time. have talked to
members of the legislature to get votes
for Depew, told the caucus on the night OF the 9TH
of June had secured vote. thought had got
Bradley to vote for him don't think I supposed l
had secured his vote for any other candidate, and
felt had won that vote. felt confident he would
SO vote when he told In his room he told me
I would not be disappointed in his vote knew Of
bis having voted fer Andrew Depew, awhile for Gov.
Cornell and Others and when he voted for Conk-
ling and Platt was quite surprised. cannot
the number of conversations I had
with Bradley on this subject. When Bradley come
10 INV room there we're Hudson of the Brooklyn EG-
ale and myself aud daughter in the room. would
not have talked to Bradley the subject OF his vote
before Hudson. Bradley came to my room, knocked.
and went out with him I don't remember that
Bradley locked his do r Never had any reason to
believe Bradley was corruptable man on the 8th
Of June, Never had thought Of him In that con-
nection. Never had any difficulty with him.
Adiourned