The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-22
SOME ISrEREsrIS0 TESTIMONY
Called from tho Report Of the Payne In.
vestignting Committee,
Hu6lal 10 tho DAILY DHNoenlT

Called from tho Report Of the Payne In-
vostigating Committee,
sToial TO the DlILr DEaoCRLF,
COLUMBUS. o., April l7-FOllowlng
are extracts Of some interesting teatl.
mOny, taken from the repor. Of the
Payne llyestlg ltlng Committees
The publication OF Judge Thurman'a
letter and The effect II had are TO.
! marked The activity nj the Payne head.
quarters ~ described M "Asndlsh,"
Colonel ", A, Taylor, now q leading
writer on the Cincinnati Enquirer, testl.
Des.
%. Colonel, do you remember the i'm.
preuslOn made upon thu Democracy as.
eemblad here at the appearance OF Judge
ThuTman'a lO,terr A, IL had a
very start.ing tllsct for u political docu
ment, ana created universal comment /;
aud my recollection, ana my beat belief,
IL TINT nine out Of every ten Democrats,
either In Columbus ~ resldenta here,
or from abroad. lndOrsed ey1ry word,
and expressed the hope that the advice
OF BeuntOr Thurman would be taken,
and that other General Ward or Mr.
PendlOton would be- the nominee q
They MI understood Senator Thurman
~ m 1an by that that improper methods
were ing resOrted 10 In behalf Of Sena
tor PnyneY A. that was the universal
opinion among the Democracy"
Tho committee discovered two In
stances IN which attem ted bribery In
th Senatorial canvass was reported by
members OF the Slxty.slxth General Az
eembly, The testimony taken IN 10 what
those members reported was, In brief,
aa follows.
CASE or Xxx REPRESENTATIVES, KAllLE
Mir, ROhle testified that o. y, Ramey,
the Senator offered him $1,000 10 vote
for PIyne FOR Senator, ard that he made
this proposition TO him on two occa.
siOno, on one OF which no said that he
would atlck the money In ono OF wit.
ness p0cketa. Az 10 what occurred the
last time h0 made the offer, tho stenog.
rapher'p notes are quoted In full ~ fol-
lows! Q, Did no say: II have taken
that, an1 you are damned fool II you
done take itY' A, No, no did not eay II
that way, lle came Into the House and
got me by the collar and took mo into
tho corner, H. aald: "That olfor Ia
still open, klhle; what are you going 10
do about itp' Al the same time no read
q message that no had received from the
lending Democrats In o lava, request
ing him TO vote for PendlOtou, eigned
by General Rice, lellera, and others
the leading Democrats In our town. II
appeared 10 mo those names were tho
lending Democrats OF Ottawa. lle read
tho meie0g0, and asked mo what / was
going TO do about II | said. What
are you going TO do about ltp' He said.
BY q d, am going TO do ~ (referrlDg
TO money. said. What becomes OF
tho messenger Ho said; Il don't care o
Cd d-n for that"
Hon. X. II. ulgglne, member OF the
last and also Of tho present House, testl-
lied that MIR. Kahle told him, In conf.
denoe, about tho time OF, but subsequent
TO tho caucus, that no (Kahle) had been
offered handsome sum 10 vote for
Payne, and accordlngto the recollection
OF Witness, MIR, Kahlo said tho offer was
made by the Senator from his district,
Mr.. Ramey.
Hon. George W. Hull, q member Of tho
Lost and also Of the present House, testi.
fed that MIR. Kohle told him no (Kable)
had been offered 5000 10 vote for Payne,
W, A. Taylor testified that MIR. Kable
told him that Senator Ramey was n man
OF very bad character, and had ap.
preached him (Kahle) with an offer OF
money 10 support Mr.. Payne.
Hon. q. w. Sharp, o member OF tho
last House, testified that Mr.. Kahle told
him last winter that Senator Ramey Of.
fered him 5000 10 support Mr.. Payne.
Ex Senator Ramey In his testimony
denies that he made tho offer testified TO
by Mr.. Kable. He admits, however, that
he received q Telegram such 40 described.
Ex-senator Remey testified that on
the 18th day OF May, 1884, no sold some
real estate In Wheeling, W, Va, which
ho had previously bought with his own
money; that there wds q mortgage on
the property, which the purchaser as
sumed, and tho balance OF the consider
alton, which was paid 10 him In cash,
was about &i,500 or 81 600, that he
brought that money home with him
and gave II 10 hie wife, and she put II
In hor trunk; that he knows OF bis wife
having deposited $4,000 In the First Ma