Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-29

On Friday Isrch 3I-IsT6 bs-
! tween the hours Of s and in IN.
morning l met Skinner, the Journal
Clerk K Of the House We walked to-
gether towards the Keystone House.
Skinner first opened the subject to
me by saying that the boom bill
would likely be reached on TUESDAY,,
and thst he Nouli Ike TO Gee the
PhIlsdelphiIns fixed" that the
iumbormen would deal with than,
II tuey could L told him I thought
they could bs dslt with. By that
time We reached the Keystone, and
he said ne would see me- again. and
left me That morning Wills in the
House, Skinner came to me and ask
cd me whether could get ten men
out Cf the Philadelphia delegation
from both sides Of the House for five
hundred dollars each. / said certain
". He said that Embick had told
Bsck II would be necessary to get
ten men out Of the Philadelphia dele
CATION to carry the bill, and he would
let me know further abo-t 1t On Non
day night That afternoon. ssIra.
going to the depot, IN COMPANY with
.ONell and Patterson, stopped at
the Lochisl Hotel and while there
met Skinner He called me aside
and said that Enbi had gone to
Willismsport to make arrangements
with the lumber men and would let
me know what they would do on
Monday night. So Skinner left me-
After hs had gone ! occurred 10 me
that l had paired ffwi:h Mr.. Nissley
on his bill and 1 had important bu.i-
ness N Philadelphia that would like
" detain me over Tuesday, SO I
wrote a note and left II with the
! clerk a the hoicl for skinner, in
which | stated that In case he heard
, from the iuIrbermen before Monday
to telegraph the same to no, SO 1
would see the Philadelphis members
while in tho city. I did sot hesr
| from MIN.
| On Mondav l came up, As the busi
ness / expected did not occur, and
while in the Hou-e Skinner came to
me and said that the lumbermen rad
agreed to give FIVE thousand dollars
for ten men out of tho Philadelphia
I delegation, aud that they were viii
I ing TO put the money into my bands
or in an body's hand whom we might
sugEsst satisfactory to them Isaid,
Il am satisfied l viii see the rest
of them aud let you know tomorrow. "
On Tuesday morning 1 told Skinner
they were satisfied for him to hold
the money. He said Give me tho
ten Dames, with four others you can
get in case they are needed" L said ::
How about the money! He said !:
IF you meet me IN the clerks room
at 215 o'clock this afternoon We will
settle that" L said "All right +"
So l met Skinner ut the time named.
We went into the office together and
had not been there three minutes be-
fore Mr.. Embick appeared He
seemed to have a KEY OF the door, as
it wss locked and he came in with
out 1t being opened for him, and ne
said that he wanted the ten names
Skinner said to me he wanted the
ten names to see If there was any
among them that they had already
got. / gave Skinner tsn names
winch he wrote on piece of paper
and then handed them to Embick-
He took them and examined them
Then he took y certificate of de-
posit out of his pocket, endorsed 1t
upou the back with his name and
payable TO the order Of Skinner and
handed it to Skinner, who started to
say something to him, when Em5I OK
interrupted him by saying that he
did not want anything father to say,
that We could settle it between MS.
AMI then walked out of the roOrn-
Skinner handed tie Certificate to
me, saying: Look ut it yourself
L took it, saw DouSherty Bros,
signature on the face Of it and En-
bick's on the back, payable to the
order Of Skinner, and 1T was for
seven thousand FIVE hundred dollars
That was the first intimation had
that they wanted fourteen men.
/ Skinner said: "You viii have TO get
fcur moro men, that will make five
hundred each and five hundred for
m. To satisfy you that this Is all
right. I want you to get two or three
of them to 20 with US TO Dougher'y
Bros. and / will satisfy you that it IL
all right. Will meet you on the
corner of Third and Market streets.
: said ..All right" 1 started out
70 oct somebody, as no one knew
what 1 had done In the matter but
Harry O'Neil
/ went towards the keystone.
When I reached Third street saw