The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-03

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! would be, the doors should not be ope,
!. The committee should take such precal
tions as may be necessary to full an
fair investigation.
Mr.. Hubbard said II was assuming
good deal to start with 10 fear that som
hypothetical witness may DO here. II
took issue with tho statement OF fac
that Investigations arc always made will
losed doors. In fact they neye
are made with closed doors. I
1t proposed 70 print the tes.imon.
taken by the stepoyrapher2 Ii
probably won't get It written out b,
Tuesday. when the Committee Is to re
port. Whatever investigation Is to b,
made should be made In the face Of tn
people OF West Virginia.
MIR. Shaw desired only To reap th,
facts. He realized some degree OF plaus
ibility In the objection to having wit
neSses present: He, therefore, though
that II 1t could be known who the Wit
nesses were he would separate them
Or US this could not be done, hu woult
favor closed doors. BY a party vote Of
three TO two the doors were closed
against all but the accused and his coun.
sci and Gen. Golf and his counsel. The
room was cleared accordingly. i5
- HARRIS TESTIMONY. y
Delegate D. NJ. Harr being sworn, tes.
titled that on the first Sunday after he
came here, he and stollings were on,
walking. Stollings then broached the
subject. He remarked what a D-d
fool was last winter; he said l could
have $4,000 or $4,000; l was 10 meet
him the next day; he said he believed
there wasn't as much in 1t this winter.
l told him to so ahead and find out
what there was in 1t aud lot mo know.
We met the next day in Stollings' com
nittee room. am not sure, but be-
lieve he stated he could get 81, 900 II I
would vote for General Goii. Next day
we had another conversation, when he
said he could get $1,000 and the Mine
inspeetorstip OF the First District. told
him would not accept. He said he
could insure me that. Last night while
sitting III the Opera House a boy
brought me note, signed "a Friend,h
saving TO come out. tore the note up.
This was about 8 o'clock. I met him.
aud he told me to meet him ut the foot
OF the stairs when the play was out.
met him and we took walk. John NJ.
Harr, who runs the elevator here, was
with me in the Opera House. Don't
know where he went. There was
nobody with Stollings either time. He
asked whether was going to accept. |
told him If I could get the money |
might: He said be could get me The
Mine lnspectorship too. "
told him | could not accept the
position, that the money would do. We
separated where we were talking, |
went back to the Opera House and he
went IN the direction OF the RufIner
Hotel. We afterwards got together
again in a saloon and we started to take
walk. He said he had seen the money
counted out, and would see me again
this Saturday morning. He met me
this morning.
Senator Scott-In all this conyersa.
ton dld you really think he was in
earnest? ~ - - s4ll
DIDN'T RESENT THE INSULT.
Delegate Harr-Yes, sir, did. s>
Senator scott-That he took you for a
dishonest man2 You would ordinarily
hit man for that?
Delegate Harr-That's according To
what | had in view. We came to tho
Capitol last night and found it locked:
after that We were to meet at tbe
RuG.ner. " -
Delegate Moore-Didn't you say that
as near as you can remember he said
you should be Mine Inspector?
Delegate Harr-Yes, sir. met him
about $3.50. Nobody was with him. The
second time he told me he had the
money. made no reply. There was
right smart Of crowd around; don't
know whether it was his intention to
give to me the money then. He said
Gen. Golf gave him the money. l didn't
ask him where he got it. Last night he
said he was to get the money from Goff,
and afterwards he said he had seen it
counted. sG
Senator Price-Did you and stolliugs
and Ford have any conversation this
mornings -
Delegate Harr-No, sir, nobody else
besides Stollings is connected with the
matter except he spoke Of Goff. Have
had no conversation with anybody else.
Senator Scott-You board where Stol-
lings did last winter aud he was in the
habit frequently of asking you how
much It would take to buy your vote
for Golf for United States Senator? ~
Mr.. Harr-He never ldid. Yes, we
we're intimate
Delegate Moore-In your statement it
was first said that $500 was the sum.
Now it appears Sl,SO0. Where was the
paper prepared, on whose typewriter
and when?
CARR INsTlGATED 1T.
Mr.. Harr-That was mistake OF the
party who wroteit, don't know where
it was done. St. Clair was instructed to
prepare it. Mr.. Prichard struck out
$500 and wrote in Sl,sOO. The party /
told about it decided to have it prepared
by MIR. st: Clair; that party is not CON
cerned. We'll, it was President Carr, OF
the Senate. He wanted it done. l gave
the facts and corrected the mistakes this
morning. The paper was prepared after
saw Stollings this morning nrohah1v
not more than five minutes after. I
communicated this all to Carr last night
and directed him to get Mr.. St. Clair to
prepare the statement. I don't know
that anybody but John NJ, Harr,
saw me with Stollings. He did not give
or show me any money; had conyersa.
ton last night with Nj. Ford about this
matter; don't know that ! remember ali
that occurred. We talked long while
he knew nothing in regard to this; he
was trying to persuade me to vote for
Genera! Golf. Nothing was said about
this: He made no offer directly; iudi.
rectly he did. He said that if / would
support Golf he could get mo a mining
position. I had a conversation with
MIR. Kirk this morning. Mr.. Ford talked
about a position for me ia Raleigh, coun.
ty. l did not say to Mr.. Kirk that I did
not know how to vote and had anotion to
vote for General GofT. Kirk asked me
| II had IN idea Of pnnlvipp fnrr n roo;