The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-10
THOSE BRIBERY CHARGES
Before thu Ohio Legislative Committee.
Manager Davis Inns n Had Memory.

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Columns, O., March 0.-The, legisla-
two committee investigating tho charge
Of bribery against Representative WI.
Daugherty, who, it was alleged, 70.
ceived money for voting for John sher-
man in the recent senatorial caucus was
in session last night. Tho meeting was
called expressly to examine Mr.. Charles
G. Davis, manager OF tho Post, in which
paper tho charge was published. AS has
been predicted, his evidence amounted
to nothing, and Mr.. Daughcrty will DO
fully exonorated.
Before tho examination began Mr..
Davis made tho following statoment: 81
believe that this committee has been mp.
pointed, not to investigate tho charge
Of bribery, but to get my source OF In
formation for tho publication OF thearti.
clos. ] consider 1t prima facio evidence
that this Legislature does not want to
know anything about the methods by
which John Sherman was reelected
United States Senator. lam responsible,
tho Post is responsible, and there Is a
way to obtain my source OF information
by libel suit. Mr.. Watson, attorney
Of the committed, Senator Carpenter
and other prominent Republicans havo
endeavored to hayo mo divulge my
source OF information, but bayo re-
fused"
The witness WINS then shown tho ar
riCles in the Post concerning Mr.. Daugh-
arty mn ch rc,, >, =, IA \ = rnont,oJ 60 Enn
for voting for Mr.. Sherman, but he (Mr.
Davis could not tell by whom they were
written, and could not swear that there
was one word OF truth in any OF them.
Hc positively knew nothing to his own
personal knowledge. ITe testified that
one night, while he was in the Neil
house, he heard Mr.. Daugherty say to q
companion: "If John Sherman wants
my vote he will have to put up for it. !"
Witness did not know whether this was
said in n jocular way or not.
Ono article charged Mr.. Daughcrty
with getting "seven crisp $500 bills for
his voto;" This Mr.. Davis could not
swear was true; he had no personal
knowledge that one cent, moro or less,
was ever paid by anyone to Mr.. Daugh-
terry for his vote; nor did he know OF any
person, either in Columbus or away
from here, who had any information
that Mr.. Daughtery accepted bribo Of
any kind whatever. He knew that the
Office had the substance OF such matter,
but could not tell where it came from
or who wrote it. He did.not remember
OF ever seeing it until it was printed in
the Post, Mr.. Davis thought he could,
ii giTon time, gather certain data and
information that will bear directly upon
the case, and consequently the COM
mittee adjourned for ono week, when
the witness will again testify.
Mr.. Davis could not give the slightest
testimony to tho effect that Mr.. Daugh,
erty had received cent. Everything
he alleged to know, and everything that
was published in the Post, had its foun-
dation on rumor. The paper was q
strong advocate Of Mr.. Foraker's can
didacy for the senatorshin, and did
every thing possible to injure Mr. sher.
man, hence il printed anything. After,
the committee reports libel suit will
probably be instituted by Mr.. Daugh-
ert