Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-19
BRIBES AND PERJURY.
A Couple of Charges Now Being
Looked Into at Columbus.
sHERMAN'S FRIENDS PROTESTING
That It's Time to Stop the slurs and At
tacks on His Character.
DEMOCRATs GATHERING ATHARRIsBURG
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

ESPECIAL TELKeRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 18-Chairman Hahn,
of the Republican State Committee, re-
turned to the city this evening, and has
become interested in the investigation of
the alleged Senatorial bribery. He had ex-
pected to go to Florida before this, but now
thinks he will remain few days and asks
to be called before the grand jury now in
session, and will undertake to turn the
reported tide of evidence which, it is
claimed, has been lodged against the sup
porters of Senator Sherman.
A new feature is to be introduced into
the investigation before the jury, and it is
to be pushed by the Sherman men. 1t
looks to the securing of indictments upon
the charge of perjury. This refers more
especially to member from Northwest
Ohio, whom, it is claimed, has made an affi-
davit, which is now before the jury, claim
ing that he was offered $500 to vote for
Sherman.
Schemes Laid for Revenge.
The friends of Sherman assert it is now
the proper time for them to come to the front
and prevent the name of the Senator from
being smirched. Should they fail on indict-
ments for perjury, criminal libel suits by
the wholesale are talked of, that the truth
may be furnished the public.
1t is among the gossip that a special
grand jury may be called to investigate an
alleged conspiracy to injure Sherman. The
State Journal will say tomorrow morning:
There was no information available until
to-day as to what was going on, but from all
accounts the present inquiry is being made
to the ground and motives for the reports
that have been circulated by alleged de-
tectlves. 1t does not matter now what action
may be taken by the grand jury-there will
all the same be an inquiry, with a view OF
prosecuting certain parties for perjury. The
great source of mystery now is as to who
paid the expenses of these detectives here
their expenses now. They seem to be stop
ping at first-class hotels and have plenty OF
money. 1t is reported that they had quite
dicker with one of the local Sunday papers,
and the proprietor of the same is complain
ing very loudly because they have not come
to time. If one-half the reports are true, the
Sunday paper was played for sucker to q
greater extent than the afternoon papers
have been played.
smirching Characters to Be Stopped.
There is no longer any doubt about the
existence OF a conspiracy in this locality to
smirch the characters of Senator Sherman
and his most intimate supporters. All Of
those who have been attacked say they want
the fullest investigation, and all they
ask is an opportunity to have full in
veStigations of those who Seem to be will
ing to bear false witness against them. 1t
seems that there are parties who were dick
ering around during the Senatorial contest,
and that they made overtures to Sherman
men and Others and that the time is near at
hand when a full exposure of this whole
scheme should be made, for the good Of the
public as well as those persons whom these
witness are seeking to Smirch.