Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-17
HOV ABOUT THIS?
Attempts Made to Bride
United States Senators,
LARGE SUMS ARE OFFERED.
To Defeat The Tariff Bill is
tho Object.
An Investigation Committee 60 he
Appointed 60 Esquire Isto the
Rot,cnnes.-sennto Kyle ana
Hupton Wore Approached.



nv Associated Press.
Washington, MAY iG,-senator Lodge
soon after the senate mot today intro
duced resolution authorizing the mn
polniment ~ Ave senntors 10 Invcsti.
gate charges of nttonpted brihcr,, of
SCI a,ors in connoetion with tho ,o,d,,y
tnrn bn. ma niao tho char,.o., a, a
long article pubi,shra Il, ,ho php,d.,.
phin prrsa or Nonda,, ,por,in. con
tanning ALLEGATIONS reintI,v IN no IL.
nuence OF Inc nurnr tr,,st unon ,,r,r
ioetslntlen. Ite na,ea for INC ,r,n,.a,-
ate confederation Of tho roso,p,,on IN,
senator Cncl,r,l, or Nflsso,,r, ns,,.d I'm,
1t lie upon tho table nntn tomnrrnw
Rumorn M the uee M ,no,o,, 40 ,,r,-
cnce action one wnv or tho o,,or ana IN,
torlm bn bnyo bcep 4, clr,ulntior here
nt various tlm.a dprlnp Inc ma, ro,y
months. but heretofore bowevcr no.
ceiyed little nttention.
nrih.. could m, obt,tn,,
II IL learned definitely todnv TINT c,r-
tnin senntors hive received lntpmntions
that money confederation eould hc no.
cured for their votes apnips, IA, ,,,.,o
hin. though ybothcr IN. nuor,1 ,,,,,or
had any authority FOR lila nro,,l., 10
a mnttcr of came doubt Tbo re,o,,,-
tionB npparently hnve popc ma f,r,,or
than intlmatlons To the clerks of som
ntors KYLE ana Innton. Tbcne ,rtimn-
tlons came from a North Dakota ,nnn
who rs known "a a lobbyist an reyerni
achemes. lie was formerly a member
of congress- from one az the sou,bern
states and was identified with the ao-
called CARPET bag Government nh.
amount which Il was Unlimited senator
Ilylo could receive was $4,000. ana 5000
waa 20 be retained by The man mni,infs
the negotiation ng Il commisslon.
Mr. NtFarianc, clerl, 10 senator KYLE.
says the naitor never went any further
than mn lntlmation. Ito promptly In.
formed senstdf iSyk. r1tr latter ,s
now I'm south Dakota nnd win rctprp
to Washington Saturday.
senator uuntun Approached.
senator TIunton talked fr.oty to9,,.
about tho nttompt mndo Il, i,iho ,t,,,
to vote against the tnrlr bill The mnt.
ter drst came to his attention about n
month AFRO. through n letter from bIa
son. dated ut Warrentnn. Va. the bomo
OF the acnator and hla son. tic immedl.
ately laid the matter before six or
eight of HIS most intimate friends I'm
the senate, that they might know what
was going on. The senator says that
he never saw the man who offered the
bribe and he declined to give the mana
name. but said All the negotiations. IL
the proceedings may be called such,
were conducted through his ION. The
woud-be briber. tho aenator said. went
10 warrenton enrly In April. carrying
a letter Of Introduction from man in
Washington whom Mr., Hunton did not
know any better than the man he intro
duccd lie protested that he wanted 90
employ Mr.. Hunion as an attorney In n
land case in which he was Interested.
and after talking for short time on
this topic he brought up the tariff bill,
to which he was opposed.
was oGered $4,000.
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