The record-union., 1897-02-07
KATY Did, And KATY DIDN'T,
Curtis Repeats His Doodle Charge, and
Todd Denies Il.
On Supervisor MOrrison's Motion,
the Matter Referred to the
Grand Jury.

AS ndu DeSn 6&peCltu, tHc SoiOiiSi
election scandal was taken up IN the
Board of Supervisors yesterday. After
being quite thoroughly discussed it was,
on motion of Morrison, referred to the
Grand Jury for investigation.
All the members Of the board and quite
! gathering of outsiders were present,
and after the reading of the minutes ex-
| Supervisor j. w. Todd addressed the
board in relation to charges made by
Supervisor Curtis that money was used
in the election of County Coroner Clark,
and that it had been paid to him.
| Mr. Todd demanded an investigation
that should establish the truth or falsity
of the assertion and the punishment OF
any guilty man.
| Supervisor Curtis said he had brought
no charges against Todd. He had sim
ply stated what Mr.. Clark had told him.
He did not see any use of the board act
ing in the matter, as the Grand Jury
would probably do so.
| Supervisor Morrison said he had been
member of the board for five years,
and had voted for many appointees. He
considered himself entitled to vote for
| any man he liked. He had never been
approached by any man with an offer of
money He had heard rumors of such
things, but they started from nothing
and ended in nothing.
Mr. Morrison said he did not hear the
remarks of the member from the Fourth
District He might think he was en-
titled to more consideration than the
rest, as the Capital District school mat
ter, which was acted on on Thursday,
| \; tot hI1f 1n nr-r.-
SOM thought no more than any other
member. The County Superintendent of
Schools had mapped out the district and
| submitted it to the board, and he had
moved an amendment to it. He had not
intended to hurt the feelings of anyone,
and had not previously spoken to any
member about it or been approached
by any member on the subject
He had paid no attention to the Clark
matter as he did not vote for Clark at
that time Relatives of Mrs Miller came
to him and he told them that if she
would select the man she wanted ap-
iponted to succeed her husband he would
support him. She selected Sherburn
and he voted for him from first to last
w. T. Hamilton and G.. H. Clark asked
for his support, and he told them he
could not give it. He had thought that
when Curtis got over his passion he
would come to the board and apologize,
but he did not. Curtis vote had elected
Clark There have been several Grand
Juries since and if he knew what he
said it was his duty as an officer to eX-
pose it, and he should have done SO. He
thought the matter should be investi-
gated, and had looked for the foreman of
the Grand Jury to ask him to do so.
He had voted for Clark the last time
because he thought he was entitled to
the position. Clark was a Republican
and he was a Democrat, but that made
no difference. Neither Clark nor his
friends had ever offered him ten-cent
piece for his vote, nor had he asked for
anything.
Mr.. Morrison concluded by moving
that the Grand Jury be asked to nvesti-
gate the case and to punish anyone they
found to be guilty.
Supervisor Curtis seconded the mo-
ton Continuing. he said that Morrison
had spoken of the vote two years ago
and said that Clark was elected by his
, (Curtis) vote Todd told him on the
morning of the election that Dreman
| would vote for Clark after four or five
ballots, and that if necessary Morrison
would vote for Clark. He himself voted
for Hamilton till the third or fourth
. ballot, and then changed to Clark when
, he saw he could not elect his own man.
: Todd said that Curtis had told him he
/ would vote for Clark that morning.
To this Curtis replied that he told
| Todd he would vote for Clark on the
third or fourth ballot.
Morrison wished to correct Curtis.
There was no chance then, he said. for
him to vote for Clark. He told him
that Miller had been duly elected, and
his widow ought to have the fees of the
office until the next election At that
time the board only expected to elect a
Coroner till the next election. He had
told Clark he would not vote for him.
He was asked that day to change his
vote. but refused. No member had ever
tried to change his vote, nor could any
of them do so. His vote was his own.
Curtis said that Morrison had asked
why he had not brought the matter be-
fore the Grand Jury He had had no
chance. Within three weeks George
Clark got out Of his buggy in front of the
Courthouse and told him what he had
stated.
{ Morrison said the Grand Jury had
, been in session within that time.
brennan said that his motion, at the
time of Clark'S election was to fill the
< vacancy till the next election Clark
never asked him to vote for him. He
voted for Hamilton four times, and on
| the next ballot Curtis changed his vote
to Clark, and then he changed his vote
= also, but Clark already had three votes,
and his vote had no influence except to
:, make the vote more unanimous. Nc
man had ever offered him a cent for his
: vote. He voted for Clark the last time
because of the clause in the county
government bill providing that he
should serve the term out
/ Chairman Jenkins said he also wanted
to say a word. He voted for Clark who
= was a boy when he first knew him, and
/ was born in his own township. There
had never been time when Clark was a
candidate that he did not vote for him
He did not think Clark ever thought he
had a string on him (Jenkins) except
through friendship. He had always beer
, for Clark in conventions, and told him
he would vote for him. Clark would not
insult him by offering him money, and il
any money was used in the affair moi
4 a twenty -fve-cent piece came to him
\ The man who does not support a friend
s was. in his opinion no man at all.
This ended the discussion. and the mo-
? / tion of Morrison to have the matter in
vestigated was carried unanimously.
FROM THE WRECK.
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