Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
JONES Infamy.

AhOi hiiiB . DOisC Ctdtce'
man was IAN astonisher" to the PEG.
pie OF Gilmore county. 1t contained
} information that H. S. JONES, our
Representative in the Legislature,
had made affidavit that he had been
bribed to vote for Henry Heitfeld
for United States Senator; that he
was paid by one individual perkins
of Blaine county, $3.50 and prom
ised 800 more blythe same party,
also paid 5000 by another party
(Fuller Of Shoshone) in considera-
ton for his vote for Senator Heit-
field. 1t appears that on the 9th of
January the Populist caucus made
a nomination that JONES claimed
did not suit him, and he left. 1t
was suspected that he was 'inhu-
enced" by Walsh and the Dubois
gang, and he was invited to take a
ride to the'hot springs By fellow
populist. They went, and remained
there all night. The way the story
came to us, his companion Perkins
had much difficulty in keeping him
there, and at the same time the Du-
bois men were frantic at the absence
of JONES. They finally scented him
at the springs about daylight, but
Perk. held them at bay and they
failed in their mission of ''inhu-
ence." JONES and Perkins returned
to the city just in time for the con-
vening of the joint session and Ell
more's representative voted for Mr..
Heitfeld.
JONES' affidavit is dated Febru-
airy oath and is sworn to before II.
e. McElrov, a notary public, but
up to Sunday had not been pub
lished in full. A committee of in
vestigation has been appointed by
the House, and it is hoped the mat
ter will be thoroughly sifted and
all guilty parties punished
Notwithstanding JONES swore on
the Oath that he had been bribod,
on the Goth he wrote the editor of
the BULLETIN as follows
State Of Idaho Legislative
Department, House of
Representatives.
BOISE, February 26, 1897.
Mr.. G. NJ. Payne, Mountainhome,
Ida.-Dear Sir: You will see in to-
days Statesman an article concern
ing me, and will you please pay no
attention to it and not republish
anything in your paper until you
see me. AS to taking any bride |
positively deny such.
Yours truly, H. S. JONES.
The BULLETIN knew that JONES
was "crank" on the silver issue
and monopolies generally, but dur
ing the last campaign we heartily
supported him after his nomina-
ton because we sincerely believed
him honest and true Peoples-Dem-
ocratic party man. But his self
confessed infamy has undecieved us
and we must now class him, for de-
pravity, with such men as the late
republican governor of Idaho.
1t is our opinion that JONES was
not paid one cent for his vote for
Senator Heitfeld, but we do believe
that be got a big sack of coin for
making his affidavit.
Yesterdays Statesman brings
further developments in this bribery
matter. 1t developes in evidence
before the investigation committee
that H. S. Wooley offered $4,000
for nine Populist votes to beat Du-
bois. Representative Mitchell testi-
fed that Charles Bunting and G. b.
Wheeler of Blackfoot offered him
$1,000 each if he would vote for Du-
bois. Vic Bierbower testified that
JONES proposed to withdraw his OPP
position to the railroad if he were
furnished a number Of passes to
Texas, but Vic Indignantly spurned
the proposition. Representative
, Perkins denied in detail every
charge made against him by JONES
Miss Lucille Scott, whom we would
Judge is stuck on Dubois, also fig
ures as an important witness and
. gives interesting details of dirty
business in which she was engaged
: Startling developments in this nov
, celebrated wholesale bribery ar
anticipated.
i Gentlemen of the investigating
7 committee, keep your X-ray in per