The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-09

JONES made affidavit that Perkins paid
him $3.50 and Representative Fuller,
now Heitfeld's private secretary, 5000
to vote for Heitfeld
A special committee of the house,
consisting of c. Wallantine Populist)
William T. Rigby (Silver Republican,
and j. c. Waite Democrat), made an
exhaustive investigation and yeSter-
day their report was submitted to the
house as follows:
THE REPORT.
''Mr. Speaker-Your special commit
| tee appointed to investigate charges of
bribery in the matter of the senatorial
election, have had the same under con-
sideration and we submit the follow
ing report of our findings, together
with the affidavit of H. S. JONES, and
the evidence taken before us, which
we herewith transmit:
''First-That the said H. S. JONES did
make the said affidavit and that he did,
on several occasions, try to extort
money corruptly from different per-
sons as certified to before the COM
mittee. The testimony of the said
Hugh S. JONES is contradictory in
many points and we recommend that
he be expelled from the body of this
| house.
'Second-That we further state that
efforts to unduly influence H. S. JONES
by bribery or otherwise is highly cul-
pable, and while the evidence is not so
strong in his case as that Of said
JONES, we believe he should be ex-
PEELED from this floor but respectfully
refer the matter of the said Perkins
to the considera ton of the house.
''Third-That the evidence before US
discloses the further fact that money
has been freely offered for corrupt
purposes by different parties.
&C. WALLANTINE,
''WILLIAM F. RIGBY,
81. c. WAITE"
BROUGHT ON A WRANGLE.
Briggs (Demo-Pop.) Immediately
moved adoption Of the report in so
far as it pertained to JONES, where
upon Waters (Silver Republican,
moved the adoption of the report as
presented. By a vote of 20 to 10 the
question was divided and Briggs moved
that Perkins be expelled from the
house.
This brought on what promised to
be an interminable wrangle, the Dem
t-Populists being determined to
save Perkins and throw JONES out,
and the silver Republicans being
equally positive in their intention to
put out Perkins also,-or failing in this,
to prevent JONES' being made a scape-
goat of.
The Demccrat-Populists insisted on
reading the 100 pages of typewriter
evidence and carried their point.
a sensation was sprung when the
reading had concluded. 1t was charged
that 40 pages of important testimony
was missing, but after a wrangle the
missing manuscript was produced.
Back and forth ran the tide of de-
bate, the friends of Perkins fighting for
time.
Finally, at o'clock in the morning, a
vote was taken on the question to
adopt the report in so far as it per-
tanned TO Perkins. The vote was %
to %, the speaker (Democrat-PopulisD
voting in the negative, saving Per-
kins from a verdict of guilty by a
scratch.
THE VOTE.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Beary, Black Brim, Brown,
Carter Clawson, Fulton, Gray, Hadley, |
Hamer, Hays, Holt. Johnson. JONES,
Keat, Seat, Waite, Wallantine, Waters, |
Wilson, Workman-22.
Nays-Allan, Andrews, Briggs, Clag |
EFT. Elder, Fem. Flanagan, Golden
smith. Hampton. Mccarthy McMur- |
rim. Mitchell, Morgan, Orr, Pugmire, |
Randolph. Rice. Rogers, Sperry, |
Thomas, Wright, Mr.. Speaker-22.
There was suppressed excitement |
among the throng of spectators when |
it was known that the speaker had |
been forced to tie the vote in order to !
save Perkins.
BRIGGS AT WORK.
Then, by a vote of AZ to 0. the house |
adopted that part of the report re-
ferring to JONES; and the result was no |
sooner announced than Briggs was on |
his feet. He presented the following |
resolution and moved it's adoption:
Whereas, H. S. JONES stands before
the house self-confeSsed corruption
list, now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That H. S. JONES be and
is hereby expelled from membership
in this house"
When the clerk had concluded the
reading of the resolution Waters took /
the floor and presented the views of the
silver Republicans. He said:
so far as the evidence is concerned
there is no warrant for the proceeding
that some would like to have. We are
closing a session, and the proceedings
are not unlike the proceedings at first.
At the beginning two members were
unseated who came here duly elected
with credentials from a majority of
the voters of their county. The mem
bers who took their places had not a
of evidence that they were
elected. This same party that I'M
seated these members has gotten into
a quarrel and it appears that some of
their members have received. too much
Doodle.
MY linen does not need washing, but
l am willing to contribute a few boxes
of soap to cleanse the party who
started out illegally to gain their po-
litical ends.
BOTH SHOULD GO.
They say JONES was guilty. If so,
someone must have given him a bride,
and TO whom does the evidence point,
slender as it is? If we, sitting as a
jury, do not pass justly upon this mat
ter, there is large jury waiting for
us at home. If we expel JONES, in
all justice and fairness, we should also
expel Perkins, for. unless he gave the
bride, JONES could not have received
it,
RAISED A STORM.
This raised a storm which ragged for
several minutes, the men who had
saved Perkins insisting that JONES
should go. The vote on Briggs resolu-
ton was lost-26 ayes to 16 nays-not
the necessary two-thirds. Then the
house adjourned, having practically .
Perkins for giving a bride, ;
and found JONES guilty of taking a
bride, but refusing to punish him.
During the reading of the evidence a
fact developed that has not before been
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