Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-09

thing more to do with It and didn't have
anything more to do with II and didn't
know anything about II until I noticed that
33t had passed. Then I went up to my
room to look It up and see what 1t was
and i looked up the bill and found out what
II was.
The committee informs that witness that
he need not answer the last question asked
by Victor Rosewater.
Senator Ritchie-The committee is here to
investigate the passage of senate file 33l
and | think IL Is necessary that they con-
fine themselves to the investigation of that
bill.
WAS EAGER TO COLLECT.
Q.-You say you had nothing TO do with
procuring the passage or the introduction
for passge of senate file 331? Al say
| had nothing to do, on my oath
that | had nothing to do with the passage,
introduction or anything else with the bill
that did pass, 331, and that l was as much
surprised as anybody when the bill got
through.
Q.-But you thought you would claim the
81. 500 regardless OF that fact? Al
thought l would write to Mr.. OMal-
ley because ! had agreed to introduce the bill
In the house and get 1t through entirely. l
anything else.
Q.-You had agreed to do 1t? A.-That
Is what l was going to do, that
Is what I told him. that I would take the
bill and introduce 1t in the house.
Q.-And get 1t passed? Ayes, sir, and
then it would have to go through the senate
also.
Q.-But you didn't do 1t? A.-No, sir.
think IL you have got some more letters there
you win find / wrote him to that same effect.
Odd Mr.. O'Malley answer your letters?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-You we're not engaged then in any
work on 331. A.-No, sir.
Q.-Were you engaged in procuring the en-
actment of any other gambling bill? A
No, sir. nor the Introduction either.
Q.-Please tell us. what you know OF senate
file 306? A.-Senate file 306. My attention
was called to it first. 1 think, by the reporter
of The Bee In the senate, Mr.. Royce. He
called my attention to it first. He says,
"You know Lee has introduced a gambling
bill here" I said, mo, what is the number
Of it?' He said, II don't know"
Q.-Who Is that? A.-Senator Lee. That
was a more vicious thing than this. Now !
will tell you how l found out what the num-
Der was. / went UP and found out the num-
Der of the bills Lee had introduced and went
all through my file and looked them all
through what he had introduced. l didn't
| know but what he had introduced this same
bill. looked them all through and found
out his was $500 fine and not exceeding
| $500. demea and everything else, that
Is how / got onto 1t by the good grace OF the
correspondent Of The Bee.
O.-At what time was that? A.--Well
now, | will not say what time that was; tina
was along about the first OF TINS month";
think.
Oft was after the bill had been printed
| A.-oh, yes, after the bill had been printed
| when 1 got onto 1t.
Q.-And you never agreed to use YOU
| efforts to secure the passage of that bill
A.-No, sir. Mr.. O'Malley has a letter In
his possession where l withdrew from the
thing entirely. You have got some of the
letters; you ought to know something abou
it; where I couldn't have anything more tt
do with it.
Q.-when did you withdraw? A.--Wher
the friend of mine who took this bill herr
marked exhibit "B,' said he couldn't get i
introduced, then I stopped right at once.
MADE NO EFFORT.
Q.-And when you found that the bill
known as senate file No. 306 was introduced
you made no effort to secure its passage
| A.-No, sir.
Q.-Never told anybody that you intended
to make efforts to secure its passage? A
No sir.
Q.-Never wrote anybody? A.-No sir.
asked Royce why he didn't say something
about that bill and he said he would wher
the bill got further along.
Odd you, ever write to Mr.. O'Malley
there Is yet another bill in the senate. No
3O6, which differs a little from this 331?'
A.-That is In the last letter I wrote te
him. .
else did Won write? A-Now
told you awhile ago il you would refer te
| anything else in that. letter I wrote to hin
lust a short time ago I would answer it:
| don't know. If YOU will read that. the bal
ance of it over, / might say.
Odd you also write to him, II thinl
we can shove it along in a few days?" A
Probably did, If it is in there.
Q.-Who are "we?" Who did you refer tt
when you said "we?" Alphabetically my.
self.
| OIL asked you who were the others
Al had nobody else in view at that time
| Q.-When you said "we'' did you NEAR
"I?" Ayes, sir, spoke like newspaper
men, I'VE"
Q.-You said just a few minutes ago tina
you never wrote that you had intended t.
procure the passage of this act, did you not
Al never heard from him at all, so ! didn'i
intend to procure the passage of 1t.
Q.-Simply thought? A.--Well, the though
came to me at once, suddenly, you know. No
| was as much surprised as anybody abou
that 33l when 1t came out.
Q.-Did you watch the passage Of 331? A
No. sir; not until after it was passed;
didn't know anything about it until it wa
passed.
Odd you follow 1t up after 1t left tn,
senate? A.-No, sir; never even thought o
it to the first or second reading, or any
thing. l was sitting in the senate one da.
when they made the motion TO bring it bacl