Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-13
ROTTEN POLITICS.
Developments in Kentucky and
the Crasshopper State.
SOME AWFUL LYING Is BEING DONE

On Oue S1oe OF the Otner-Ch0rEeS OF Bra-
berry Positively Made and Sworn to and
- Positively Denied ON Oath-Record Il
. Black One Whether There Has Been
Any Bribery or Not-Lewelling's Rcpu-
dates the Charge Against Him.
Frankfort, KY, April 13.-The local
grand jury is going deeply into the
bribery charges against Representa-
tive Hunter and his lieutenants. Not only
were the nominee, and Franks and ex-
Representative Wilson before the body
yesterday, but late last evening a half
dozen senators and members, including
all those who contended that DR..
Hunter was in his room on the night of
April 1. were summoned and examined.
Later Captain Gaines. who swears that
Hunter came to his house on the night
mentioned was recalled, and afterward
his wife went into the jury room. A
part of Hunters testimony was a
reiteration Of his public statement that
he had never seen Gaines and. never
was in his home in his life. The jury
adjourned for the day without bringing 9
any indictments or other report. 1t i.
reported that the investigation will take
even a wider scope at today's session
The charges against Hunter are that
there was $4,000 offered to secure his
election and that in furtherance of this
offer to buy votes he went to Captain
Gaines house on the night of April /.
Hunter claims an alibi.
Trouble In the Democratic Ranks.
Meanwhile the harm, if any, done
Hunter by these charges and their pub
licity are in a measure discounted by a
break between the Blackburn Demo-
Gratis and the gold Democrats. The lat
ter have been assisting in breaking a
quorum because of the imminent chance
of Hunters election. They say that they
will do SO no longer, because the Black
burn Democrats will not help, or agree
to try to help, elect Martin or any 9TH
er compromise candidate, and because
they are pledged to some kind of an
election which will be impossible SO
long as quorums are prevented. They
promise to begin voting again today on
every ballot. This will force all to
vote, and with all voting Hunter would
but one really new vote to secure his
election. This. with all voting, is liable
to come at any moment from some of
the three factions opposing Hunters
always a unit in anything they under
take. have progressed far enough in
their shrewdly worked no-election
scheme to be now candid about it, and
they now say: "We'll have no election,
or force the sound money Democrats
into being responsible for the election OF
a Republican"
Either Hunter or Martin Today.
The Hunter men were busy yesterday
afternoon collecting their scattered
forces for final effort today. They
announce that they will win on the
next Joint ballot unless all signs fail,
and every means known to the poll
tician is being used by them to not only
keep their men in line but to secure the
necessary additional vote from the out
side. Many legislators are of the opin-
ion that matters have reached a crisis,
and that the tension which has been
tightly drawn since the session began
will culminate today in the election Of
either Hunter or the compromise DEM
ocratic candidate, Harry L. Martin,