The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-25
The lNTELLlGENCER.
wHEELINo, JANUARY IS, sos.


The Hanna bribery Investigation.
onmany who have been observing the
progress of the farce at Columbus, Ohio,
known as a bribery Investigation" an
impression, which is fast growing into
a settled conviction, is being made that
the further the charges against Senator
Hanna are gone Into the more apparent
81 Is that they are simply the result of
an outrageous but clumsy conspiracy.
silast play OF the plotters who schemcd
Z 20 wreck the Republican party. as an at
Tempt to counteract the effect OF that
unsuccessful effort Sst
It vii be recalled thai previous to the
senatorial election the Cleveland Leader
first published the plan arranged by the
plolters 70 have an anti Hanna men,
Der rise In his placeand make a dramatic
charge that be had been brbed TO vote:
: for Mr.. Hanna. This publication was
made in the Leader before the alleged at
tempt at bribery Is said to have been
made, and twas then charged that
ALLEN o. Myers had concocted the plan.
notwithstanding this advance exposure,
the plot was carried out, Representative
Otis being selected to perform the drl-
matte let.
- The Leader now calls attention TO
some facts In connection with the whole
proceeding. which Il would be we'll for
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the public TO keep In mind. In the first
S,,Iace Il N y,en+Inns the o,,oya c,rcrr,.
( y - '-.s'S's -''s'
stance, which In itself Is enough to show
~, .ron3 ~, ~. ,ttanntf "a; s,,,,r.,, a.,
I character Of Senator Hanna. and con.
go -, ~ -
, tlnues Win the Iollowlns Strong points,
which the Intelligencer commends 10
~. Il. -
4 the fairness OF the judgment OF Its
: read.rs. ~ AZ. Is <, . f
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IN the second place. the man who was
chosen to CONDUCT the NEGOTIATIONS with
Representatiye, otis. ostensihly as the
oSioss man Who was entirely W unknown Io ",
Z TO Mr. Hanna. Colonel Dick. and their as.
for's csmpaign. Does il Seem reasonable
that, such a l man "a would have been chosen
The crime OF bribery! -.
In me third place This man went 70
( as Headquarters for Democrats. hotel
y tor a ba n
& fan, and of which a son Of Allen o. Myers
ton All HAL man ACTING as nm agent ff for
MI Hanna would have surrounded him.
he he w S have gone to such hotel? va
In The fourth placss would an agent n,s q
by telephone from that Cincinnati hotel
ana e9ndIf1ed &c, conversation az on with nm
was helping TO manage the anti-Hanna
sbe at r,s Srid me- 5ay tS
Colonel Dick by telephone, Of having his
@ansrsd for oy JoSn % NJ Ins Rrv M
Z meteoric flight through Ohio? Isn't i
: n a. tdahSero,,s and deiieate mission as an
! iattempt.to bride n member OF the leSis-
lature should have been SO iindiscreet az
to play entirely into the hands or the
enem! as this man. Boyce Is said 10 have
These facts are worthy OF the f1ghes..
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& consideration, and When taken IN con-
S,r,a,tion win thrs n,s,J El,novn foot +b,t
t5ssi 80 s''' h'io"t -
certain of those who are concerned in
+,a5 ~, s,,rocv ,c-,ine, Sana tor Hanna
$50 :
are notorious fury fixers, who have rec
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q ords as procuGer3 OF per1ureu testimony,
having figured in the courts In such ca
i,pac;ties the evidence tina. the bribery
I; ci,a rres are an Infamous conspiracy, In
= Fspired by malice and revenge. Is no,
Z wanting
ls.3onr Cleveland contemporary further
shows thai i; has been established BY the
testimony before the investigating COM
n mittee Etbat the Democratic and anti
Z Hanna, conspIrators were familiar with
MI the details OF the plot before It was
az worked out and that each knew what
e Was expected q, him 10 help out the
I I i scheme The Leader truthfully Save:
Colonel ( Dick by telephone: perhaps he
talked Win MI aaniias MANAGE ny de sn
that il he ,were in tho pay OF the plot
as wSla 0Gsn y ~ peonS
who say they never heard OF him: But
e
riyen nv tho proprIctor of tho Cincinnati