Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
THE BRIBERY INVESTIGATION

OF the Ohio senatorial Committee, in
Progress at Cincinnati-Win be Resumed
Monday.
Cincinnati, Ohio January 22.-The
legislative committee investigating the
charges OF bribery in connection with
the recent Senatorial election at Co
lumbus took testimony here ali Gay
and adjourned tonight until Monday
morning AT Columbus witnesses re
fused to answer questions because at
torneys held that the Senatorial com
mittee had no jurisdiction III matters
pertaining to members of the House.
The charges were made by Represent
alive Otis, OF this city.
The witnesses here consisted Of the
proprietor ana employees of the Gibson
House and j. Il. Radpliss, OF Colum
bus, and they testified freely. Sena
tor j. j. Sullivan, who accompanied
the committee with other attorneys,
states that the ready manner of wit
neSses here further confirms the Re-
publican theory chat there was a con-
spiracy to reflect on Senator Hanna
after the failure to defeat him.
Senator Sullivan and his associates
insist that nothing has developed up
to date that would not have developed
in conspiracy and that nothing has
been shown connecting Senator Han
ma either directly CT indirectly with
any bribery or other unlawful pro-
cedure.
Senator Sullivan says the cOnspir-
acy would have naturally started with
the men involved in the Otis charges
and at the places named by witnesses
to-dav. He calls attention to the fact
that "the Major" did all the talking
from Columbus. and the General
from Cincinnati, and that neithed
Dick, Rathbone nor any one else at
the Hanna headquarters had any COM
municatiCn with Boyce in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Ohio, January 22.-The
legislative committee that arrived from
Columbus yesterday, continued its in
vestigation to-day Of the Otis charges
of bribery in the recent election OF
United States Senator. Representative
Otis, who resides here, and who made
tie charges OF bribery, was not pres
ent at the sessions Of the committee
Other members Of the legislature from
this county were spectators.
Representatives Rutan, Spellmyer
and Kenney. Of the House Investigate
ing committee, were present with Sen
ators Burk, Long, Robertson, Fink
and Garfield during the examinations.
Representatives Boxwell and Rankin,
OF Fayette, were again absent.
Senator ]. j. Sullivan is here with
Attorneys Harry NJ. Daugherty and
Cyrus Huling. representing the de-
Tense 1t has been stated that Sulli-
vans right to vote in the Senate on the
report will be questioned on the
ground that he has been an attorney
in the case. Senator Sullivan said if
he is disqualified Senators Burke and
tho Democratic members Of the com
mittee will be disqualified on the same
grounds and no report can be adopted.
Horace B. Dunbar, president and
manager Of the Gibson House, who was
examined at length last night, was re
called. He produced further records
showing that Henry H. Boyce. Of New
York; H. H. HoIienbeck, of Chardon,
O.; E H. Archer. of Columbus, Jared
P Bliss, of Columbus, and others con-
nected en- both sides with the Sena-
torial contest at Columbus, were guests
at the Gibson House from January Z
to 10. Mr.. Dunbar testified last night
that II. H. Boyce had the Gey to his
private Office upstairs in The hotel and
used the private telephone, while the
clerks had the conversations taken
down from the telephone in the gen
eral Office down stairs.
To-day Nh Dunbar presented the
unpaid telephone bills Of BOyce. BY
Boyce using the private telephone OF
the Gibson House the telephone COM
pany had trouble making out its
bills. The telephone bills presented to
Dunbar for payment were produced.
These bills gave the records which
Royce. Hoilenback. Allen @. Myers,
.Jr.. and others il Cincinnati called up
Dick. Rathbone, Kurtz. Allen 0, My
ers. ST.. and Others in Columbus, Civ
ing the time and charges. Mr.. Dun
bar then testified further to converse
tions which he gave in his evidence
last night as taking place between hlS
hotel in Cincinnati an the Senatorial
managers in Columbus.
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