Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-24
KNOW NOT OF BRIBERY
Members of Pennsylvania House Now
Being Examined.
ASKED FIVE QUESTIONS.
So Far All Deny Being Aware OF
Any Corrupt solicitation - AM
other Ballot For senator
Taken without Result.

Harrisburg, March "a. - The house
bribery investigating committee, in pur-
suance Of a resolution adopted by the
house, has begun the formal examina-
ton of all of the 204 members of the
body First, the nine members of the
committee answered in the negative the
Ave questions that had been agreed up
on and then the work Of examining the
! balance of the members of the. house
began, the roll being gone through al
phabetically.
When recess was taken. ten members
in addition to the committee had certi-
fed their lack Of knowledge on the sub
! ject Of bribery or corrupt solicitations
, 1t will take several days to question all
of the members.
The questions asked are as follows:
! Have you been approached, offered or
received, or consented to receive, direct
; ly or indirectly, for yourself or for any
! person or corporation, any money. Of
| flee, appointment, employment, testimo-
| NAL, reward. thing Of value or enjoy
ment or the personal advantage or
promise thereof, for your vote. official
| action or for Withholding the same, or
with the understanding express or i'm
piled that your vote Of official action
should be in any way influenced there
, by on senate bill No. s, known as the
, McCarrell bill, upon any of it's passages
or upon any motion or resolution direct
ly or indirectly affecting or relating
thereto, or your official action with ref
erence to the present selection of a
United States senator?
The Second Question,
Have you been approached, offered or
received, or consented to receive, direct
ly or indirectly, for yourself or another.
money, office, appointment, employ
ment. testimonial, reward. thing of
value or enjoyment. or the personal adj
vantage or promise thereof, for your
vote either for or against the McCarrell
bill, or for any candidate for United
States senator with reference to any
party meeting, agreement or any party
pledge, written or verbal affecting or
intending to affect your official action
with reference to the United States sem
atorship?
Have you been threatened, coerced or
intimidated or attempted to be coerced
or intimidated by or with the fear of the
loss or the Withholding of any money,
testimonial, privilege. advantage or
preferment by any person or corpora
ton to influence your official action as
referred to in the preceding question?
Have you any personal knowledge,
either by his admission or otherwise, of
any member of the house having been
approached or offered or received any
money or valuable consideration as in
quired of you in the first question?
Have you any knowledge Of any per-
son not a member of this house or COR
poration having unlawfully approached
or offered any money or thing of value
to any member of this house to influ-
ence his official action as referred to in
the first question?
The fifty-sixth joint ballot for United
States senator resulted: Quay, 81;
jerks, H. Dalzell II; Stewart, 6; Stone,
3; Huff, Z; Irwin. 4; Widener 8; Ritter,
/; Rice, 1; Smith, 3; Tubbs, 2; Grow, l.
Markle, l; total, vote, 207. Necessary
to a choice, 104; paired or not voting, 46.
No election.