The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-01
CHARGES AGAINST HANNA
REPORTS OF TTE INVESTIGATING CON-
ElTTEE TO The SENATE.
ssiori'y Psrcrt finds no Fviderce to Sustain
the Charges. Minority Hclds that
Bribery is Clearly Proved.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Senator Chaud-
Ter. from the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, today presented go the
Senate the report of that committee ea
the charges of bribery in the elecE5@n re
the Senate of Hon. NJ A. Hanna. as
made by the Ohio State Senate The ra-
port sets out that no direct Ee1l9oatsT se-
setting out that Mr.. Hanna was mes
elected or ought to be expelled from ta4s
Senate had been received by the Senate
He also knows that no one has aplseaE'sa
before the committee a''d that no ma
pers have been received ueyOu1 the fog
NAL report of the action Of tie State
Senate. Notwithstanding these failures
the committee has investigated VaifA
charges.
1t finds that 'there is no proof sut,Ellt-
ted either that % Mr.. Hanna was elect
ed Senator through bribery ORTIZ that he
had any agents engaged in carrying ON
his canvas for the Senate who Were d.
rectly or implicitly authorized by him
to resort to corrupt methods or 90 any
form of wrong doing: or 90 that ne had
any personal knowledge of the facts OF
the Otis case. 1t may be said that there
is no evidence which fairly tends L.
prove either of the foregoing three prop
oSitions."
In view of these facts the Committee
on Privileges and Elections have reache
the conclusion that the United states
Senate is not called upon to take any
action in the premises"
A minority report signed by Senat 'ri
Turley Pettus and Caffery, was pre-
sented by Senator Turley. The report
takes the position that further lhves-
tigation should be made and enteeS uuite
fully into the statement of the case pre-
sented by the Ohio Senate. The MI
nority contend that the attempt on the
part of Boyce to buy Otis vote 70, Mr..
Hanna is clearly given by Cam1pcll
They claim that it is shown tnat Fan
mas managers. Dick and Rathbohe. we're
at the Neil House in Columbus where
Hanna had his headquarters, and they
repeat the details of Boyce's conversa-
tons with them over the telephone from
the Gibson House, in Cincinnati, as ov-
erheard by clerks of the Gibson. 1t
was in their interview" the minority
say. THAT the terms for the purchase
of Otis vote was finally agreed upon
between Boyce and Campbell"
The minority report deals at length
with the conversations over the tele-
Ehone, giving full extracts from the
testimony before the committee of the
Ohio Senate as to what was SAID III
these conversations. They also say that
there was other evidence to show the
intimate relations between Boyce and the
Hanna managers, but they conclude that
to quote it would carry the report to un-
necessary length The minority then
say:
1--WE think the evidence TO which we
have already referred. standing as it
does uncontradicted and unexplained.
shows that certain of Mr.. Hanna's man
ayers at Columbus not only knew the
purposes which Boyce had in view in
Cincinnati, but also that they aided,
abetted and advised him in carrying out
these purposes. and that this state of
affairs existed while Mr.. Hanna was
present at his headquarters.