Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-16
Obituary Notes.
MRS. KESSELMAN
Some Bribery Notes, Etc.

On last Wednesday night the investi-
eating committee met again, examined
| three more witnesses, Representatives
| johnson, Miller and He'll, Of Northamp-
ton county. These gentlemen went on
| the stand and testified that they had
| been taken to Coyle's room in the Lochiel
| hotel and offered money to sign paper,
| purportipg TO be an agreement to stand
| by George A. Jenke 10 the end, All OF
| these gentlemen are Democrats. After
| wards Representative Charles B. Spatz,
| of Berks county, took two of them, MIL
| Ter and Johnson, to one side and oHered
| them first $50 and then 500 if they
| would sign the agreement. In talking 10
| them about this Coyle, who is Repub-
! lican and Quay lobbyist, told these men
| that if they would sign the aereenent
there were n lot of bills to come up dur
| ing the legislature. in which he would
"let them in and they could make more
money that way than they could by their
| salaries"
10 understand why Spatz and Coyie
| should ask Democrats to sign an agree
| ment and offer them $50 or 500 10 do so
| to support Hon. George A. jerks, for
| whom they were then voting, it must be
| understood that 1t was about this time
fusion between the anti-Quay Republi-
| cans and Democrats, whereby they were
| TO agree on some independent Republi-
can to succeed Quay. This report drove
| the Quay lieutenants half crazy and they
| Immediately began to beg Democrats to
| vote for jerks and thus prevent Goa
| litiOn. Spat2 was one Of the most vlgor-
| Gus workers in this cause,
On Thursday night last the witnesses
from Northampton county, Miller and
| Johnson, were put on the stand and their
evidence strengthened their testimony OF
the night before. Miller produced mem
oraadun book in which he had made an
entry the day after the offer If cash by
| Spatz and Coyle, and he read this entry
before the committee. These witnesses
arso stated that nepr-rrr'e"'i'--i'- =
h---u at -AIeptGomery eonntY;TMaSnr panS nassad
ent when this paper was Delng passeu
around in Spatz's and Coyle's rooms at
the Lochiel hotel. That Rosenberg had
said TO them that they had better not
| sign the agreement because ''there might
be money In ii for them"
On Thursday night Rosenberg went
voluntarily before the committee and
made statement, in which he denied
| that he had said there was money" in
| II. He said that he had advised the men,
| bers moi 10 sjgn the agreement because
| he had refused 10 Sign II himself and he
| believed that there might be something
wrong about 1t.
A GREAT WORK.
It was the greatest weeks work ever
| done by aa investigating committee IN
] the history of the legislature, Tie revela-
tions of attempted bribery have struck
| the QUAY machine terrific blow, from
| which il can never recover 1t is going
| down III "a heap. There is every indiea-
| ton that the machine AZ running short OF
| cash and that it will shortly go our OF
| business
| As for the senatorial situation, it has
| remained unchanged. There have been no
| more desertions from the Quay column,
| but il is understood that the coming
| week will witness something in that ma
| ture. The defeat OF Senator Quay is now
! an absolute fact, and in private conver-
cation among intimate friends it is un-
l derstood that he Eas stated that ne sees
no hope for himself.
The fight against the Quay machine Is
| to be carried to the bitter end. State
| Senator Finn is a candidate for state
| chairman and this presages the bitterest
| kind vi fight in every county in the
| state. The Quay machine is to be eliml-
mated root and branch, and all of the
| hangers-on who have been making
| money out of the state treasury and
filching money from the people, will have
| 10 go tc work and earn their money
| honestly.
The mystery that has surrounded the
| postponement Of the Quay trial in Phila-
delphia has been pretty well cleared up.
District Attorney Rothermel acted for
the best interests OF the commonwealth
| when he refused to go on with the trial.
Evidence is not YEntlrg that the jury
panel had been tampered with, II indeed
1t had not been drawn In q manner con-
trary to law. This is generally under
| stood now to be the case and the men
who were bitterest against District At
| torney Rothcrmei for his action are now
complimenting him. Under the circnm-
! stances to have gone ahead with the case
would have been disastrous to the inter-
ests OF the commonwealth
On Tuesday night last the Democratic
and anti-Quay Republican majority in
| The house met, with Mr.. Bliss in the
chair. ana adopted Q digniled resolution
| against the unjust and arbitrary action
| of Speaker Farr on last Friday. Further
action was postponed for the present. II
| Mr.. Farr ever attempts any such move
| meut again he will be comnelled to va =.