Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-09
NEW AXIOM FOR LEGISLATORS
Pecp,s OF Bald Erok Houses Wbt1
They GO Home ron Legislature, W
PROBING MO wcAssEI Bill Jo8sEsY
second Hearing before 1nVestiEatin {
Committee of Pennsyiyania House
Bring, ont Sensational
Details.

HARRISBURG Pa March i--ht leEis-
farsys :-cbs-s iut1 The bribery charges .-
connection win ;he Mc-arrsI .lry bib
t5-7-rh. ON more sensational testimony IL
lights meeting
Eep-essz.ltlve .rylue Johnston e N5--h-
au5toa county testified thai before ,1s pas
SAGE ct The tll hs lad conversation IL
room IL the Lo.1.s. hotel with sE-SelEtcr
John : Cgyls Ee vsl; 80 The room vltl
has ..llezEue EeV-essutRt5re Z. Frank MI
le-. Et the lztters suggestion al5 touu5
Representatives SIHtz q Be-ss a-1 Euseu
berry Of Montgomery ana possibly some
Others present
M Johnston was introduced O. Cuyle and
hs and Miller were left alone with MIN.
CoyIe had q typewriJien paper. The sub
stance q which WIS that TIE democrats
would vote for nobody else than George A.
1euks tor United States senator. Coyle
asked Johnston to sign tDe paper ana tol5
I'm be would let ne witness il o. some
other bills thz; would come up
Johnston said he refused 10 ign The pa
per. because be and Miller were for jerks
anyway Coyle suggested 10 Johnston that
he would have him appointed o. The com
-uit;ee c1 rules and he retuesd Coyle then
promised 70 have the witness appointed on
The appropriations committee
Chairman Fuw asked Lt there WIS money
mentioned u the meeting an1 the witness
replied. There was.
Hundred for Prescription.
Coyle told Johnston, WHO Is physician
ihz; be was not feeling Wen and tha, # he
would write him E prescription Ne lCoyle)
would pay him Zee Il either S5u o. 500 TO
sign The pape--wiIness could not reaullelt
the ezag; amount Coyle urged Johnston TO
sign the paper and ne refused Nothing
was sid about voting for anything o. men
toned about legislation, except that The
witness should Keep on yp-cr to- jerks.
CoTle tod Johnson that there would te
bills W later II TIE session IN which there
would he money" and that C1yls would
let him IL OF them"
The witness thought The McCarreu bill
was mentioned but Johnston could not
TecoIeC1- Johnston ald Miller sew Cuyle
suhseque emily al the LothieI ho-el and tie
ex-senator offered an amount o. norey-as
near as The witness could reaoIIect-to sup
port The McCarrel biz before .he postpone
-ert.
Miller corrooo-ated the testimony ot his
colleague relative TO their visits 70 Coyls' :
room an5 stated that OF their last visit they
went 10 see Coyle in COMPANY with Rep
rsssntatiTes Eoch. Hell Rr5 Eers,h. Miller
was called out Of Coyle's room 2nd he an
Johnston were offered $50 apiece ey Rep
resentAtivs Spstz TO slgr the paPs- S.sstz
atterwzrd called Miller aside ana offered hin
500.
New Axiom for LeGisla1ors
The next time he saw CoyIe the ex-senE-
tor asked him what il would cost 10 help
him out on the McCar-el biLo'' Miller
said that Coyls spoke RbouI coming in with
the boys" and people often build brick
houses when they go home from the legis-
lEture.'
In order 70 ger in the ring and get a
divvy on certain bills, Coyle told Us We
would have 10 sign the paper Miller al
4 5e5
The witness said he was told By Cuyle
thai hs could name Z price TO vote for The
McCErIen bill Miller was never MADE any
. offer ay Coyle OF anybody else to vote for
Senator Quay.
Representative Hell Of Northampton tes-
tide5 that he Was offered $50 by Spatz 10
sign the paper 10 stand by jerks for senator
and thEt he refused.
Representative Hersch Of Montgornery
sad he made friendly call - Spatzs room
o1 invitation o: Representative Hook ot
Berks and rhar he M-Ca--eIl till was dis
cussed while he was present. Coyls asve,
spoke 70 Ee-sch about The bill
The committee adjourned 70 meet to-nor-
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