Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-05
BRIBERY INVESTIGATION.
The Pennsylvania Legislature Comm
lltee still at Work.

/ ittIV GULL 0t Utlhs
EX- KULP, WHO
ACCUSED OF OFFERING BRIDES
| TO SECURE VOTES FOR QUAY,
MAKES AN EXPLANATION-L.
PARKER TITUS GIVES REASON
FOR HIS INTEREST IN QUAY'S
BEHALF.
! Harrisburg, Pa, April 4.-The brib-
| cry committee resumed its investiga-
ton this afternoon into the charges OF
alleged bribery in connection with the
| United States Senatorship and the Nc
Carroll jury bill in the House. Repre-
sentatives Kayler, Lloyd, Jeffries and
Millikin were called and answered in
| the negative the formal questions. Mr..
| Foster, of Montour. testified that he
| had been told by friend that certain
parties at Kingston could possibly get
| him a position on the appropriation
| committee if he would vote for Senator
Quay. No direct offer had been made
| to him by the parties and he was not
asked to give the names. Mr.. Foster
said that Immediately after the organ
! iZation of the House Charles B. Harter,
an applicant for the Danville postoffice,
told him that Senator Quay had said
he would appoint Harter postmaster il
he Foster) would go into the Repub-
FOR Nv
Mr.. Foster declined to go into the eau
Gus and has been voting with the anti
Quay Republicans. He said that Harter
was two weeks ago appointed assistant
postmaster at Danville.
Ex-Congressman Monroe H. Kulp, Of
Shamokin, was called to explain the
charge of Representative Francis H.
Brown, of Union, that he was offered
$500 by Kulp to absent himself from
the first session of the joint convention
and that if he would vote for Quay the
price would be different. Mr.. Kulp
said that Brown had voluntarily told
him during the campaign that he
would be friendly to Mr.. Quay and that
at the organization OF the legislature
he came to Harrisburg and Kulp asked
him to vote for Mr.. Quay. Kulp said
Brown wanted to sell him some horses
and he asked the member to go to
Philadelphia and get them. Brown did
not want to go while the legislature
was in session and Kulp told him that
there would not be an election for sew
eral days and that Browns vote would
not be needed. He advised Brown that
he could make a few hundred dollars,
possibly $3.50, by making the horse
trade at this time.
Mr. Kulp was asked if he wanted
Brown to visit Philadelphia for the
purpose of absenting himself from the
joint convention and said he did not.
He said that his relations with Brown
have always been very friendly.
did you ever offer any inducement
to Mr.. Zerbe to charge his vote?"
mo sir
Mr.. Howard II. Laubach, of Phila-
delphia, a brother of Repres sentative
Laubach, of Philadelphia, testified that
Frank Jones told him that if his broth
err would vote for Quay he would give
him position in the custom house or
the mint guaranteed for five years.
L. Parker Titus, of Easton, was call
ed to give his version of the story Of
Representative He'll, of Northampton,
that he and one of his colleagues were
offered two apiece" to vote for Mr..
Quay.
do you swear or affirm" Chairman
Fow asked.
Both, whichever is the strongest"
Titus replied.
There is no difference"
"All right, Captain"
Mr.. Fow said Titus was not in con-
dition to testify and he was directed
to appear before the committee to-
morrow morning.
Mr.. Titus requested permission to be
heard and said that he had never taken
drink in his life. The committee de-
cided to hear him and he was sworn.
He testified that he went TO Heil's
home on a Sunday and asked him to
vote for Mr. Quay, but he made him
no offer. Mr. Quay was instrumental
in securing the passage by the last
legislature Of the Weller bill, and he
being a railroad man he was interest
ed in the Senator's reelection. Titus
advised He'll to vote for Quay because
he knew that neither the Democrats
and the anti-Republicans could elect
their candidate for Senator.
Adjourned.