The record-union., 1899-04-18

| HARRISBURG Pa.), April IL
Majority and minority reports were pre-
sented to the House this evening from
| the committee. which has for several
weeks been investigating the charges
of attempted bribery in connection with
| balloting for United States Senator and
| the consideration in the House of Nc
Carrell jury bill The latter bill, which
was eventually defeated, was said 10
have been introduced to aid Senator
| Quay in his then approaching trial in
the Philadelphia courts.
| The majority reports recites at con-
siderable length the testimony taken by
the committee, and says the evidence
disclosed clearly that undue means were
taken by many persons to corruptly So
licit members of the<Iouse both for the
purpose of influencing their official ac
ton in reference to the McCarren jury
bill and in reference to their official ac-
ton as to the election of United States
Senator. This corrupt solicitation, the
7 report says, consisted of offers of mon
| ey, position, advantage and political
preferment.
In the concluding paragraph Of the re-
port nine persons are named against
whom the committee recommend that
legal action be brought. This para
graph is assfallows:
I'm conclusion, your committee re-
spectfully. reports that there is in their
opinion sufficient evidence against Chas
B. Spatz, John r. Byrne, Parker Titus,
Frank B. Jones, Monroe H Kulp, Thos
B. Moyles, Robert Evans, John J. CoyIe
and NJ ]. Costello for this House to di-
rect that criminal proceedings be
brought against them iH the Courts Of
Quarter Sessions of Dauphin County,
and it is recommended that these pro-
ceedings be .- Immediately commenced
and vigorously prosecuted by the au-
thority of this House.
Some of the men named are Demo-
Gratis and some are, Republicans.
The majority report is signed by five
of the nine members of the committee.
The minority report reaches substa,.-
TALLY the same conclusions as the ma
jority report. 1t, however, relieves
from censure some of the persons who
We're named for rebuke by the majority
report. and lit, recommends that the
testimony of and against Messrs. Coyle,
Costello, Spatz,, Evans, Moyles, Kulp,
Byrne, Titus and Jones be referred to
the proper tribunal for determination"
QUAY MEN DECLINE TO CONFER.
HARRISBURG Pa), April IA
conference of the Republican Senators
and members voting for Senator Quay
was held in the Supreme Court cham
Der tonight to consider the letter of
Senator Flynn, Chairman of the anti
Quay Republican organization, suggest
ing that a. committee of conference he
named on the part of those voting for
Mr.. Quay to confer with a like COM
mttee on, the part of those opposing
him, with view of adjusting factional
differences and the election of a Senator
The meeting declined to confer with
the anti-Quay members, and adopted a
resolution declaring that Mr.. Quay was
the unanimous choice of the Republican
caucus composed of more than two
thirds of all the Republicans of the
Assembly, and it is the duty of all Re-
publican members of the joint conven-
ton to sustain the Republican organi-
zation by supporting the caucus nom
inee, and calling upon those now OPP
posing the regular candidate to lay
aside factional feeling and unite in the
election of a Republican to the United
States Senate.
After the conference Senator Magee,
who has steadfastiy voted for Quay, an
nounced that he would not vote for the
ex-senator tomorrow, and that other
members from Allegheny County had
also cast their last vote for Quay. He
predicted that Quay would lose twenty
supporters tomorrow, and said the
prospect would be bright for the elec-
tion of a Senator.