New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-16
THE HARRISBURG INQUIRY.
rI-pT,IrR INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED
BRIBERY CHARGES
ervrRAr, WITNESSES EXAMINED LAST
FVTNING-LITTLE EVIDENCE OF Coh-
Rr-pT1oN-NO RESULT OF BALLOT.

RUPTION-NO RESULT OF BALLOT.
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TnrRuNE.l
Uarrisburg. March 1.-THE Legislative COM
r,,,tao created TO investigate the charges that
c,rrunt solicitation was used In connection win
tho o,,enpt IN pass the McCarrell Jury DILL
dcsipnatad to aid ex-senator Quay in his triai
for conspiracy. met tonight and took testi-
nonv which devoloncd that there Is some tau
classifying somewhere.
The fret witness called was Representative
sylveetcr < Smith Of Cameron County He said
ho would like to give his evidence without men
,,orinr any names and the committee began 10
nlv him with questions He had not. he SAID
heen offered money or ccrruptly approached 10
eupport the McCarrel bill. He ntImated that
he had been spoken TO about the DILL, but ne
gave his evidence so reluctantly that MT. YOUTHS
If tho committee told him sharply that he was
not To consider himself the judge OF his own
evidence but he should. II he knew OF anything
which excited his Indignation. tell II. lie hao
no right to shield any man. 1t was the commit
tees prerogative to pass on the evidence
Finally he said he was asked to help support
the McCarrel bill. and az he was ABOUT 10 iea'e
the man who made the request ne hearu Nun
say ndstinctly the words, Two ana ha"'
Witness refused to give the name OF the man
unless the latter was implicated by testimony
to he given by other witnesses, and he was ex-
cused for the present.
Representative Spatz OF Berks Dem), VINO
was implicated by the testimony OF severai other
Democratic members last week as having OF
fered them money to sign document maue
abatement before the inquisitors got At HIM
Snatz said the document he asked MS Deiho
cratic friends TO sign wac pledge 10 SupP'''
Ienls the Democratic caucus nominee LOT Heha
TOR He had heard that n movement was y"
foot to fuse the Democrats and antl-Quay les'S
Iators on a Republican. and he was opposeu ~
f. and prepared the paper IN question:,
ho oered tho other Democrats TO sign. He made
them no offers for signing ana II ne sa'i '"'i'
vos "sonoo,hing in Ii" he did not mean any
thing Of value nor did he mean 1t as oriDe'
He was merely getting those signatures De,
cousn ba had hope OF seeing jerks elected anu
=, .o,,,a no In lire for receiving fevors from
ronks lie denied emphaiicaly thet lie hau
o,or offered a cat 20 anybody TO support any
nod and he deaired to he so reported IN tle
nocors which TO quote Mr. SpatH puDhsheu
,or.,o, olout me" Cross-eXamined, he de-
u,od that no had ever offered Representatives
Miller Ucyl or Johnson money 10 sign .,,'
document or vote TO-: any rer9on or Dill ii0
honed that he men who swore ne oHere" ''e'
money were Joking. and he felt sure they "eio
rricndIv 10 the sentiments OF the document eve"
,honeh they did not sign it,
What he meant by something IN IL was po
Inical prcferment in case jerks was e'o
rho NfcCarrell hill was not mentioned AT all
The Witness emphatcally denied that ne "",
evcn offered his colleagues dollar anu s".u
money or anything else had nor peeh oi1 o. -
hin, 10 vote for the McCarrell bill; ne was 10, II
hnnanea II was a good Democratic measure. Mr..
cnatz said that his typewriter copy OF tne
49, rledae was made for him by Mr. Nichols
Who he thought was in the employ OF ex-Sena-
,o~ Andrews one OF the chief Quay leaders mere
Al this point MIR. VOORHEES, protested asai i
outsiders coaching those who were QUESTIONING
Spatz by handing I'm written questions anu !"
lively discussion ensued between MN anu Ni
Young who said he would take adNantase w
every suggestion to get at the truth MI, ool
beos denounced Chairman Fow as trying 10 per
secute the witness and there were some re,
marks of sarcastic character that threatened
to break ND the meeting in row. IL enoeo III
SpatZ being released. - .
Rcpresentativc Hersh Dem), OF montgomery
was recalled and said that Representative hos-
cnberrv had asked him what he would do II ne
and he said he would not take 1t. RoseAperry
called him out Of the house TO ask him the ques-
ton. n,
Michael J. Costello. of Philadelphia, who, KEEP
resertative Enger OF LyComing. said had or
fered him $500 favor the McCarreU Dill, was
the next witness He said he favored the NC
Carroll bill to abolish setting aside jurors IN
order to aid his brother who was under indlct-
ment and the Distrct-Attorney was against