Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-10
ou.y AND THE mcARRELL BILL

ouAY AND THE MCARRELL n'i"~
rho developments before the Pennsy'-
vania legislative committee appoin'e" ~
,,yos,,gate the charges Of bribery III
connection with the McCarrell jury Dill
Gro nv no means calculated to help po''
| QUAY out of the tolls OF the law oh
the contrary. II would appear that II ,he
,a,,, can get behind his henchmen In TINS
r,o,ter II is likely that even should no
10 acouitted In the 'plum-tree-shakihs
| 800 ,na, will not end his experience
| with the courts.
Although UP TO Tuesday evening o"''
four witnesses had appeared before '"o
committee. the philadelphia h'e""e
ro,soroph OF wednesday says 'hat '"e
,o,,,r,opv adduced was suficieh' W.
establish such a strong prima-fac'e case
that there is abundant cause ~,
ING the whole matter over TO tne D''u'N
Attorney OF Dauphn county io' i'
,roceedings." Then the Telegraph ;"
o,,,,,g ont that the trail Of the DriDers'
| - ,rould-he bribers. leads 10 quay W.
-. that they were merely the ins'ru-
,,,or,s of others occupying higher anu
mara responsible positions, ana deHiahu'
that the committee get at the po"e'
| IN the background. The Pnilaueiph'a
Times of yesterday morning says tna'
the evidence so far presented fully ]usu-
Cos the correspondents upon whose au-
,horitv the charge was originally maze
In distinct form. and. like its evening
contemporary demands that the ihVesu
eating committee go 10 the lhspi 49,
| 90 Tho whole matter. The Philadeipiha
! Press Is of opinion that the investigation
has been fruitful, ard adds: "While Se'
| ,ordav,s Wednesdays testimony wac
| -, &c definite and conclusive as 'ha'
rendered the day before II Is s"oin's
conflrma tory Of the original stoiS, w
shows that the latter only stoppeu W.
| sbort since worse remained pehi"u
r,,o Press also insists that the whoie
,ruth be brought out, and urges t"a' '''o
| -, rrobe the case. Last, but not
&c, tho Philadelphia Record remarks
,,o+ there is nothing surprising in the
evidence as bribery Is an esseh'l"' pa
If the game OF politics as II is p'ayeu
nv machine politicians in pennsylvania
c. u.a have four of the leading papers III
po,revlvania-two Republican, one IN
denendent Republican, and one Dsiiio-
themselves as con-
WINGED that the charges are true anu
encouraging the committee to go TO the
fountain-head Of the corruption.
In order however. that our readers
NAV understand the bearing of the mat
tor unon Quay and his fight for the
senatorshin. we must carry them pach
| q little. Quay was indicted for coilusioh
{, wrecking a Pennsylvania bank. lie
resorted 10 every technicality known u
the laws of the State to escape tria''
mr. falling in that, TO have his trial take
,,aoo IN a court that was friendly 10
| him Pint In this game he was beaten
ot every turn, it being finally deciued
that he must face the music ana that'
,oo in the court to which the indict-
mon, had been returned. The only point
he Gained was in having the case de-
laved until a new prosecuting attorney
came in. Meanwhile. however ne was
| casting other anchors 10 the wlnd""ru'
and what is known as the McCarreH
iurv bill. which takes away from the
prosecution the right of peremptory chal-
lenoe of Jurors, was introduced In the
penn,vIvania Legislature. This Dill
was clearly in the interest oil
Quay. and intended for his rehet
in case he should be brought 10
trial: but a resolution was passed post
poning its consideration, and by which
IT lost It's place on the calendar. quay 5
trial in the bank case is now defin'teiy
set for some time in April. The present
bribery episode developed out Of an at
| teunt 10 get a reconsideration OF the
resolution by which action on the jury
bill was postponed and to secure its pass
age. The explicit charge is that mem
bers OF the Legislature were onered
money to vote for reconsideration and
to support the bill.