The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-29
fHE ALLEGED BRIBERY.
Legislators Still Terrifying Before
Pennsylvania Investigators.
AN Ex-ooEaREssNAE ACCUSED.


Representative Brown, of Union, Tes
titles That Monroe H. Kulp, Of sha
mokin, offered Him Money to Re
| main Away From Joint Conventiou
Harrisburg, Mares 2a.-The invest
cation into the charges Of alleged briber
in connection with the consideration o
the McCarrell jury bill in the house wa
| resumed yesterday afternoon in one o
| the house committee rooms. Representa-
| tive Kendall, Of Somerset, testified tina
a person not a member of the Legislature
had approached him and said he woult
like to have his vote for Mr.. Quay fol
senator. and that IL he could see hi
way clear to vote that way he believed
he would receive sum equal to $4,000
Mr.. Kendall declined to give the namt
Of the party, but said he was a resident
Of Bedford county, and wanted It un
derstood that 1t was not Frank Willine
Leach, as had been alleged. The wit.
ness answered the formal questions in
the negative. Several others were call
ed and all answered the questions in the
negative.
Mr.. Keator, of Philadelphia, testified
that member admitted to him that he
was approached on the senatorship. The
witness preferred not to give the name
Of the member, as he had not yet been
called before the committee.
Mr.. Laubach, OF Philadelphia, testified
that the Tuesday following the Republi-
can senatorial caucus he was approach
ed by Frank Jones, Of Philadelphia, and
asked to vote for Senator Quay. Mr..
Laubach replied that he was instructed
by the convention which nominated him
to vote against Mr.. Quay, and that he
would not violate his instructions. Jones
then asked Laubach II he knew when
his Iaubach's) brother would be In Har-
risburg. Jones and Laubach's brother
live ncighbors, and when the latter came
to Harrisburg Jones is alleged to have
told him TINT If he could persuade Repre-
sentative Laubach to vote for Mr.. Quay
he (Jones) could get good position for
the legislator and salary for five years.
Laubach's brother refused. and then, ac-
cording to the representatives. testimony.
Later l met Jones at the hotel and he
informed ME that If I voted for Mr..
Quay I could have the chief clerkship Of
the mint or custom house. / told him
I could not support Mr.. Quay under any
circumstances"
Representative Brown, of Union. swere
that on the evening of Jan. II, the day
before the first joint ballot for senator
was taken, gentleman met him at the
Commonwealth hotel and invited him to
call on Mr.. Quay. Mr.. Brown declined,
and then the gentleman persuaded him
to take walk. They walked to dark
street and there the gentleman asked
Mr. Brown if he could not go away and
not be present the next day in the joint
convention when the ballot was taken
II refused" said Mr.. Brown, "and then
he offered me 5000 if l would go to
Philadelphia and miss the train. again
refused, and he raised the price to $30N
and said if l would go into the conven-
ton and vote for Mr.. Quay the price
would be altogether different He asked
me if I could get any other member to
do this, and requested me to meet him
later. l refused, and went to my room.
and did not see him again that night"
what is the gentleman's Nance"
Chairman Fow asked.
Il prefer not to give it, because he
is a friend of mine" Mr.. Brown replied.
Mr.. Brown related that the next day
after his meeting with this gentleman a
page brought to his desk a card signed
by two strangers, whom he learned after
wards had voted for Senator Quay in
tha ioipt vaptiD, bo toll b.
him in the lobby. He refused to go.
Mr.. Brown was again asked to give the
name Of the person making him an Of
fer Of money, and he replied that he was
not member Of the legislature and that
he preferred not to tell. II made clear
promise that would not tell" Mr..
Brown said.
"The next meeting of this committee
will be held tomorrow" said Chairman
Fow. Unless you reveal the name of
the person you will be given into the
custody Of the sergeant-at-arms, to be
taken to the Dauphin county Jail for con-
Tempt"
Other members Of the committee urged
Mr.. Brown to tell, and he asked time
to consider. Mr.. Dixon suggested that |
Lit NltHtSS Nuoliu ubt HtSlldle Dut tel
without further delay. Mr. Brown then
said the person was exCOngressman
Monroe Fl. Kulp, Of Shamokin. The wit
ness testified further that Representative
Miller, of Northampton. showed him
book some time ago which
showed that Miller and his colleague
Johnson and Hell, had
Jeen offered 80 much" for the three
7otes from Northampton county on the
McCarrell bill Mr.. Brown explained
hat the price was not uniform, and one
If the members did not seem to be on
he ground floor. He said Representa-
i've Herself, Of Montgomery, had told
lin that a member had said to him
I1ersch) that there would be $50 in
t if he would vote for the McCarrell bill.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Mercer, testified that
J. A. Thompson, of Mercer county, who
vas an applicant for position in the
legislature told him that he (Thompson)
ould get place if he CALDWELL would
'otc for Mr.. Quay. Mr.. Caldwell saw
\ttorney General Elkin, and was told
hat the usual way to secure positions of
hat kind was to go into the caucus and
Import the organization. The witness
wanted it understood that Mr.. Elkin
ad nude him no offer.