Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-29

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Harrisburg, Pa, March 2S.-The in
| vestigation into the charges of alleged
bribery in connection with the consid.
GRAFTON of the McCarrell jury bill in the
| House was resumed this afternoon in
one OF the House committee rooms.
Representative Kendall, of Somerset,
| testified that person not member of
the Legislature had approached him
and said he would like to have his vote
for Mr.. Quay for Senator, and that If
! he could see his way clear to vote that
way he believed he would receive
| clined to give the name Of the party,
| but said he was a resident of Bedford
| county, and wanted it understood that
it was not Frank Willing Leach, as has
| been alleged.
| The witness answered the formal
! questions in the negative. Several
others were called, 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, as he has not yet been called be-
| fore the committee.
Messrs. Ford, Has g, Hosa, x, Hoskins,
McCandless, Harold, hersch, Hender.
| son, Harris, Heidelbaugh, Woodruff,
| Meyer, KEEPER, Kessler, Keyser,
Klumpp, Kramlich, Lazelere, Leard,
| Lewis, Savage, Scott, Keegan, were
| called in the order named and answered
| the formal questions in the negative.
| The committee took recess at 3 o'clock
until o'clock this evening.
| The bribery committee heard more
| testimony this evening. Mr.. Laubach,
| of Philadelphia, testified that the Tues
day following the Republican Senator
ial caucus, he was approached 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 if he knew
when his Uaubachs) brother would
be in Harrisburg. Jones and Lau-
| bauch's brother live neighbors. ana
when the latter came to Harrisburg
Jones is alleged to have told him that
if he could persuade Representative
Laubach to vote for Mr.. Quay he
| (Jones) could get a good position for
the legislator and salary for five
years Laubach's brother refused and
then Jones is alleged to have approach
ed the Representative.
| He called at my room at the Hotel
Arnold" Mr.. Laubach said, "and not
| finding me there, he left his card with
Mrs Laubach and went away. Later
| l met Jones at the hotel and he in
formed me that if voted for Mr.. Quay
I could have the chief clerkship OF the
mint or of the custom house. He Of
fered to secure 1000 signers in my dis
trict to a petition endorsing my ac-
ton, and l told him 1 could not support
Mr.. Quay under any circumstances.
Representative Brown, OF Union,
swore that on the evening of January
il. the day before the first joint ballot
| for Senator was taken, a gentleman
met him at tie Commonwealth Hotel
and invited him to call on Mr.. Quay.
Mr.. Brown declined, and then the gen.
tleman persuaded him to take a 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.
Il refused" said Mr.. Brown, "and
then he offered ne 5000 if I would go
to Philadelphia and miss the train 1
again refused and he raised the price
to $500 and said if l would go into
! the convention and vote for Mr.. Qpay
the price would be altogether different.
He asked me if l could get any other
member to do this, and requested me
to meet him later 1 refused and went
to my room and did not see him again
that night
What is the gentlemans 'name?"
| Chairman Fow asked.
Il prefer not to give ii, because he
! is friend of mine. l made a dear
promise that I would not tell" Mr.
Brown replied.
The next meeting of this committee
will be held tomorrow" Mr. Fow said.
t'Unless you reveal the name OF the
| person you will be given into the Gus
| tody of the sergeant-at-arms to be
taken to the Dauphin county Jail for
contempt"
Mr.. Brown then said the person was
;ex-Congressman Monroe H Kulp, Of
| Shamokin. The witness testified fur
Their that Representative Miller, OF
Northampton, showed him memoran-
dunn book some time ago, which show
ed that Miller and his colleagues. Rep
! resentatives Johnson and He'll, had