The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-31
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that Congress AR TurIey submitted the
following views in the matter of the re-
port OF the committee appointed by the
Senate Of the State of Ohio to investigate
the charges of bribery in the election of
Hon NJ 4. Hanna TO the Senate of the
United States:
We cannot concur in the report of the
majority Of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections in the matter OF the report
OF tie committee appointed by the Sen
ate of the State OF Ohio to investigate the
charges of bribery in the election OF Hen
NJ a Hanna to the Senate of the Uni,ed
States.
The charge is that early in January.
1885 an attempt was made by H. H. Boyce
and others TO bride John c. Otis, a MEM
Der of the House of Representatives Of the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, TO
vote for Marcus n Hanna for the Senate
CT the United States.
The attempt on the part Of Mr.. Boyce
10 buy Gus vote for Mr.. Hanna is clearly
proven by Mr., Campbell, ~ho, from his
testimony. seems to have been a lawyer
Of large practice, One thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars was paid in cash
by Bcyce 10 Campbell as attorney for Ois.
Boyce agreed TO pay $3.50 more when Ous
reached Columbus, and q balance OF $3.50
if Mr. Hanna was elected
We VIII now refer to portions of the
evidence before the committee of the State
Senate OF Ohio bearing upoI. the relations
existing between MI Boyce while al Gin
cianati. and Mr. Hanna's representatives
al Columbus. 1t is shown that Mr. Hanna
and Majors Dick and Rathbone DICK and
I RathbOne being managers fer Mr. HANNAH
we're at the Neil House. in Columbus,
Ohio where Mr.. Hanna had his hesdquar-
teTs. for a part of three weeks preceding
January j. 1898. The private telephone
lrcG5 in Mr. H9nn9'S hpaIyIfsrfafE M
1882
Otis testifes that on Friday. January T.
1895 about Il O'Clock, he was called up
over the telephone from the Great South
eTn Hotel at Columbus by General Boyce
He had never heard Of Bcyce before BOyce
stated that he had come on from New
! York to see Otis on important business,
! and had reached Columbus on Wednesday
about two hours after Otis had LEFT The
result of the conversation was that B9yce
( and Otis agreed to meet at the Gibson
House that evening. Later in the day
/ Boyce tslegraphed Otis that he would
/ reach Cincinnati at $50 o'clock. Otis says
he met Boyce at the Gibson House be-
! tween $50 and 8 O'Clock that evening xrd
4 had conversation with him, in which the
I Senatorial question was discussed and they
; agreed to meet again the next evening.
: Myers, 4 clerk al the Gibson House, tes-
titled that at about $40 p. m. on the TIN
y
from Columbus for General Boyce, but he
= could not be found at the time It was re-
! peated little later,On, at which time Gen
/ eTal Boyce was standing in the lobby. He
! was at once called TO the telephone III the
hotel Office. Myers said he heard Boyee
| say Hello. Major Dick and speak OF
! Hanna being sore.
/ The telephone books in Cincinnati show
/ that at e:52 p. m, on January g. Boyce,
/ from telephone 54S. talked to Rathbone
about thirteen minutes; and the telephone
I books at Columbus show that at $50 D.
IA, January 8, telephone 54S, at Gin
cinnati, called telephone 1882, in Column
bus According TO Campbell and Otis.
Boyce's first interview with Campbell was
on Saturday night, January s. Other in
( teTviews followed on Sunday and it was
/ in these interviews that the terms for the
! purchase of Otis vote were finally agreed
upon between Boyce and Campbell. Camp
| bell says in these conversations Boyce
wanted to know if they could not arrange
| for the votes of Droste and Lane, ana
other members of the Legislature. mem
/ tiortnS the sums that he could get for
/ these votes, and stating that there would
| be large amount to divide between them.
! The telephone books in Cincinnati show
! that on January 9, at HIS a. "a. Boyce.
( from telephone 54S, talked TO RI thbone in
/ Columbus for ten minutes, at / cost CT
| $3.50, while the books in Columbus show
that said day telephone 1892 at HIS
a.@m. called telephone 54S, at Cincinnati,
| at q cost of $3.50.
There was other evidence before the
! State Senate committee tending to show
/ the intimate relations between Boyce and
Mr.. Hanna's managers but it would carry
this report to unnecessary length to quote
it.
1--WE think that the evidence to which
we have already referred, standing as il
trad or lai7,
shows that certain of Mr.. EaHna's man
ayers at Columbus not only knew the pur,
! poses which Boyce had in view in Cinein-
| natl, but also that they aided, abetted,
and advised him in carrying cut these pu.,
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