The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-07-05
Million Dollars Distributed
Among Legislators.
HALF FOR RIPPER BILL
Another Large Sum Paid for Votes
for Speaker.
SENATOR FRYE TO THE FORE
He, and Not Lodge, to Be Chairman
of the Committee on Foreign
Relations.

EsoHe INC SONFRUt 3Sotre6u, Room A6e E0Gt
Building, washington.
Washington, July 5-According to the
philadelphia Press, which, being owned
by the postmaster general, is q pretty good
republican newspaper and ought to be an
authority on Pennsylvania republican poll
tics, "$1, 600 was distributed corruptly
among members OF the Pennsylvania leg
islature during the'session that closed last
week. To particularize it is said that
half million went to members of both
houses to secure the passage of the Pitts
burg ripper" bill. the senators who were
Tor sale receiving 5000, 600 Of that sum.
Two senators are supposed to have been
paid $500 each for their votes for this
bill large sum was spent for votes for
speaker. it being essential to the plans of
the gang" that one Of its own men be
chosen for this important position. Saws
the Press:
me highest price promised for a single
vote Tor speaker of which any statement has
peen made by the bribe-offerer, or the per-
son who received the offer, was 500 OOO
speaker Marshalls election was brought
ABOUT by the votes of five democrats Two
SSAOAS luS mouse was organized the
men engaged in buying the votes needed to
elect Marshall were EMPLOYING their greatest
enorts to accomplish this result without the
ala or democratic votes. Offers of SO 900
were made to a dozen different ''insurgent''
members OF the house, and one OF sec. 900 for
the votes OF three members was made to one
OF the trio supposed to control the two 9TH
ers. None OF these efforts was successful and
tne hVe democrats were finally called into
fho ole
as speaker
There was a lot Of cheap men in the
legislature, who got only 81 900 to 50 O0O
eacn 1or their votes. These men are
known as the bargain counter gang.
NO money was paid until after the hills
nao been signed by the governor.
FRi INSTEAD In an editorial the
Philadelphia Press
W AoDGE- asserts that Senator
Frye of Maine will
De the chairman Of the senate committee
On Iorelgn relations and that all the talk
ABOUT Senator Lodge is worse than use
iess, senator Frye, according to the Press
tolo tnat newspaper in March that he
would accept the position. This would
seem to settle the Lodge talk II would
also seem to settle the talk about Senator
Cullom. who is known to want this i'm
portant position. 1t is the general under
stahulng now that assurances have been
given Frye that the shipping subsidy bill
VIII be placed in safe hands. making If
unnecessary for him longer to remain as
CHAIRMAN OF the committee on commerce.
- Inls Dill stood in the way of his taking
the vacant chairmanship of foreign reIa-
LIONS at the time of the death of Senator
JAWS Ii Is now believed that the ad-
mlnlstratlon wants the best man if can
get TO head the old Davis committee and
unquestionably that man is Frye who is
It's ranking member and can have the
place for the asking. The only way FRYE
can escape from the chairmanshtp is bv
geelinlng 1t. as he did at the time of
Davis appointment
NDGS fRIED oN 1t has been hot
enough in the streets
AHH of Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and Wash
"a HMhN1S. 1ngton the past week
TO fry eggs on the
PaVements. On Wednesday afternoon. on
Fourteenth street, an egg was placed unon
a thin piece of tin by man who hsd ioid
wager The tin was placed upon the
asphalt In the sun, and in few minutes
Ine white edges of the egg began to turn
anu al pretty soon the yolk began to harden
neh the egg was turned over, and within
SIX minutes it was fried done on hoth
sldes, to the great delight of crowd of AZ
least 300 people which had gathered to
watch the experiment
Assistant Secretary
o. CLOUD OF Treasury Taylor
failed to reach an
NO-N FN-AC4 Is agreement with Da-
AppoCmp Wis, Larkin Company
fADN'OTA ELL OF Chicago for
a.; changes in construc-
tlon OF the public building at St. CIoud
anu the contract has been abrogated. New
proposals will be called for basad on rae~
change from non-hre proof to fire nroof
construction. The appropriation for tbjs
building and site was $685. 900.
contract for the construction NJ
public building at Helena, Mont woS
awarded to the Congress eConstructio,
company OF Chicago, at its bid of s234 az
fHNROSA 1t is thought that Sem
ator Penrose of Penn
MA De sylvania, may succeed
to the Craftsmanship of
CHAIRMAN the industrial commits
sion, vacated by the
death of Senator KYLE. Penrose
and Bard are the only repuhIican
senators now on the commission and
Bard is SO busy with other matters
he cannot devote much time to A. 60
. S"0oen, VIII De only a
hgurehead, for he has thus far taken lit
tie interest in the commissions work and
knows very little about it. The matter of
the craftsmanship, however, will not he
important, for the work of the CON,
mission is now nearly completed, The
final reports will be made to congress
in December.
GRADUATED Lieutenant Charles
Mcclure, Twentieth
IN MINNESOTA. infantry, whose death
at Lamar, P. l., was
reported to the war department to-day.
was graduate of the university of Mime
sofa and of Columbian university in this