Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-02
A MONUMENTAL L|AR
Special Committee Reports on
Foundation for the Christ
mas Bribery Charges.
Evidence Shows Story Was a
Pigment Of His lmagi-
nation.
Report Exonerates Ali Who Had
Private Dealings With the
Blackmailer.

Washington, July 2.-Chairman Dali
house OF representatives. which inves-
tigated the charges in connection with
the purchase of the Danish West In
dies, today submitted q report of that
committee. After detailing the charges
of bribery and showing that Captain
Christmas had repudiated the alleged
report on which the charges We're
based, the committee sums of the re-
suits of their investigation as follows:
THAT there is not the slightest SEM
blance of evidence that any member of
congress, either directly or indirectly,
was offered or received any bride, or
was paid any valuable consideration OF
any kind or character to vote for or
assist in procuring the proposal adop-
ton, or ratification of treaty of sale
OF the Danish West Indian islands to
the United States. There is the re-
hottest ground from which TO draw an
inference or on which to base a con-
clusion that there was any corruption
or wrongdoing on the part of the pub
lie officials of the United States in con-
nection with the negotiations for the
purchase and sale of tie Danish West
Indian islands.
ut is plain beyond peradventure that
the bribery alleged in the report could
have existed nowhere save in the
imagination of Christmas, since the
whole burden of his story is that he
had no money. 1t is in evidence that
he had to borrow in order to pay his
passage from this country"
After citing the allegation that
Christmas had enlisted the services of
Abner Mckinley, brother of the late
President Mckinley; of w. G. Brown
and OF Seligman & CO., in New York.
the report gives the testimony of each
OF these parties denying the allega-
ton.
Similar denials are given from tho
senators and representatives who have
been referred to.
The report adds:
Each and every one of the parties
thus named appeared before the COM
mittee and gave the lie to the statement
OF the representative with the eNcep-
ton of Senator Clark, of Montana, who,
however, stated to the chairman that
he had never met Christmas and had
not, therefore, as a matter of course,
had any conversation with him on any
subject.
Senator Lodge met Christmas two
or three times, but it is unnecessary to
city his testimony, since the report
speaks of him as the most respected
member of the senate and who, OF ali
the political persons I have met in
America, is the only one that can not
be bribed."
The report also exonerates those who
in private capacity had dealings with
Christmas, including Carl Hansen,
Richard p Evans and c. w. Knox IA
to the statement that Christmas was
to w. j. Bryan, the report
states that Mr. Knox, who is said to
have made the introduction, testified
that he never saw w. j. Bryan.
In conclusion the report says:
There is no evidence that any of
Christmas assistants or made any at
tempt to bride any member of the Uni
ted States congress or to use corrupt
methods to bring about the purchase
by the United States of the Danish
West Indies, but there is abundant
evidence to the contrary"