The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-07
his attention last Saturday by Senator

his attention last Saturday by Senator Morgan.
 MT. Herbert issued the following statement:
 MT. Morgan came to my rooms in the Brown Palace Hotel last Thursday with Daniel Sullivan. Mir. Morgan stated that he and his people were for the seating of Adams; that Boulder County had gone for Adams and the laboring people in his section of the State were for Mir. Adams and he told Governor Adams the same thing: that the pressure was so great from the Peabody people that they might drive him out of the State If he did not vote with them, tas they wero browbeating and bulldozlhg many Republican mem- bers of tne Legislature and making threats against the min business and politics; that he was convinced the Peabody people had no case. Mir. Nor gan stated that he had been offered s3,Ooa by Peabody people and he ought to have $3,000 if he stood by Adams and incurred the enmity of the Pea body people. I told him that would not pay any member of the Legislature to vote one way or the other in the Governorship contest. Mir. Morgan was very insistent and finally said he would take $I.500. absolutely re- fused to have anything to do with him and he went away. MT. Sullivan was present during the entire converse ton.
 (sisned.) J. Nj. Herbert"
 "senator Morgan approached me ssv- eraI days ago. said Postmaster Sulli- van, and told me in the presence of witnesses that he was anxious to vote for Governor Adams because Peabody had failed to make a case. I told him that I had always believed that he was tied LID to the Peabody side, but he ve- hemently denied the charge. He plead ed with me to take him to MT. Herbert and while suspected that he was not honest with us, could see no harm in permitting him to have a talk with Mir. Herbert. Fortunately I was in the room during the conversation and heard him solicit the bribe and MT. Herbert emphatically declined to con- slider it."
 q do not believe the charges" Gov ernor Adams said in reply to question. "and I believe that they are made sim- ply as part of the political game"
 Senator Morgan came to see me of his own accord on March g. the day on which he says a bribe was offered him and he volunteered the information that he would vote for me. I thanked him for his vote and he said that he was convinced that I was honestly elected and entitled to the vote. This afternoon Postmaster Sullivan assaulted Richard Broad. a Peabody worker, on the street. striking him in the face with his fist. Several bystand- CTS interfered. preventing further hos tilities. Sullivan says that Broad and other lobbyists instigated Morgan to make the charges for the purpose of influencing legislators in favor of Pea
 body and denied that there is any truth in Morgan's statement.
 The bribery Investigating committee adjourned after remaining in session an hour tonight. Attorneys for Vice President Herbert and Postmaster Sul- livan were present and announced their readiness to proceed with the inves- tigation of Senator Morgan's charge against them. The latter failed to appear, however, and the sergeant at arms was unable to find him. The committee thereupon adjourned until tomorrow night.