Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25

.UPHEAYAL HITS Them
Eighteen Best Citizens of Penn
sylyania, including a Con-
gresham. Arrested.
THEY ARE ACCUSED OF GRAFT
Result Of the Republican Revolt in the
Quaker City. -
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calprits Will Have Chance Now 70
Explain Those Bills for the
New State Capital
Building.
THEY ARE ACCUSED OF GRAFT

Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 10. The
long-eNpected arrests of those held to
he responsible for the frauds commit
ted in :ae furnishing and decorating
of Pennsylvania's S13,00O,O0O capitol
have been made, the attorney general
causing warrants to be issued for four
teen of the eighteen persons and firms
named by the capitol investigation
commission as being involved in the
scandal. Those for whom warrants
We're issued are: Joseph Nj. Huston,
architect; Stanford b. Lewis. Huston,
assistant; John H. Sanderson. chief
contractor for furnishings; Represent
alive III. Rnrd CasSel, head of the firm
contracting for steel filing cases; Jas.
I'll. ShumaEer. superintendent of pull
lie grounds and buildings; George Il.
Payne and Ills partner, Charles G. Wet
ter, builders of the capitol: William p.
Snyder, auditor general: William L..
Matlues. Media, Pa. eN-state treasur-
pr: Charles Il Kinsman, Wallis Boil
can, John G. Neiderer and George Il.
Stern. stockholders in the Pennsyl-
yania Bronze company; Frank Irvine,
auditor in the auditor generals office.
Accused Were Looking for 3foubic.
Nearly all the defendants, who had
been Informed by the attorney general
OF the action he had taken, appeared
during the day, waived n hearing and
entered hail for their appearance. Sew
eral were unable to appear because of
Illness and will make their appearance
later. The principal defendants vera
held in 100000 bail, which was sup
Piled In every instance by surety com.
panies. All the defendants are charged
with conspiracy to cheat and defraud
the state by making false invoices
which We're approved by Huston AMI
Shumaker. Charges of obtaining mon
ey by false pretenses We're also en-
tered against Sandelson. Representa-
tive Cassel. and Payne and Wcttel.
II being alleged they made ont firti-
tions bills for greater amount than
they were entitled to receive under
contracts
Outcome of Political UpheavaI.
Tie prosecutions begun are the out
come of the political upheaval in Phil
l
adelphia in 1905 when Mayor Weaver
qnarTeled with the Republican organ
ization. The independent movement
against the Republicans in Philadel.
plia that year spread throughout the
state and led to the election MS state
treasurer of William H. Berry, Demo
crat, on the fusion ticket. Berry took
Office early in 1906 being the first
Democrat to occupy that position in
twenty-five yearf.
Berry's Charges Sustained.
In the fall campaign of last year
| Berry startled the state by charging
that according to the state treasury
books the building and furnishings of
the state capitol had cost 31,OOO,O00,
and not Sa,0O0O0O. as had been gener-
ally believed and that $9.OOO,GOO of
the money went to furnish the build.
ing. He charged that $5,OO0,OO0 of the
S9,000,0UO was pure graft" Governor
Pennypackcr. other state officials. and
| the contractors denied the charges. hut
the agitation for an investigation
which Immediately began continued
until the last legislature appointed II
commission to investigate the whole
affair. which showed state of
things in the way of graft.