The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-14
AlVord
Tells Story
To Senate
Shows authority
For His s atements

4 I ~ - 5
il CHARLESTON, w Yas Feb H..
AFTER lengthy xecnttye session fr1u
A which the public WAS excluded the
Senate inYestiga ting commlt tsee heard
Theodore Alvord when be gave nl@
story on the Charleston Gazette stcrt
that the whIsicey men had Raised
graft fund 20 beat the Prohibition
amendment. and also explained on
iwhat foundation he based his slorF
ills frst Information came from two
lletters mailed him, but he knew moth
ling conffrmatory OF the charges. The
: prohibition amendment comes up FRI
day on third and final reading IN the
Senate. If It is possible % predict
what might happen in the slature,
| 1t seems certain the aInend inent VIII
be beaten Two senator's y clSoWn. or
Roane, and Hicks. Of Putnam WHO
would have voted for prohibition are
seriously sick and VIII not be pFesen.
1 therefore only nine votes nre needed
to beat the amendment ior t4ke
] twenty votes under all circuia noes
( to carry 1t. Every indication = that
these nine VIII be there Nh commit
i tee last night decided to make unAi
report to the Senate tiiismornine AMI
pursue the matter no trftne satle'
| fed with proving that the story emen-
ated from prohibition Sources They
also gave out the eyldence 70 the
press
Aivord's TestimoHy.
Alyord testified that he recelyed ~
letters telling him graft iund naa
been raised. One was from w x
Gray, merchant OF Mount hope, W.
! va, stating that j. W BIazg locat
saloonkeeper, had told him inat le
/ had subscribed to 2 fund 70 peat tne
amendment. The other letter Ts's from
Haze Morgan, q lawyer ots e iarlEa pprs'
who wrote that d trayelne salesmpn
for baltimore ONCE supply house
toId him that he called at local brew
cry to sell ONCE supp lies and the man
ager statet to him that they 1efen
buying anything now. Tor the reason
that all OF their money had neen Sept
to Charleston; that eFefy man q ine
Senate had his price, and theE knew
what that price IS. and that no 'pso-
hibitory amendment would pass me
Senate.
Gave out the story
Alyord admitted that lie told atlas
Ayres, OF the Gazette that he near4
rumors OF $780, 900 being raisea e nest
the amendment. but sad he slid not
say he believed the Senate could be
corrupted. In fact. regarded 81 af non
est a body as ever assembled Pressed
for his personal belief al 70 the inteT-
rfty OF the Senate. AlYord said ne
knew nothing and believed NOTHING
that reflected on Its honesty re saia
Miss Ayres went too far ip nef story.
and that he impressed upon her tne
fact that he was ouiy gginH ner rn1
mors and knew OF nothing po i lye.y.
He admitted. however, that he had tne
story published, believing 81 Wouie
help the prohibition cause % the SEN
Alyord said: Il want % lay before
the committee one letter that re-
ceived also have another leller
which wish TO present would 'i'<e
to state to the commits thaf nave
the names of the parties e eferree y
there which 1 wish to give to ne com
mittee
viii stand BY ststep1ent
aAlso In regard to Mr. dN1e lAQf~
gan, / viii state that mao g Inquiries
as to him and / am assured tral ne 4~
4 Thoroughly reliable. andih he gives me
] the name OF the travelling sale man rs-
! ferred TO In his letter ns WHlIfm
Brookmflier. now stopping ia lirElu'
burg With AIexander GLADDEN.. md who
+! will be there week OF two, MORAN
4 told me over the phone yeat erdaT inN.
Mr.. Brocikmiller would stand ~ Wn'
he said. The saloonkeensr ment.o4e.t
| by Mr.. Gray. Of Mount Hope = M
Bragg. Gray told me oYer ne phone
that he told him - the rnQc pt
/ other witnesses that spiFep body han
l AN b M
i "a fund to beat the amendneut. J. r
Corbin. OF Huntingtori n fhe inallr'
ance business, told n =. Williams. tr2
State highway Inspector tllef be fA
liuuor man on the train VINO F7fd'
am going home satisl iced nave -.
the amendment fixed. NIlllt1l -N.a
son, a safoonkeeper IT 16 NnATie1tVM
strest West Side, this city told ni@
brother-in law Robert lounR 9 E
ceryman on the West Side. that
meeting was held Of liauot men 70 nea<
lfhe amendment nm Inclined 70
think he said he wasp sent nu.
about that am not sure
contributIons from W1eeiinr.
sT also heard that YhcelinE brew
cry had teIegraphed q con rinution
to that meeting. That IS A. tnoers
stand it. I was not talklnE with 81
Young. but sent = reliable man % see
him. and I understand M 4oure s1iN
he would stand by what he had sel4
Alexander g. lawrence said 70 W. Ns
Moore that he was appfoachrd With
subscriptlon paper for The fimd. but de-
cIined TO give anything i also have
letter from Rev. 81 III shadducl<. ~
Wflllamstown. N which Occurs the iot-
lowing paragraph I notice BY the
morning paper thht Jeke FISHER Is irs
vestigatfng charges that money has
been raised to crease some OF the SEN.
ators. also that the rnmor e laid
your door. There afa PERSISTENT fI.
mors AZ Sistersyiiic that rnlnani7fs
have said that Il % costing itena l1i
of money to defeat the measure. The
amount mentioned there war $500