The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
GREAT UPROAR IN INVESTIGATION
 OF BRIBERY CASE
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 | The next witness called was l.. c. Du- laney, the planter Bilbo accuses of offer 1 ing and paying the bribe of $645 for his vote for Percy for United States senator When his name was called, there was g perceptible furry and for the first timt in days the senators all were in theil seats Dulaney. large, prosperous look ing man, was at ease and described him self as general farmer, levee and rail road contractor and former member oi the legislature" He was in Jackson dur ing the caucus, probably half the time He had never been a Percy supporter un- til the caucus. Asked why he had come to Jackson, he said: Against Vardaman While was in favor of Percy, I came here to defeat Vardaman for senator and would have voted for any other candi- date except Vardaman.' Anything personal in your feeling?' No, sir I never approved of his atti- tude on the negro question. When Varda- man was elected governor the negroes moved away by thousands and seriously crippled our plantations, we are doing without them now, and I don't want an other exodus of negro labor Dulaney told how he came to Jackson mingled with the legislators and worked | against Vardaman. He denied that Percy | invited him to come. He went to th'
 Lemon house first and then to meet leg | islators. He met Hall and his wife, own
 CT of the Lemon house.
 q found that Mrs. Hall was strongl! anti-vardaman. She introduced me t' Representative Cowart. We talked th' situation over. Finally Cowart said. : am representing my county, but there: business end to this What do you mean?" I asked
 That while I am representing my county, for s1000 would represent Mrs Cowart and myself "I told him nobody was buying votes and he replied that people would joke now and then. Later, heard he was tell ins that Governor Noel had offered him a jldgeship and that had offered him sl0C! for a vote I went after Cowart and he denied he had said anything except that he believed before this thing is over a man could get s1ooo for his vote. replied if that was all he said, I had nothing more to say I had intended to whip him If he admitted it.
 About Mir. Neill About this Mrs. Neil, I met her around the Lemon DOuSt. Stc bcciiCu i pun ul old creature, crazy to make little money
 "She telephoned to me to come to see her, and said: I have nine votes I said You are crazy, you could not do It, and some one is making a monkey ot you.
 She said, For s2oOO can deliver nine votes, four in one bunch and five in an other I said: You are crazy, and be- sides, no one is buying votes That is o11 T l.. n lp xxrift har
 "Bilbo used to come to my room fre- quently, take few drinks and hint that he was out of booze. So I'd tell him to help himself and he'd usually leave with quart unopened.
 "Repeatedly Bilbo hinted about money, saying he neded it. Finally he asked me what was going to be done about the caucus. I said we would appreciate any thing he would do for Percy. That's all I had to do with him and I did not see him again until he made this frame up"
 Asked if he ever gave Mrs. Hall or Mrs. Neill money he said. Mrs. Hall said she had entertained representatives and it had cost her $50 She thought she should be reimbursed Three of us went into our pockets and raised $40, which we gave her. She was against Vardaman and that was good enough for us."
 Promised no Money
 Did you promise Mrs. Neiil or Mrs. Hall any money?'
 .'Never''
 Did you pay Bilbo $645 for his voter"
 s"That is a filthy, infamous lie. l never spent a cent except on myself and my part of the $40 I gave to Mrs. Hall"
 Was there any campaign fund raised to help elect Percy?'
 .'No, sir. Percy was opposed to it and it was dropped
 What about the liquor?'
 ''I kept lot of liquor and gave 1t to anybody It was rather heavy when Bilbo carried it off by the bottle. All the can didrtes' friends had liquor free"
 sWhy did you give 1t to Bilbo?"
 "I hoped we'd get his vote.'
 Dulaney said he spent money on men who had no vote, as well as upon men who had, and was actuated solely by a desire to defeat vardaman, that friends of other candidates were doing the same. He said not one cent was spent inn properly. MT. Dulaney was still on the stand when the senate recessed at l O clock until 3:So.
 Night Session
 At the night session w. W. Mitchell, circuit court clerk of Poplarville, Senator Bilbo's home, testified that he knew Sem ator Bilbo's reputation for truth and veracity and that he would not believe the senator on oath.
 w. A. White, attorney of Biloxi, told of trying out Senator Bilbo in 1908. bill was drawn and sent by man named Bob Mosley to Bilbo. Mosley returned and said:
 ..Bilbo did not give me chance to make him a proposition; he made us one.''
 Bilbo's attorneys moved to strike out the testimony, and after a long strug- gle they lost.
 Robert Mosley, former town marshal of Biloxi, corroborated Whites story in de- tail
 ''I went to see Bilbo,' said Mosley, s ~v.l x~rha lof t.gl I.o