The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-29
M'DONALD CLAIMS
 OFFER OF bR|bE
Fusionist Says He Was Off,
 fered $500
PARTY TO PENSACOLA
Failure of Insurgents to Return to Tennessee Taken as Indica- tion Hold-out Will Be
 Indefinite

At the conference held yesterday by the memebrs of the Tennessee legislature now in Birmingham 1t was decided to go 10 Pensacola. Fla, in body tomorrow This action indicates that the hoio-out will be prolonged indefinitely
 Representative J. Q. Mcdonald, re publican member from Overton county Tennessee. and former postmaster al LlV- ingston, issued the following statement yesterday in which he charged that he was offered $500 to vote with the reg ular democrats on questions which should come before the legislature:
 Just before Christmas of last year d91O. after l had been elected to the house of representatives in the state legislature Judge E. c. Goodpasture came to the postoffice at Livingston, where I was working, and told me I could get s5OOo for voting for the repeal of the election and temperance laws of the state of Tennessee and for voting with the regular democrats. He said, in sub stance: I have just been to Nashville and had a talk with some of the leading regular" democrats You are poor man, and if I were you l would vote with them, take the money go west, and buy me a nice little home. Shortly after this with MT. Goodpasture, on the same day it occurred I told the whole to T. F. Stephens, the post master at Livingston, Tenn, and he will vouch for the above statement that l have just made.
 MT Stephens advised me to see how far he would go,' and told me not to tell Goodpasture that l would vote with the regulars. saw Judge Goodpasture sev- eral times in Livingston after this, when he mentioned the matter to me I was telling him all the time that l did not know, for I wanted to learn the tactics of those who opposed the platform upon which I was elected, and if they would actually use money to gain their desires. When l went to Nashville to attend the legislature, about December 27 or 2S, 1910, Judge Goodpasture went to the cap ital city on the same train with me. At his suggestion we went to Pappa's hotel and registered, where 1 stayed the first night was in Nashville. The next morning Mir. Goodpasture again ap- preached me on the subject, and persis- tently talked to me. He informed me during one of our numerous conversa- tions that he had found that he could not give me 5000, as originally promised, but would guarantee me $500.
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 "I asked him where the money was coming from. He refused to tell me for a time. Then he finally said that Charles White a distiller of Chatta- nooga, was furnishing it. I told him I did not know White-had never heard of him, and that I might not be paid. Judge Goodpasture said he was getting $500 for himself for putting this deal, and would get the $500, as follows: 5000 for voting for J. c. Beasley for speaker. $500 for vot- ing to repeal the election laws, and $500 when I voted to repeal the tenn perance law.
 q talked to three very prominent fusionists in Nashville concerning the subject. telling them what proposi- tions Judge Goodpasture had made to me. They asked me, understanding
 
 of the regulars if I thought Goodpas- ture would deliver the goods. I said I thought so, as he had said he would guarantee the money himself and sign an agreement to pay me. I went to Goodpasture and approached him on the subject and he said that he was ready to sign up any minute. We were in the Maxwell house He said he wanted the agreement to be signed m regular, as he put it. I fatly refused to do this. He stated that his req son for this was that he wanted q witness to the agreement. I again told him no. that we would go to a room Neither one of us having a room at the Maxwell, we went into the washroom at the Maxwell, where he signed the following agreement:
 Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 31, 191O.-I, E. c. Goodpasture. do hereby agree to pay to J. Q. Mcdonald $500, provided said Mcdonald vote for the regular demo- crats or a majority of the said democrats on all questions coming before the legis- lature. (Signed)
 'E. c. GOODPASTURE'
 MT. Goodpasture, after signing this document handed 1t to me and asked me to sign another document setting forth that I must vote with them on the organ
 
 election and temperance laws and for all so-called democratic nominees, for state offices. l refused to sign this document and left him, the one he had signed in my possession. He followed me out and in an excited manner insisted that I sign the agreement he had shown me or return the one signed by him. l refused to do either. I met Judge Goodpasture several times after this, and he asked me to return the document. which, of course l did not do still having same in my possession. How ever, later on was told by several friends with whom I discussed the matter to turn the document I held over to him, or else would be sandbagged. I gave it to friend to keep and told MT Goodpasture that I no longer had 1t. l now have this original agreement signed E. C. Good pasture, whose signature can be identified by those who know it. in my possession
 "I have not made this public before for fraternal reasons, but now, feeling that my obligations to my country are de- manding that I make this public and show the methods used by the whisky power to re-enthrone the whisky machine in Tennessee and corrupt young man. hood of the state, I give this to the world without fear or favor
 "J. Q. MDONALD. "Witness; V. J. Nesblt, Spier Whitaker"
 Affidavit Made
 The following affidavit was made: Birmingham, Ala, April 25, 1911. "State of Alabama-Jefferso County. Personally appeared before me. V. I. Nesbit, notary public in and for said county and state, J. Q. Mcdonald, per sonally known to me, and who makes oath in due form of law that he is the n Ia sa