The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

unable to find the returns from three of the boxes when the senate commit tee called upon him for all. At Green vile many minors voted, not once only but repeatedly for Martin. These and other like exposures comprised the gist of the report of Committeeman Pen Inington for Miller.
 Senators Parks from Pike and Edwards | from Blount and the counties of that dis trict, reported for Martin, the incumbent of the seat. Fraud was charged and proven on both sides, but weighing all l the testimony, Martin was entitled to the seat. The senator from Mobile, the emi- nent lawyer. Peter Hamilton, argued at length for Martin, especially weighing the irregularities wherever found and chal- | lenging his opponents to disprove his con clusion Excitement ran high. H The Christmas holidays had been con- sumed by the committee in taking testi- mony. Senator Edwards. democrat. of the committee, felt that he had sacrificed | enough and resolved to ask for leave of absence if he could make a satisfac- | tory pair. News of Edwards imprudence spread among the seats. Pennington now came in wan from a protracted illness in | his chamber at his hotel.
 Senator Glass from Macon county. scal- l awag, a Confederate veteran applied for leave of absence Glass and Edwards | called Daniel Coleman, democrat. from | Cherokee. and J. M. Carmichael. demo- crat. from Dale. aside in the senate chamber to witness their exchange or l pledges as senators and as free masons that they were paired for Is days on the | Miller Martin contest then pending. If either should return within 10 days with out the other. the party returning would refrain from voting on the Miller-Martin contest.
 The witnesses. Senators Coleman and | Carmichael, published in the Montgomery Daily Advertiser signed joint statement certifying to the facts a few days after | the occurrence.
 Senators Glass and Edwards rode in the same hack to the railroad station, at 1 Montgomery, on Wednesday morning. l January 29, to take their respective trains | for their homes, under the witnessed agreement of pair for 15 days | Edwards took the South and North road and Glass the West Point road. By prearrangement with his co-conspirators at the capitol Glass left the train four miles out at Picketts spring. A closed hack stood in readiness, and he was driven In concealment rapidly to Spen- cer's headquarters, at the Madison house on Market street (Dexter avenue). He lay in concealment in the hotel until next 1 day. but was clandestinely visited there | by his political trainers. Among those who called was the presiding officer of the senate, Lieutenant Governor Mckin- stry. Sworn testimony by Senator 1 Glass)
 On the same Wednesday that Edwards and Glass left the railroad station the report of Pennington for Miller and that of Parks and Edwards for Martin were read. the one claiming the election of Miller by 346 majority of valid ballots and the other claiming the election of Martin by 296 fair and honest majority.
 fa 1 Wilcox moved the adoption of the report of Park and Edwards favoring Martin.
 Jere Haralson, big black negro from Dallas. moved to substitute Pennington 8 report favoring Miller
 Both reports were read in full before the senate and an animated discussion on the testimony upon which each was founded followed.
 The night before a caucus of Senator Spencer's managers had considered the situation Spencer had already been elected by the court room legislature,
 but the attorney generals plan had abol-
 ished that body without recognizing it.
 Would the Senate of the United States
 recognize Spencer's elections
 The caucus resolved that Miller should
 be seated next day and Martin turned
 out. The caucus decided that the lieuten-
 ant governor presiding must rule next
 day to cut off debate in the senate and seat Miller. Meantime Glass lay in con cealment ready to be called out to act his part
 On Thursday, January 30. 1873, picked men, appointed by the caucus. took their places heavily armed in the lobbies. Among them was Charles Pelham, a for mer member of Congress; w. H. Betts, a gentleman much devoted to sports Sam Oliver, Candee, doorkeeper of the house l Hinds. "a rough from Georgia" and others of similar reputation, among these
 Billy Burleigh Jones' whilom senator from l Marengo. The lieutenant governor brought a revolver with him and placed it in the drawer of the desk before him. It was arranged by the conspirators that a closed hack drawn by a pair of fast horses should stand in readiness at the door of the Madison house, where Senator Glass yet lay in concealment. Billy Jones was selected to stand on the front porch of the second story of the capitol to receive signals sent by line of yidettes connecting with the senate I street to a watchman posted on the front porch of the Madison house.
 As soon as the order to take the vote on Jere Haralson's substitute, intended to seat Miller. made, Jones received his signals and passed them on down the street. In q few minutes the hack conveying Miller dashed up and he was hurried into cloak room at the senate 1 door.
 | After roll call had passed the name of
 Glass without response from him, he l emerged from the cloakroom, hastening to his seat in the chamber, his oyercoat sprinkled with dust on his arm and l. s cotton umbrella in his hand. He reported present and demanded that his name should be called. He voted yea on Jere Haralsons substitute, and this vote, if valid, would give the contested seat to Miller.
 Gilmore. radical from Sumter, was dead. The vote with neither Glass nor 1 Edwards, who were paired, would have been fourteen for the Jere Harrison substitute and fifteen against it. With out the vote of Glass, Martin, democrat, | would win the contest.
 | Hewitt from Jefferson, called to Glass I Did you not SIT. m my presence and ! the presence of others to bear solemn witness, pledge your word as a Senator md q Mason to Senator Edwards not % vote on this question of contest Miller f vs Martin for fifteen dayss And do you | say the time limit ls expired now. | Before Glass could answer 1t at al, Lieutenant Governor Mckinley spoke out ''I have nothing to do with that: ! the substitute Is adopted and MT. Miller | is entitled to his seat" The Heutena:,t i governor had been ring leader in the l conspiracy He had visited Glass ia | concealment at the hotel the day be- | fore and arranged the part he was 10 I play
 1 Senator Cobb. a man of commanding presence and cool bearing. arose: 1 Cobb. ''I move reconsideration Of