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l1vls Says Brown Did, Brown
Says Nix, Lewis DID,
CANDIDATE UNDER A CLOUD

Scandals In Opposition Parties Are
Disgusting Patriotic Citizens, Who
Find Democrats Are Free From
Them-ouestion az to Whether
Brown offered 5000 to LieweIlyn
Lewis to Win His Brother to Teddy,
Or Whether LeweIlyn Sought the
Money, Agitates Capital City.
Walter Brown, former Republican
Noss. who is leading the Third Term.
ers in Ohio, and Llewellyn Lewis
1r0ther OF Tom L. Lewis, Republican
'saadidate for secretary of state, are
engaged In q mud throwing contest,
Win the result that both are badly
smsared, while the political integrity
of Tom Lewis has been questioned.
Lewellyn Lewis opened hostilities
1y charging that Brown offered him
$500 to induce his brother Tom to
run ss a Roosevelt delegate to the q.
.. p. national convention last spring,
and that the offer was refused. Brown
Ssplies that II was Llewellyn who told
Nm that his brother Tom could be
purchased for $1,000. and that he,
Brown. declined, so that one Of the
two mud rthrowers belongs In the Ana.
niaa club. Thousands OF Republicans
ere becoming dlsgusted az they watch
one wing OF their party point out the
rottenness Of the other. and are going
70 vote the Democratic ticket.
Brown says:
early in April last, Michael Gala
CHER. Of Steubenville, called me by
teiophone at Toledo and stated that
u. =. Erskine OF Jefferson county and
Tom L. Lewis, OF Belmont county,
were willing to run as Roosevelt del
sgAtes for the 10th district and had
been decided upon by the Roosevelt
7eadars. subject to my approval. l
acquiesced In the selection.
when l reached Columbus the next
day to attend the Constitutional Con-
ves1ion. found at the Neil House the
card Of Llewellyn Lewis with pen.
ciled statement that he wished to see
me. Later In the afternoon, while
was In the convention, I was informed
by page that some one wished to
rec me In the hall. | went out into
The corridor and there found a man
who introduced himself as Llewellyn
Lewis.
My recollection OF our brief oon-
versatiOn In both clear and accurate.
He said, Mr.. Brown, the Roosevelt
people In the Sixteenth district want
my brother Tom TO run as a Roose-
vet delegate to the national conven-
tioa. How about finances?
Il said, Just what do you mean?'
swell, IL will be hard to fight over
thers.' he answered. and will take
lots Of money to make the right kind
~ . campaign
"'How much7' ! inquired.
1--WE will have to have $1,000 was
the answer.
-When I had sufficiently recovered
frsm the shock to speak. | said, For
What will you need such sum nj
muney NJ that In order to make n
csaraign for delegate to the national
convention?
'lie said. II will take all Of Tom,
time and mine for about six weeks
and besides II will make a lot OF fel
lows s0re, and we cant AFFORD TO gt
into u for less than that II It.,
wsrth that much to you we'll gt
ahead. Otherwise Tom won't run
"a answered. Very well, Mr.. Lewis
Vt there Is anything more to he sale
81 Tho subject you will hear from
me- and went back into the conyen
seSoa.
when the constitutional conven
ton adjourned for the day | called
mr. Gallagher on the telephone ant
ssaA him the terms upon which Mr.
Lewis said his brother was willinl
- run. Mr.. Gallagher expressed hi,
aDaxement and Indignation and sal,
tAsy would at once look for another
eaa6acste. Mr., Cook Dsnford Of Bel
1airo WAS then selected
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