The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-18
MISSISSIPPI NEGRO DELEGATES ACCUSE ROOSEVELT LEADERS
 OF BRIBERY ATTEMPT.
OFFERED PAY TO DESERT TAFT
Nebraska Delegates Condemn Victor Rosewater in Strong Terms Texas Creates Steam RoI-
 Ter of It's Own.

| Chlcago, June l7.-Three affidayits
 charging bribery by the Roosevelt
 forces, two of them accusing Charles
 Banks, the negro delegate from Mis-
 sissippi who several days ago deserted
 the Taft standard to join the Roose- welt forces, with using money, were
 made public at the Taft headquarters here tonight.
 The affidavits were executed by the
 Rev. James " Shumpert, a Bushley delegate and D. w. ,Sherrod, alternate
 from Mississippi All are negroes The affidavit af Shumpert charges | that Banks showed him a big roll of | bills and also asked him how much he would want to disregard his in. structions for Taft and vote for Roose. welt. Shumpert said he refused to l bolt
 Buckley said Banks had offered him $500 installments of S100 to deser.
 The Taft forces, Buckley also refused The affidavit of Sherrod charged l that he had been approached on two separate occasions by Dr. D. s. Rod man of Jackson, Miss, and by Ed Bond of Canton. Miss, to use their influence to shift Bucldey's vo.e from | Taft to Roosevelt.
 Shumpert is presiding elder in the
 Meridian Miss, Methodist Episcopal Church conference, and a delegate
 from the first district of Mississippi l The essential feature of his affidavit
 dated today follows:
 "On Thursday, June 13, Charles Banks, a delegate from Mississippi. came to where l was staying in 1 Chicago. He asked everybody to leave except me. He began by asking if l had ever seen a thousand dollar bill. He then put his hand in hls pocket and brought out big roll of bills. The outside bill was one cf .he denomi- nation of $l0O0. It was the first 1 | had ever seen The roll of bills were nearly all gold certificates. He then wanted to know how much would ask to go with him and sup port Roosevelt. I told him 1 would nor be bought. that 1 had not come to Chicago to sell myself. He then said that all. or a majority of the delegates were going to Roosevelt and that Roosevelt would make him the referee in Mississippi in connection with all tine federal offices.
 I repeated l would not be a party to such a transaction and excused myself"
 Buckley's affidavit says in substance that:
 Dr. $. D. ,Rodman of Jackson Miss, l on June 15 asked him if he woull go with him for Roosevelt, who surely would win, and make Buckley and Dr. E. P. Howard referee for the fifth congressional district. Buckley aver red that Rodman also promised him $500 or S400, but he declined to go with him."
 "Then on Friday. June IA, Charles Banks of Mound Bayou, Miss, who was instructed by the state conven- tion to vote for Taft told me AIr Roosevelt would surely win and he didn't like the way things were carried on in Mississippi and if l would go with Roosevelt he would give me $1O0 cash, e.s!:. S!aa O. the first day ef the con vention and $100 the second day of
 the convention. At the same time
 Banks pulled out roll of greenbacks and said T have .he money and l will
 give you $l00."
 D. w. Sherrods affidavit alleges
 he met Dr. s. D. Rodman of Jackson,
 Miss, today in front of the Coliseum,
 and he said he knew I have influence
 with A Buckley. the delegate from
 Mississippi, and to bring A. Buckley
 over to the Roosevelt side and he
 would make Dr. E. k. Howard, Buckley and me, referees of the fifth congress sional district and any other consider ation I might desire.
 "I said MT Buckley is instructed | for Taft by our congressional and state conventions and can't ask him 1 to do this. Mir Bond of Canton, Miss, saw me last Saturday and wanted me to bring Taft delegates over to the Roosevelt side; that they have arrang- ed to get any amount of money neces- sary from S100 to s2,G00 or any amount required. that Roosevelt's managers had sent for me and that MT. Dixon was out, but would be back in few moments, but 1 excused myself when l found out what they wanted as 1 wanted the delegates who were in- structed for President Taft to stay with him."
 Nebraska Condemns Rosewater. l Chicago. June 17.--While delegates to tine republican national
 were not in conference with party leaders. following brass bands around the streets shouting for their choice
 for the nomination. or engaging in
 many other strenuous stunts, state
 delegations held caucuses today. At the Nebraska meeting the six
 teen delegates signed a resolution con demning Victor Rosewater for his ac- l lions as chairman of the national committee during the hearing of the contest cases.
 The republicans of Nebraska have