The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-24


~ Ii111S d gou. tulls llilsE VIZ
ll4- ChHtoRg
all same On trassEll
at Charleston. found what appeared
to be an unlawful combination exist.
! ING betEeen ms man watson. ana.
Ethat man Chiffon. said lIttles \
! Thought much / read the news re-
earding the bribery here and there.
/ In the caucus kept Close watch on
1.-The vote and / went aVay sin IN
doubt. but. Sir. on the days that fol-
loved I scared copies Of the ballot
sheets. have compared these votes
and the Comparison OF these votes
convinced me beyond any doubt that
There was an alliance between these
ltlEo men; and since they sleep IN the
same bed together / must believe.
J Sir. that they think together.
What else! What else! There
have been charges OF bribery an over
this fair Stale. and charges such as,
in my opinion, should be investigated.
Charges such aa. in,nay opinion. would
preclude any honest man from voting
for these men until thorough inVes-
ltigation is had. Let that inyesfiga-
! ton be had and let these people
show that their banners are clean
and will withdraw any objection l
imay have.
II hold in my hand. sir, paper
that is a copy OF statement given
by one MI Shock. a delegate, here
in the presence OF Judge George
Bennett, Of the county Of Lewis,
and the Honorable John ]. Davis, OF
the county OF Harrison, reduced to
writing by Senator Fisher Of this
honorable body, taken at the dicta-
ton Of Mr.. shock
''L. ]. Shock states that one Ham
rick, of Clay county, between one
and two o'clock on the 18th of jan
fuary, 1911. came to him in the
Washington hotel. Charleston. West
virginia, and gave him $1,000 in bills
tand agreed to pay him $500 addition
al If I would vote for Chiffon and
Bennett, Of the county OF Lewis,
Watson for United States senators.
I have this 81 900 in twenty dollar
bills in my possession and I have the
word of the honorable John J. Davis
that those bills were counted ana
the 81 900 was there Several days
prior to this date, man from
CIarksburg by the name Of Supier,
whom never saw before. was the
first one to come to me and wanted
me to vote for Chiffon and Watson.
They would put up the money and
wanted me to name the amount. 1
told Judge Bennett and others about
this offer and was advised to follow
it up and see what they would do.
AFTER this interview with Supler,
who came to my boarding house and
asked me to walk out with him, we
talked about the senatorship and 1
do not know all that was said; but
The told me-now on the llnke.
we were both Odd Fellows. said
all right, what is there in it?
I He said-You can get a nice
thing out OF 1t.
81 said-Au right, how much of
a nice thing would it be?
/ Gle said-You could get two
thousand
4 said-You must think I am a
dam cheap guy?
seHe said will tell you, can
! guarantee you $500.
/ s'I said-On what terms2
''He said-"What terms do you
want2
Il aaid-YOu Will pay me down
in advance
HE said-HOw much would you
want down.
''I said-so far as I am concerned
if you people couldn't trust me, q
would not trust You and he said they
would pay me $1,000 in advance.
Then If stood up for Watson and
Chiffon they would pay the other
$1,000. That was last night and Il
agreed to see them today. and did
so and got the money. He said NOT
to let soul on earth know thing
about tit would ruin both OF u.s.
He said Sam Stephenson furnished
the money.
Now. Mr.. President, after that
thing came into my hands on last
Monday. I ten you I was troubled. /
I have gone ouietly about- and foil