The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-24

useflt when and WhereiI would
Nov how do you connect that with
Mr. Chiffon?
When came on the ground here
at Charleston. found what appeared
to be an unlawful combination exist
ling between this man Watson and
that man Chiffon. | said little, /
thought much. l read the news re-
tgardlng the bribery here and there.
I'm the caucus kept close watch on
the vote and ! went away still in
hidoubt, but, Sir. on the days that fol-
lowed. / secured 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
two men; and since they sleep in the
same bed together, / must believe,
Sir that they think together.
What else! What else There
have been charges of bribery all over
this fair State, and charges such as,
In my opinion, should be Investigated.
Charges such,as, In my opinion, would
preclude any honest man from voting
for these men until thorough inves-
tigation is ohad. Let that inyestiga-
ton be had and let these people
show that their banners are clean
and / will withdraw any objection 1
may have.
Il hold in my hand, sir, a paper
that Is a copy of statement given
I,by one Mr.. Shock, delegate, here
Ia the presence of Judge George
Bennett, OF the county of Lewis,
and the Honorable John j. Davis, OF
the county of Harrison, reduced to
writing by Senator Fisher, OF this
honorable body, taken at the dlcta-
tlon of Mr.. Shock.
ID. j. Shock states that one Ham
rick, of Clay county, between one
, and two o'clock on the 18th OF jan
uary 1911, came to him in the
Washington hotel. Charleston, West
Virginia, and gave him $1,000 in bills
and agreed to pay him $1,000 addition
al II / would vote for Chiffon and
Bennett, OF the county sof Lewis,
Watson for. United States senators.
/ have this $1,000 in twenty dollar
, bills in my possession and 1 have the
word OF the Honorable John J. Davis
that those bills were counted and
the $1,000 was there. Several days
prior to this date, a man from
Clarksburg by the name of Supler,
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. /
told Judge Bennett and others about
this offer and was advised to follow
. 1t 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 |
do not know all that was said; but
he told me-now on the linke,
we were both Odd, Fellows. said
all right what is there in it?
4 HE said-You can get nice
thing out OF it.
u said-All right, how much of
| nice thing would 1t be?
'HIe said-You could get two
]. thousand.
q I said-You must think l am a
dam cheap guy?
4 He said will tell you, can
guarantee you $4,000.
Il said-on what terms?
4 HE said-"What terms do you
want2
Il said-You will pay me down
in advance.
HE satd-How much would you
want DOWN.
Il said-So far as am concerned
If you people couldn't trust me, 1
would not trust You and he said they
would pay me $1,000 in advance.
Thenaif Istood up for Watson and
Chiffon they would pay the other
Sb5oO. That was last night and i
agreed to see them today, and Iidid
Isoaand got the money. He said not
to let soul on earth know a thing
about it--it would ruin both of us.
He said Sam Stephenson furnished
the money.
Now, Mr.. President, after that
thing came into my hands on last
Monday, tell you j was troubled.
have gone quietly about, and fol
lowed the first clue that some Of the
opposition had set trap for some
rival candidate, had set a trap and
had furnished the money. But nj
have traced it down until I am ready