THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1890. T SECOND PAR1 f PAGES 9 TO 12. f r - a BMERY PRODUCES H W Upon TOcli He Bases His Three Charges Against Candidate George . Delamater. BRIBERY TO SECURE "Perjury in Taking the Prescribed Constitutional Oath of Office, and Forgery While a Legislator. ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO TAKE THE CASE INTO COURT. productions of Interesting Letters, Affidavits and Other Documents in Fac-Simile Sworn Statements from Eesidents of Crawford County Who Claim to Have Carried Money Direct From Delamater to Silence the Proposed Contest Against Him One Bill That Was Aever Paid Some Extracts From the Legislative Record Ilow the Billingsley Heasnre Was Defeated Even More Complete and Convincing Testimony Fromised on the Witness Stand The Speaker Announces That This is His First Bolt From the Kepuhlican Farty. rerECIAL TELEGBAM TO TIIE PISFATCIM Beadfoed, September 26. On Friday, April 4, just 25 weeks ago to-night, ex-Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., charged George "Wallace Delamater, then a cuudidate for the nomination for Governor, which he has since secured, with bribery in securing his election as State Senator, tnus involving perjury in taking the oath of office, and with corrupt acts during his legislative career. On August 14 Mr. Delamater entered a positive denial of these accusations. At the Bradford Opera House, to-night, Sir. Em ery produced the evidence on which he made the charges, in the following speech: It was my privilege alter attaining my ma jority, to cast my first vote for Abraham Lincoln for President of the United States. From that time up to the present I have al ways supported the nominee of the Republic an party, and in no single instance have I broken my record. I have always held that the conduct of political affairs should be as carelully, honestly and frankly conducted as the affairs of private business. I always regarded that the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution of the United States contemplated this as the only guarantee of wise and economic govern ment. No Apolosy lor Ills Itccord. "With this sense of dutv solidly implanted in lay mind, and the determination to hold the popular will of the people to be above and beyond personal advancement, I entered the public service as the legislative representa tive from this district While serving this constituency for the ten years that followed I never lost sight of these to me lunda mental elements of honest, frank and right eous conduct of the people's busiuess. "Whatever I have done was done with a con scientious belief that I was acting in the best interests of the people and for their greatest good. For the open and independent course I deemed it my duty to pursue, and for which I have no apology to make, I have been vil lified in disgraceful terms and hounded alike in my business audsoml associations, the most annoying obstacles have been thrown in my way; cutting and humiliating elaudcr has not even spared the seclusion of my private library. I have been charged with venting personal spite and wreakirg business vengeauce inspired by groundless jealousies. To all of this I only reply, that while I may have erred, as who may not, but, in whatever way I may have erred, the fault was with my judgment and not with ay desire. AVrons Wearing tlic Blaxk of Klcht During Riy legislative experience I saw so much that was irregular; so much wrong that wore the mask of right; so much done in the name of the people that in reality was done at the bidding of the great corpora t'ons, without any regard for the right or the welfare of the people; so many men of question ble title to honor elevated to the high places in the State and Nation, that I could but reflect and ask myself, To what end must this bring the country? Others saw that these wroDgs and irregu larities would eventually precipitate dis aster upon the party. They felt that so long s they could quietly suffer, and the very Vitals of the Government were not endan gered, they had better do so, until in 1882 it was seen that nothing but open revolt would check the tyranny of bossism and the usur pation of autocratic corporations. After that memorable campaign it was plain to the humblest citizen that there were too many reading, thinking and inde pendent followers of the principles of Lin coln, Giddings, Sumner and Garfield to permit the continuance of such open irreg ularities and wrongs as had characterized the conduct of the bosses and boodlers from the adoption of the constitution of 187a The go-called "Stalwarts" and "only true Re publicans" showed a disposition to mend their practices. They made concessions in regard to the management of party prima ries and conventions that had the appear ance of genuine repentance and absolution. A itevolt That Boro Fruit. Those who revolted in 1882 took them at their word. "While the results of that re volt were not so great as they should have been, yet it was not without good Iruit In the Legislature of 1883 the House was Democratic and the Senate was narrowly Republican, yet, with the aid of the hand ful of Independent Republican Senators, the Democrats succeeded in passing the anti discrimination bill, the free pipe bill, the anti-telegraph line consolidation bill and the amendment to the railway incorporation laws, so as to make the construction of the South Pennsylvania Railroad a possibility. Borne of these bills had been on the cal endars tor years. In this session the anti discrimination bill was, however, so dis- j A SENATORIAL SEAT, torted and mangled with amendments that it was really of no effect. In 18S7 the hand of the great corporation and of the minions they controlled again became apparent. The Billingsley bill was de eated by as corrupt and foul a deal as ever blurred the legislative annals. The revenue bill, alter its passage by both Houses was stolen, actually losing to the people 51,000,000 a year, that would have justly been paid into the Treasury by the corporations of the State. A Promise to tbo Farmers Broken. In 1889 the equalization tax bill, intended to relieve the farmers, was defeated in the Senate alter passing the House. Mr. Dela mater had promised to support this bill, but voted against taking it out of the hands of the committee, which sealed its fate. I speak of these things to show that Air. Dela mater was always in close touch with every measure that was desired by the great cor porations and out of sympathy with every measure that would be of benefit to the busi ness man, farmer, artisan or laborer. There was one mechanic with whom he was always in svmpathy, and that one was the practical corporation lobbyist Now, before entering into the real subject of mv remarks to-night, I want to explain why I went to any trouble to search into Mr. Delaniater's doings. Up to within 48 hours of the de eat ol the Billincsley bill, its friends had sufficient votes pledged to pass it, I think, with a majority of four. Mr. Delamater insisted on remaining passive anii noi-.'omuiital on the measure. Very suddenly it wjs announced in legis lative circles that Delamater would not only oppose the bill with his vote, but that he would make the leading argument against it Thence on, he used every tactic and sub terfuge to obstruct its passage. I wondered what could have been the incentive for so sudden aud vigorous a "flop," and I'll say to you, I was not long in discovering it It was a little matter of $65,000, of which I will speak later. His Wnrnlnc to the Pnrtr. "When it became apparent that Mr. Dela mater wonld be strongly pushed for the Re publican Gubernatorial nomination, and that all the machinery ot the partv, State and national, was being specially oiled for the occasion, I determined to warn the party, long in advance, that to nominate a map whose character was black with'corruption in his own county, and not less so with re spect to the affairs of State, would invite disaster, despite the great natural Repub lican majority accredited to the State. On the evening of April 4, last, I made certain charge against Mr. Delamater. After the lapse ol four months and ten days he saw fit to have himself interrogated bv one Thomas L. White, of Chambersburg, and made a general denial of all I had charged, or of anything that might be after ward charged. ( Mr. Delamatpr s.iid? "nn inr;iiii,i.. during my candidacy for the nomination, ex-Seuator Lewis Emery, Jr., made certain charges respecting my honor as a citizen and Senator. Until now, I have refrained from making a public replv. Prior to my nomination I claimed the right to make my own contest in my own way and was content to rely for my vindication upon my life long character and reputation built up in every active professional and business career in,Northwestern Pennsylvania. The enthu siastic aud unanimous endorsement ot my own county, the cordial support of the majority elected from the other counties, the exceptionally strong indorsement by citi zens and business men of Philadelphia, and finally, my nomination by the Harrisburg convention, all in the face of these undenied charges, had seemed to me sufficient answer. The question nowaddressed to me implies that Continued Silence on Mr Fart mav be misinterpreted by certain good citi zens whose affiliations are with the Repub lican party. As the candidate of that party I cannot allow its interests to be prejudiced in the estimation of any citizen by a re fusal to answer any inquiry touching my personal and official integrity and I take this occasion to enter ray most positive, em phatic and unequivocal denial of each 'and every charge prelerred by Senator Emery. So that I may be fully understood and that the real questions of the hour may not be obscured by personalities growing out of these attack's and that future reference to this subject may be avoided, I enter this denial to all cnarges, by whomsoever pre ferred, which assail my honor as a man or mv virtue as a citizen." The machine organs of the State im mediately set up a hue and cry that my charges had been "completely and suffi ciently" answered. Marked copies of the papers bearing ear marks of the party ma chinery fairly flooded into' my office, calling nticutiuu tuat ji was uow uiy time to speak. Well, I am here to speak, not in four months and ten days, not so shortly before the elec tion that Mr. Delamater may not have ample time and opportunities to purge himsel: of the odium that attaches to him; ample time to make me answer before the courts. When X made these charges I stood on tenable ground. It is as tenable to-day as it was then. If any man had made such charges against me be'ore or after my nomination for any office, I would have taken him to the courts at once, where I challenged Mr. Dela mater to take meat that time, and where I will only be too glad if he will take mo now. Emery Slakes His Specific Chnrgea. He preferred for obvious reasons to make a sweeping, general denial, not only of what I had said, but of anything I might afterward say, or anything any other citizen might yet say. In view of this I now re make those charges: I charge that he procured his election to the,Senate or this State in 1886 by improper means; that be procured by improper means citizens ot Crawford countr to vote for him at the general election, and that when a ae- FAC 7V(E ContinehtAl EiKiwestBvS- -EttlLA. &. t-a--C5 'Z&i morial had been contemplated to be pre sented to the Senate of the State to prevent him from taking the oath of office, lie paid large sums of money for the suppression of said memorial. I charge that he did take the oath of office, thereby committing a crime against the good name and statutes of the Commonwealth. I charge also that during his service in the Senate he at tempted to alter a public record by framing a conference report on a bill belore it had been properly considered, contrary to all rules and practice, signing or having had signed the names of alleged members of the committee, and in so doing oueuded the dig nity of the Legislature and the laws of the. Commonwealth. I make these charges without -fear of successful denial, and I court an action at law, whereby I may place' my proof betore the people oath-bound. When I made these charges I naturally expected to be summarily obliged to answer in the court This I hoped for, but, as I be fore remarked, for obyious reasons Mr. Del amater saw fit to be satisfied with a general denial. I have always been ready to re spond to a summons upon me to answer, and have repeatedly tendered to go to his own county to give him opportunity to compel me to prove what I have charged. The Act of a Coward. It is but tbe act of a coward to wait for months resting in silence under such grave accusations, and when called upon, in se vere terms, from all over theComnionwealth, to enters plea of not guilty of all counts in the indictment, or any luture indictment any thinking grand jury mayfind. If Mr. Delamater will bring me into the courts I will assume to supply the evidence to thor oughly convict him in the public mind or sufferihe consequences of my failure. I take this defiant attitude because I know many men of high character end standing, citizens of Crawford county, whose lips will willingly unseal when brought before the bar of justice who now refrain from public utterance because of a mistaken delicacy. For the purpose of showing a motive for much that will follow, I-want to read a statement made to me by a responsible citi zen of Crawford county, who was on the in side, in tbe parlor of my home, Sunday night, Ma ch 8. of this year, in the presence of a wituess, whose affidavit as to its verity is attached: To more clearly show the political methods of this man, I quote from Pinkerton's re port made in 1882, except the names, which I do not at present wishlto use: "My father and I are Democrat. Last year my father voted part of tbe Republican ticket and made a number of Democrats in the neighborhood do the same. My father received J200 from Mr. "Wallace Del amater, banker at Meadville, last year, which amount my father used in buying Democratic votes, paying from $1 to $3 for each vote. No one has given my father any monev this year." "When time had blown away some of the odium that attached to M. S. Quay's name, because ot his connection with the pardon ing of the Kemble gang, he-became ambi tions to regain his political prestige. He recoznized that the rosy path to such a con summation was the taking of tbe party reins into his hands and knocking out some one or all of the party leaders. But the saga cious Republican Napoleon Tracked tbo Financial Backing so necessary in such a single-handed contest He found in tbe father of George Wallace Dalamater and Dr.W. B. Roberts, of Titus ville, two who were willing to give him the wanting element upon condition that George "Wallace Dalamater and "W. H. Andrews should be ultimately pushed to the front This compact sealed, Quay launched in his memorable fight for the State Treasuryship alone and against the strongest politicians in the State, and at one stroke landed him self into office and political power. Wal lace Dalamater then commenced to lay his plans for gaining tbe prominence his ances tor had desired for him and placed himself in position to receive the help pledged by Quay, to push him toward the Gubernatorial chair, and Andrews, toward any thing he could get, and he'll get about anything he can lay his hands on, if political trickery can be made to count Delamater saw that with the in fluence ot Andrews and gilt-edge "Pa," he could represent the dear people of Crawford in the State Senate. By a liberal use of cold cash he managed to get the Republican nomination in that district So'in the gen eral ejection he bought his success and de feated a jvery popular Democrat Then came a trial lor him, that while it took his breath, his conscientious scruples were so pliable that he was able to meet it and wear the face of innocence down to Harrisburg, and step to the bar of tbeenate and swear to what he knew to bo a lie. Citizens of the county got affidavits that Delamater had spent money illegally to gain his election, and when the audacious Wsllace.found that they would go to Harrisburg and prevent him from taking tbe oath of office, he paid the one 1700 and the other $1,300 to keep Uf 3kihSt!LxiXo f Jr f X jf S P X A tt yiL-4JZ--:&t-ACr feQ4&6 5 rr-' J4TJ&4 -&LcL & -7 V rfY" s4k - , - SIMILE OF THE RUTAN Ca -&d&sfl&- Z jr"zs &0 &s&is&c(JbjfrrA -Xcj l&o &z-c&i yutA &?Cu! V 3-S fiJr6wZ4 3e'euCZi Z$ !JL Jl&CC& (frLCC &rr -w J - rC yf&Wfrt J- Q r . ' & i ZajLp 2z &L ktvv W quiet You ask me how I know such terri ble thing. "Well, I will tell you: , I Carried lhe Money paid to one of them, paid it to him, and he is willing to say it in the courts, if necessary. The other money I did not pay, but I know it was given by Delamater to pay, and the man who was to get it told me afterward that he had received his money. Thus bought free he landed in Harrisburg and took the oath of office, with the foul crime against the Constitution of the State in heart But now Andrews must be looked "-' -.- . - --. - - - J .SIMILE after, for the plan contemplated that he should supersede Cooper, that the machinery of the party could the more surely be brought into play to force Delamater's elevation to the Executive chair. "So Cooper was mercilessly set aside, despite his long, faithful service. ' Once in the Senate, the heart of Delamater yearned for the Governorship. Quay, Delamater, Andrews, Roberts and Billingsley got their heads together and hatched out the famous bill No. 104, known as the Bill ingsley bill. Two purposes were to be subserved with this: The one was to bring the gold of the Standard Oil Company to Quay, to enable him to go yet higher; the other to induce the Standard to pledge its power to lift the Senator from Crawford into the Executive chair. Their plan was to let PnnUM and no 4&le at loe Hepumicoo Pnoune Route Meaonir. fa. STATE OFPENNSYLVANIA, Crawford Co.ss:1 gfi&mLoCiAG'' &sZ7 &dbLac fe1(BBTIH0l (WHEREAS. Complaint has Deenmacte. befnrej mt7ohe of .trfgjjustices .of the.?Peac elufdCountya on the oa"th of Cfee. 4G&&4rz4stsCs vG ccs4ujtsL 2aT- U-. 5.9 T ' &esttZfa& Ur&&$ jthesc are therefore tocommand nnd br?ng uwvjbetorct he SJea'lt'wTtlf according to law Witness the safd Justice! 5 the bill pass in the House with very little opposition, and let, it work through the Senate, until it looked as though It would surely pass, when they knew the Standard would open its purse. Then Delamater would kill it with a flourish of trumpets, and all that wonld remain would be the rewarding of Delamater with the Governorship, and his man Friday with the Senatorial chair that Delamaterf would vacate. This programme has been .carried MS-PV - SS U tyCC lyCrTrVl tiUuzL (HCisxsu "" v rl t' 'Vkzy & W A. X 6 Z-4JULj$s 'LtsLsxsCZT (fUsCe- r ' out to the letter, except the last two items in the compact. The one we are now not be ing asked to pay for, they are trying by all the political trickery, juggling and corrup tion known to professional heelers, to force us to pay tor. I want to say right here that the man who will resort to base trickery to de feat the honest preference of his fellow par tisans will not hesitate to cheat the people of the State when invested with Executive or Legislative power." ffwn Proof of the Conversation State of 1'ennsTlvanU, Conntvof McKean, ss: Personally appeared belore tbe subsenber, a Notary Public in and for said county, E. C. Jones, who being by me first duly sworn ac cording to law deposes and says: That he was personally present at the conversation detailed, in the annexed paper, relating to briberies by George Wallace Delamater, and that bo beard the statements made as therein set torth, that the said conversation was reduced to writing, which is tho writing hereto attached, and that it was examined by the person who made it who declared tbe same In bis presence to be a cor rect and truthful statement of the facts. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 24th day of September, A. D. 1890. E. C. Jones. R. L. Edoett. Notary Puplic State of rennsylv&nla. County of Crawford, ss: James B. Rable. being duly sworn, says George Wallace Delamater is President of tbe Meadville Fuel Gas Company, a corporation, as be is informed, connected with the Standard Oil Company. That the said company was lay- p e.j that you-arrestee 'afn,l - ift - nitittt gtibscrjbetlQrt h with, .toanswer i - itS(AMZJOiaUU fC OF ENVELOPE CONTAINING RUTAN LETTER. FAC-SIMILE OF THE WARRANT ISSUED FOR BRIBERY. inglts pipes in Meadville when the Republican primaries were hold in 1888, at which primaries ,altl D.elanater was a candidate for State Sen ator.Tbat a set of men numDering about 40 under charge ofR. B. Burns began work the morning of the day of tbe Republican primaries. That said set of men were promised work till tho pipe line Was laid in said city; that the men. one of whom was affiant, worked till about 8 o'clock r. x., when they were told that If they would go to the primaries and vote for Dela mater (the tickets being then and there deliv ered), that they could lav the rest of the day - l&feL2&sf--4s&!0 a Is r J d 0Mf 4XLjh uLtdZty ttna Cf 1st ''C4-rvlrL 'tftfc&QSlsiUL S . P ss--T73 7 'UCiSt-AsCtr 'fist) isissu 6--Zs6rS3JL. (4aU4lJL 4fct& lotyvstJUsZOO &' yT2 I ' J J" I QAUsc) ouui 1 uaojsC2 eC T' ,T 5 p?& ysr-ct' - ux C V 'sJLZt tejtZisAusJU) & tvC to themselves. That all the men quit an voted as requested, that they came oack t work next morning and were at once un charged, receiving one day's pay. That many of said men were Democrats. Sworn and subscribed before me September 6, 1890. A. B. Epson, Prothonotarv. Jaues It Rable. air Them Paying Oat the Boodle. Affidavit of Samuel W. Sheldon, of Spring township, Crawford county, Penn sylvania., " During tho campaign of 1858, when George Wallace Dalamater was candidate for State Senator, I met him and W, H. Andrews at Riccville, Crawford connty. and saw them there at a secret meeting with the door guarded, pay ont money to different individuals to use at the election. I bad known Mr. Dalamater for a number of years, and he knew me to be a Democrat. He told me, as a result of our conversation to work for him, and secure all the votes I conld ana that he would pay me well for my time and expenses. After tbe election, that year, I met the said George Wallace Dalamater and showed him my bill, amounting to (JUS) one hundred and twenty-eight dollars. Mr. Dalamater said it was satisfactory and that he would pay it but desired to wait till after ha was sworn in as oenawr. Alter said Delamater was sworn in as Sen ator, be neglected and finally refused to pay said bill or any part of it, and it still remains unpaid. Samtjei, W. Sheldok, Jb. that tflrd at ithc'county'aforcsatd th- V- - Afyferjf he.,saldj:harge and Jur tfterTto ba & j.'pJ Subscribed to and sworn before me tbe 9th day of September, 1890. Wm. A. Docoan. J. P., Bondville. Pa. State of Pennsylvania, connty of Crawford, ss: George Robinson, being duly sworn, says ba is a resident of Rockdale township, Crawford county. That on Friday, October 29, 1886; on the premises of affiant Sam n el W. flolg. of Rockdale township, gave to affiant the snm of 13. That said money was given affiant by said Hoig for the purpose of Influencing affiant's vote at the general eleotlon to be held la said 3rTnrfqr? Sd-csgcu SKAb 1 i?C - & &fQtniAifa4ju .. - 1.. V A - 4stS2ssSm ns LAy, L T s, r-f-J- 1) fCyTJ sKc GT 'Wto JS ru c&tetiutvfS township That on the 2d day of November, 1SS6. For Said Money Affiant Was to Tote at said election for Dr. W. B. Roberts for Con gress and George Wallace Delamater for State Senate. Tbat affiant has good reasons to be lieve said Hoig paid money to other men to se cure their votes for the said above-named can didates. That said Hoig gave affiant whisky to give to other voters in said township to In fluence their vote at said election: tbat affiant was informed said Hoig had and nsed whisky at the election November 2, eiving drink to voters. Geobob Robinson. Sworn and subscribed before me, November 3,1880. "William A. Douoas. J. P. State or Pennsylvania, Crawford Connty, ss: To Fred M. Pinnej, Rockdale constable. Greeting: Whereas, complaint has bees made- before me. one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for I said connty, on oath of George Rcbiuson, that 1 Samuel W. Hoig did at the county aforesaid on tne ajth, October, I8S0, purchase votes for the general election held on November 2, 18S8. These are therefore to command that yon ar rest tbe said bamnel W. Hoig and bring him before the subscriber forthwith to answer the said charge and further to be dealt with ac cording to law. Witness the said Justice.atThird ward, Mead ville, the 8th day of November, A. D. 1888. Wm. A. Dougan, J. P. (Seal.) I now propose to read a statement made by responsible citizens of this State in my office, in tbe presence of citizens ot Bradford who attach their oaths to the same. I am re OJiested not to use their names, but in case x prosecution their names will appear; the men will go upon the witness stand and swear to the truthfulness of what they said therein. Three of the names I will desig nate as X Y. Z. to make the statement clear. Sonic Astonishing Allegations. X. There is no use of mincing matters. I'll tell you tbe fellow who got the $1,300 is now in this tountry. I gave the informa tion I nad, he was hard up and threatened to expose the whole of Delamater's briberies and Wallace just chucked down the 51.300 to shut him up. You see I went to Dela mater and said; "You spent money." I told the constable, Mr. Finney, who carried the warrant for Hoig's arrest, to give the warrant to Sam Hoig, and say to him: "Yon had better go down to Meadville and have Delamater fix this up." He went to see Delamater. Mr. Emery "Y.," you got the 5700 from Wallace Delamater, did you?" x"e s'r I Et the money from George Wallace Delamater, aud paid it to "X." X I got the monev from "Y " knnwinc just where it came from and what it was for. a-jmo, another case; Bill Hoig, for his support Wallace gave him a letter, agreeing to give him (Hoig) S100 to help him out on his fieht for Sheriff in lfW7. Hn day he (Delifmater) met Bill and gave him 20. Considerable time after that I told Bill that if he would give me tbe letter I would advance him the other $80. I got the letter and paid Bill tbe 180. Alter the elec tion I met'Wallace Delamater and said: "I want to see you." We went upstairs in the big drinking room (over the Delamater bank) when I said: "Wallace, I advanced to Bill Hoig 80 on your letter; here is your letter. 1 want it back." He got up and went down to tbe bank, got tbe money and paid me the ?80. Wallace met me and said: "This fight and trouble has gone on long enough and ou;ht to end." I said: "Wallace, you spent 510,000 to secure your election. You bought 0 Democrats in Rockdale township, you know it You'd have been whipped it you had not ued the money." He replied: "Well, I know I would, but I bad to spend it on account of the heavy load I had to carry in Roberts." Mr. Emerr You know then that."Z" got this money ($1,300), free from George Wal lace Delamater; not from a clerk or some one else? A Koto That Ws Never Paid. Y I know he got it, and how he got it, for I was present when the arrangements were made. Delamater s.iid: "I'll just take your note for this, to fix it up, but I will never call on you to pay it" Delamater and myself were tbe only perso ns present at this arrangement We all understood tbat it was the price of (Z's) silence upon the bribery Delamater bad resorted to over the county to be elected to the Senate. X Delamater admitted to me tbat be had paid Z and the rest ot them. Why there are hundreds of men in Crawford county wnoinueuusuoagniio vote in every political fight he has been in. Some one got George Robinson to make complaint against Sam Hoig, of which I sposre, and Delamater paid $25 for him. When elected over Henry Church he (Delamater) secured his big ma jority by buying it Mr. Emery Now X, maybe that will be going too tar? X It won't be, Seaator, because I helped him buy them. I got a gang for him; all but one. Colonel fixed him, I tell you, Mr. Emery, everything he ever got he bought I think he conld have been elected Mayor without the use of a cent, but he could not have got his big majority without tbe liberal use ofmoney. Bill Hoig bought Henry Baldwin for $3. Ha got his ticket from Bill and it was with tbe swaey; both yZsjzisu. T 1 yv .voy f&-&TlisCLs CrL&JCd XT 2 ' 't T-CslSC P V TSvTfl crO b were together. I posted the fellows who were buying the votes. W. H. Andrews in the campaign or 1886 held secret meetings all over the county from which The Distribution of tho Moner I wasbeing'made. There are scores of Dem- ucruis wno can oe gotten to testify to their havine been bought and bid for at these meetings. These meetings were held to my knowledge at Conneautville, Saegerstown, Linesville, Geneva, Cochranton, Townville, Ricevilie, Lineolnville, Centerville and Spartansburg. Notices were sentout to the outlying districts to meet them there. I was, or happened to be. in Titnsville the evening before the meeting was held at Cen terville and I went to it Delamater was not present at this meeting. When I came out I said to Neutnau Scott, of Athens town ship: 'Go up and learn how to buv Dem ocratic votes. He went up and I went away. When I met bim hesiid: 'Well, by 1 the way them fellows are throwing around cash beats all I eyer saw. I had friends at most of these meetings, and my fellows would take the victims out as they got their money and make them "blow in" the best part of it before they got away.' Mr. Emery Do yon know of any mem ber of the Democratic Committee being bought to keep the Republicans acquainted with what was going on in the Democratic camp? Bandit On a Connty Candidate. X. No, sir. Dan T. Nash was Chair man of the Democratic County Committee. I can prove that Delamater bought off White, of Spartansburg, from being a can didate for Treasurer in 1831. thus securing tbe nomination of John F. Morris. After the nomination Delamater took up a writ ten agreement lor Morris to sign, that he (Morris) would deposit the county funds in Delamater's bank. Morris refused to do this, saying: "I'll simply say, I won't put all my eggs in one basket" Then Delama ter turned in and assisted to secure Dan T. Nash's election, and in les3 than a year had 530,000 ol tbe couuty.'s money in his (Dela mater's) bank. I un prove this by John F. Morris, and Delamater admitted to me tbat he had left his own party and supported Dan Nash. In 1886 Dan Nash was Chairman of the County Committee and AY. R. Bole was his right bower. One day Dan Nash hitched up bis team and took some men around the town to see it Aa they were coming down town Dan was thrown from his buggy and and broke his leg badly, close to his thigh. I at once telegraphed to George B. Luper and had others telegraph bim, at Harrisburg, about tbe accident to Nash, and asked him to come up and take charge of tbe campaign. After George bad taken bold, Charles Lamphier came to him and asked for money and George Luper refused to give it to him. He, Lamphier, went up to where Nash was in bed and came back with a peremptory order on Luper for the money. He then gave bim the money from the committee's lunds, and as soon as he (Lamphier) left the office Laper called F. W. Ellsworth and told him to follow that and see what he does with the money." Emery Was there ever anything against Nash in his connection with the Treasurer's office? X Nash left the Treasurer's office a de faulter for about $2,500, and his father had to mortgage his farm to keep him from going to the penitentiary. Sore ot the Proof. One of the Party Well, X, Mr. Emery is jnst in this position; He wants to leel sure he can prove what he asserts, and that if he does make these charges against Mr. Delr mater, you and Y will swear to these asst tinns you have made to bim. X Well, you don't need to fear for n, Seuator, I am ready to prove by my oat everything I have said to you. Y So am L I'll make a statement to that effct. right now, and sign it Emery Then, gentlemen, upon what you uave aim j. win puuucir inane me cnarges. At the close of this conversation the gen tlemen making the foregoiug statements re ferred to, as X and Y made the following indorsements in their own handwriting: Mr. Emery, the above and foregoing is cor rect unless it may be in exact words, but it la correct as to facts. "X." So far as my statements are concerned they aro correct, as 1 remember. "Y." Affidavits of the Witnrso. State of Pennsylvania, Connty of McKean, ssi D. H. Jack, W. R. Weaver, George B. Rob erts and E. C. Jones, each being sworn, says: That he was personally present at the con versation detailed in tbe annexed paper, relat ing to briberies and suppression of vrosecution by George Wallace Delamater, and each heard the statements made as therein set forth. That the said conversation was reduced to writing, which is tbe writing hereto attacbed,and it was examined by the persona who made it, who de clared in bis presence to be correct and a true statement of tbe facta. Tbat tbe same was read over by the parties making it and the same was by each of them signed in bis pres ence, v. a. jack, George E. Robebts, W. R. Weaves. E. C. JONLS. Sworn and subscribed this 21th day of Sep ber, lsyo, before me, a Notary Public for" and in the county of McKean, bate of FennsjI vma. R. L. fiDGETT, Notary Public In corroboration of the statement just made as to Delamater's corruption in the Treasury fight of 1884, and his subsequent treachery to the Republican nominee, I want to read a statement made by"Deacon" William T. Dunn, 01 Meadville, of the firm of Dunn & Stalker, a citizen of great re spectability and well-known integrity, who authorized it to be made public. A Combination to Control the County. "In the spring of 1881 George Wallace Delamater came to me and endeavored to persuade me and my.brother, Milton Dunn, to join him (Delamater) in a combination to control the politics of Crawford county. Mr. Delamater said there were always fac tions, and mentioned the Dick faction and Henderson faction, which had been prominent years be.ore, 'but now,' said he, ' We have formed a combination which has plenty of money and powenul enough to nominate and elect the whole county ticket The proposition then made was that it 'Deacon' Dunn and his brother Milton wonld join tbe combine or ring and do certain things required of tbem by Mr. Delamater, that Milton Dunn would be nominated and elected County Treasurer. In answer to an inquiry of what the 'certain things' were Mr. Delamater gave me to understand that among the re quirements was the depositing 01 the county lunds in his (Delamater's) bank by the Treasurer. When asked what the result would be if we (the Dunns) refused to join tbe ring, Delamater said ii we stayed out Milton would be deieated. "It is not necessary to say in this com munity, that the Dunns did not join the Delamater ring. We are not that kind of men. I informed Mr. Delamater that I had been a Republican ever since tbe organiza tion of tbe party and bad been voting the ticket when he (Delamater) was a' child, aud believed in free elections, and that I wanted all the candiaates for nomination to announce themselves and abide by the re sult of the primaries, giving every can didate a fair chance without any set up ring or combination or tbe use of money. Of course Mr. Milton Duun was not nominated for Treasurer. Tbe Came of Qimrrel. "When George Wallace Delamater and Levi Birch.ot "Vernon township quarreled at the Republican headquarters,in this citr in 1886, coming to blows, the cause ol tbe fight was that Mr. Birch explained, that the reasons for the opposition to Mr. Delamater were: First That Delamater pledged his support to Homer Moora for County Treasurer in 1884; second, that Delamater and Andrews influenced Warren White to withdraw irom the canvass with cash; third,, that Delamater then threw his support to Captain John F. Morris, thus selling ont Moore; fourth, that after Morris was nom inated Delamater went to him while he was sick in bed and asked him to sign a written agreement to deposit all the county funds la Delamater's bank, if elected, which Morris refused to do, saying he could nuke no laeb 4 4 "r-r " . .-aMfeesi
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