Show THE BIAISE MIX now Swann and Others Were Induced to Resizn Which Party is the Greater Rogue Augusta 9 The statement by Swann in the house to day relative to an attempt to bribe him is sub etantially the same ai his affidavit with the following additional points A reliable member of the house told him that Wallace R White had offered him 1000 cash to resign asa as-a member The member refuse tj I accept He Swann upon hearing thiejconanUed Secretary of State Gove andjSvilh Solon Chase drew up nn affidavit sent Monday night alleging 1 alleg-ing bribery by White He then had the member intimate to White that ho Bwann would resign re-sign for 1000 and a meeting with White was had at the court house at 10 nm tho next morning and White taking him into a corner of the room showed him the following statement AUGUSTA January 6 To the Chairman of Democratic and Greenback Caucus After mature deliberation I have concluded that it is my duty as a citizen to obey the laws ns they I are construed and decided by tho supreme judicial coart I cannot can-not therefore lend my aid to I keeping out of their Heats republican I represent uiveseleut whom the supreme su-preme court has declared entitled thereto I therefore give public notice that I will not participate in the organization of tho house being fairly and fully determined to obey the mandate of the court To resist that mandate is revolution destruct both to my party and the great interests in-terests ot the state Signed Tiles B SWANN He informed me that should have to writo a statement like it and sign the same also sign my resignation and deliver up ray certificate to him He tad they should not want to use th3 resignation resigna-tion but wanted it to show that I acted in good faith and that after the house was organized I could take my seat and the republicans would put me upon important committees I informed him that I would sign tho papers and he said that he hud to go and get the money Ho left toe room and returned in about twenty minutes and said it was all right He then read to me and I copied in my own hand letters to tho chairman of the democratic and greenback green-back commi tees He also read a resignation which I copied I then put the papers without my signature into my pocket We then counted the money and found it correct I then signed the paper and took Iho money Ho said ho wanted some II moro men and vrantsd to know if I knew of any ho could get I told him I I thought he could get Harriman of i Kennebunk Ho tod me to see him and come with him at 180 I then left and called at the Augusta House to see if I could find Harriman but did not find him I then went direct to the state house and found E H Gove and made the following statement state-ment I Thomas B Swann in the presence pres-ence of Hon Solon Ohaso and HonE Hon-E H Gove make tho following statement state-ment I have this day been approached ap-proached by an agent of the republican republi-can party to resign as a represenla live for money I am going to take the money tomorrow and thus show the people the fraud and corruption of the republican party I expect to hays another party also take money for tho same purpose Signed THOMAS B SVANS I weflt to the Augusta House and found Harriman and laid him what had taken place and he ocreed to go with me and tako the money and expose the fraud I went to my dinner and then returned to the Augusta Houso where I again found Harriman Harri-man and we went toward the courthouse court-house Before we reached it I showed him White standing on the poroh White went into the building and eo did Harriman As I passed by the court house Whit stuck hia head out of the window of the same corner of the room and motioned tJ me and I answed the motion wth a nod of my head I then wont to the Grand Nationla bank taking the money which Whito had paid me and bought this draft on Boston I do not claim this money and it is subject to the order of the person who furnished it Swann was followed by Harriman of Kennebunk who displayed the roll of bills he received the house applauding ap-plauding Tho cpsaker called for order declaring such a shameful story ought not to be so received In an impressive manner Harriman called upon God to witness the truth of his statement and as to the facts and his intentions when receiving the money Clarke of Noblebaro next rose and made a similar etateme nt regarding attempts to bribe him with a promise of money and a customhouse custom-house office Boston 9A Herald special says It is charged that when White left Harriman in the court house to go after the money ho was followed down State street and seen to enter Blames house Upon leaving it he went directly to the court house In the house tcdaya large number of remomtances were presented by persons claiming seats in the houseD house-D L Murch of Elswortb claims the seat of Eugene Halo A committee of five was appointed to investigate the attempted bribery of of members A committee of fifteen was appointed oubornatorial voter There was less than a quorum in the house at any time and tho session dragged several members sending for their lunch The house remained in continuous session although but few members were in their seats In the senate petitions presented from John T Wallace jr of Washington Wash-ington County claiming a seat The president stated that it bad been intimated in-timated that after adjournment the senate chamber would be taken possession pos-session of and that necessary precautions pre-cautions would be taken against it |