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Show A LOBBY BOUCHT THE LEGISLATURE. A M. Stevfinon TelN How Iho Colorado Kailroad Hill Was Defeated. DI'.nvkh, April 2. Tho Colorado railroad rail-road bill was defeated iu the senate Tuesday. The vote stood nays 15, yeas 11. Immediately after the vote Senator Bolsinger secured the floor and bitterly denounced those who had voted against the bill. Ho said that he had taken a drink at the Windsor bar with a well-known well-known citizen of Denver, who on that occasion pulled a roll of bills from his pocket, and said: "Come on, boys, aud drink; this is railroad money, and it is what 1 have left after defeating the railroad bill in tho house. " In an interview subsequently he said that the man who had displayed the money and made the remark was Mr. A. M. Stevenson, and that Representative Representa-tive White and James Bush were present pres-ent at the time. Mr. White was interviewed inter-viewed later and said that Stevenson was there and was crowing over the defeat of the bill, but although such a remark might have been made, he could not say that it was. Mr. Bush was also interviewed on the subject, and said that if called upon he would swear that no such remark had been made. He said: "Mr. Stevenson is a friend of mine, and lor that reason I would deny it in court, as 1 would not say anything against him." |