Emery County Progress | 1905-02-25 | Page 3 | Were "Cheap Skates."

WERE CHEAP SKATES california senators sold votes fop for small sum of the special committee appointed to investigate bribery charges against senators emmons bankers bunkers wright and french of the california state senate recommends that they be ex polled from the senate the four senators were accused of demanding and accepting a bribe for protecting certain building and loan associations from investigation by the tha legislative committee on retrenchment and reform of which they were mem bers hers A trap was set for them and marked bills were given to a gobe go be tween who was seen to pass the money to them each senator received they have been indicted by the sac grand jury