| Show CONKLING CONTEST TION the new york Legis lattire turned into a market by W w U telegraph to the iida ALBANY june 10 in the in in vesti gation aaion of bribery charges assemblyman sem blyman blyman sessions testified that ons one edwards had approached him last january and in this canvass in in favor of depew and had offered to pay campaign expenses but no money was wm put up this time samuel bradley Brad lcy assemblyman testified that ho be met senator sessions who said can call I talk to you on witness said yes sessions said I can pet get you 1000 to put in ill y your our vest pocket isyou if you will vote voto for chauncey 31 depew tomor to mor row rolv witness said aind no and started off he then said he would go up stairs and anil sec see whal wha t was the test best thing ho he could do demet we met again in my mr room and locked locke d the door sessions went on to bay say that it would bo be all nice nico now cfall if all from that district voted for the same man he said he had 2000 to give me if I would vote for depew and 1000 if depew is ii elected I took the money he counted it and we left la then and he said this is way down deep in the well I sa said idyes yes down deayn deepen the well I went down to the theDe lavan Iavan house and I thought over the matter my bly first thought was to tio wait until tho the vote was taken when I would take tho the money out and bay this ia is the money I got to voto vote salar for depew but I thought sf it was not best for me to keep the money over night so I went to find speaker sharp I found him and told him what had taken place and alid gave him the money I did not object to receiving rec receiving eivin g the money when offered tho the f first arst offer was 1000 which I refused I accepted the money for the purpose u jose which I showed today to day sessions des sessions to say in in explanation of my vote something about the same as russell said when he changed senator sessions said he had urged bradley to vote for depew neither of us said a syllable about money hudson of the brooklyn eagle was there also ingersoll ex member he went to Br adleys room at the battees request bradley had confessed that ho he knoer his district was against conkling and platt and he said ill am satisfied in my district is against conkling Conkli Dg and piatt I have voted for the last time for platt tomorrow to morrow morrow I will vote for depew I congratulated him there was nothing said on cither side ide about money this mom ing bradley asked me if he should not explain his changed voting I said he might say his constituents demanded the chan change e as maissell Rt Mf issell had bad sessions desired desire to ask bradley if he told four different persons yesterday before the transaction he lie referred to took place that ho he intended to support depew tho the committee adjourned before an answer was given ALBANY june 10 10 the investigation was continued this morning speaker sharpe testified thae night before last bradley told him and jones of the state committee in the speakers room that he had been approached with money to vote for depew and wanted to liand hand witness the money as the chief officer of the house and wanted to make a statement in the house or in joint convention ven tion and wanted witness ad vico he ile said sessions gave it him there was 2000 three and ten 50 bills the speaker here handed the money to the chairman of the committee on oil motion of brooks the money was ordered to be deposited with the comptroller to be held for final disposal by the speaker he said he was not in ill his room specially to receive bradley he cross examined sharp as sessions counsel the witness said he spoke to gen arthur on the matter within half an hour after learning it he spoke to nobody else there was no pre ar ranged plan by which witness made a corroborative statement in the chair senator williams testified to seeing sessions and bradley at the hotel wednesday night adjourned till afternoon on ahe he first ballot the voto vote stood as follows conkling 33 wheeler 20 folger jacobs 47 rogers 18 lapham tremaine bradley harris no choice second ballot platt 28 depow 34 kornan 48 cornell lapham F folger olger crowley eims changed his vote from Tre maino to depew eai eliciting citing much muck applause no choice tho the convention by a vote of 77 to 70 refused to adjourn the next vote resulted in jacobs receiving 47 conall i n i 33 wheeler 21 rogers 17 cozell Cornell ll 11 bradley foulger lapham ll 11 tremaine Tremain har hamal fisl no choice next vote platt 28 depew 45 cornell keman kernan 48 folger 39 crowley lapham |
