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Died. James Kidd Flemming, M. P., 58, onetime Premier of New Brunswick (1911-16); after a short illness, at Woodstock, N. B. Senator Arthur R. Gould of Maine has been accused of "bribery," because he and his associates paid $100,000 to Premier Flemming in a railway negotiation...
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...himself against charges of bribery, which he is said to have committed many years ago. An investigating committee, headed by Senator Walsh of Montana, prodded him with questions. Here is the story that Senator Gould told them. In 1912 he and four partners were building a railroad in New Brunswick, Canada?it was "the best railroad they ever had up there." A man named Flemming came to him and said...
...major discrepancy was noted in Mr. Gould's story. In referring to the $100,000, he carefully used the words "the company" or "my partners"; whereas in 1917 he had said "I" and "me" before Justice McKeown of New Brunswick. It was because Justice McKeown had called the payment of the $100,000 "an act of bribery" that the Senate committee was investigating Mr. Gould's right to hold his seat. The hearings closed last week to be resumed on Jan. 24. No recommendations were made...
...Gould, meanwhile, remains an active member of the Senate. His lawyers maintain that, even if he did commit bribery in Canada in 1912, he ought not to be ousted from the U. S. Senate since he was legally elected in 1926. In any case, it was the New Brunswick Premiers, not Mr. Gould, who had violated political trust...