White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-04-25

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We have at length received the report cf the
Committee to investigate the last Senatorial eiec
tion. Any person desiring TO read the most stu
penduous conglomeration Of what somebody ncafu'
or surrlised, or believed, OF understood someoody
said somebody else had reason to believe, snouid
yet this book and read 1t. There is NO direct evi-
deuce in Il. 1t is all hearsay and suspicion, at
tsmvtea to be connected together aud substantia-
ted BY circumstances which may or may not have
had connection with the Senatorial election. Sew
ersl points We wish to refer to-
The matter was started by Sidney CLARKE
who gave a list of names to the editor Of 'n'
Democratic Standard, at Lawrence, Of mem'e''
whom he said he could prove sold their vo.es ioi
Senator When this list was first p""i''noe'
CLARKE declared, upon his word "i no"o'' 'n"'
he had nothing to do with il. When 'oe eai.or
of the Standard was brought before tne Oo"'m''ee'
he swore that CLARKE gave him the i'ss, ana pro-
duced the list. in CLARKE's hand -wnting! CLARkE
hod o;ven the names of men by whom the charge
.ou,J n. proyen against the various persons Inn
,,;cated When these men were brought upon
the stand. not one of them would swear to what
CLARKE said they would, but they invariably
.hov.d IL off onto "common report" and when
0.om,non reportr was sifted, it turned out to be
SIDNEY CLARKE.
gre,t deal was said about the DOniphan Coun-
,v delegation selling out in a body. CLARKE was
nos;t;ve of this. and gave Col. ABELL and other
Atc,,;son men as authority. Col. ABELL fatty de-
MED saving any such thing; but one Afchison
man did testify that he tried to buy one of the Don
iphan County members for Clarke, but failed
mon which, CLARKE concluded that the delega-
tiou had sold to Caldwell, and SO started the re-
port himself.
F.P. BAKER, of the Topeka Record, made some
savage charges against us, in October; but when
it came to an investigation, he not only knew
nothing himself, but tried to get his man OF dirty
work. who wrote the article for him, to absent
himself from the State.
We call especial attention to the testimony OF
one J!B. DAVIS This DAVIS, last DecemDer'
published an article saying that he positively
knew that the Doniphan County delegation sold
out for Sl2. 900, we among the balance This was
NO doubtful case-he kHeW it. SIDNEY CLARKE
paye the name of this man DAVIS as one Of the
persons by whom he could prove that the Doni-
phan County delegation sold out Now, turn to
The evidence of DAVIS, and you find that he says
he knew nothing of his own knowledge, but SID
NEY CLARKE told him SO! CLARKE got it from
DAVIS and DAVIS got it from CLARE!
So much for the brotherly band of liars. And
when they found they had no evidence, they tried
to make it appear that Tom ANDERSON had the
names and prices in q book, although they had
never seen them, nor heard ANDERSON say he had
them; but they inferred SO, from the fact that
ANDERSON gave them certain hints, and probably
would occasionally spin them cock-and-buli sto-
~, for their amusement.
This book contains the stuff that has been her
aided throughout the land as the damnng evi-
dence of the disgrace of Kansas-the proof OF the
corruption of our politics. 1t is, indeed, dis
grace to the State; but the disgrace lies in send
ing such stuff to the United State Senate, calling
it evidence, and asking that Senator he investi-
gated upon the strength Of it.