The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-17

members. This conversation be-
tween witness and DeDniug occur
red while they were talking owe.
how much e cost CaId we'll 4, get
elected, aud Denning remarked tina,
II had not cost less than sixty O..
seventy thousand dollars. The wit.
ness concluded his iesIimOHY D,
swearing that when ne had the liz
terview with CAld we'll in regard TO
supporting him, Caldwell asked him
II he knew any members OF the
legislature who could be Influenced
by money. Ho replied he had heard
OF two. Luce, who testified on FRI
day, and another whose name he
had forgotten. Caldwell replied
that II he found any members who
wanted money for their votes they
should be sent to him (CaldwelI.)
or to Gen. Smith. He aid also that
there was another class OF big htoned
fellows who would not sell their
votes, but they had been to consid
erabie expense In getting elected
ana would like to have those ex-
penes reimbursed to them. That
was the way they put it. If witness
found any such, he was to send them
to Caldwell or Gen. Smith.
Carson, the next witness, said that
he was employed by T. j. Ander-
son, o friend of Caldwell, to buy
votes ct $1,7O0 each that he was to
have 81, 200 for each vote he bought,
and he was to make all the profit he
could. He did succeed in buying
Crawford, referred to by the previ-
Gus witness. for one thousand dol.
lara, and got the money from An
derson and paid it over TO Crawford.
The man afterwards backed out and
paid she money back to witness.and
he kept IL 70 pay for his own servi-
cee. he also proposed to sell to
Judge Crozier, , friend Of Caldwell,
thirteen votes, and asked the judge
If when he bought q member, he
could take Q receipt in order to hold
him to his bargain. Caldwell asked
him some questions In cross-exAm-
ination about an attempt to black.
mail him il Washington last spring,
and the witness answered ia such Q
that, though he denied il, he was
guilty. In answer 70 . question
from Clarke, the witness admitted
that he was summoned before the
legislative committee and went to
Topeka, but was met by James f.
Legate, . friend Of CaldWell's now
In Washington working In his inter-
est, who was hired to leave the State
on the next train. T. J. Anderso n,
agent OF the Kansas Pacific rosd 1T
Topeka, denied the testimony in re.
gard 70. the purchase Of the MEM
Der, Crawford, given by the two
previous witnesses but admitted
he and his railroad had used some
money TO secure CeldWell's election.
He also left Kansas In order to es-
cape examination by the legislative
committee. He admitted getting
cash for q check of $1,000 drawn by
Gen. Smith in favor of Gov. CIR
noy, on the day before election.
The money was for election purpo-
ses, but ne did not know it then.
Very likely he told u. ". Adams
that Caldwell had agreed to pay
him for bis services, but it was not
true, Though the amount named
was $1,000; told some one else that
he had got $4,000. He also admit
rod that Cald we'll had lent him hiA
credit for $500, but denied that he
had ever got any money, or that the
transaction had anything 70 do with
the election. The whole manner of
this witness was such as to leave the
impression that he was not telling
the truth. The investigation will
be oOntinu ed tomorrow.