The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-08

ulators and managers vere interested,
were omitted. To cover up his mistake
and to excuse himself, b states that he
put this road in the bill in the shape Of
an amendment, and that that Odd
Cavanaagh"-which, in his refined YER
nacular means me-made away with it
when the bill came to b considered in
the Senate.
] have but few words to say in reply
to the Major, and the words are these {:
that there 10 not one word Of truth in
the charge, and, with common consider
alton, the Major knows Of their falsity.
I never, in my position - Assistant
Secretary of tho Senate, saw any such
amendment. The amendment il 6c-
lion Of the brain of the Major"
Now l wish to say FIRST that my action
with regard to the vacation of the
roads was prompted BY belief that l
was carrying out the wishes Of major
ity of the farmers living along the lines.
Petitions, largely signed, were sent to
me asking that the roads should be va
Gated. l endeavored BY al possible
means to find out the wishes Of the ma
jority, and - NO protest was made in
either of these cases, ! considered N.Y.
self justified to 20 on with the work.
1 will now give . history OF what l
did and Cavanaugh's connection with
the matter. l introduced . ball provid-
ing for the vacation Of the roads about
the middle Of the session, which passed
the House about . week after. The bill
was then sent to the Senate with other
bills passed ut the same time. Near the
close of the session discovered that
bills passed later than mine in the
House, had been concurred BY the SEN
ate, and l very naturally commenced in
quiring into the fhte Of mine. l went
to the clerk of the House, Mr.. Banks,
and inquired of him If my bill bad been
sent to the Senate. He assured me that
it had. I then went into the Senate and
endeavored to trace out the bill, but was
unsuccessful. l then retained to Mr..
Banks and told him that could find no
trace Of it; whereupon be went into the
Senate and commenced searching for it.
After considerable rumaging the bill was
found. [ then went to our Senator,
Edwards, and inquired of him why there
had been no action taken upon it. He
answered that Cavsnaugh had put the
bill over three times" While / was
talking with MIR. Edwards the bill came
up for action. Cavanaugh Immediately
commenced circulating about the room,
whispering to the Senators and urging
them to vote against the bill l called
Mr.. Edwards attention to this fact, who
went to Cavanaugh and told him to 60
about his own business; which Cava-
naugh meekly did. The bill then passed
upon the advocacy Of Mr.. Edwards.
We have here the extraordinary spec
tacls of an officer taking advantage Of
his Official privileges, trying by fraudu-
lent means, to satisfy bis own whims. A
man with no better principles than Mr..
Cavanaugh, would think it smart to
steal and hide bills with IMMUNITY. Hon.
est men regard the matter differently.
l believe that he also tore of the amend
ment which made to the bill OF the
state road running south. Amendments
have time and time again been made in
the same manner in the Legislature, but
never was one known to % mysteriously
disappear before.
He begs leave to differ with me in re-
gard to my Legislative career. lido not
ask any Of his good opinions" They
seem to be below par in this county,
judging from last falls election returns.
l consider myself very happy and fortu-
nate to have voted directly against the
wishes of Cayanaugh, as 1 was moro
likely to have carried out the wishes of
q majority of Saline county. l am ais o
glad that 1 voted for J. J. Ingalls, and re-
ccivcd his personal thanks and good
will for it. Perhaps tie distinguished
Cavanaugh, don't like that.
I am not at all vain over my Legislative
carrier, but can say I acted honestly in
all my actions, and that such trashy fel-
lows rs Cavanaugh cannot effect my
standing among my constituency.
With regard to my action upon the
Dickinson county attempt to "capturc
rs acres from Saline county" have this
to say: That "26 acres was IS instead;
I acted promptly and did what l could
to prevent it. Could any citizen Of Sa-
line county ask me TO do moro! One
thing is certain, the bill would have
passed had / consented to it or kept 81.
lent and the "capture" would have
been effected. At any rate, the "cap-
lure" was prevented. Our friend Cav
lnaugh, who was solicitous about the
state road bill, did not seem to try to de-
feat the " capture bill" when it passed
he Senate. He seemed willing to let .
part of Saline county 20, just to spite
me and prevent my accomplishing any
hing. / will admit that several distin-
yuished members Of the Legislature ably
resisted mo to prevent the capture. 1
hank them for It. A critic, like Cava- |
,augh, ought to know that it requires
more than one member Of the Lcgisla- |
ure to effect the passage Of any bill. 1