The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-24
TIE CALDWELL BRIBERY CASE.

,estimonT l. sucti as to make I.
seemingly inposslbls for the Senate
% refuse 10 expel him. a WASH
fsgsoa telegram Of the 18th save:
The Senate 0ommirtes on EIec-
tioEs this morning resumed their
investigators of the election of
Senator Caldwell. Of Kansas. Excl
exuYSrnor Carney Was examined at
sre.6length. He cOgrobOrated the
testimony heretofore given By Len
1. 8Hitn, Caidweii's partner TO the
enecs that al priVaeI interview
with CALDWELL SmiIh aud himself,
Caldwell offered Carney $I5,OO0 if
ne WouiQ Withdraw from the con-
test fer SenzsOr. This offer he soon
aiterwaids accepted, aad signed .
paper pledging himself that he
would ia no cas8 become q candi-
data, Ia return tor which be (Car-
ney) received Smiths note ~ thirty |
days for $4,000, gives. uncondition. |
ally, and smiths due bill tor 5000, |
conditional, on CaldWeIFs election. |
Tho consideration named in the |
agreement was for expenses incur
red, and ssakstSnce which had been |
rendered ~ Carney. Smiths noIe |
for $1ANtD was paid Carney At una
turtty, the due bill for 5000 paid |
last sprisg. After the election, aud
Wklie C3 dwell WAS on his way TO |
washington TO take bis seat in the |
Senate, Carney met hun CA the rail- |
road, and Caldwell Told v itnsss that |
be was aware tho due bill had not
oee11 paid that ~ soon as be gOa 10
RAilndelphia he would remit % wit
ness 5000 to pay it. Caldwell did
not Keep his promise, but spoke TO
Carney GA the subject four or i've
times during the summer, and Just
before he came To Washington the
next wiuterh ne told Carney he would
soon arrange "a get come money
from the Kansas PAcifiE rail way6 it'll i
Hhich to pay the due bIll. Caldwell
said lhS. Kansas Pacific Railway Co.
had Premised 50 pay him some mon
g To assist Ia his election, that they
/ had not } &C paid So lar as he was
concern.d they could get NO Iegisla
zion nntil they kept their promises
and paid hun uIOney.H. Tbs. WitAess
testified thai during the senatorial
CANVASS, one day T. j. Anderson, an
employees OF the Kansas Pacific
Railroad Co., came TO Smith, in bis
press nee, aud asked, for 81, 600, to DO
used in the contest. Witness en-
dorsed Smiths check for theamount
ia order that Anderson might get it
| cashed, aud Witness believed that
Anderson got aud used il for poIiti-
| cal purposes in C4Idweips interest.
Caldwell once stated to witness that
he lCaldwet) would win If it cost
him $4,000. Subsequently Cald-
we'll told witness that his election
had cost over $60Oo0. Caldwell
having told witness that he felt very
grateful to him and his fIionde, and
| would do what he could for them,
several members of the Legislature
made written application TO Caid-
well through Carney for various Of
accs. On one occasion when wit.
ness presented TO Caldwell such pa
| Pers, Caldwell took out q memo
randum book, aud after referring 80
| IL. said :s'I don't eve that man ANY
| thing paid that man for his Vese.n
No member OF the legislature had
then received any Office from Caid-
welt Witness therefore know of
| no other way by which the person
Preferred to by Caldwell co0lli have
BEEN paid except by money. Wit
| nees could not remember the name
OF this person. It seemed from C.'s
manner on this OCCASION that he had
in his book . list of all tbs members
Of the legislature with their prices.
Caldwell AZ enother times told wit
ness that be had paid Jas. +. Leg.
gett $1,OOO for his vote, aud Byers,
another member, s., 500 for his vote.
Before the election Len. T. Smith
told Caldwell, In presence OF wit
ness, that he had already involved
himself 20 the amount OF $40,0 for
Caldwell, which he feared Csld well
would not recognise
/ ~ Nmes during thecanvAss man
NoqId come 90 committee of CaId.
WehS friends and say ne must have
| more money. Smith would say:
'sTeai the GogloWB 70 be patient.
They must haYe little psIiehce.
The currency in the hank ha 8 all
been paid out, bat more has been
sent for and will be along present
I lysS Anderson vas employed by
CasdWelI and Smith to sec all the
members OF the Ar2iHlature and get
AL the votes he coafd from day 70
day. He would report. that, such
/ aud such memlSeFs could bS' con-
trotied tor perhaps flvo hundred,
one thousand or two thousAnd dol
Iaro each.
}. l. Mcdowell was anot b er
meuber of this committee, and
nlHde similar reInrte, on which the
committee woald discuss what
| Prices ought to be paid. Smith
once told witness that the KRnSAs
Pacific railroad had given him $10,-
0O0 to- aid Caldwell IA the contest.
| Witness WAS taken into the
confidence OF Senator Caldwell.
smith testified unwiIlingiy. Wit
mss talked to many members of
! the Legislature at the request Of
| Caldwell. Sometimes members
would say TO wisuess that they I'M
derstood Caldwell was paying for
| votes, tor his election was not ex-
pecLed or desired by the people !;
! that they could not afford to go
/ hume and defend their course if
they voted for Caldwell without he
| ing paid for It. In such cases wit
mess wonld refer members to Smith
| and others who were managing for
Caldwell. Mr. Williams, of john
| son, one Of the members of the leg.
iElature, told witness that Smith
had already promised him money
for his vote. Witness heard that
Len. T. Smith, CaIdweIrs friend,
had employed them to assist them.
George Smith, of Leavenworth,
who was also working vigorously
for Caldwell. told the witness that
he had arranged for the vote of
Butler by agreeing that Caldwell
would pay an outstanding note of
$3.50. George Smith told the wit.
nees ct another time that one of the
members Of the Legislature had sold
them ont and run OF with the
money that had been0 paid him.
The Witaess also testified that Hon.
Thomas A. Osborn, who was yes
terday inaugurated Governor OF
Kansas, was member of the man.
aging committee of CeldweIPs
friends, which conducted his canvas.
and purchased the votes Of the men,
bers Of the legislature.
Csrney's characterization was
postponed In consequence OF Mr..
Caldwelps being i'll. ,4.sc "a
John Fletcher then testified to a
conversation with Anderson, In
which he said he had CsidweiPs
aOte for $4,000, given him by Cald-
well fer services rendered during
the canvass, snd that he intended 70
make Caldwell pay IL.
ID. r. Anthony WAS recalled and
gave testimony that be was inform
ed by Anderson that SOL Miller |
took the 81 ,0O0 referred 70 ia Car
nsy's testimony. for the Doni phan
county delegation. aud gave IL to
them.
w. 8. Burke, editor Of the Leav. |
enwOrth Times, testified that Cald- |
well gave him $1,000 for the sup |
.,crf NJ HI. $780,. ar.....o. .t.. 60