, 1874-03-07
KANSAS.

Tho Case OF State Tronsurer Hays,
Correspondence of Tic Chicago Tribune.
LAWRENCE, Kan., Feb. 20, 1874.
The great sensation In political circles hero at
present ia the investigation by Legislative
Committee OF tho wonderful internal work
ingB Of
THE STATE TREAsuREns OFFICE.
Tho old party has boen compelled, by forco
Of circumstances that cannot bo mistaken, to
tako official notice OF official corruption and
peculatiou. 1t las been tie custom heretofore to
dony or try to cover-up corruption, and roly upon
the inmonse Republican majority in tho State to
oyoning tho House of Representatives will vote
upon the resolution reported by tho lnVestfgat-
ing Committee, which is a8 follows:
Resolred, That josiah E. Hays, rroasurcr Of tho
Htato Of Kausas, be- and he Is hprcby, ipoachod for
high crimss and msdainaanur in olsice.
This resolution will DO doubt be adopted by
tho House. and articles of impeachment present.
cd for tho Senate to try tho Treasurer upon.
The resolution will be adopted for Two REASONS !:
One is, thore were large number OF hepresent-
tativoa oioctc1 on tickets opposed to tho Repub-
lican party Of tho State; and tho other is, the
Republican party llas
at tho formidable opposition that has sprung up
cd with its periodlcnE spaam OF reform and pacl-
fcatlon. tits seeking for bcapegoat to bear ita
BnB into tho wilderness Of oblivion, and that
Bcapegoat is to ba poor Hays.
That tho State Treasurer has been guilty Of
misdcmeanors in Office your correspondent bo-
lioves there cannot be doubt; but ho has now
filled out half q second term Of Office, and ho
was known to be equally guilty before bis second
election Us he Is now. Before tho Convention
met that nominated him for a second term, tho
State WAS flooded with circulars by his own polit-
ical friends, charging him with uulawiully
uhlng tho public funds. Thoao political friends
wore aspiruuts for tho aan,o Office. md wished to
f1E 6a tho @ Ss'1so we s sas 5en
dono in his own political household. tho llboral
papers wero not allow to show how ho had used
tho peoples monoy to his own rocuntary gain.
But, when tho Republican Convention mat, tho
party ..........-,
BuouLDEhED HAZE BtHs,
by giving him second nomination, The He~
publican party OF tho stato intl5raed the action
of their Convention by oleotnn him ovor good,
ho1oaty waa indorsod, and our worthy State
Troasuror loft free to continue his irre.u!aEi-
tics." Besides his salary, ho has no doubt nl'.do
Lin thousands OF dollars annually out OF his
oI}lco. This faot was as fully known when he
was nominated for tho Recond term aa IL Ia to-
but tho secret Of this whole thing, aa before
stated, Ia, tho dominant party hos bocosno
alarmed aud
NEEDS soArEooAr.
ITaya Ia, perhaps, no WorAo thK1l tho average
Kansaa oilciRl but the Storm that RWopt over
tho State last fall haa alarmed tho dominant
party, and Bot tho lenders to work hunling up
victim to DO nacritlced upon Tho party-nl.at =,
sins, and proue to the people that tho dear Old
party is honest enough to purify itself. Had
not this political storm frightonod them last full
Coy. Harvey might to-day DO preparing '!.s
ilntcad Of occupying . soat IN tho United state'
Senate. The old-pArty crew Rsa trimming tLa