The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-12
CIUGHT ~ rfE .ICr.
some Of the Crooieri Wnj- of CrooAoa Kau-
sl- Poiiti,iuns.


Lawrence, Kansas March s.-rA'. state
has long been celebrated for the devious WAYS
OF IL, Republican politicians, aud on. OF these.
Senator E. l.. Johnson OF L'1yenw nth county.
his igst been detoctc Ia oue OF the crooNcdest
u crooked transactions
A tin recently plss'i the Leg. liure confin-
uug the Office Of Auditor of Le4y.nworth
county. ltpr,yilod tAat tae Auditor sipIll he
appointed By the District Jude, aal Aold hls
ONCE for two yeiGs. II was given to the En-
rolling Clerk, but when It rcachal the Governor
It Wa accidentally discovered th1t some crook
ed individual had teen tampcI4rg wita it. The
enroll q III gave The appointing power to the
Probate o. cad Of the District judge, and i'll
creased the term Of Office to four years.
Judge Lacompte Is Probate Judge Of Lepyen-
worth county. lie uyers IN the Grs. he heard
Of tue OH was about a week agJ, WAcl he re
ceyed a letter from the Governor saying tlat a
Nh W q b''oio the House continuing the 0Mca
81 4 ulit.r, ana thot tle app u. .utni So $ - be-
ii1dc ny tue Prlt te jude. In tnat lct.cr ia.
10y ga r 'aN"I Va Judge ID a.uuint senator b.
johnson, one of the sitting senators froM
L'HycnNor.h county. Tho ES-cu i've wa. veg
anxious tdlt the apDlintiuent shn / be mad.
as soon as possible Tue judo su.,re..I XXI
the Executive wish should be cpn.l.ri WIN
: MAJ rJlhnsan wrote H. me Irlr, ,f'nr t'c
reo'iu' %, this answer AZ fhe cfiitll. ta1nlill
him for hi' promised appointment. and desirn4t-
ing Day when no would apleW ana pocket his
sea. list - utdlf, r2i lire. 10 l. slyrnWuIth. and
called up the JJd-e, wnen the twJ. hli At h..
Neither IA &C. py a. the bill, blt Johnson said
IL would be published NIX. mur.ilr.
After beng informed shat uO.uins could he
done lhtll the bil vas uuhli. hed, the senator
leit, saving ne would cali on Monday m1rnil.
lie h1ed 80 do 50, however, but on ia q dN the
Jui-e zee wed peTempturY command 90 IJ-
Ie " utl .io tho committee at 4opcNl as "a wit
lie s. ihe fraud, however, h "a been discovered
and a committee Of inyestiguiln appnln'rd..
Ihn Governor wns also caleI before IN com
mlt'c", Whirn Y@stcrdl submitted their report,
OF whch the following l. an extract!
AMER examining an the testimony We Gnd that Sen.
aid nh 40. IFS WAS changed 90 tlrHe Gnl rtt nr .
u1rs-hl.t ia tine ma line the ri Ds-il,t ncf n,
the word court, has neen erised and the WORT l.o.
haif ins tedi second, In the Lin,h line ike AorI
~ so W, MS been erased aud changed Ms TO rcld
81 uri" toird, IN tae seventeenth nae the word
"qltfttrly mas been changed to "muut Ay % all mat
M ,al changes were maze after the pas agc OF a.i
m ny nYt Houses, ana before 10 Mas r,tIrLed O. tIe
p. ana Wia incorrectly tnroIc tom tht c" ,rl-
w hll Nose crl,urfH ana chtnges were Mddf, We
chAus's we're made by TIE Hon. f. L. johnson Stlitor
nom LeaNcuN ulln county.
johnson having found out that this report
Wuuld re made, promptly handed IN his res gna-
.un, 20 IN HnYcrn0r, which ~ IS accepted, and
th9 TACT reported 10 the Senate.
ne mas neen prominent place seeker and his
ehSerhess 70 get an Office ted him 10 the com
Hilssl5u OF CRIME that cntitlrs MIN hy law 10 "A
pace IA the penltentiary. This niorntnr the re-
port comes mat ex-senator johnson was cray
az 'as' hlSlt anu had twice atteli . suieide.