The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-20
vote in Congress, and for his acts in Con-
BLACKMAMED THE KANSAS PACIFIC

gress.
BLACKMAMED TIE KANSAS PACIFIC
railroad out Of $4,000 in money. These
are things that know. Men are here filed
with passion because they lost land Offices !;
men make eloquent speeches sgain-t John
J. Ingalls, wien they were permitted
through the interposition Of Mr. Ingalls, TO
resign because they had taken Illegal fees,
and through his interposition they were
not prosecuted. All these things are here.
These are motive powers that have i'm
pelled this investig ation-that and 10
more. When you get into this investigs-
ton you will fad every msn wants to make
his case good; he wants TO swear TO some
thing hoping that he will 60 TO Washing
ton that b. going there, be can get hi.
fare paid and his board while there; snd in
this investigation men have sworn to their
own eternal infsmy, TO make case was
a. esrnes. in the opposition 10 John J In
gall. az any man on this floor. During the
contest, men told myself and others in Ian
guage "a plain "a the Ergli-h language can
BE- uttered, Il don't believe Anthony will
be elected,""I am afraid Anthony wont be
elected" Ny people are for Ingalls, next
after Anthony, and / am inclined to think
tney are for Ingalls first" remsrking sit ia
ei'her Anthony or Irgalls-I don propose
tn have any shyster elec:ed to the L. S
Senate"
THERE ARE SECRETS YET HIDDEN
that 10 investigation will ever bring TO
light or 6eve!ope, which, could they be
written and known Of men would b. As
startling to the public gaze as it would be
criminal in the public judgment.
Why, the mover of the resolution for sn
investigation, who plead so eloquenily this
morning, pledged not only his constituents
but Ingalls, by written letter that he
would vote for him for Senator.
Mr.. Clspp-I wish to say a word, Mr.
Speaker.
Mr.. Lega'e DO you deny that you wrote
that letter:
Mr.. Clapp-I said that hoped I could
vote TOR him, and afterwards wrote him
that l could not.
Mr.. Legste-I saw the first letter: the
last ! couldn't find. Laughter | ssy
TO you to day, a. 10 the chairman Of this
investigation committee, one of his con
stituents, gentleman who represented thst
constituency on this Il Dor but a few wears
ago, was recently IN this city and stated to
Inc and to others that il wes generally ex-
pected that Mr.. Rsndolph would first vote
tor Anthony and next for Mr.. Ingalls,, for
that was The sen iment Of his constituency.
We have worked ourselves into a passion
and desire to beat someuody. and that is
all We want. Why, the Speaker himself,
left the chair this morning in his hot an1-
iety to impress by his marble brow his ter
rihle fiat that this testimony must 90 TO
Washington.
WHAT AN IMMACULATE POWER,
l thought the House of Representatives
had reserved some preroga,iyts to itself.
Ii the Speaker Of the House, or if any
other gentleman, either a member or not a
member Of the House, wants TO put this
testimony under his arm and take il to
Washington and open up his smut mill
there, l am content, because smut mills, |
know from observation, work two ways.
Sometimes when they undertake to throw
smut,
THE SMUT MILLER GETS sMUTrED
all over. / remember an occasion when
there were candid stes for the United States
Senate befor the legislature, and one OF the
candidates became 50 excessively wrought
up at the successful party that he made a
fight on corruption, because the successful
candidate would not pay him the price
agreed upon for the votes OF his friends.
He went TO Washington and there had to
acknowledge it, and gre u kimssIf tie proud
th1raet-r II an honest prTe, nobis salesman
uih an eyperie~ce # 's,r ye1's IA the t0lrer
house Of CJngess' [App ause
WHAT OF ALL THIS?
You have talked it;sll over; Won are
talking it all over for what? To rob
Senator of his honor and TO disgrace the
State you pretend to be proud of Why,
sinoe the days of II, and following that,
the days OF lorE, no member OF this
House, 70 citizen, however humble or how
ever sxalt-d, can pass beyond he borders
OF this State, but what the question Comes
10 him, "Arn't You from the rotten COM
"Have you any more Yorks
left?' Have yOu suy more Pomercys ~
Have you any more Ciarks?' Laughter
| say to you the whole investigation
FROM THE BEGINEING To THE END Is A
FARCE.
Four members of the Investigation Com
mittee, selected from The side which op-
posed Mr.. ingalls,, have declared solemuly
hat there Is not one shadow in it charging
Senator lngalls with wrong-doing. But
his son of a Democratic sire from Neo-hn. |
comes up and starts out with a report with |
1ut either sense or connection with il; |
neither law, wit or logic, bold charges that |
conform most sley nily with the re-olu |
ion under which he, investigates. at is |
charged"
| vlfal m razl.rI,r e., Il.
'ouDg man HOsaack, and about tbs | want |
o say word. Before | learned the char
.cter Of the testimony | would have voted |
o expel him. From what ! learned | |
would have voted 10 expel Mr.. Ra' bill or
'lr. Anderson. When that evidence was
cad, found the testimony Of these fel-
owe, Pisyter and Shaw. What a bright
'air Of birds they are?
PLAYrER AND SHAW,
wo bankers. one up here trying 10 lew
'lackmail to enable him 10 raise the sum
4 c3 900, which he had embezled from the
Ounty treasurer Of Crawford county, and
Thich was then due the State treasury. A
weet-scentsd, pure child OF love Shaw
'anted this piece Of paper TO mske Ingalls,
elp him OIL contract az Plumb had
elped Hood. IN short, little b~vy If
j iackmsilIug thieves surrounded this wesk
oung man, (~hether he was drunk or So
er, it makes but little difference to me,
or do l think ii does TO him TlaughterO
D sign his name TO a piece Of paper, aud
hey used 1t, or sought 10 Use il TO black
lail money cut of jim Merritt" as 80
iany upon this floor have styled the gentle
ian First be sought to blackmaii In
alIs, and lngal.s drove him from his sight
le sought TO blackmsil Mr.. Merritt. and
lr. Merritt turned him out Of his room.
ne thing is true in reference TO that-eiih-
, John Francis, the State treasurer, is
reiured villain or
THAT MAN PLAYTER Is LIAR,
I'D it will be long time, with the accum-
latiOn Of testimony that has never been
It collected, that will leave the impressir n I
pom my mind that the State treasurer will
ther wilfuliy lie or preyaricate for pur-
Ise. Applaussl
l ssy this whole investigation from begin
ng TO ending is but a mass of Corrupt
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