The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-04-03
That investigates.

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We have waded through the report of the
Committee appointed to investigate the charges
of bribery in the late Senatorial election, copy
of which was kindly sent Us by Hon. James
Smith, Secretary of State. Instead of evidence
Of bribery, it seems to lie q book of confess
ions Of a set Of liars, black mailers, and ras-
calls generally. Only one man testi6es that be
was paid money for his vote, but the one
who paid him did not tell him who he was ex
pected to vote for, but that he kept the money,
and voted against the man whom he supposed
WAS the one that 1t was desired he should vote
for But one point seems to be conclusively es-
tablshed from this testmony-that the whole
Legislature suspected that money was being
used, and every msn set himself to work to trap
the ones who were using it. Mono of them
would have accepted the money, Of course-they
were trying to catch somebody else! Let MS
take glance at the evidence, and SEE what
sble-todied lying was done. Each reader i,as
the privilege of selecting bis liars from the list
G. L. White testi6es that one Danford offered
him $500 if he would vote for Ingalls,, and that
tho offer was made in . certain room in the Tefft
House, with locked doors. Dlnford swears that
White lies, as to any such offer; but he eyinces
extraordinary lack of memory as to circum-
stances connected with his interviews with
White and others.
w. s. Wait, of Lincoln, went to Topeka an
Ingalls, man, and his constituents were for In
gals; but he heard things which made him sus
pecf thar Ingalls, was corrupt aud he went back
on him. voting first for George T. Anthony, but
holding himself aloof from all caucuscs, tn be in
rt,a,. I'm
He says one Anderson, another member, offered
to get him $500 if h- would vote for Ingalls,
He agreed to lake it but Anderson was not
willing TO place the money into his hands until
his vote was recorded for Ingalls,, Wait remark
ed that that was too thin, and backed down.
He says hat that honest and incorruptibe man,
W. W. Guthrie, advised him to take Ingalls,
money. and then vote against bim-in other
words, to steal his money. He says that Gen.
Bull had ex pressed desire to have such of
fer made him, in which case he would follow
the honorable course advised by Guthrie. On
the other hand, Anderson swears that Wait held
out for Inducements to sell, and that be believes
be did get money for voting for Horton. Ander-
son, while being SO liberal in his efforts to pro-
cure money for others, was incorruptible rs to
his own vote. He received nothing for support
ing Ingalls,, but refused $500 to vote for Horton.
However, just to try them, he "let on" that he
would sell, and trusted to one Baker, of Saline,
TO make the best bargain he could for him. Ba-
ker went to Horizons room, and brought out
$500, which he gave to Anderson, who took it,
and went TO Wait, to convince him that Horton
was using money. This was the $500 which, he
saws, Wait claims was offered him TO vote for
atnla
it-and voted for Ingalls,. One Brown also
testifies that Wait asked him to negotiate with
ingalls, for his VOTE and to make the best bar
gain he could.
T. ]. Raybell, of Greenwood, represented the
County that is owned by George T. Anthouy's
right bower, Martiudale. He swears that be is
o physician-probably Uroscopian in whom
there is no guile. A man whom he didn't know,
approached him, and he tried to persuade him
to vote for Ingalls,. Afterwards, another man,
whom he didn't know, plucked him, aud started
OF. Singular as it may seem, he followed this
stranger, in the night on up stairs in the Tefft
House, into O dark room, the number of which
he didn't know. Tho man offered him a check
for $3.50, but he replied that be was not fool
enough to take checks, that money was the stuff
uc Wautcu. uc bttuuSot tuCu EoNo uiH poS n
age in the dark he taking bis word for for it that
il contained $3.50 in currency. The stranger did
not tell him who he wanted him to vote for for this
money, simply remarkiug 1--WE understand each
other" to which Raybell responded in the af.
frmative. He knew the man wanted him to
vote for Ingalls,, but he voted for Horton, and
refused to give back to the stranger any part Of
the money. He stole il.
J. B. Clogston is another one of Martindale's
blooded cattle. Ingalls, wanted him to vote for
him. Afterwards, another one of those mysteri-
ous strangers numerous about Topeka At that
time, approached him, and offered him check
for $500. Clogston was not fool enough to take
check, when the man proposed to give him
$500 in cash. Bat Clogston, in his excitement,
Inadvertently limited that be would take the
money, and then vote against Ingalls,, whereup-
on the stranger broke of negotiations. 1t is =
curious fact. that all those fellows were willing
to nccept bribes, and imagined that it would
nrntraize the crime if they violated their con
tract and stole the money. They must have all
b-rn trained by the immaculate Guthrie.
&C. Fisler nf Harper County, (the Comfy
that n franfur,fi, "rgai.izef.) } came to Top
ka in ava 'sH ui"d'mr'' of integrif',
Cear:., l. A.,h.-u. bu, if AnIh..ny out #
the WAY. he was pren 10 induce ments, aud an
the make. He nanagel to get il To the ears "f
J. s. M-Irirt that he anxious to purchase
newspaper in Harper County. Merritt saw him.
and evidently thinking, as he was an Anthony
man, he must be- dog cheap, offered him $3.50.
Fisler indignantly refused it, and Joined the
anti. Ingalls, forces. He had no intention Of sell
ing, anyhow-only wanted to see if they were
using money!
Now comes Frank Playter, Of Crawford Coun
IT, He appears to be one Of those angelic na-
lures, whose business is to loan money to men
who are hard mp, at 80 per cent, and then worry
and dog them for the money until they are in
condition to commit murder or sell themselves
70 the devil, in order to obtain the means to get
rid of him. He had Senator Pings father in bis
clutches, aud also J. A. Hossack, Representa-
tive from Crawford. Tho Treasurer of Craw-
ford County, in violation of law, had deposited
public money in Playter's bank. He wanted to
get his money, to settle with the State Treasur-
or, bot Playter couldn't produceit Playter then
went to Topeka, to raise the money by nice
little game of black-mail. He bounded Senator
Ping to 20 down on Ingalls, for the money to
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