The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-14

thew were not implicated. Mr.. Rock
well said that he would probably be able
to see most of the parties which it
would be necessary 10 take away. |
asked him if he did not think that Mr..
Holland or Mr.. Hale was not in any
danger that il was Hamilton, Leary,
Vassen, Greers and Newport. We
then drove to the cable line engine
house to see Mr.. COsgrove, who was
also member of the executive board
and he fully concurred in the opinion
of Mr.. Hannah and Mr.. Rockwell
as to those that were necessary to
leave town and agreed that as soon as
the quitting hour would come he
would 90 around and see them that
they were properly informed to meet
me at the St. James hotel.
DURING OUR RIDE
from place to place Mayor Hannah
gave me full account of his nOmi-
nation and election to the office of
mayor of Kansas City, Kas. He
said that he was known here as a.
republican and knew that he could
easily get the nomination on the re-
publican ticket. and told in open
assembly that if the knights of Labor
would support him he would make
this kansas City, Kas.) a Knights
of Labor town said they willingly
sgeeed to do so and he got nominated
as republican candidate aud through
the Knights of Labor was elected by
a majority of only 81. l asked him
if he had made any agreement with
them of any concessions, providing
he Vas elected; he said he did; he
promised them to make it Knight
OF Labor town and that they should
dictate to him who he should appoint
to office, which they had done, and
he made the appointments according
to their dictatiOn. He says: 81 have
thirty eight city officials under me
thirty-three of them, all but five," he
says, ''are good and true knights of
Labor" He said that there were
three or four of the others who were
old men who had been holding office
here for ten or twelve years and he
thought that Mr.. Powderly would
substantiate him in not removing
them, as they were old men and
minded their own business, and he
thought it was the policy not to put
in entirely Knights of Labor. He
says: 81 will bet you the next cleo
ton / will be
ELECTED BY 1900 MAJORITY"
He said he had positively agreed
before the election that he would
never favor the railroad companies in
any way; that he would veto any
bill he could, and that they had often
tried to win him over by sending him
passes, which they sent to him three
different times, and he respectfully
declined to receive them every time.
These passes were from the Missouri
Pacific road. The mayor said he de-
clined to receive his and sent it back
each time. They sent it to him three
different times.
On the 14'h day of July he intro
duced me to several of his police Off.
GERS in Wyandotte, and instructed |
them to give me any assistance that
| might ask of them, and he says
eff tomorrow you see brother Alfred |
riding through the town here in car
riage don't mention it," and he says
don't see it at all" meaning that ifI
they saw me taking Lloyd out in a
close carriage, they were not to men,
ton it to anyone. On the 18th of
July he introduced me to several of
his police officers at Armourdale, and
told me that at any time / called on
them for any assistance or to do any
thing for me, to do SO without question.
Mayor Hannah told me that he sent
for the sheriff three times to come over
to his office to see him during Lloyd's
confinement in jail. The third
time the sheriff came over and saw
him, and he says, | told him that /
wanted to see him to get him
TO RELEASE LLOYD
from jail on his own recognizance,
but the sheriff said he could not do it
that he did not think he could do it.
He says ! could not blame the sheriff
for, of course, it would place him in
a critical position. II it had not
been any offense of the city against |
Lloyd, he would have ordered his re-
leise at once, but as it, was. the state
against Lloyd, it was out of his juris-
dictiOn. Mr.. Hannah was with me
from 1915 a. m, to $50 p. m.. at
which time | told him that / would |