The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-10-02
KANSAS HISTORY.
The IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST GOVERNOR ROBiSsox.

Il ANhh@oA Wv BhNO1s htBlSNOS.
History Of . Crooked Bond Deal charg-si
10 Him and Othsrs-RsieE.tsd by Re.
Psbiissns, he is Taken Up and NousI.
mated by the Democrats.
Frpm the ~. J'-~eph Herald, September Is.
TOPEKA, Kan, September IL -
One of the reasons urged upon the
DemUcraiir- Resubmissiou- Republi.
eau hipiIOdronis, recently exhibited
at WirhIts, why Charles Robinson
should be the nominee Of that her,
maphrodite aggregation vas that he
was q Kansas T-niiuiscsnce-w which
being correctly defined means q
mere recollection Of the early Kan
sAs days. As q "Reminiscences,
Charles RObinS"n may he said to be
n bowling success. Aud, as Que re.
miniscrnee calls up another, 80 does
this living "reminiscences call M
RnOtheT-mAny others, In fact.
IL may be proper, In this rOnnec-
ton, perhaps, TO refer To the Kansas
legislature OF lsS2 as = reminisceuce.
And IL may also he correct to refer
to the Impeachment of Charles Rob
inSOn, 10y the house Of representa-
tiVEs that year, for high misde-
meanOr Ina office, as q mere rcIuinis-
cence. Therefore. merely ~ = r-mi-
ui-rence, your correspondent beg
leave to recite n few interesting
facts that may be found on page 3Si
Of the house journal Of lSs2. aud ia
the volume known as 'lmpeachmsul
Cases, Is''2." u may be interesting
reading, to say the least.
10 will Ice remembered, then 90
60 back in the beginning, that Que
Charles Robinson was elected gov
eTnOr of the state Of Kansas, under
the Wyau,lOtie constitution. on D--
crmler q, 1871, nearly fourteen
months before kansas WAS sdmiII:d
a. state. The total vote oG the
territory at that time WAS y little
more than som, Of which Charles
Robinson received : ,aDS, aud Samuel
MrdETy, his only opponent, 3, 3pj.
President Buchanan signed the hill
admitting Kansas into the union uIl
January sI, ls5l, aud ON February .,
following, Charles Robinson took
the oath Of Ofiire and became the
first governor of the state Of Kansas.
fourteen months aud three days
after his election under the WAN
dOtte constitution.
The kan-a- state legislature met
in its second regular session January
II, lSG2, Charles ItOhinsnn, ruVrrnGr
| ON the .sHh OG the month Hon. T.. T.
Baker, our Father Baker" now
/ then 4 member from Nemaha
county, Offered the following r--n-
luton, which wa- adopted:
RS&Oir'd, That the governor Of Tia
stste Toe requested Ia communicate
tu this house any Information ia his
possession, relating Ia The sale OF the
Sai,UU war bonds, authorized to hr
issued 10y the act Of Nav :, ISL, and
also in relation to the sale Of Slin IsU
bonds authorized TO b- issued under
| the law passed May ,, 1851, setting
fourth LIT hy whom sold, II, Whcp
sold, 81, Ia whom s0ld, Ith at what
| price sold.
On the :Dih day 81 January the
house received u message from the
governor, which submitted an
answer IT, the house resolution above,
from Auditor Iiillyer. signed also
by Secretary Robinson, which stat
! ed that Il contract had been entered
into it'll Robert =. Stevens. as state
| agent, the terms Of which were that
he should receive all thai he could
obtain over sixty cents on the
| dollar; sud this nOtW ithStanding
there WEs Limitation at seventy
cents, 10y the act providing for the
ssle Of certain specified bonds, etc.
On the following day, Mr. Ander-
son, 81 Js"E-i';l county, Offered res
olution Whi'h provided for the ap-
pnintu"ni "i -P-'isi committee II
hVe 10 - anime aud Investigate the
accounts III the auditor and treasur
er OF the state, aud ascertain all the
Iacts c"nuccteh with tue sale II the
bonds "f the state Of Kansas. The
committee appointed under the re-n-
iuticn consisted "i McEsra. Amber
son. Carney, sidney, Clark, Hartley
aud II. J.. Jones; and az the 18th uf
February ih:@ o"Gipii!rr submitted
vniumin"u- I-p"ri az! recon-
mendrd the adoption at the fellow
ing
HCSD''''i, That Charles RohiDsor,
governor, John ". II 'i.'u-"n, '"rr"-
tary ~ state. ant ti""Tr" : Hitler,
auditor ni ia" stat" Of kan-ss, Ire
aud they az" hereby imp"s"hed at
high HIisdEmeaunr In office.
The reader will bear in mind thai
the Commits" was appointed Ia it,
Vestigsts 'hP aSroUntS of the auditor
and treasurer. BIt the ""mmitte"
'iid more. u found nothing -! n
criminal character against the
treasurer, i'nl lid anlnt"u-ly rec
"muIend the imI'es" hn-nt Of the
governor, -erretsry of state ard
state sudii"r. Aud the h"u-e"I rep
resentatiV--, having full ""niidenrr
ia tie committee, did, on the day
following. ai"m the resolution rec
omillehded hy the committee by
UNANIMOUS V"i''--'''' ay-s a"d no
hayes.
nd"r resolution fur the object,
SPeaie Adams appointed j. u.
~. ~ U,,s' 10,
-, -. ,,,.ss, '''i.. 80 80
sun ,'hih'i''et 'hllb""T'd to con
duct tile Impeachment eases before
the senate.
m, E.Lr,,ar,. M NJ. pI,,I. ,,.t-
"" "'S ~ WI uiip' 'hh'f-
Hlan " lhe committee OF managers
on the part OF the house Of represan-
tatiXrs. T-uortsJ eipbt articles of
st VI
Impeachment 81 JChn ". NobIn-On,
secretary Of state and file house J
ras,Iy;,n ;Is.If 49,, ,,,,,,,,;,,.... -
HS't ih'o C"ihHi''trr VI
the Wholr' oh ihe ATtlcIts OF I'M
parchment, recommended their |
al,,,,i,,, ,,.itt,o,,, li,t-t,, - ~
''"""' w '7'''' ~" ''
report OF tie committee Ol the whole /
was unanimously agreed 10.
On E.,I.u.r,. -. Il. IIIr,,,I f.,,,
Sn y - vi ''.'' 'i"'h
TIE same committee, reported seven Il
articles of ilapeacIulsOi of I.sorVe
- IIiIIor ,,I:,,r ~ sta,, - g.
- h,i'tf, H""''"i " 7'"'. anh NV
articles OF lHipeafhuienl Ol thafles
Robinson, governor. Those against