The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-05
MORE CoFFEYvILLE REPORTS.

Makes - Report
TOPEKA. Kan, May ss.-The repub-
hcan members of the Coffeyville in
vestigatiOn committee submitted their
report to the governor this morning,
finding every body innocent and de-
nouncing the alliance for its sus-
piciOns- Senator Carroll, the dem
ocratic member of the commit
of the alliance nor that of the Repub-
Hcan mem bers and submitted one of his
own The report Of the Republican
members is a brief effort, containing
between Is, 900 and 20, 600 words, while
the separate report of Senator Carroll
contains I, 600.
From the same evidence the alliance
and rep1b lican committeeman arrive ut
exactly opposite conclusions Senator
Carroll hates the alliance more cordially
than does any republican in the state,
but could not sign the republican re-
port and do his party justice. The
partisan reports leave the entire matter
Just where it stood before any investi-
CATION was ordered.
The repu bHcau mem berS gave their
conclusions In Eve pages of type writ
ten matter, while fOrty-five pages give
their argument and reasons for the
finding. After reviewing the steps
taken before the house of representa-
tives for ordering the investigation, the
republican report declares:
1.-THE investigation, instead of being
instituted for the 1audable purpose of
exposing and Furnishing crime, was
urged and advocated to crafty feelings
of personal hatred and a desire for re-
venge and was taken up and forced
upon the people of this state by the
alliance party at an expense of SIP, 600
or more, for political buncOmbe merely
for the sole purpose of endeavOring to
smirch the republican party and gain
some political advantage.
eve find further that the explosion
was not the result of any conspiracy
instigated by the republican state CEN
tral committee, nor one in which any
member OF that party nor any employee
OF the state was implicated, as charged
the resolutions The proof is clear and
convincing that the use or explosion of
dynamite was no part of the plan of the
republican state central committee for
conducting its campaign; that it had
nothing whatever to do with the ex-
plOsiOn at COffeyville and was in no
wise responsible therefor, and that
Henry Booth, Bion S. Hutchins, &c. P.
Greer, c. A. Henrie and George w.
PoOrman were not in any way con-
nected with the explosion nor accessory
thereto
The republican end of the committee
further declares that there is no evil
to investigate the explosion was due to
neglect of officials, and that the ap-
pointment of c, A. Henrie as clerk in
the bureau of statistics was in no way
connected with service rendered by him
as dynamiter.
The republican report is signed by
| Senators Kimbau and Mohler and
Representative Bishop.
CARRoLL's INDIVIDUAL REPORT.
Senator CarrOll's report is a bitter de-
nunciatiOn of everything connected
with the investigation. He declares
| that he cannot subscribe to either the
| repu blican or alliance reports and says:
| 1.-THE Coffeyville explosion happened
| in the year 1888. It was charged upon
! the republican party by mem ers OF
| the union labor party and by members
| of the republican party it was charged
| upon the union labor party and upon
| the national order of "videttes," q
| secret political organization which
| then existed mostly within the union
| labor party. This political party, trans
| formed into the alliance party, coming
| into power, this explosion and the
charges that had been made in refer
ence to it, were considered to be OF
sufficient political Importance to war.
| rant a preliminary investigation at an
expense of many thousands of dollars
to the people of the state The investi
cation has been had No good has been
done. No one has been shown to be
Sguilty and those who claimed to know
SO much before the investigation, whe1
put upon the witness stand, knew moth
ing except what Mrs Grundy had told
them
The general report states truthfulIy
that this was q political investigation
a political quarrel in fact between the
republican and the alliance parties
am in hearty sympathy
with the alliance report in its animal
versions upon certain unconscionabl,
disciples OF Ananias who deliberately
invent faIsehOOds to deceive the publ,
for political effect and then go upon tn,
witness stand and unblushing1y testifl
to their own shame. There should b,
! no distinction between the political an,
! the private liar. The standard o
! morality should certainly be as high il
those matters which affect the publ
{ veal as in those which relate 70 TIA
private concerns of life.
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