The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-08


that he had cut loose, and was bound
10 make All the money he coHid during
! that, his last, session. That there was
a bill pending before HIS committee
aPpropriating soHie s, 600 900 TO the
| Chickasaws and Choctaws for claims
for lands that they had long herstofofs
! been paid for in fun by the govern
ment; that there WAS 5000, 900 ia
Doodle IN that bill fer its passage, and
[ that he was into the steal TO the tune
/ of SO, 900; and demanding that 1 go
/ to him as friend and make him
promise them portion thereof, OF
/ they would publish the facts to tile
world and smash the passage of tile
bill, and that they would fight the
passage of the bills 1 wanted passed
unless did it. did not want them
to fight the bills that I represented.
and ia order-to prevent it L told them
that I would speak to him about it,
but not wanting 70 be party to the
scheme I never did it.
Il was told 10y the, congressman
when urging their influence upon him
to make him report the bill, that lie
was an infamous scoundrel and was
holdIssa5Iay bi3is back, because there
WAS 80 opposition to them, in order 10
put his steal through along with my
bills, which were respectable, and
that his name was as familiar
with congressman and lobbyists and
everyone sise-with whom 1 talked as
a boOdier and thief as the name Of
any IIarlot in Topeka is familiar as
such to the dudes of this town, He
afterwards secured the passage Of
that 50, 600, OOG steal, and the fact
coming out has caused this administra-
ton to refuse to pay out the appropria-
ton and the money has not been paid
to this day.
Il am going to move back to Cowley
county, and if this appointment is
made L viii AXE the stump and
promulga;e these facts and denoun, e
him from one end OF tins state to the
other as 1t thief and boodler.
Your administration mas been
clean and able.
L eLA14 oul ACllAAs anu AltGLE - tlDLAlAAAE
in your gift CT that of the party in
this state or elsewhere that would
have, and would be false to you as
such Il friend did fail TO make these
facts known to you at this time.
In addition to this, you know, ard
L know, if reputable mems words are
at all to be relied on, that he has
denounced you as wishy-washy,
namby-pamby iguoramus, disgrace
to the state and the party, and that
/ through your imbeciiily republican
majority of 81, 600 has melted to
nothing, Ny. experience and others ia
/ his district as we'll, have demonstrated
/ that he is "a political Migrate and
/ Ishmaelite. His promises are worth
/ less; his sense of obligation is dead,
and would not believe him ON oath.
Il remained in Washington twenty
+ one days, and then wont to Senator
/ Plumb and told him that was an Ass
in capital letters; that I had learned
through Mr.. Perkins that man
could not do enough for him to procure
his assistance in the passage of two
meritorious bulsCthat nobody objected
to, and that L was going home.
plumb told nc to hold on and he
would see what-ne could do. lie had
:. previously told me th.,r he would pass
1tHe bills in one hour through the
senate after Judge Perkins had passed
them through the house. Plumb said
he would go to see Senator Dawes,
chairman of the Indian committee OF
the senate, AMI we went to Perkins
aud Thumb. insisted ON Perkins report
ing the bills. perkins acted angry
and said he had told me- to go home
and he wonld do it when he got ready
Plumb insisted, and demanded that
he should report the bills then, so that
could go home. An angry cOlloquy
eHsued between them; the hour fol
assembling of congress was ut hand
and Plumb literally drove him into
the house, where he reported the DILL
and they pissed They were sent t,
the senate and passed that braucl
AMI at O'Clock that day was on IN,
way home, and but for MIN perkins
all that could have been done the frs
day after my arrival III Washington.
Perkins conduct during the TINT
was there was of a character tina
convinced me that lie was all That wal
charged, namely, a boodIer and
thief. 1 came home against him
and have been against him ever since
His sole backing is found in the Thirc
district, whereas the balance of tht
state is against him. He is a nonresi
! dent, and every candidate III the ici,
and their friends protest against hi
appointment There are hundreds O
republicans in this state his superlo
in point Of Intellect and ability who's
Z appointment would he accepted "a
. satisfactory. YoiI are not represent
ing the Third district, and should b
= the executive of the great state O
: Kansas
1--WE are on the eve OF The creates
% ctTlu,tfezn ever fought Ily the reuuEsIicaj