Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-22
DOODLE IN KANSAS.
Serious Allegations Against
High Officials.
THEYARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE
u he Evidence Elected Is to Be
Believed.
Tho Efforts Made to Defeat cetlnln Anil.
Gambling Rnls-rhe Gamblers Paid
$4,000 a Year Hush Money.
More Sensations Today.

Topeka, Kan, March a. THE senate
cowmitlfe, which has been investigating
the Chhfgvs OF bribery OF hist state
oihNais GO defeat cortnln antfgamhlinc
lils ~ the recent Legislature, today pro.
auccu some moro sensational testimony.
~. - lhtAi manager of She Postal Ielc-
kiNph 0iurr was called upon fnr nfOr-
NATION iclutiNc tu kilograms hctwcrn
No isns City gamblers and persons chnrg.
rd with Hccrpiing or handling boobies.
.ald ne dld not examine the telorraWs.
tie was instructed tO bring the tplp.
grans before the committee tomorrow
morning, q. ". Mitchell. Democrats
member of tie now hoard of police cou.
misslopcrs of Kansas city. Kan, knew OF
no money having been mlHpd IN his city
70 inuuoucc legislation r. n irinlpy Of
Kansas city, KAN had heard Of money
betng raised among tho gamblers but gnyr
nn unines M amounts. lNmus H. loTgut
M rcpy u questions said be had rcoelyrd
q drntt for $1,000 from l. W. lIllne for
the legislature aud SiaOO afterwards.
soon after the olcNiW," said he
thgw was q conference with references
TO the organization of the legislature Il
WIS discussed hy grcHtrr lights with
reference 10 bringing certain eases before
thn supreme cnurt ! thought the undui.
talking childish because thc courts were
politically against the poWllHts. / looked
over the llst ot mumhDr ol The lurisln.
ufc AMI FROM my knowledge of the
nicu anu oi the canvass there were nt
least va niuu who were counted in. not
fairly elected. then made u canvass of
my oWh sending invu ont over the state
anu went TO Kansas City Mo-. whore
tried 90 make q deal fur n Kansas CITY
daily paper l was told " \ buchanan
had received Slo,NO or $4,000 from
Kansas CITY whisky mou for n number
oi years. ! struck Pete Kline, who told
me the gumhlpra bad been compelled Tor
the last Two years to contribute $4,000
a year 20 the Republican party uf Kan
Hns la the lrtv cnmpuipn, / told him
" he would lend me 5000 | would lnn
paper ! was after aud would yet him
protection FROM these demands Kline
liked The idea, 80 did the whisky men.
Meanwhile my men came from over the
state Who told me they could got y or iO
Republican members of the house To vote
VIII thr iopulisls on organization
wanted 60 pay my men aud went hnol,
to Kansas city aud told pcto lilino
wanted $1,000. ! bald 10 him TINT 4
would be- reimbursed los the pOpnllnt
party. lie Envr mo u check for $1,000
nnl ] paid my men.
Eight members Of the house came 10
mo in Topeka -Four were for floch
and four iOr Douglass. Douglass WAS
nominated aud he four iiach men mnld
they would not vote for n0uglnH. Tho
rival houses were organized and nobody
knew how anybody voted lis started
the war Ny Judgment ~ q pusl tic
railroads AlOuoO iu got those four men
90 sign for luuglnm Later nu judge
DOster told me three Democrats would
20 into the pupulat house na soon na
three Republicans would mako tho bronx.
sent word 10 KLINE wanted Si5OO,
nnd he brought u io mp hll snid 10
kllnr before that ! was going 10 rot
blll through destroying the policy husi-
moss II wish yOu would Rnd hr.
"lhnre are 800 many iu The business thrrD
IL un longer moupy ln IT, Iprnl t.nuptt
explained ho bad pHid $1,000 to some
10 secure three Republicans to vote With
the Populate fhr Democrats. how.
ever, would not join ille movement. rnIi.
Ing 40 rrt the Republicans tu bronx ~
sought tu rot tlp llopuliata 10 rn INFO
ibr Republican house. but the railroads
KLINE Will GO no TOPEKA.
knusnH CITY Mo- March n Peter
Kline VIII go t0 fOppn tomorrow To
TESTIFY before The legislative inyoHUrnt-
inE committees He declares tho mDit
sensational testimony ia set 10 come
Kline declares ho cannot afford. NOW
that ihu invratlgnticn has gone 10 far
20 withhold any evidence hr may have
II becomes mutter uf aHlfdefnnso with
him, and be- viii talk 10 the Legislative
Friday II iH intlnRied the
corruption IN the state legislature Of
khnrhH did not end or begin with tho
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