The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-31
Kesumed.

TOPEKA, Kan, March 23-The senate in
vestigating committee adjourned at noon yes
| terdav, subject to the call of the chairman 1t
is inferred from a conversation with Senator
King, that IL will be several days before an
other meeting will be held, probably not until
! Senator billiard is sufficiently recovered TO be
present
1t was expected that s B. Bradford would
tell the story confirming Months statement to
Mai Hudson, but his testimony was simply
that, having formerly been an attorney of Pete
Kline, he was employed by him to draw a bill
which would drive the small policy men out of
business Kline told him that men formerly in
his employ had gone into business for them
selves and ss they were depriving him of
profits he wanted a law enacted which would
crush them out Bradford agreed to draw such
4 bill and did draw it and sent it to Kline, but
Kline telegraphed him that the bill was all
wrong. That was the last he heard from Kline
Kline agreed to paV 800 for the work, but had
not done It. This interview was late in Decem-
Der. As Bradford came out Of kline's office he
met Legate in the hall, who said to him that he
might as well have made il 500 as ;l0O
Joe Hudson denied Legate's story that he
had been silenced by the gamblers and said
that the Capital had never been influenced by
gamblers or anybody else, nor had he been ap-
preached with money by ANYBODY for any pur-
pose since he had been in possession OF the Cap
itaL He said he had taken John V Months
word for the story he published March and
Mofhtt promised on his honor that he would ap-
pear before the Investigating committee and
back up the story with undoubtei proof
Fred Close asked If Monitt was authorized to
make proposition to the populiSts that in con-
sideratiOn Of five populists' votes for Hudson
for state printer he would give populists enough
stock in the Capital to control it. Hudson re-
piled: mo, sir: positively no."
Then" asked Mr.. Close, 'ff Moffitt made
such proposition, he lied, did hep
Yes sir"
Close afterwards stated privately that Mof-
fit had made such proposition TO the popu-
lists, stating that he had Just come from Mai
Hudson with the authority TO make II.
Legate was recalled TO explain what he meant
by the railroad fund spoken OF yesterday
He said he did not know that there WAS such a
fund, but he judged from circumstances that
there was one and plenty of it He judged that
George Peck controlled it and that, in Peck's
absence, Charles Foulks acted for him. He
said the railroads seemed 10 have plenty OF
money TO maintain the house divided aGains.
itself and that the railroad men said they could
better afford to stand that expense than to have
the house get down TO business.
State Senator W. l. Stcrne, OF Topeka, testi-
fed to another scheme sprung by Mollt which
was that he was prepared, on the authority OF
Fred Close, 10 guarantee to Sterne the control
OF the appointments of Topeka police commits
sioners and the commissioner of elections II
Sterne would get the republicans 10 Join in
making Close United States senator Sterne
said the proposition was too silly to entitie Sit
10 consideration and he thought Close was too
sensible man 10 make it