The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-22
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
In tho Bribery Cnses In Kansas-A BOs
Boodler's Confession.

Boodlers Confession.
TOPEKA, KANs., March 2i.-The senate
committee which has been investigat-
ing charges Of bribery by the Capital
of high state officials to defeat certain
anti'gambling bills in the recent legis-
lature was continued to-day and pro-
duced some more sensational testimony.
After a number OF witnesses had
given unimportant testimony, James
+, Legate was sworn. Having eS-
amined the letter, he addressed to
Major Hudson and fully identified II, in
reply to questions by Judge Thatcher,
no said that he had received draft for
$4,000 from Il. W. Kline before the
legislature met and $1,000 soon after
wards. Said he; "There was a consid-
cradle conference with reference TO the
organization OF the legislature It was
discussed by the greater lights with
reference TO bringing certain cases be-
fore the supreme court thought the
undertakings were all childish because
the court was politically against the
Populists. / looked over the list OF
members OF the legislature and from my
knowledge OF the men and OF the can
vass there were at least six men who
were counted in-not fairly elected. l
then made a canvass of my own, send
ing men out over the state, and won't
to Kansas City, Missouri, where tried
to make deal for a Kansas City daily
paper.
~ was told that W. ]. Buchanan had
received $l5, 900 TO $4,000 from Kansas
City whisky men for q number OF years.
struck Pete Kline, who told mo that
the gamblers had been compelled for
the last two years to contribute $4,000
u year to the Republican party Of Kan
sas. In tho late campaign told him
that ii he would lend me $1,000 would
buy the paper was after and i could
get him protection from those demands.
Kline liked the idea. So did tho whis-
ky men. Meanwhile my men came in
from over tho state, who told me they
could got eight or ten Republican
members OF the house to vote with the
Populists on organization. ! wanted to
pay my men and went back to Kansas
City and told Pete Kline l wanted
$1,000. l said to himthat he would be
reimbursed by tho Populist party. He
gave me check for $1,000 and paid
my men.
Eight members OF the house came to
me in Topeka. Four were for Hoch
and four for Douglass. Douglass was
nominated and tho four Hoch men said
they would not vote for Douglass. Tho
rival houses were organized and mo-
body knew how anybody voted. This
started the war. My judgment is that
it cost the railroads $4,000 to get those
four men to sign for Douglass. Now
that is where my $4,000 went. Later
on Judge Doster told me that tho three
Democrats would go into the Populist
house US soon as three Republicans
would make tho break. sent word to
Kline that | wanted $1,500 and he
brought it to mo. had said to Kline
before that l was going TO get bill
through destroying the policy business.
4 wish you would, he said. There are
so many in tho business that there is no
longer any money in it."
Legate explained that he paid the
Sl,500 to some men to secure the three
Republicans to vote with the Populists.
Tho Democrats, however, would not
join the movement. Failing to got the
Republicans to break, he sought to get
the Popultsts to so into the Republican
house, but the railroads interiered.