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

| Jim Legate Tells the Senate Committee
What He Knows About Doodle -Cy.
Leland Tells Something About McAle-
| ney's Story-Other Testimony.
| TOPEKA, Kan, March 2s-Jim Legate was
the principal witness examined by the sena
torial investigating committee
| Senator Thachsr asked him II he received
! 4,5OJ from Pete Kline, to which he replied;
"Yes, sir"
"Why did you receive it and how did yoU
spend itf" asked the senator, TO which Legate
replied, in substance, as follows:
"After the election there was some talk
about the organization of the legislature by
Judge Webb and three or four others by bring
| ing some cases before the court They were
| political problems 1 said the practical way
was 70 find out who the members Of the legisla
ture we're There were six or seven members
who were never elected, but were counted in
| concluded to run canvass Of my own, and
| went around through the state and saw many
OF the members; 81 800 was not all 1 spent
| got 500 OF Ed Snow to help pay my expenses
Then" continued Legate, II went TO Kansas
| City and tried to make deal with Ford for an
interest in the Kansas City Mail While was
! there 1 learned q good many things never
knew before. learned that Billy Buchan had
got $4,000 to s2I,O 600 year from the whisky
dealers Of Kansas City Tor a number of years. ]
struck Pete Kline, whose business is policy.
From him learned that the gamblers had 70
contribute $4,000 year to the republican party
of Kansas. told him that il he would raise
me 100 TO invest in the Mail would guaran-
tee him immunity against blackmail- Pending
this negotiation, two men who had been out
through the state came to my house, and from
them learned that there were eight men who
would vote with the republicans. heard that
1t cost the Santa Fe IS, 900 to get these eight
men, and 5000 OF my money went in this way
Legate said neither Gov Lewelling, Attor-
vaOw- gesIA -
thing about the money
On cross examination he said the first 81 900
he received from Kline was paid to a republic
an for travelling over the state seeing the legis-
lators in an effort to get enough republicans TO
vote with the populists to enable them 10 or
ganiZe the house. but he refused to say who it
was, insisting that he did not remember names
The second sl,00 was paid TO another man at
Topeka, but he refused to say who it was.
He said he understood the gamblers of Kan
sas City raised 80, 0O0 to be used in seeing that
the Taylor bill was not substituted for some
other bill In the house. He had heard that
Pete Kline paid Bill Higgins, while he was sec
retary of state, 800 a month for the charter
under which he conducted his policy shop, and
that $1,000 was paid for silencing J. X Hudson
and that Ben Simpson got 5000 for his in
fiuence with the administration.
All efforts to make Legate give up the names
OF the eight republicans who were to vote with
the populists we're unavailing He insisted
that he had poor memory for names.
The last witness put on the stand was Cy Le-
land. He told his story I'm a straightforward
manner and paid particular attention to Nc
Aleney and Burgard. He said he first met Nc
Aleney at the Copeland where he was intro
duced to him by Councilman Lillis, who wanted
TO be postmaster at Kansas City, Kan, and
wanted straightout democrat elected Unita6
States senator, as Martins election would be
against him Lllis was using his influence TO
get McAleney to vote for some other democrat
than Martin They finally went to room 10 in
the Keith block TO talk the matter over, but
they had only talked few minutes when Nc
Aleney declared fat footed that he wanted S.
900 for his vote. He said il was the last time
he expected to be in the legislature and he
wanted to be paid for his vote
He said Burgard had been offered $1,000 for
his vote, and he (MIcAleney) must have 5000
Leland told him that he did not have any
money and did not know of any being used in
the interest of either United States senator
or state printer. Lillis told McAleney that
II he would vote against Martin and help
him get the post office he would take care
of him with fat job but McAleney insisted
on having cash for his vote. Leland said
the story that he met Burgard in
hall was lie; that he was not
in the state house that day. and furthermore,
that he knew Burgard to be regular boOdler.
Two years ago he was republican spy in the
populist camp during the fight for United
States senator. He would visit republican
after every caucus and tell what
was done, and he was paid for his work. Lc-
land denied having offered TO pay Burgard any
thing for his vote during the last legislature.