Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-03-23
KANSAS BoOoLlNG.


Jim Leeate tmpucat,s nuchan aud Is
Qai't blut other. leland SAYS iiur-
gard l. "a Iiosdter
TOPEKA. Kan, Mtr'h % Jim Leglic wa
the princip witness examined b. the sou
torihl investigating committee He was pu o
the stand about O'CLOCK and proceeded TO tel
his story;
senator Thacher asked him II he received
u, from Pete Kline, TO which he REPLIED
eyes, sir"
"why did you receive It aud how did you
spend itH' asked the senator, TO which Logate
replied, In sub stance. as follows;
"After tho 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 IN y were
political problems l said the practical Wa7
was TO ind out who the members Of the legisia-
ture were There were six or seven members
who were never elected. but we're counted In
concluded TO run a canvass Of nv own, and
went around through the state aud saw many
OF the members q, 800 was not all lspeut
got 100 OF Ed Snow TO help pay my expenses"
Then" continued Lrgate, II wont " Kansas
CITY and tried 10 make a deal wi h Ford for an
Interest in the Kansas CITY Mail While was
there ( learned good many things 1 never
knew before. Learned that II lily Buchan h I'd
got tlb,0D TO 20 0O q year from the whisky
dealers Of Kansas CITY for a number Of years |
struck Pete Kline. whose business Is policy
contribute $1,000 year 10 the republican ar y
Of Kansas told him that II he would raise
me 500 10 invest ia The NAH would glarau.
tee him lmmunits against bllckmlil Pending
this negotiation, two men who had been out
through the STATE came 10 nv house, and from
them learned that there were eight men who
would vote with the republicans. Iheard that
II cost the santa Fe 500 TO get these eight
men, and 500 Of my money went In this way "
Legite said neither Gov Lewelling, Attor.
ney.General Little nor Fred Close knew any.
thing about the money
On cross examination he said the hrst 81 600
he received from Kline was paid TO q republic
an for travelling over the state seeing the legis'
| la ors In an effort 10 get enough republicans to
vote with tho populists to enable them TO or
| Ranize the house. but he refused to say who II
was, insisting that he did not rcmemb names
The second iou was paid TO another man at
| Topeka, but he refused to say who Il was.
| He said he understood the gamblers Of Kan
sas City raised 400 TO be used In seeing that
| the Taylor bill was not substituted for come
| other hil In the house. lie had heard that
/ Pete Kline paid Bill Higgins while h. was sec.
| retarv Of state, 80 month for the charter
| und 7 witch he conducted his policy shop, aud
| that o., 100 was piid for sllenCiug J X Hudson
and that hen Simpson got ss,OJO for his In
nuence with The admin slration
| All efforts to make Legaie give up the names
| OF the ei hit republicans who we're to vote with
1
| that he had poor memory for names
| The last witnos, put % the stand was Cy lie
land. lie toId his story In straightforward
| manner and paid partic lar attention TO Nc
| Aleney and Burgard II said he first met Nc
| Aleney at the Copeland where no was intro
duccd to him bv Cound man Lillis, who wanted
| 10 be postmaster at Kansas CITY, Kan, and
wanted q stralghtout d moCrat elected United
States senator as Martins election would be-
AGAINST him Lllis WAS using his influence tC
| get McAleuey 70 vote for some OF her democrat
than Martin. They finally went to room ID IL
| the keith block 10 TAX the matter over, bu
| they had only talked - few minutes when Nc
Aloney declared fat footed that he wanted a.,
| OJJ for his vote. lie sad II was The last tim,
he expected 10 b. IN tue legislature and b,
wanted TO he paid Tor his vote,
lie said Burgard had been offered sl0OJl fO
his vote, and he (McAlenuyl must have 1900
Leland told him that no did not have AM
IN iney and did not know ~ any being used II
tho interest OF either United ) atos senate
or state printer. Lllis told MoAleney tina
| II he wou vote against Mar ia and he'll
him get the post once he would take car
OF him with n fat JOB but McAloney insiste,
| on having cash for his vote. Leland sal,
| the story that no met Burgard II
Representative hall wa, lie; that he was no
| In the state house that day and iurtherm re-
that h. knew Burgari to DO u regular bOOdler
Two years ago he WAS republican spy In tn
populiBt camp during the light for Unite
States senator. lie would visit republican
headquarters after every caucus and tell whA
WIS done, and he was paid for lis work l.,
land dene1 having offered 10 paw Burgard any
thing for his vote during tho last legislature