The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-24
Examination Hosumed.

| TOPEKA Kan March lS-The Doodle inVesti-
/ CATION WAS resumed this morning McA.eny be
ing again examined. He said that ne and Bur
! gard were both subjected to corrupt offers b. Cy
| Leland. He said: II had an offer Of money from
/ Cyrus Leland, S5turdag morning, February =,
! To sell nv vote for United States senator. An
! acquaintance had come 70 me few days before
and asked me 10 meet Mr. Leland. We agreed
/ on place, and ! met him that morning III 2
( O'Clock in Senator WiIiamson's room in the
! Keith block. first went 10 the room with this
Acquaintance, who imuIe lately left, ami in q
( feW minutes Mr. Leland came and introduced
himself. he talked over the leEis.a tive siiua-
I tioa a. some length aud told me what the Su-
( premc courts decision in the house test case
would be. The conversation lasted nearly an
4 hour and gradually led around TO what he want
ed or course understood what he wan:ed
when he came 10 the room. He said that the
! republican party were going to elect United
States senator that Ihey had 81 votes thai
3 mine would be sufficient II elect but That they
had ~ addition two others who were pledged.
I l asked him what he wanted me 10 do and for
what. He said he understood it would be
money and he named 81 1907 told him knew
what NV vote amounted to; that had been
approached before On The subject AMI that Is I
had vo.cG for no candidate when Judge Martin
WAS eectei senator nv vote was worth more
fer that reason We discussed the matter Ill
teen minutes.
ton vas the stake holder. / told him l would
act as stake holder and that was where the
first serious hitch came in He wanted me 10
accept some OF the p0liticisns OF senator's or
one OF the banks. he sail Ee could not think
Of giving me- the cash because II would place
h n a my mercy. He wanted me TO go with
him 10 one OF two banks which he did not name.
I suggested a certified check, but he objected.
The amount agreed SR Vas so.UJ1 This
figure was not exactly stipulated, has under
stood that If We could agree on a stake holder
tSat would Be tbs amount The maa be wanted
mp 10 vote for vas w. II RoSSingiCn u demo-
Crlt
When we talked about the price, / told him
thai 4 large sum had been offered when Ady
was the republican candidate ilJ 100 had been
offered for a single vote He denied this aI
first butt knew better and told MIN the trouble
then as uoE was about ihs stake holder .o.d
him he money was offered 10 Mr. Burysrl, Of
" anJoIte county, in = CLOAK room three Iain-
utes before judge Martin was elected senator,
aal that the deal broke OF u; the last moment
because theT could not agree Ga = stlke-
hplcer. Bu-gard insisted on a stake
holder Leland would not trust Leaad then
admitted tie offer and sail BlrgarI should
have kept hi fool n Jlth shat Then when IL
sisted that rny vote was worth bali as much a.
Burc4ri's lie said the u. r to BJTglrI was Il:
state printer. At Il UclJc. Leland s.l.d Es
wanted to 20 over 10 the supreme cou.I an
hear the decision in the house test case and ne
went away. hat Is the last time ! saw lin
leland said that The republic MS had a-re d
upon Eossington Decause al the Republicans
would not vote Ior .. =. Wig. euer Leland
i'd not want 70 discuss the D-r-ard zeal bat
he prac ically admitted ta4t tie HAD mad. an
ufTr 10 him We cid not exactly agree on -
% but he sa.G perhaps /. We eou!l agree on
stakeholder NC Could agree on the anolu:. He
SAID rrpea edly he Gid Lot salI 10 pe L!A-e e. 1T
nv mercy and did 20, propose - have i; any
other way II the Dl-ra-i deal he and Leland
had agreed On Barney White, of argentine, as
the stakeholder but Leland backed out because
he was afrafi that the relations between him
ana Burgard we're such that he could Rot trust
him"
In reply TO 3 rIl OF qustions BY members OF
the committee. McAieny said that the republic
ans, vex-d and chIgrine1 at the election OF
Judge Martin. were scheminG 10 EJECT a rival
senator. ''TIeSd - evening before the Leland
interview" he Continued. Frank Strickland
OF Kansas CITY, Kan approached me in the in
ierest Of B. =. Wag-ener 10 see what / would
do He told ne l stood "A chance FOR good
Office in tine event OF H'Igyencr's election. !
told him had no hslker'ns for o.Ice l was
sur riSec that $ ricklanG, whom knew 10 b.
d fusion democrat should be supporting Tag-
censr-"
Adjournment was taken until Tuesday.