People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-31
DOODLE INVESTIGATION.
Jim Legate Tells the Senate Committee
What He Knows About Doodle -Cy.
Leland Tells Something About McAle'
news story-Other Testimony.

What He Knows About Doodle -Cy.
Leland Tells Something About McAle-
ney's story-Other Testimony.
TOPEKA, Kan, March 23-Jim Legate was
the principal witness examined by the sena.
torial investigating committee
Senator Thacher asked him II he received
3, 500 from Pete Kline, 10 which he replied:
'Yes, sir"
"Why did you receive 1t and how did you
spend If" 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 said the practical way
was 10 find out who the members Of the legisla-
ture were There were six or seven members
who were never elected. but were counted in
l concluded TO run canvass Of my own, and
went around through the state and saw many
OF the members; 1850 was not all spent l
got 500 Of Ed Snow to help pay my expenses"
Then" continued Legate, Il went TO Kansas
City and tried to make deal with Ford for an
interest in the Kansas City Mail While l was
there / learned q good many things l never
knew before. learned that Billy Buchan had
got $4,000 TO $4,000 a year from the whisky
dealers Of Kansas City for a number Of years. /
struck Pete Kline, whose business is policy.
From him learned that the gamblers had 10
contribute $4,000 year TO the republican party
Of Kansas ! told him that II he would raise
me 5000 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 10 my house, and from
them learned that there were eight men who
would vote with the republicans. heard that
It cost the Santa Fe 5000 to get these eight
men, and $1,000 OF my money went in this way"
Legate said neither Gov Lewelling, Attor-
ney-General Little nor Fred Close knew any
thing about the money.
On cross-examination he said the FIRST $1,000
he received from Kline was paid TO a republic
an for travelling over the state seeing the legis-
laiors in an effort TO get enough republicans 10
vote with the populists to enable them to or
eanize the house. but he refused TO say who 1t
was, insisting that he did not remember names
The second sl,0O 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 90 OOO 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
rotary Of state, 500 month for the charter
under which he conducted his policy shop, and
that 81 900 was paid for silenGng J. X Hudson
and that Ben Simpson got 900 for his In
tuence with the administration.
All efforts to make Legate give up the names
OF the eight republicans who were TO vote with
the populists were unavailing. He insisted
that he had poor memory for names.
The last witness put on the stand was Cy Lee
land. He told his story in 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 a straightout democrat elected United
States senator, as Martins election would be
against him Lillis was using his influence to
get MeAleney 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 1t 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 (McAleney) 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 agaiIt 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
Representative hall was lie; that he was not
in the state house that day; and furthermore,
that he knew Burgard 10 be regular boodler.
Two years ago he was a republican spy in the
populist camp during the hight for United
States senator He would visit republican
headquarters after every caucus and tell what
was done, and he was paid for his work lie.
land denied having offered TO pay Burgard any.
thing for his vote during the last legislature