The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-24
BURGARD's STORY.
How he Bribed Populsts. Frank
Statement Concerning the Grinding
of the Legislative Mills.
i to the Kansas City Journal.

statement Concerning the Grinding
of the Legislative Mills.
Special to the Kansas City Journal.
Al Burgard of Argentine, member Of
the last legislature, loosened up a con-
siderably today and gave out quite q
story to the Journal correspondent cover.
ing some of the financial transactions OF
the legislature. Yesterday he was con
tent with stating that his colleague Nc
Aleney was incorrect in quoting HIM a;
saying he had been offered an amount
of money in the senatorial fight, but to-
day he gave out a much stronger state
ment.
He gave the statement to the Journal
correspondent in the presence Of Kan
sas Democrat, and it is as follows:
Il told one of the Populist fiat MEM
bers to introduce bill to regulate the
inspection of grain and We would make
some money out of it. He said it was a
good scheme, and as he was fiat mem
Der no one would suspect him of any
thing. He introduced the bill, and its
number was $50, as remember 1t. Very
soon some members of the Kansas City,
Kan. board of trade were up to Topeka
to look after the bill. They came to me
to find out if anything could be done
with the author to get him to let up on
the bill.
Il told them l would try and did.
went back to the board of trade fellows
and told them that he would change his
mind in the matter for $3.50.
THEY PAID THE MONEY.
''They said they could stand that, and
gave me the money to pay him, and
gave it to him. They then asked
me what wanted for my trouble,
and told them that l wanted $3.50.
They gave it to me, and then | stated
that for services in some other matters
in which they were interested l would
expect $500. They said they would give
it, and to 20 ahead and do it. l did the
work and expect them to pay that
amount yet"
This was the statement made covering
one transaction, and concerning another
business matter he said: Then there
was coal-screening bill, No. SO, l be-
lieve. Bill Perry, of Fort Scott, was in
terested in killing it, and he sent man
to Topeka with $500. He got a fellow
named Clark to bring me down to the
Throop hotel on a Sunday night, and he
asked me if l could do him any good.
Populists and let him know by the fol-
lowing day. l looked around and got
seven fellows to vote against the bill at
500 per capita.
THEY CAME OUT SMILING.
ri made the deal known to the fellow,
and he told me to tell them to come to
certain place after time and he would
give them the money in small packages.
told them and saw them going out that
way at that time, a1d they came back
smiling. l asked them il they were
and they replied that they
were. The fellow asked me what l ex-
pected for my work and told HIM $500.
and he paid 1t. This is all the money |
got and l took it for work among the
fiat fellows, who knew would be influ
enced in this way. These fellows who
took money were members of the Duns-
more house, and l want to say just here,
also, that I elected John Martin senator.
"Well, he couldn't have been elected
over Doster, could he, if he had not
received the caucus nomination Well,
I am the fellow who put in the three
votes in the caucus that finally elected
John in the caucus by one vote.
I told him of it afterwards and
he embraced me ana said he knew had
been a good friend and that he would
reward mo for it, and you see am now
here. Martin will not 60 back Oh me
and know what l am here for
HE OFFERED MALENEY MONEY.
Returning to the Kansas legislature he
said: 81 offered McAleney 500 to vote
on that coal bill, but he wanted more
and did not care to favor him with
more when could get vote cheaper.
There was another time he wanted more
than votes could be secured for and he
got nothing. He lost some money in
This way. do not know of an attempt
to use money in the senatorial fight.
You can Just bet that if McAleney bad
been offered as much as he said he was
10 do anything he would have done it.
The amount of money he claims he was
offered would have elected any body and
put through any bill if there had been no
money put up against it.