Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-03-23
M'ALENY AND DOODLE.

Tie says That y Leila I'd Onered Him Much
TOR Hts Vote on United states So ,atnr
TOPEKA. Kan March 20. The Doodle investi.
CATION was resumed Saturla McAleny be-
ing again examined. He said that he and Bur.
gard were both subjected TO corrupt o1ers BY CT
L land He said II had an oner Of money from
Cyrus Leland, Saturday morning February -,
70 sell my vote for United States senator. An
acquaintance had come TO me few days before
and asked me TO meet Mr.. Leland We agreed
on place, and / met him that morning at Q
o'clock in Senator Williamson's room In the
Keith block hrst went 10 the room with this
acquaintance, who Immediately left, and In q
few minutes Mr. Leland came and I'M reduced
himself. He talked over the legislative situa-
ton at some length and told me what the su.
preme courts decision in the house test case
would be The conversation lasted nearly an
hour and gradually led around 70 whsthe want
cd OF course understood what he wanted
vhen he came 10 the room He said that the
republican party were going 10 elect United
States senator that theg had " votes that
mine would be sufieient 70 elect but that they
had In addition two others who were pledged
asked him what he wanted me TO do and for
what He said he understood II would be
money and he named ti.OOI. told him knew
what my vote amounted to: that had been
approached before on the subject and that rs
had voted for no CANDIDATE when Judge Martin
was elected senator my vote was worth more
for that reason We discussed the matter nf.
teen minutes
Having agreed on the amount the next ques-
ton was the stake holder told him would
act AZ stake holder and that was where the
nrst serious hitch came in He wanted me to
accept some OF the politicians or senators or
one OF he banks lie said he could not think
Of giving me the cash because 10 would place
him at my mercy He wanted me to 20 with
him to one OF two banks which he did not name
Isuggested q certified check. but he objected.
Ia
figure was not exactly stipulated, hut l under.
stood til u II we could agree on stake holder
that would DO the amount The man he wanted
mp 10 vote for was W. II Rossington, demo
crat
when We talked about tho price, told him
that large sum had been offered whom Ady
was the republican candidate IIJ. 100 had been
offered for n single vote. He denied this at
hrst but knew better and told him the trouble
then as now was about the stake holder. told
him the money was offered 10 Mr. Burgard, Of
W andotte county In u cloak room three min
utes before Judge Martin was elected senator,
and that the deal broke on at the last moment
because they could not agree on stake
holder. Burgard insisted on Q stake
no dor LELAND would not trust Leland then
admitted the ofer and said Burgard should
have kept his fool mouth shut Then when in
sisted that my vote was worth half as much as
BurgArd'a he said the oner To Burgard was for
state printer. Al ~ O'Clock Leland said he
wanted to go over to the supreme court and
hear the decision In the house test case and he
went away. hat Ia the last time saw him
Leland said that the republicans h ID agreed
upon Rossington because all the republicans
would not vote for ID p. WiRyener Leland
uid not want 70 discuss the Bdrgard deal but
he prac ically admitted that he had made an
offer TO him We did not exactly agree on o..
oDJ, but he said perhaps n we could agree on
stakeholder we could agree on the amount He
said repea edly he did not want 70 be placed At
my mercy and did not propose 10 have It any
other way In the Burgard deal he and Leland
had agreed on Barney White, OF Argentine, as
tho stakeholder but Leland backed out because
he was afraid that the relations between him
and Burgard were such that he could not trust
him"
In reply TO q run Of qustions by members Of
the committee, McAleny said that the republic
ans, vexed and chagrined OF the election Of
Judge Martin, we're sohemng To EJECT u rival
senator ''ruesdly evening before the Leland
interview" he continued, Frank Strickl nd
OF Kansas City, Kan approached me In the in
teryst Of II. r waggener to sec what l would
do He told me stood chance for good
once In the event OF Waggener's election /
told him had no laundering for once. was
surprised that s lrickland, whom knew to DO
fusion democrat, should DO supporting wag.
gener"
Adjournment was taken until Tuesday