People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-31
Inquiry Resumed.

TOPEKA, Kan, March 24-The senate in.
vestigating committee adjourned at noon yes
terday, subject 10 the call OF the chairman II
is inferred from conversation with Senator
] King, that It will be several days before an.
other meeting will be held, probably not until
Senator billiard is sufficiently recovered TO be
present
II was expected that s B. Bradford would
tell the story confirming Months statement to
Maj Hudson, but his testimony was simply
that, having formerly been an attorney Of Pete
Kline, he was employed by him to draw a bill
which would drive the small policy men out OF
business. Kline told him that men formerly In
his employ had gone into business for them
selves and as they were depriving him Of
profits he wanted a law enacted which would
crush them out Bradford agreed to draw such
a bill and did draw It and sent II to Kline, but
Kline telegraphed him that the bill was all
wrong. That was the last he heard from Kline
Kline agreed 10 pay 500 for the work, but had
not done it. This interview was late in Decem.
ber As Bradford came out OF Kline's office he
met Legate in the hall, who said TO him that he
might as well have made IT 500 as SlOO
Joe Hudson denied Legate's story that he
had been silenced by the gamblers and said
that the Capital had never been Influenced by
gamblers or anybody else, nor had he been ap-
preached with money by anybody for any pur.
pose since he had been In possession OF the Cap
itaL He said he had taken John " Months
word for the story he published March and
Moffltt promised on his honor that he would ap.
pear before the investigating committee and
back up the story with undoubted proof
Fred Close asked II Mofltt was authorized 70
make proposition to the populists that in con.
siderstion Of five populists' votes for Hudson
for state printer he would give populists enough
stock in the Capital to control IL Hudson re.
piled: mo, sir; positively no"
Then" asked Mr.. Close, IF Mofitt rade
such proposition, he lied, did he'"
Yes. sir"
Close afterwards stated privately that Moi.
fit had made such a proposition 10 the popu-
lists, stating that he had Just come from Maj
Hudson with the authority 10 make IT,
Legate was recalled 10 explain what he meant
BY the railroad fund " spoken OF yesterday.
He said he did not know that there was such
fund, but he judged from circumstances that
there was one and plenty Of It He judged that
George Peck controlled It and that, In Peck's
absence, Charles Foulks acted for him. He
said the railroads seemed to have plenty Of
money to maintain the house divided against
itself aud that the railroad men said they could
better afford to stand that expense than to have
the house get down TO business
State Senator W. Z. Sterne, Of Topeka, testi-
fed to another scheme sprung BY Mont which
was that he was prepared on the authority Of
Fred Close, 10 guarantee to Sierne the control
OF the appointments Of Topeka police commits.
sioners and the commissioner Of elections II
Sterne would get the republicans to Join in
making Close United States senator Sterne
said the proposition was too silly to entitle It
to consideration and he thought Close was too
sensible man 10 make II