The Globe-republican., 1894-09-07

for the phenomenal growth Of the lottery bust
ness Of this town since Lewelling became
governor The governor has been impcrtuned
for the sake Of the party and for the sake of
common 6ecency to strike a higher note than
he is sounding. am reluctantly forced to the
conclusion that he continues in this business
because it pays him. The conditions here are
such that nine-tenths Of our people believe
that the administration is in some way bene-
iciary OF the lawlessness Of this town.
After this testimony from the popu-
list senator of Wyandotte county. who
was elected by !. 200 majority, call up
on the stand populist lawyer of Kan
sas City. Kan. Mr.. A. ]. Smith, and
produce in evidence his letter to Gov.
Lewelling, in which he says:
During the interstate fair at Kansas City,
Mo-, your excellency promised me that an in
vestigation should be made and that the pres
ent board of police commissioners should be
changed. For some reason your eXcellency
changed your mind. The reason was that W.
T. Quarles and S. S. King. the chief of police
and police Judge Of Kansas City. Kan, had
been to Topeka with some money for your ex-
cellency. The pittance Of 3. 800 was then and
there offered to John W. Briedenthal il he
would withdraw his influence In favor Of the
change, and give it to them for their continu-
ance in Office. He refused to take the money
The money was then carried across the hall and
left on deposit with a person connected not
your excellency's ONCE, subject to the order Of
John W. Breidenthal. At last accounts the
money was still there.
After the introduction of this testi-
mony 1 show that the administration
had Mr. Smith arrested for criminal
libel. that Judge Nicholson of Council
Grove. leading populist lawyer. was
employed to assist in his prosecution,
and he was tried and the jury disa-
greed. That he was tried second
time, and that Mr.. Briedenthal, the
chairman of your committee, and MIR.
Close, the governors private secretary,
were both sworn as witnesses. then
show the courts instruction as fol-
lows: IF you find from the evidence
that the matters and things contained
in the letter charged in the informa-
ton herein have been written and pub
lished by the defendant were in fact
substantially true, then you must ac-
quit the defendant"
then read the verdict of the jury as
follows: 'We, the jury, find the de-
PENDANT not guilty
After thus showing that the admin
istration has been placed on trial
before a jury for boodling. and con-
victed. call A. b. Weber. who was
a populist candidate for sheriff of
Shawnee county last year, who says:
lido not indorse the methods employed by
the corrupt men who engineer the county and
state conventions of the peoples party Of Kan
sas. and in my judgment no honest man in
dorSes them.
W. II. Bennington. leading popu.
list, is put upon the stand and says:
simple mistake is no crime, but to deceive
a friend and brother is treachery and to play
into the hands Of the enemy is treason. and he
Gov. Lewelling) has been guilty of both.
The New Era. a populist newspaper,
is placed in evidence before the jury
and their attention is called to this edi-
torial paragraph:
In the name of reform, saloons. bawdy
houses and gambling dens command premium
in Kansas.
Mary E. Lease is put upon the stand
and testifies:
I know that this administration Is dishonest
and corrupt. and that they received brides from
the Missouri Kansas s Texas, the Missouri
Pacific and the Rock Island.
Ed S. Waterbury, one of the official
historians of your peoples party, is
called to the stand and says:
There is no permanence in the situation.
There will be an end. 1t will come quickly.
An end to the party which tolerates it. Popu-
lists here regard him Gov. Lewelling) as
traitor to his party. Will you all vote for him?
In thunder tones you will answer No. We will
not support by our ballots that which we so
heartily condemn.
John G. Otis. a former populist men,
Der of congress, testifies with reference
to the peoples party as follows:
1t opens the door to the saloons Of the state
and bids them enter in and occupy the field.
1t subordinateS to the lust of greed the indus
trial classes and levieS q tax upon fraud to
feed vice and crime. In proof Of this We only
call YOUR attention to the fact that at this time
bawdy houses, gambling dens and joints -four
ish in the state more luxuriantly than for many
years past, in spite Of the fact that it has ever
been the claim Of the reform party that If the
people would trust it with the administration
Of government it would elevate the standard
of morals and look well to the peace Of the
home.
Cyrus Corning, pioneer in the peo-
pies party, testlfies:
The violation Of law touching the moral and
social question, nepOtlSm ana OOOQIlug nave
never been excelled by any other administra-
ton since the dawn Of statehood.
Benjamin II. Clover, the orig inal
president of the Farmers Alliance, one
of the organizers of your party, and
for two years a populist member of
congress, is put upon the stand and
testifies:
monthly stipend for campaign and personal
purposes is exacted from the gambling dens
and liquor dives of our large cities. 1t has
the metropolitan police into revenue
collectors, who visit these loathsome places
and compel these dealers in vice to divide the
profits Of their unholy business. This is done
now by the leaders Of our reform movement
The governor Of the state and his political ad-
visers are cognizant Of and parties to these
political and ofdcial crimes.
Associate Justice Allen of the su-
preme court, elected by populists, is
as witness and testi fies:
Within the past few days have learned, not
from the enemies but from the friends Of the
Of circumstances showing that
the administration of affairs in some il not all,
Of the cities Of the first class is thoroughly