Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-24
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TOPEKA. KANs. Oct. 18th. 1891

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AS PeterW. Kline. of Kanaas City,
Kansas, lottery fame seems TO be the
issue in this campaign upon which the
republicans have hung their hope for
success to the exclusion of all others
even abandoning the Winfield Asylum
scandal which they blew so hard and
persIstently about till decent people as
well as the medical fraternity called
them down for their lying and dirt,
charges, we will dilate Just a little ND
on this subject.
In the first place 1t might be well TO
refresh your memory with the fact that
this is the same and identical charge
made against certain state oficials two
years ago py the daily Capital at whose
request an investigation committee
Of two republicans. two popullsts and
one democrat, was appointed, and after
hearing all the evidence the committee
reported unanimously that there was
nothing in them. The evidence show
ed that $4,000 was offered for votes
for Hudson for state printer and as
high as 81 600. 90 offered for a repubIl-
can United States Senator. So much
for the charges against the State Off
Gals. But all these charges and c0un-
ter-charges have peen productive of
some good, indisputable evidence that
Peter Kline Is the biggest sucker in all
Christendom and that Jim Legate and
Nels F. Acers aretwo of the slickest
bunco lawyers in all that dominion of
which Kline is the greatest chump.
To give the reader q clear and con.
else idea Of the nature of these charges,
we will embody herin a part eff MIR.
Acers letter Of recent date for which
the republican campaign committee no
doubt paid good round sum as 1t was
offered to the populist committee for
$500 90, but refused as q gift. After
reciting the deal in which Kline said
in his letter he paid $4,000 for the
naming Of the police commissioners
and that the money was paid to James
Legate tor this purpose. Mr.. Acers,
Legate's copartner in fleeing Kline of
all he possessed. says:
1.-The fact that Mr.. Close was your
private secretary, and that you direct.
ed me to confer and consult with him
regarding the appointment of the DO
lice commissioners for Kansas City,
Kansas and matters pertaining thereto.
convinced me that you were q party to
and Endorsed the agreement made with
Mr.. Kline and for which he paid sever
al thousand dollars. That agreement
you have persistentlv violated in every
particular to this date, even including
tie appointment of commissioners In
Kansas City, Kansas from whom he
could receive even as considerable treat
ment as others engaged in the same or
less lawful business. The Circumstance
es surrounding the extortion of the
81 10000 from Mr.. Kline leads me to
conclude that was made use of to in
spire my client with confidence and
keep him quiet while he was being
buncoed by you through your political
associates.
For time after Mr.. Kline had paid
over the 81 10000 mentioned and up to
March 3rd, when the CAPITAL came out
with its expose, the matter Of appoint
ing the police commissioners was a
subject Of delay and promises, nothing
more, and finally terminated in the &C.
lection Of board of commissioners OBJ
jectionable to my client aud wholly
antagonistic to his interests and yet in
the interests Of other men now con
Quoting the same and even more OBJ.
jectionable business than he was en-
gagged in from the enormous profits OF
which, it is by many suspected that
others, including yourself, have re-
ceived personal gains"
Very respectfully.
(signed) NELSON f. AcERs.
This Is pretty howl for an attorney
to set up after getting his clients mon
ey. A lawyer who would thus reckless
ly disburse his clients money without
being able to show for what purpose 1t
went, and to whom, except his own
word for it, is as big q scoundrel as
Kline himself himself. Rob man Of
his money and then howl that the 9TH
er fellow did not deliver the goods.
Bearing upon this charge of Kline
and Acers we quote from the testimony
of James p. Aegate. Examination
was conducted by the investigation
committee above referred TO and can
be found on page 129 OF the trans
script on file in the secretary Of states
Office;
@. l want to ask you whether yon
paid any money at any time to General
Little within the past six months.
A. l never paid General Little, a
mill, a penny, q dime, q dollar or any
other sum since he was born into the
world.
@. will ask you the same question
as to Mr.. Fred Cloee?
A. My answer is the sams rs to
Attorney General Little.
Q. Or any other state officer?
A. My answer Is the same as the
others.
There is pQiRt in all Of bis alleged
paying of money that the reader must
not lose sight Of and that Is that no
where has Kline or Legate or Aert .
claimed to have paid any money to any
state official in persop, by check, draft.
express, money order or registered let
ter. Just when one becomes interest
ed in their story. thinking he is getting
to the point where the money was &C
tually paid over to q state official. 10.
and behold it was Legate or Acres to
whom Kline paid the money, and they
have failed and refused to say even un-
der oath on the witness stand what