Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-10
KANSAS ALLIANCE.
From the Topeka Advocate ]
The Old, Old Story.

but otherwise it is the same story that
/ was investigated by senate commit
tee consisting of two Populists, two
! Republicans and one Democrat, at the
close of the last legislature. We re-
:erred to th IS matter only short time
! ago, but as We have several thousand
new readers since that time we will
repeat substantially what we said
about it then.
/ The charges were made originally
by Joe Hudson and this committee
gave him every opportunity to sub
stantiate. them. Every witness that
he asked for was summoned and
| thorough investigation was made. The
report of the committee was a unani-
nous one and we reproduce the fol-
lowing paragraphs of it showing the
conclusions arrived at:
1--WE beg further to report as to
Governor Lewelling, his private sec
rotary, Fred j. Close, and Attorney
General Little, that we find no evil
1ence showing that they or either of
them received money for any official
act or influence whatever, neither did
they or either of them, know of the
use of any money to influence their
! own action in any manner whatever,
Dr. to effect legislation, or the appoint
nenl or election of any officer what
ever.
1--WE find further that Major Hud-
son, the editor of the Topeka Capital,
placed confidence in certain statements
made by John V. Motif concerning
the charges made by him against the
officers mentioned, which statements
were entirely unsustained by said
/ Motif on the witness stand.
1--WE beg leave to further report
from the evidence before us, we believe
that sum of money not less than
$4,000 and probably equaling $4,000
was raised by Peter w. Kline, of Kan
sas City, Mo-, who had a policy shop
in Kansas City, Kansas, and paid by
him to James +. Leggate for the pur-
pose OF influencing and cOrrupting the
members of the legislature. As to the
exact manner in which this money was
used or was to be used, we were I'M
able to obtain satisfactory evidence.
The witnesses who probably could
have informed us fully upon the ques-
ton were not before us, and some of
them were beyond the boundaries of
the state during our sessions;
This report was signed by the
whole committee, l.. p. King and A.
e. Forney, Populists; S. O. Thatcher
and j. w. Parker, Republicans; and
w. p. billiard, Democrat. The evil
1ence, while generating every man
connected with the administration,
not only from participation in any of
! these Doodle schemes, but likewise
from all knowledge of them, did dis
close that Joe Hudson had his agents
in the legislature Offering five hundred
dollars for votes for himself for state
printer, and that Cy Leland was offer
ing from one thousand to five thou
sand dollars for votes for a Repub-
lican United States senator. Not
withstanding these facts the Capital is
constantly reiterating these old
charges, in new and varied forms
under eight or ten story headlines,
and putting them out as campaign
material, the very best the Republican
managers have in the shop. Since the
above was in type we find in the even
ing papers two letters from Nels
Acres, one of the Kansas City gam
blers, to Fred Close. which show the
/ Pete Kline statement to be merely a
Matchmaking scheme to get money
from the administration for its sup
preston. Failing in this the stuff was
sold to the Republican committee.
The following are the letters:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. August %, 1e9t
| Hon Fred Close. Topeka Kansas:
Dear Sir:-PreparationS are being male for
nu expose or certain transactions that took
place in 1893 1 gained this knowledge and
concluded to advise you that you can act ac-
cordin;ly. Very respectfully,
NELSON F. ACERs
sol Whitney building, Kansas City, Mo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. September II, 1894
! Hon Fred Close, Topeka, Kan:
MY DEAR SIR: I have matter of much
| significance and Importance and must see you
! to-day, if possible, but not later than to-mor-
! row. To avoid comment and from the fact
that have no transportation and you have 1
concluded 1t best for YOU to come here rather
than for me to go to Topeka. Wire me when
and where 1 can meet you Very respectfully,
NELSON F. ALERs
sol Whitney building. Kansas City, Mo
Mr.. Close made no answer to either
of the letters. The Republican COM
mittee must have money to throw to
the birds when it will buy such stuff
as the 'Kline-Acers outfit have to sell.
MoRRILL's record-'I am well sat
isfied with the message. / am glad
the president has overlooked the tariff
question long enough to pay some at
tentiOn to money matters. 1t shows
that the president is in favor of honest
money and in favor of single gold
standard. He is opposed to the free
coinage of silver, and is in favor of a
money recognized as money by all
countries, which means gold. | am
more interested in the condition of
affairs in New York than anywhere
else just now. If they don't get relief
there soon things will be much
worse. Topeka State Journal Rep. J,
August 8, 1898.
IF there can be an exhibition of gall
greater than that of Mckinley saying
the hard times are due to this Demo-
cratic administration. it must be Nor
rill, the usurer and land shark, posing
as an advocate of free silver and q
friend of the poor.
The Kansas Republican managers
are seeking to redeem the state with
such men as Fletcher Merideth alias
Burton Moon, a man of the Breckin-
ridge stripe. Even old bourbon Ken
lucky has too much decency to sup
port such men.
IF any reader, who is not personally
acquainted with Morrill's reputation,
has friend residing in or near Brown
county, let him write for information.
A little inquiry will develop two
strong points about Morrill,. He is an
] arnwad cold h,1o. ord n r. ..e.....o.. Al