The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-10-12
LITTLE ANSWERS KLINE.

rho Kansas Attorney General Denies
Charges Made by the Lottery Man.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. il.--Attorney
General John +. Little has written a
reply to the letter of Peter w. Kline,
published September 80, in which the
latter charges the former with enter
ing into an agreement for protecting
the lottery dealers at Kansas City,
and indirectly with accepting money
from Kline for corrupt purposes.
General Little addresses his reply
to Chairman J. w. Breidenthal and
quotes as the basis of his defense
the affidavit made by Kline in
1898, during the investigation
by the legislature of the
several charges referred 10. The
affidavit, which is sworn TO April Is,
1898, eXoneratcs Governor Lewelling,
Secretary Fred Close and General
Little from any connection with the
alleged corruption fund, aud is in di-
rect contradiction of the statements
made by Kline i'm his recent letter.
After quoting the AFFIDAVIT, which has
already been published, General Lit
tie proceeds to say;
Il never received a farthing from
| him or from any person for him and
no man can truthfully make the state
ment that he ever paid me farthing
either directly or directly for Pete
Kline or for any other person cor
ruptly or for any corrupt purpose
and ! demand that Pete Kline dis
close the name of the person by
whom he sent the money TO me, and
/ demand that the person by whom
/ Pete Kline sent the money come for
ward ana make it known, and | de.
nounce this whole outfit as a set of
character assassins, thieves and viii
! lians, who, when they are selling these
/ false statements know it is the
weighing out OF SO many pieces of
silver against SO many ounces of
| blood. As far as Steve Sharp is CON
cerned, never interceded for his ap.
pointment with Governor Lewelliug
either directly or indirectly. | never
/ had any transaction, business or con
versation with him at the Blossom
house or elsewhere concerning the
payment of 81, 500 or any other sum.
| That statement of his is absolutely
and unqualifedly false. Some eight
or ten years ago, / was acquainted
with Nelso Aeers when he was n can
didate for congress in the Second dis.
trict, but have only seen him once
within ten years that know of. !
never had any transaction with him
either directly or Indirectly concern
ing Pete Kline or any of Pete kline's 5
business and any statement which he
makes connecting me with his and
Pete Kline's business is wilfully and
premed itatedly false.
A 4 Il A
came 10 me and told that Nelse
Acers had prepared a statement,
which, If he could not sell 20 us he
/ told hed Close TO inform Nelse
Acers that would not give him one
nickel for anything that he had "a
sell. That il he had prepared a state.
mcnt against mes concerning the Pete
Kline business, he was at liberty u
sell it to the Republican central con-
ntittce IL he wanted TO. | wish
To say that the man undertak-
ing to connect me with Pete Kline
I or Pete kline's business or who states
that | ever had anything TO do with
Pete Kline or his business, is no bet
ter than midnight assassin. The
instrument prepared by Nelse Acers
aud offered To Fred Close for sale
could only have been for the purpose
OF blackmail, for Nelse Acers, when
he wrote II, knew that SO far as l was
concerned. there was not a word OF
! ,up,h in It, That every line, letter
and syllable was absolutely false. /
address this TO you because l think
you should know the exact truth
Respectfully yours,
"JoHN Il. LITTLE
Attorney General"
Foreign Interrerenes vat oi sno uuoss1oA.
LONDON. Oct 1.-THE Times, in an
editorial article, contends that any
attempt on the part of the powers 10
stop the war between Japan and
China must fail. unless supported by 8
tremendous display OF force, which, il
says is ont OF the question. "rhe
/ power taking tho initiative" il SAYS,
would make an enemy of the most
powerful ana progressive nation in
the East without advancing the cause
Of peace and humanity "A jot China
aud Japan must he allowed to tight
| out their quarrel"