The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-20

/ When Jacobs now famous interview ap-
| peared in the EAGLE, charging Lewelling
| with making a bargain Vita the liquor
/ men after his first nomination, Leweillng
rushed at once into print TO deny that he
ever had had half dozen words with
| Jacobs The people in Wichita all laughed
| at this. because they knew thai the COVER
| nor was declaring something that was
| false.
Now he has been caught, just as all fall
sifiers are bound to be. The editor of the
! Council Grove Republican saw dwellings
| statement, and as he knew a man that was
present at one of the interviews between
| Lewelling and Jacobs, he decided to do
little campaign work himself. He hunted
| this man up, and an affidavit from him
proves Leweliing to be very poor artist
in the way of denias.
The denial of Lsweliing was in letter to
Briedenthsl. 1t reads:
My DEAR SIR: have just read pub
lie statement from one Jacobs. of Wichita,
charging that money was contributed by
| the brewers in 1892 in return for pledges
of protection in case of the election Of the
POpuliSt state ticket.
You may say for me that never had
dozen words with Mr.. Jacobs in my life.
| never made pledge or promise of pro-
lection for the brewers or any other class
of men, nor did even so much as promise
an appointment prior TO the election. If
any money was collected from the brewers
| or anybody else upon any such pledge. it
was done without my suggestion, consent
or approval, and also without my knowl-
edge. Yours respectfully,
a. ID. LEwELLING.
The Council Grove editor now puts in
the affidavit. He SAYS:
1.-THE governor pretends to be an entire
stranger to Mr.. Jacobs o: the firm of w.
A. Polk & Co., wholesale liquor dealers OF
Wichita, the governors home. The fol-
lowing affidavit from J. p. Polk, ex-deputy
sheriff and now for many years a well
known and prominent citizen of Council
Grove, will undoubtedly remind the gov
ernor that he does know MIR. Jacobs and
that he has known him well for some
years:
''In the fall of 1892, just before election,
| was in Wichita, Kan, visiting my
brother, who is a member of the firm of
w. A. Polk & Co. We were talking over
the political situation and Mr.. John L.
Jacobs. my brothers partner, telephoned
to Colonel III. l.. Taylor, now state coal
oil Inspector, and an appointee of Cover
nor Leweiling, that | was in town. The
colonel telephoned back for us to call at
his office as he wanted to talk over the
situation in this part of The state. John
L. Jacobs, my brother w. A. Polk and
myself went to Colonel Taylor's office and
found there l.. ID. Lewelling and Colonel
Taylor. i was introduced to both of them
by Mr.. Jacobs himself The rest all seemed
to be well acquainted. The governor
acted as though Mr.. Jacobs was an old
acquaintance and we all talked about
an hour. During my visit in Wichita my
brother told me that arrangements had
been made with Colonel Taylor on behalf
of Lewelling that if the later was elected
governor he would protect them in their
business. l was in Wichita again not
long after the election and my brother told
me that he had To put up 500 to RUFF
Cone. now chief of police in that city, as
his share of the amount contributed by
the brewers and liquor dealers, pursuant
to arrangements made with Colonel
Taylor. j. L. POLK
j. p. Polk. being duly sworn, says the
facts set forth in the above statement are
true to the best of his knowledge aud be-
lief. &c. NJ. 10y, Notary Public"
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