People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-18

1OfEhA, AdlS,, OcU. 10, 1871.
As Peter W. Kline, of Kansas CITY.
Kansas, OF lottery fame, seems to be
the issue in this campaign upon which
NE republicans have hung their hope
Of success to the exclusion of all others.
wen abandoning the Winfield
aVl9m scandal which they blew so
.OTd and perSiStently about until de-
cent people, as well as the medical
paternity, ;alled them down for their
ling and dirty charges, we will dilate
ldst htv49 upon this subject.
IN the first place it might be well to
refresh your memory with the fact
,uat this the same ard identical
vAarge made against certain state Off
,'als two years ago by the daily Cap
lCal at whose request an investigation
tvmmittee, composed of two repubIi-
cauS, two POpuliSts and one democrat,
IDS appointed, and after hearing all
TIE evidence the committee reported
unanimously that there was nothing
IN them.
The evidence showed that there
was offered $500 for votes for Hudson
as state printer and as high as 1000
onered for votes for a republican Uni
ted States senator. So much for the
charges against the state officials.
But all these charges and counter
charges have been productive of some
5000, 1ndisputable evidence that Pete
Kline is the biggest sucker in all
Naristendom and that Jim Legate and
Nels +. Acers are two of the slickest
~1nc0 lawyers in all that dominion of
which Kline is the greatest chump.
To give the reader a clear and con.
else idea of the nature of these
charges, we will embody herein part
VI Mr.. Acer's letter of recent date for
watch the republican campaign com.
s'ittee no doubt paid good round
sum, as it was offered to the Populist
CNmmittee for $780, but was refused
asa gift After reciting the deal in
tnich Kline said in his letter he paid
$1,000 for the namirg of the police
commissioners and that the money wa,
laid to James Legate for this purpose.
Ir. Acers, Legate's co-partner il
&eecing Kline Of all he possessed
says;
The fact that Mr.. Close was Won,
private secretary and that YOU di
rected me to confer and consult will
ulm regarding the appointment of the
Police commissioners for Kansas CITY
Kansas, and matters pertaining tn ere
10, convinced me that you were
party to and Endorsed the agreemen
made with Mr.. Kline and for wbicl
be paid several thousand dollars
1'nat agreement you have PERSISTENT,
violated in every particular to thi
ate, even including the appointment
# commissioners in Kansas CITY
Kansas, from whom he could have re
celVed even as considerable treatmen
rs Others engaged in the same or les
awful business. The circumstance
surrounding the extortion of ST.
loom Mr.. Kline leads me to conclud
mat / was made use of to inspire m
client wi h confidence and keep blr
quiet while he was being bunc0ed b
you Through your political associate.
fOr time after Mr.. Kline bad pai
ever the 81 800 mentioned, and I'D |
March Sid, when the Capital came nl
Nth its expose, the matter ofapprin
ilg the police commissioners was
lbject OF delay and promises, nothiu
laare, and finally terminated in I'll
ectiOn of board of ccmmisSiorel
Objectionable to my client and wi 0,
antagonistic to his interests ana Y,
IN the intel eSts Of other men row &,