Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-15

Association, and that the non enforcement
of the prohibitory liquor law by Gov Level
ling, the attorney general and other officers
charged with the enforcement of all laws
Is In accordance with an agreement entered
into In the campaign of 1892, when every
anti-prohbitionist voted the populist state
ticket. These republicans claim that but
for the pledges from Gov. Lewelling that
the present policy would be faithfully car
ried out with reference to prohibition, he
would not have received the democratic
vote. and. Of course. would not have been
elected.
Failed te Persuade St. John.
As the story runs, the celebrated Jim
Lesate Of Leavenworth manipulated the
deal. Legate Is in close touch with several
well-known liquor dealers in Kansas City,
and through them is supposed to have
reached the executive officers Of the national
association. Legate is a handy man at this
kind of business. In 1884 the national re-
publican committee detailed him to .take
care Of st. John and keep him out Of New
York. He was armed with the necessary
implements of warfare and started on his
mission 1t was the plan Of the committee
to have Legate intercept St John in Ohio
and induce him to spend the month CT DC
tober in that state, where the cause of tenn
perance needed his attention. Legat e
missed him at Cincinnati, and again at
Pittsburg, and the result was the prohibit
ton leader went to the empire state and
stumped the balance of the campaign re-
ceiving 24,99O votes for president, Just
enough to defeat Blaine for the presidency
by LOAF. Legate was greatly chagrined at
MS failure to have conference with St
John, because he didn't relish the idea of
being written down chump by the men,
bers of the national committee.
Legate's next deal of this kind was more
successful-to himself. While all Of the al
legged statesmen of Kansas were at Topeka
last winter hghting over the legality of the
TWO houses OF representatives, Legata was
initiating the busy bee. He went down to
Kansas City, Mo-, and held i conference
with Pete Kline, who owned and opera ted
a network of policy shops across the state
line in Kansas City, Kansas. Tie convinced
Kline that it was necessary for him to nur
up some money for Legislative purpose s"
to prevent legislation that would wine ont
the honeycomb of policy shops and gam
bling dens he had established in the Kansas
town. Kline was easy prey and $4,000 was
the sum agreed upon. These facts came ont
in the legislative investigation which fol-
lowed, but it was not proven that Legate
divided with anybody, although fruitless
attempt was made to show that ATTORNEY
General Little and Fred Close, private sec
rotary to Gov Lewelling, receiv I'd s.. 5N.
whether republicans base their charges
on 1acts, or upon Legate's reputation for
manipulating shady deals, Is not known
They claim, however, that three state Off
GERS receive monthly 81, 800 from the LIQUOR
interests, and that 1t is paid them in con-
sloeration OF the present wide-open policy
which prevails in the principal towns and
cities of the state. The fact is that the
people are either getting tired Of the farci-
cal attempt to enforce the prohibitory
liquor law, or the officers empowered with
that duty have, by agreement, decided to
allow 1t to become a dead letter on the
statute books.
Mrs. Leases Charges.
1t Is claimed by the friends Of Mrs. Lease
that she is loaded with facts bearing upon
the above charges made by republicans,
and while she declines now to reveal any
thing, she says the time is near at hand
when the Christian and temperance peo-
pie of Kansas will hear something drop. Dur
ing the past month she has held numerous
conferences with ex-Gov st. John, and
recently that temperance loader denouncad