The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-10-19
pete kline.
A Few Timely Remarks About
his letter.
WANTED $4OO FOR IT.

AS Peter w. Kline, of Kansas City,
Kansas, letter fame seems to he the
issue in this campaign upon which the
republicans have hung their hope for
success to the exclusion of all otht rs,
even abandoning the Winfield Asylu m
scandal, which they blew so hard and
persistently about till decent people
as well as the medical fraternity called
them down for their lying and dirty
charges, we will dilate just a little
upon this subject. In the first place
it might be well to refresh your men,
DRY with the fact that this is the same
and identical charge made against GER
tain state officials two yeare ago 10y the
Daily Capital at whose request an
Investigation committee composed of
two republicans, two populist and one
democrat, was appointed, and after
hearing all the evidence the committee
reported unanimously that there was
nothing in them. The evidence showed
that S506.00 was offered for votes for
Hudson for the state printing and as
high as $1.OO0.OO offered for votes for
"a republican United States Senator.
So much for the charges against the
officials. But all these charges aud
counter-charges have been productive
Ct some good indisputable evidence
that Pete Kline is the biggest sucker in
all Chrisendom and that Jim Iegate
and Nels L. Acers are two of the slick
est bunco lawyers in all that dominion
of which Kline is the greatest chump.
To give the readers clear concise
idea of the nature of these charges,
we will embody hear in Il part of MIR.
Acers' letters of recent date for which
the republican campaign committee no
doubt paid good round sum as 1t was
offered to the pOpulist committee for
$4,000 but refused as gift. After
reciting the deal in which Kline said
in his letter he paid So 900 DOT for the
naming Of the Police commissioners
and that the money was paid to James
Legate for this purpose. Mr. Acers,
Legat's copartner in fleeing Kline of
all he possessed, says: 1.-The fact that
Mr.. Close was your private secretary,
and that you directed me to confer and
consult with hina regarding tie ap-
pointment of the Police commissioners
for Kansas City Kansas and matters
pertaining thereto, convinced me that
you Were party to and indorsel tue
agreement made with Mr.. Kline and
which he paid several thousand dollars.
That agreement you have persist
emily violated in every particular to
this state, even including the appoint.
ment of commissioners in Kansas City,
Kansas from whom he could received
even as cousiderate treatment as 9TH
ers engaged ir the same or less lawful
business. The circumstances surroud-
ing the extOrtiOD of the 81. 10000 from
Mr.. Kline leads me to conclude that l
was made use of to inspire my client
with confidence and keep HIM quiet
while he was being bounced by you
through your political associates.
For time after Mr.. Kline had
paid over the $1,000 mentioned and
up to March 3rd, when the Capital
came out with its expose, the matter
of appointing the police commissioners
was subject of delay and promises,
nothing more, and finally terminated
i'm the selection of Il board of commits
sioners objectionable to my client and
wholly antagonistic to his interests and
yet in the interests of O,her men now
conducting the same and even more
Objectionable business than he was
engaged in from the enormous profits
of which, it is by many suspected that
others, including yourself, have re-
ceived personal gains.'' Very re.
spectfully. NELSON F. ACEEs.
This is pretty howl for an attor
ney to set up after getting his client:
money. A lawyer who would thu:
recklessly disbnrse a clients money
without being able to show for wlla
purpose it went and to whom, excep
his own word for it, is as big "a scoun
drel as Kline himself. Rob IA man O
his money aud then howl that th'
other fellow did not deliver the goods
Bearing upon this charge of Kim
and Acers We quote from the testl
mony of James F. Legate. Exami
nation was conducted by the investi
cation committee above referred t
and can be found on page 129 of th
transcript OF file III The secretary Q