The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-10
HE TELLS HIS TALE.
WhaIey's Story Of Corruption In
the Republican Party
TOLD TO IPPLAUDNG POPULISTS


faith last night before the POpulA5t
league. MIR. Whaley seemed III az ease.
He defended his course in the city coun-
Gil and attempted to prove that bis &C
tions were in line with Populism and %
be didn't have far TO jump to espouse the
cause Of the Peoples party.
The chairman, ]. M. Harrington, intro
duced Dir Whaley with: This Is the
man with whom we expect to whale the
Repu blicans of Topeka"
Nr. Whaley, who has been i'll, said
that his physical condition would put
limit his whaling powers For the
past twelve years" he said. II voted the
Repu blican ticket in mechanical way
from force of habit l will make the
statement that so per cent Of the Repub-
Iicans who vote this fall will do 90 from
force Of habit and could give no reason
for their action"
He denied that he would be a candi-
date for Office on the Populist ticket and
said that the report was circulated to in
lure his influence. lie said if he had
any malice for anyone il would be Tor
the Populists who had turned him out OF
the office he held in the state house.
Nv hen I was first elected to the coun-
cfl.v he continued "b0nds had been v0t-
ed three years before for the approaches
for the Sixth street viaduct but Il had
not been built because the railroads did
not want il built Within one year after
/ entered the council the Santa Fe rail
road was compelled the viaduct Isn't
it in line with the Populist teachings to
compel the railroads to serve the people?
when entered the council the Bar
Der Asphalt com panv had been in IOpe-
ka a year i discovered the rottenness
of the concern and I defeated their con
tracts on Topeka avenue and Van Buren,
street and saved the tax payers Of Tope-
ka $4,000.
s.Ihe water works management had
sold its plant 10 eastern parties 1T an en-
ormous price, and asked the council for
an extension Of franchise and removal
Of the hydrant limit, but | found out
what they were doing, and made it 50
warm for them that they dropped the
matter before il came up for consIdera-
ton. This attempt of Mr. Whaley to
steal the STATE JOURNALS thunder j.
rather amusing 1t was this paper that
exposed Geo. Persons attempt to BRIDE
members Of the council, and broke up the
thieving plot.
II next secured the passage of the
anti poll tax ordinance, which saves - to
every male voter ia Topeka under GER
tain re. and if | undera -and anything
about the PopalIst platform, the reduc-
ton of taxation IS one of its cardinal
principles.
II championed the eight hour ordi-
nance introduced by the Trades Assem-
bly,, and helped secure It's passage. Then /
the sewer contractors cut the wages of
their employees To- $1.25 when the city
force wa@getting $15a + opposed the
passage Of their appropriation ordinance
IN that account. and before it passed /
said that if the council permitted
the sewer contractors to pay $1.25 it
would have to reduce the pay Of the
other members Of the city force This j.
what my enemies used against me and
said 7 was an enemy of the working
men, while as a fact / had always raised
my voice in their behalf"
Mr.. Whaley then paused as If about to
tread upon uncertain ground but contIn-
ued The first thing noticed when !
worked at the statehouse and protested
against, was when T. II. Humphrey used
his contingent fund to keep Lew Han
back in the Third congressional district
fixing up delegations. But Humphrey
didn't stop at that. The people along
the Kansas Central branch complained
about the condition Of the road and APP
piled to the board Of comm issioners to
compel the railroad to fix up its road.
George T. Anthony was a member of the /
board and was also candidate for con
gresham at-large, and he wanted the |
votes Of the people along the road.
So order was made and Anthony /
went to Gov. Humphrey and told him
something had to be done. So on the /
recommendation of a railroad lobbyist he |
employed a supposed 70 be anti-railroad /
attorney TO prosecute the road and he /
was paid $500 out of the public treasury. |
L. it any wonder the people did not get
justicef
'.When successor to Senator Plumb /
was appointed / was working for Major
Hudson, and / found out from confer
ence between Hum phrey, Geo r. Peck /
and Perkins that Perkins was to be ap- I
pointed forry-eig hours before he was 1
named, and that the Santa Fe had to
have man III the senate in place Of I
Plumb, and now l hear that Humphrey 4
is to have place on the board Of rail- 4
road commissioners in case Of Repub- i
lican success, and what can we expect /
from himF
In this county the Santa Fe railroad /
determined to secure the denomination /
Of district Judge The company used
money lavishlv for that purpose aud it
was distributed by q prominent official Il
in the Santa Fe Offices, but in this case
their man was defeated.
In the election two years ago." CON
tinued the speaker, ~when liz was found
that the Republicans were defeated. a
scheme was Matched TO steal the state
and was asked how many votes I could I
furnish from Shawnee county to make
up the deficiency. / said that I would i
have nothing 70 do with anything OF the
kind Then the committee sent to a man
In the northeastern part OF the state and
he replied that he could be depended 4
upon for his share. but here the back
bone or the chairman gave way and be
has been hooted at ever since''
He said that when the Republicans
found that they had lost the senate they
determined 50 save the house SO that the
maximum freight bill could not become
a law. Then tie related the story Of the
drawing or the tie as before told in the
JOURNAL and said he had been told BY
prominent Republican that the ticket
with the name Of the Republican on il
was never put into the hat but that he
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