The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-02-23
THE DOODLE BUNCOME
Old Party Papers HowIIng on That
Same Ancient Chestnut.
LAWYER SMITH A GO-BETWEENER.
Smith has Been Arrested for Criminal
Libel and Will BE Prosecuted to the
Full Extent of the Law.

TOPEKA, Feb. ia constant howl
has been going up from The Daily
last session of the legislature about
Doodle having been paid to the heads
of this administration to influence the
appointment of certain men favorable
to the gambling shops Of Kansas City
Kan, and to prevent any legislation
antagonistic to their interests notwith-
standing the fact that at The Capitals
request a special committee consisting
of three Populists and two Republi-
cans was appointed at the time to in
vestigate the charges, and found no
trace of money having been received by
a single official; the report Of the com
mittee was unanimous.
The Capital editor knows that there
is nothing in these charges at all, but
that does not matter, as his purpose is
served just as well by repeating an old
falsehood as inventing new one.
Now, it may be possible that some
fellows in Kansas City, Kan, who, like
a great many of the ''ring leaders, in
the old parties, know no politics except
Doodle politics, are working those
gamblers for suckers by claiming that
they own this administration and can
give them just what they want if they
will only put up the money.
Say the gamblers, upon this promise,
put up a few thousand to these fellows,
and they don't get what they we're
promised; what then? Why, they will
squeal Just like this Lawyer" Smith of
Kansas City, has done. That's perfect
Iy natural; if he was getting what he
had paid for he would have kept quiet;
certainly there would be no cause for
his squealing.
Now what better evidence would any
fairminded, sane man want then this
to thoroughly convince him that if he
iSmith) had any dealings with certain
alleged individuals that they did not
deliver the goods he had paid for?
It strikes US that this Lawyer"
Smith is the go-between of the gamb-
lers and these fellows who pretend to
own this administration, and he, no
doubt, has portion of the silver OBJ
tanned for his services jingling in his
pockets now, and proceeds to howl be-
cause the administration has not done
something he bargained with some
tramp politician who has no more in
fluence with this administration than
J. K. Hudson, that would be done.
If Lawyer Smith is honest, he is
simply sucker, but we believe the gen
eral opinion of those who read his let
ter is that he is one Of the same fellows
who was being paid by the gamblers for
doing work that his gigantic brain was
not capable of encompassing, and was
deceived into believing that certain
parties had the power of attorney to
make such contracts as he claims were
made.
We have a parallel case in mind.
In a certain town in this state man
was running a joint contrary to law,
few years ago, and he had certain fell
low on his payroll who belonged to the
Temperance League, and claimed that
no prosecutions we're ever instigated
byit until he had first made a personal
investigation and recommended the
same.
The jointist felt that he was secure
and made his regular monthly pay
ments promptly till one day he discoV-
cred his mistake by being arrested.
His hired man had no connection
with the league. only as a. frequenter of
its meetings, he learned after it was
too late. He ''run the gauntlet" and his
hired fixer ran the town.
The Kansas City case is, from the
best information attainable, parallel
one, but that makes no difference to
the fellows who are hired to misrepres-
ent the peoples chosen officials. They
never have, never will, and do not in
tend to treat them fairly. If they did
they realize that their vocations would
be wiped out at once
Smith has been arrested for criminal
libel, and he will probably find out be-
fore he gets through with the case that
he has been duped and lied to by the
fellows who have claimed to rule this
administration, and sell its goodwill to
this or that corrupt concern, for so
many dollars in cold cash
Substantially the Usual Thing.
Police Magistrate = "What's the
charge against This MANI"
Officer Beating his wife, your honor
but here's an affidavit from his wife
that he didn't hurt her any"
Police Magistrate why isn't she
here to testify in person?"
Officer ''She doesn't like to come
into court with two black ewes and a