The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-31
PASSES SHUT OFF
RAILROADS SHUT DOWN ON ELEO.
TIoN TRANSFORMATION.

Pasteboards to the Employees in the
State Bouse for rhe Purpose of Allow
Ing Said Employees TO Go Home to Vote
This Year the Railroads Say the Prac-
ticc Must Cease-There is General
Mourning In Consequence - Kansas
News.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 3o-The railroads
In Kansas have announced officially and
finally that this year no passes viii be
issued 10 Kansas men to enable them to
go to their respective homes and vote
at the coming election.
In years past in this state it has been
customary when election time rolled
around for state officers and employees
to go home to vote Though the state
officers as rule have passes. they gen.
orally requested passes for the employees
70 enable them to go to their homes in
various parts of the state and assist
n putting down VIVA tever rebeHions
had arisen in local politics. This year
all is changed
Some Of the present state officers have
made requests for passes for their EN-
Dloves in their Departments TO go home
and vote. hut none of the applications
Rave been acted upon favorably by the
Santa Fe and Rock Island officials.
The oldest politicians in the state can
rot remember when This practice was
.nsgura ted in Kansas. IT has been in
vogue Hpanv years. hut the present &C
tion of the Kansas railroad officials in
dicates that there is a prospect of the
practice being stopped. Men from diff
a-fc Of no CT a xx-bS
ploved in business enterprises or en-
gagged in working for an employer In
ether cities and who failed to register
IN the cities where they are at work
will lose tTheir vote unless they see fit
70 purchase tickets and ride Herewith
on the vanished cars.
One IF the state officers said yesterday
that the action of the railroads was
fully justified and that he personally
was greatly pleased at the stand taken
by them.
MRS. WALLER IN DISTRESS.
tccodirg IA a letter received by A. VI.
Thomas Of This city today. the family
If John J.. Waller is hard pressed for
funds at the national canital. THE let
ter is from Paul H B-sy, Walters
stNpson- II is in part as follows:
ct called IN company with counsel to-
dow to pet funds sent by Governor Nor
rill to the state department but il seems
t'7st as the Inoney was raised for the
purpose IF assisting to bring mother
hrrne. any7 as the Dartmert- has done
SO without sIr-h ass;sta nee. it will he
necessary tTat tl7A sender Of these funds
order the amount paid to my mother or
her 0-'7or
".r 7 write todav with all the family
fc-o ~ or hands. 7 have yet no en-
f110 mt IN
b7rH Co vo7l see the situation with us
is av'rr--olv srrave''
CG-N~rnr Morrill, will he asked 70 have
t. ~7-orav turned over to Mrs Waller.
arother. washington dispatch saws:
A. Lost n iouT,Hie of papers has req ched
tAa 9ena rtnnent Of state which purports
10 contain copy cf ftIe trial proceed
irr's in the Waller case. They are sent
by Ambassador Eustis. and II has taken
nearly six months to secure the trial re-
cord from tHhe French government. The
beginning IF the end or the beginniSo
cf an Issue in the case is now supposed
10 have heen reached. The French re-
cord Is drawn IN in the usual form, re-
cites thu charges against Waller. first
Of having. within the French military
lines furnished the Hovas with info =
ma ton OF the French plans, the evil
denre 10 this effect being ssed on let
ter which he wrote his wife. then at An
tsnativo. January % in which he refer
red 10 two men as being French spies
and advising her TO warn to Hovas
against them. This is the letter that
was intercepted by the French. The
second count is that he conspired to
furnish arms to the Hovas, it being
shown that he promised to obtain four
revolveTs in london for the Hova led,
Ratsimandrsy. The testimony of the
various witnesses is given in the brief
est form. and the statement of the pre-
Urinary examination Of Mr.. Waller is
anything hut verbatim. being evidently
written out from memory by the French |
captain who examined him. There are
but FIVE signatures To the record in
place Of the seven which are necessary
to constitute fun and legal court. The |
inSufficency of the court in this direc-
ton is one OF the strongest points
AGAINST the legality of its findings. The
findings declare Waller guilty of violat- |
ir'y certain articles Of the French mill |
tary code which are given by numbers. |
and concludes with the sentence which |
is passed upon h'In. II is further I'M
derstood that the record does not indi- |
cate a final review Of the case by the !
proper tribunal in Paris. which is taken |
as an Indication than the French gov |
ernnen has left a loophoie for retreat. |
Mrs Waller viii go to the state de- |
partment on Thursday 10 file such evil |
dence in behalf II her husband as she |
has in her possession and make what |
ever statement is necessary 10 complete |
the records in the hands Of the depart |
rnent. The statements Of Paul Bray, |
Woodf9rd. tf1e American, and the depo- |
sition Of Mr.. Waller. tsken in the Clair !
Vaux prison. will cover nearly all the
in DO h~aF nd nF the dSnarr-
ment The report Of Consul Wetter at
Tsmatave is not Of material value, his
statement being injured by his previous
hostile conduct and neglect Of Mr.. Wal |
ler's interests Among Mrs. Walkers |
papers viii be an affidavit from the |
Hors lad. Rstsimandrasy. in which he |
exculpates Mr.. Waller from the charge |
% furnishing arms TO the Hovas. There |
are two important letters. one written |
by Mr.. Waller 10 Mrs Waller shortly |
before january -. the date Of the al |
legged discriminating letters confiscated |
by the French, and another written sub |
seluent 10 that date, in which he eau |
tions her and his friends 10 abstain from |
writing anything regarding the French |
Madagascar difficulties
Secretary Olney will make a close |
comparison of the various statements |
Regarding the ccurt-martial with the |
Gerry Of the French record. and the re- |
cult Of this examination viii determine |
his future policy as estimated in deal |
Ing with the case. AS the French re- !
cord is defective il IS anticipated that |
Secretary Olney viii advise in cabinet |
meeting representations Cor the release |
of Mr.. Waller, and proper indemnity for !
the trea tnens he received. Before Mr.. !
Olney takes action. however. the French |
record will be submitted 10 the attor- |