The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-05
SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING.

eyes find this article it will pay you 10
read it all through, before voting
There have been many charges in the
! present campaign which closes today.
One of these charges has been that the
Fusion crowd have be- z at the bottom
of all the trouble in Wicnlra. by in
| ducing certain members Of the Law
and Order League to make the war in
a way that would initiate against the
. Republican ticket. Many have be-
lieved this to be the fact. Many have
not.
Those who believe it, do so because
there are ear-markS of such a scheme
everywhere Tiger Bill and his crowd
have gone ahead in their recklessness
despite the campaign. Billy Smith and
Hi Lewis have fed their frenzy higher
and higher as election day approach
ed Here is what is to the point. In
Iowa the Democrats and Prohibition
lists have joined 10 fight the Republi-
cans. The Democrats are holding out
one promise, the Prohibitionists an
other AT the same time it has been
discovered that the Democrats have
hired men TO stir up trouble in the big
towns in order to ALLEVIATE Republican
voters from the Republican camp.
Read this dispatch and substitute fOr
the name of Donaldson, the name Of
Billy Smith. a close reading will be
| interesting:
Des MoineS, Ia, Nov. 2.-The charge
| that the Democratic State Central COM
mittee was back of the prosecutions in
stituted of late against saloon men in
Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque, and
| other cities, has been proven by af-
affidavitso Of a man who was in the COM
mittee's employ. 1t is also proven that
these prosecutions were for the sole
purpose of alternating the foreign and
| liberal vote in those cities from the Re-
publican ticket. In proof Of this the
| following affidavit, sworn to Novem-
Der 1, before Henry B. Griffith, notary
public, is now in the possession of
Chairman Mcmillan of the Republican
Central committee:
Il, w. ID. Donaldson, first being
sworn, on oath depose and say that
am a resident of Des Moines, Ia, that
heretofore / have been a resident of
Ottumwa, Ia, and while living there
was personally acquainted with G.. a.
Walsh, secretary of the Democratic
State committee. That on or about
the Sth day of October, 1895, an ac-
quaintance Of mine whom l was per-
sonally acquainted with while living in
Ottumwa introduced to me a man as
Mr.. Carver, whose true name l have
since learned is C. B. Cole. That prior
to that date i did not know the said
Cole. That those persons, Stevens
and Cole, represented to me that they
were organizing what they called the
Enforcement Legion, and that they
wanted to employ me to furnish evil |
dence and otherwise assist in proSecu- |
tion of the saloons in the cities situated |
on the Missouri river. That l was |
also requested to induce an acQuaint- |
ance Of mine, c. o. Gilbert to act as
president of the Enforcement Legion.
That in consideration of my services
in said matter was to be paid the sum
of SO for each case in which | was en-
ployed and in addition thereto was to
be paid for boarding the said Gilbert, |
who was acting as president of said
Enforcement Legion.
THAT after had made the arrange
mentS above set forth with said Stew
ens and Cole, 1 discovered that said
parties were in the employ of the Dem
ocratic State committee and were
working under instruction of C. A.
Walsh, secretary of said committee.
and one Il. II. French in the presecu-
ton of saloons in Burlington, Daven-
port Dubuque and other cities. That
| was told by said Cole and Stevens
that said prosecutions were brought
for the purpose of defeating the Re-
publican party and that they were in
the employ of the Democratic State
committee, and that said &. IL. Walsh.
above referred TO, was the attorney of
said committee and was being paid by
C. A Walsh, and that was instructed
by said Cole and Stevens 10 ascertain
the location and names of persons en-
gagged in keeping saloons in Des
Moines and other cities, and was 10
furnish such information TO said Il. II.
French. the attorney of said commit
tee. for use by him in the prosecutions
above referred to.
THAT both myself and said C. o. Gil
bert, who was To act as nreSidenr of
said Enforcement Legion. have fire.
luently seen said Stevens. also Cole.
IN consultation with c. A. Walsh. see ,
rotary of the Democratic State com ,
mittee, at different places in Des 5
Moines and that the result OF said con
situations We're communicated 10 my