Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-29
POPS MAKE A FAILURE.
iNNtENDOEs AGAINST STATE TREAS
URER ATHERrON WILL NoT HOLD.
iutimations That lie Was Intoxicated Ar.
Completely Disptovcd by the Tcsti-
mopy of More Than Onc Rep.
utabie Witness in Topeka.

| Topeka, Kas., April 2S.-(Specal) ON
| Thursday OF last week a Populist evening
| paper IN Topeka, which is hostile to the
| Republican state administration. published
| an article with half a dozen sensational
| heads, in which II charged that a certain
| state officer went recling and swaying
| down Kansas avenue in a beastly state
! OF intoSication. No names were used. but
| the article was so constructed that It
| could mean none other than state Treas
! urer Athrrton. ON saturday the Populist
! editorial convention at S1lina took up this
| newspaper article and, after its truth had
been vouched for by a Topeka editor pres
| ent, adopted resolution demanding an
| investigation from the governor and the
| removal of Mr. Atherton from office.
| Mr. Atherton returned from trip with
| tho state board OF railroad assessors on
| Saturday night. and learned for the first
iime of the assault upon his fair name.
sion and i, industrousy hunting for some-
99nG Tns 10 snin n9Ia GSsponsi6lg i9r tng 9HtrnEs
"a few minutes before { o'clock he
fiertsd for H. santa fs depo, to catSh
of the walk to the other, utterly unable to
regulate bis course, his shameful eondi-
street. some of whom knew him and some
did not.
OF the highest positions in the gift of the
people It wgs a notifying eXhibi!ion;
y Slull NlslunCt npllD Ol the iObtlHnl,
on Kansas avenue. he was, while swaying
aim2st Al !3 from from one side. of the broad walk
4 Kansas city paper who spoke to hOm,
,r,,A,l "Wh4f ia are yoa doing here on the street
The state oncal was able to explain
taab, tthat he was trying TO getto the santa fe
hna NE newspaper man attempted TO
he!p MN rdnG get On s1 p9ssins s,rest car
vain, however, as the state official
drunk to get on the car"
ThSrs Ys three Kanses city newsr2psr
pronounces the above,so far as 1t relates to
him, b Mas as , false The corresponaept Of the
man referred to, met MIR Atherton ON the
street as he was hurrying TO the depot and
Hello, where are You going, SO fast?"
sod9d, G9t to a., catch the Santa Fe train.' re-
reporter to the fleeing state treasurer,
great tate to baho IW hSpe 'Me Mas ne sre
car in sight on Kansas avenue and the
above Is all and everything which took
the state treasurer.
a thorough Investigation of Mr. Ather-
tons movements on sunday. the day the
occurrence is said to have taken place,
has been made and it disproves, beyond the
shaGow or doubt the charge of intoxcation
Mi Atherton spent the morning in at
tboat ocoe he went to tha
hotel and sat in the lobby chatting With
afIfus iittIs i9r baforo ABOUT an hour and half Al
the residence of Senator Sterne by a tel
ephone message.
There he met c. A. Fellows. mayor Of
Topskq, ana the three talked over business
IN IN wnieh ,i the city was Jointly interested
to-day said to the journal reporter:
MI. Atherton was at my house for
Mayor Feows "y We sat 4"t together a PiSG o Tss b
stairs IN my house, as one of my children
was sick with scarlet fever, and We did
It is absolutely impossible that MIR Ather.
ton could have been drinking to any ex-
!, am ready to go into court ana swear
tt,ab tha5 Mr.. Atherton was NOT even in the
liquor. a few minutes before O'clock clock he
left my doorway for the Santa re depot
s2lhE down me avenue as any man would
VINO had only about ten minutes in which
to 70 a mile.
Senator sterne spoke warmly about what
ne termed an outrage upon the state treas
Mayor Fellows was next seen ana he
than Senator Sterne. There is absolutely
no foundation TO the story" said the
mayor, mayo except that Mr.. Athert9n may
movements down Kansas avenue in order
TO catch a train was with him during
to catch his, train, and ] know that he
neither drank anything nor did he give
anything during the earlier part of the
day, 1t is shame to SANDER a man like
that" ~
Mr.. Atherton himself says he had no,
tasted strong liquor during the day Mr. |
y. g, Perryman, who was with him ali |
the forenoon, says he will make affiiayit |
to the same thing.
Mr. Atherton is blind in one eye from an
army wound and he sees but limly with |
the other His walk is never steady, and |
when hurried It naturally shows some In |
decision, especially on crowded street. |
the. .Atchison train, he missed it and, |
walking back to the hotel. mingled with |
the crowd, every one Of whom SAYS he is |
realy 70 testify TINT be was dmlY soher