People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-11


out TO Mr.. FaurOt; that when it came
time to print the official ballots he
heard about the trouble with the
Standard and he had several inter
views with Mr.. Campbell on the sub
Ject; that he told Mr.. Campbell that
lnasmuch as there was a difference OF
opinion among the lawyers about tne
justice of the Standards claim to the
job. he thought Campbell Il Hood
ought, for the good Of the party. Ia
give in and permit the Standard to dc
the work, but Mr.. Campbell refused
to do so; that afterwards, Geo. W
Bailey, Judge J. A. Burnette and he
had gone to see Campbell about the
matter; that finally he had told Camp.
bell that the candidates would be will.
ling for him, Campbell, as treasurer
OF the county central committee to
retain out of the campaign funds the
amount of his profits on the Job if he
would turn it over to the Standard
and thus stop the controversy and
strife; that Campbell then took pencil
and paper and figured until he got
to S2S5, when NewbOld told him they
would never pay any such amount and
got up and left: that about a week Oh
ten days before the election Geo. T.
Pitts requested him to telephone to
Yewell Griffith to come to yelling.
ton that evening; that he asked Mr..
Pitts what was wanted with Griffith
and received the reply: That's
none of your business" that he tele.
phOned for Mr.. Griffith to come down
and that night after attending lodge
went to Mr.. Stewards office and found
there the parties named in Mr..
Griffith's testimony, but there was
very little said after he arrived: that
from what he did hear he understood
that the Democrats present had been
trying to find out how Mr.. Griffith
stood on the county printing and that
he had refused to make them any
sort of promise whatever; that he
never heard of any attempts being
made to getany promise or agreement
from Mr.. FaurOt in reference to the
campaign of 1893 er the county print
ing of 1894, or of such a thing having
been done; that he never talked to
Mr.. Faurot on the subject, nor was
present at any conference with him
on the subject; that he never talked
with Mr.. FaurOt about the printing
for 1894 prior to the time it was let,
and that he had never received any
information or intimation as TO how
Mr.. FaurOt would vote on the letting
of the county printing in January
1894.
j.. 5. Dey testified that he was at
torney for Campbell & Hood in their
suit against county; that Mr.. Faurot
was present when Mr.. Lawrence made
his statement the case to the jury
and up to the close Of the day upon
which John T. Stewart first went
onto the stand, after which time he
did not see him in the court room and
that in his opinion the jury found a
verdict for the county because they
found from the evidence that Mr..
FaurOt had acted cOrruptly in voting
to let the printing contract to Carrie
Fl. Herring.
j. c, o. Morse testified that a week
or ten days before the election Of 1893
he was invited by somebody, he didn't
remember who, one evening to 60 to
Mr.. Stewards Office; he went, but
didn't remember that Mr.. Schwinn
was there; he heard the talk; Mr..
Stewart told Mr., Griffith that be was
for him and said nothing further;
there wasn't much said by anybody;
the Democrats we're trying to sound
Griffith on the county printing fol
1894. 0rie didn't think that he said
a word during the conference as he
looked on the whole matter as a
bluff" pure and simple, on the part
OF the Democrats; he hadn't any
idea when he went up there what
the purpose of the meeting was; Mr..
Griffith said that he would not make
any promise Of any kind to any per.
son before his election and that end.
ed the conference; there were no
threats made nor inducements men,
mentioned to influence Mr.. Griflth's
action. Mr.. Morse further testified
that he never heard Of any arrange.
ment, agreement or understanding
with, or promise made by, Mr.. Faurot
with reference to the campaign Of
1893, or the county printing Of 1894.
John T. Stewart, as a witness for
the state. testified that prior to the
annual levy Of taxes in August, 1893,
he went to the Worlds Fair; that he
desired to see Mr.. Faurot before going
away, particularly about the bridge
levy for the year; that he wrote let.
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