The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-19

Declares That lie Did say 1t.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 1S.-(SpeciaD-
Simon Greenspan, politician, boomer
capitalist, and husband Of Mrs. A L
Sells, yesterday made the statemen
that the Topeka Capital, which ha
for years been a rantankerous prohibi
ton paper, has offered TO come on
for resubmission in consideration o
$4,000 cash. 1.-The Capital peopl
made the proposition 10 me as agent o
nonresident parties at interest" sai'
Greenspan, ''and the latter agreed L
pay that amount if the paper would ad
| vocate high license along with resub
| mission. This the Capital refused L
| do, and the deal collapsed" A Kansas
City Times correspondent called at tn
Capital office, and told Editor Harold I
Chase and Business Manager Dell Kais
! er what Greenspan had said, and asket
them about ii. Both emphatically de
MED the report, and Mr.. Keiser saiC
| that all the statement he cared to max:
| for publication was that Greenspan Wa:
"a id liar A reporter saw Mr.
Greenspan later, and informed him Of
Mr. Keiser's forcible denial. "Keisel
| can get mad If he wants to-" said
| Greenspan, but if it comes o a show
| down I can prove it, Greenspan de-
| clined to state with whom he conducted
| negotiations for the purchase of the
Capitals support, nor would he give the
| names Of the nonresident parties he
claimed TO represent.
Now GreenSpau comes out and denies
the whole thing. The Kansas City
Times declares ne did say it, and prints
the following dispatch to prove it:
The story in the Times this morning
about the alleged proposition of the To
peka Capital TO come out for resubmis-
sion in consideration of $4,000 cash
from the liquor interests is the principal
topic of conversati ton here. The friends
Of the paper are bitter in the denuncia-
ton Of Simon Greenspan, who told the
story, and declare that it is a scheme on
the part of the rum power" to scan
dalize an institution which it cannot
control. The enemies Of the paper look
wise, and intimate that they know some
thing, but do not make any direct asser-
tons.
Greenspan has an interview in the
Topeka Journal this afternoon stating
that the story as printed in the Times
was correct and that he could prove it.
Tonight Greenspan attempts to deny
the interview with him as printed in the
Times. In a written statement to the
Capital, which will be printed in the
morning, he says:
What 1 did say to the Kansas City
Times correspondent was that the con-
verSatiOn had with the Capital company
was that would give them $4,000 for
advocating resubmission, which they
finally rejected by saying that they
would fight for the prohibition law"
This = the fFQTir9, will T1rinr
in the morning. At the same time it will
say for the Times Topeka correspond
ent that Greenspan is a liar in that ne
did make the original statement as
printed in the Times yesterday. 1t will
also deny all similar stories floating
around and denounce all people who tell
them as liars.
The reason. no doubt, for the denial
made by Greenspan, is that Mrs. Green
span, who was the widow Of Colonel AL
len Sells, the circus man, has interests,
it is said identical with those of John
r. Mulvane. who now controls the Cap
ital.
One thing which probably gave some
weight TO Greenspan's statement about
the Capital is that he is the recognized
press agent of the local resubmission
He already has subsidized
one paper and is talking about starting
one Of his own. The paper which has
agreed to fight for resUbmission in the
future is the Topeka Press. It's contract
with Greenspan reads: I'm considera-
ton of certain moneys, etc." but the
amount IS not named. Greenspan says
that it Is $4,000 This subsidy, he says,
was contributed by Topeka resubmis-
siCnists. Greenspan says that the paper
which he proposes to start will be kept
up by the nonresident liquor interests.
II the Capital deal had been cOnSumat-
ed, he says, il would not have been nee
essary to start another paper here.
Oscar Bischoff, secretary Of the Kan
sas division of the German American
league, and one of the most ardent re-
in Topeka, does not take
any stock in the stories that the non
resident liquor interests will contribute
money for the resubmisslOn campaign
his year. He says that these interests |
would not give support TO the cause in |
1874, when the resubmiSSiOnists made |
heir great fight, and he cannot see why |
hey should feel differently about it now /
IN 1894 the Kansas City liquor dealers |
controlled the Kansas trade, |
Mr.. Bischoff says, and were satisfied |
With existing conditions, and frankly /
stated that they did not desire resub- |
mission or anything else which would /
BRING about agitation. The same condi- |
ions exist at the present time, accord |
ng to Mr.. Bischoff's advices. and &C |
,ording to his way of reasoning the out
iide liquor dealers viii let the resubmis-
ionists hustle for themselves.
CLICK ON PROHIBITION.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 1S.-Ex-Governor
:. ". Click, who is now United States |
'ension agent at Topeka, IS the man
whom the fusion element Of Kansas De-
nocracy will present for the Democratic
domination for governor al the coming
tate convention. II is proposed 10 run
i'm as the joint candidate Of the Demo
rats and POpuliSts upon q ~-suhrnrs-s-7
latform. To reporter, Governor Click
aid today:
There seems to be an effort 10 crys-
alize the opposition 10 the Republican
arty in the state % beat that party.
he elements consist OF Democrats.
and Republicans The people
re becoming convinced that prohibition
as become a detriment 10 the state
-hich gives Nebraska, Missouri. Ar
ansas, Texas and Colorado. surround
u Us, an unfair advantage over Us.
'heSe state are outStrippinE Us in irnmi-
ration and wealth. Prohibition with
: has had the effect 10 Cypress. values
nd deter immigration i has become
IpaTent 10 the people that LIQUOR j
sed in the state practically as i there
ere no prohibitory law People are
70 think that some other svs-
IN is preferable; a good license sys-
I'm would be preferable 70 what We
ave. metropolitan police boards ana
ssistant attorney generals are only a !
art Of the political machinery used nv
le party in power for personal benefit
IS all bur6ensOme and expensive. s75
lere is large element OF the uA5ora
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