Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-31
POSITIONS FOR VOTES.
Republican Leaders Accept Mayor strong's
Challenge to substiantiatc Their Charges
OF Municipal Corruption.

Now York. Jan. 3)-Mayor strong will
receive tomorrow from o. r. Manchester.
chairman on the delegates of the twenty
NTH assembly district. "a number of COM
municatious ana aiiidayits. These aiiid1-
Wits purport to point out instances OF
wrong doing 10y subordinatcs OF Mayor
Strong, persons now connected with the
administration Of municipal affairs. Tho
uihduNts are said 10 have been prepared
hy Thomas g. Plat and Chairman Lautrr-
bach, Of the county committee. iu response
10 the Otler of tho mayor 10 give NOp re-
NHTu provided IN" charges recently made
hN ex-senator Ilatt Ia an open letter could
William Gcrman made the first amIavit
gani2ation OF the Old Thrty-third election
district lie was elected "a delegate TO
WIN tnIto vth"i members OF tho organiza-
ton, lie then gives details of an inter-
represent The so-call"d liro9khcll faction,
Co which he was opposed This led up TO
an interview with Commissioner OF Public
who were elected To- the Republican con-
v,nilou were represented by MIR. Germain
teryigws h. told in the following language,
"Alr Erooknri asked us what positions
under 1000 a year. Mr.. HrookhrlI then
said: 'Genilemon; ! have Just three places
nonta' us ! aii not want any fake job Mr
brookh'id said: Yes permanent jobs; s.
right: I'm zatlsaed.' Then We kuI uf
hrsitat,d again and asked Mr.. Brouknell
N he hta those places now, aua he said
"He then called in an asslstant-I believe
his name was iytH-ani told him n look
up those positions and he came back and
said be- h4l thom. Then Mr. Bro1knelI
said that 10 w- carried out our contract We
would receive our commissions the next
l--C8krel4 also said. NOV. gentlemen,
You must understand this Is between our
selves, and Is going no further and if
y"l d0u't carry uut your contract there g.
nothing lg IT, EF that lt was gklrly
uuters raoi between ms that II h- failed 10
win Iht fW"Ety-ttth assembly district con-
yruIion we would not get the places but
chat We would get the places it his faction
Won through our votes. Mr. Br0Oku-l4
further said that from that time on he
was not going 20 beat around the bush any
m0ret that he was going 10 open up the
places % people that We're able 10 10 some
1--WE went 10 the convention that nIght
aui, with the exception OF lEe said Woods,
We voted as We mad been elected. for the
anli-Irlokheh side. never Intended 90
vote any her way and went with Ber-
liner at his request merely % see how far
The alleged offers OF places that were br-
ing made would 20. Afterwards on the
night of the district convention 10 elect
dele gates 90 the county convention, Ber-
th. mayors secretary, wanted 10 see me
downstairs. I refused 10 so down. lie
said: You go down and see hedges an
get that place. lie says CommissioEer
Brooku,i1 has eOu- 10 get his sons bo is,
but told General collins 10 give you your
commission tomorrow IL my delegates
went his way "a that convention.
FL would ada that within short time
after saiF convention said George Woods,
who voted for the EroIkhelt faction AZ
that convention, received an appointment
in tha department of public works as an
fnsT--rtor j understand at - day.
WILLIAM GERMAN"
Tn af e
Statement h, eorr1boratrd by the afhdayits
of 81 EerIiuer ANA Charles Wondres, the
latter chairman of the Republican 9rsi
zstlgn III tEe Tweuty-afth assembly dis
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