The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-23
WHISKY HENS HELP.
That it is Asked for the
Leedy Ticket.

Last evenings Kansas City Star con-
tains the fOlloWing-
1T developed today that at a meet
ing of the Wholesale Liquor Dealers
association Monday an appeal was
placed before the association by the
Klein Brothers, VINO formerly kept the
Sweet Springs distillery and have also
been engaged in the cigar business II
was explained that in this their hour
of extremity the POpullsts OF Kansas
had been forced by the inrOads made
by the Republicans in their 1orces, 70
ask for aid from the men who sell llQ +
uOr in Kansas. j. w. Leedy, their can
didate for governor, was Nouched TOT
as being a fair man from wholesale
liquor dealers standpoint In other
words. the promise was made that II
the Wholesale liquor dealers would fur
nish money for this campaign, the pro
hibitiOn law of Kansas would not be
strictly enforced against them
The prohibition law of Kansas has
always been a thorn in the side of the
Kansas City liquor dealers, particular
Iy Of those who send agents to sell
~ Risky in the state. 1t was stated IN
the meeting that a representative of
the POpulists Of Kansas who could
vOuch for Leedy was near at hand and,
lie it was desired. he could be called be-
fore the association in FIVE minutes.
According to liquor dealers who We're
there, the association did not send for
him. His proposition opened an old
sore for some of the older dealers VINO
declared that when they "staked' the
o. NJ. 3. in Kansas and placed a large
sum Of money in its hands they gave
the last contribution they intended to
make as an association this year.
THE association, as a body, has not
contributed to the POpulist campaign
fund since this particular appeal was
was made, but it is said that individual
members who do a jug business have
done SO. The association viii meet
again on Saturday, when something
may be done.
said today. I am getting tired of these
appeals from Kansas We have been
bled and bled until we are about ready
to give up. They tell US they have
pull and can save US from prosecution
and we have put money into the cam
paign to help beat the Prohibition Re
publicans and we don't get any return
BREIDENTHAL's DENIAL.
Chairman Breidenthal said in regard
to the above.
MIR. Klein or anyone else that claims
to represent the Leedy campaign com
mittee and demand funds from the
liquor dealers states an absolute false
hood i ann perfectly safe in saying
for MI Leedy that he has made no
such application or authorized anyone
to do so for him If these men are be
ing bled by men under the pretense OF
coming from the Leedy campaign com
mittee they are being made suckers of
by some interruptions person who IS
working them for his own profit"
KANSAS CITY KAN, JOINIlSIS.
Today's Kansas City Journal contains
the following:
s'The Democratic county central com
mittee Of Wyandotte county is bank
rupt and in order to raise a campaign
fund is holding up the jointists' Of
this city. Every man engaged in the
liquor traffic is being compelled to do
nate to this fund and none of them is
allowed to contribute less than So The
average assessment is SO. while some
of the jointists' who have hopes of
Leedy's election have given as high as
$50.
a certain jointist' on Minnesota av-
| enue was visited last night by repre-
! sentatives of the committee, and when
! they made their demand for money he
told them that he was badly in debt and
could not give them anything without
I robbing himself He was informed that
a campaign fund had to be raised and
was given until Saturday to donate
/ George GrubIe runs a Joint on North
Fifth street and one on Minnesota ave
nue.. He was assessed $40 for each
place Yesterday the Sixth ward was
| taken in and among those assessed
were Kassimer Zoller. 500 Tim Lyons
/ s25 and Hank Evans, SO"