Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-14

gener showed 80 much interest in the dis
cussion over Heilep's ruling that such a
change could be made by d majority Ta;e a gas Sne
claimed. After the discussion was some
what over, Waggener came TO hIm ana
said thai his position re HoTton on rhe and T Senator
Ingalls,, who claimed that WeiIep was en-
tirely correct
was offered to the Brown railroad bill came
from the Republican side of the house rms
brought out Frank Grimes, the Repuoncan
member OF the investigating committee,
who made him admit that the vote to sub
stitute the Harris bill was seventy-t%o: or
about twenty-five more than the totai ne.
publican vote. The settlement OF that point
caused Grimes TO wear quiet smile ior
several hours
Eben Mccarthy, who was a page in the
house knew but little, but that little aD-
reared 10 be very hot and IT kept several
OF the listeners on the anxious seat whie
he was telling the various amusing IN
stances that came under ms nS ,Inan ~
carry notes for many members OF the mouse
to room 16, Yeale block. during the session
: The notes were sent to man named wal
SON although his name was not always on
the notes. One time he carried note from
Wilson TO Foley in the house He IRE,
quently carried packages OF what appeared
to be house or senate bills from the house
TO Wilson's room. and from wilson's room
TO the house. Such packages. he SAID. ne
had carried TO Brown, of Greeley; Larimer.
Marks, of jefferson: Armstrong, of Wyan-
dotte: Fairchild, of Kingman. and many
others. He also carried many notes ana
saw what was written in two he carried
In one that Wilson sent TO Foley he asked
him not to support the text book bill, but
TO meet him at his room at 1:30 that after
noon. One note Wilson sent to Cubbison, OF
Wyandotte, contained this admonItion,
about Rothweiler?" This note for Cubbi-
son he gave 10 Lot Ravenscraft, of Clark
nraaa ~fr1asa ha TrT Tah q
Wilson TO Foley, but Foley wrote some
thing on the bottom of it and sent it back
TO some other man in Wilson'S room.
Foley showed him what was in the note
He explained giving the Cubbison note 10
Ravenscraft by saying he gave II first TO
Cubbison. but later found II on the moor
and took II to Ravenscraft who Kept IT.
He said that Wilson frequently enjoined on
him the necessity of Laying dead" about
the notes he carried from and 10 the mem-
bers.
N. W. Moad, of Paola, was one of the
witnesses who told hot stun for the COM
rnittee and his testimony created a sensa-
ton. II was given with precision and N me
coolest possible manner, and 1t kept the
listeners guessing as to what was coming
later. He said he spent the winter in To-
peka, was about the capitol and mixed with
the members great deal and heard some
thing about what was going on. He had
no personal and absolute knowledge of cor
ruptioD, but could repeat what one OF the
members told him. That member, he said
told him he did not take much stock in
the goody goody business, and, for his
part, IL there was any money going around
he proposed to get his portion of 1t. He
said he had already received 800 and was
10 get $500 more. The same member showed
witness big roll of bills. which he said
contained 1900. which he said represented
what he had made during the session. and
dryly remarked that the average Legislator
and the men who were staying around there
giving bribes were both, suckers. and that
any man with a level head could easily
make some money. He had made some anc
had fa6 her r0Q en- 10 3
some, too.
Witness said the man who was posted
was was X 5; Boyd and the aeI member & who fSof tolf
him the roll OF bills was c. z. Walters, OF
Labette county.
Did Walters say who gave him that
'.He said he got 500 from the man whc
represented the American Book Company
but understood from Boyd that they wer,
working together on the stock yards anf
Witness said BOYD lived at the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel. where he did, and at variou:
times had told him many strange tales o.
what was going on that he thought very
unreasonable. He was of the opinion tha
Royd ought to keep his mouth shut II III
was in that sort of business. He SAID Boyt
left the hotel at one time for several days
and on his return said he had fixed Up ;
deaf with the stock yards. His work wa!
70 see what members could be bought, ant
then the financial man was to get actor
on them. He was with Boyd the night be
fore the Titus expose, and went with Mn
TO the senate the morning the whole plai
was overturned. He had not seen Boy
since that time. He said during the session
he was employed s, as c,erk P OF ths sssa SSmte ws
chairman. He said that Henshaw. who wa
a reading clerk In the house, told him n
had seen Boyd in Kansas City.
The testimony of Moad was the sensation
of the day. His direct statements and plan
words hit hard, and there was iniS,nes maGh sur n
to what the result of the testimon'
j M. DOYLE. of Republic county, said tn
only contribution to the Doodle story h
could give was little incident. One ses
sion. just before the house voted on tn
whom he had never seen before, and WHOM
he had not seen since. asked him pleasantly
how he stood on the biit: ana %neh hore .oid lyn
some money in it for the men who wer
against ii.
sentative Dingus that he Doyle) tried I
bribe him was wholly untrue He had OF
fered him no money whatever. Dingus cam
to him one night and said he was not sat
isfied with the bill, but IL he could get
little money out of 1t some way, he woul
quit fighting IT. Dingus asked Doyle to loo
around a bit, ard If there was any none
going, TO let him know about 1t. He spok
TO another member about the anxiety
Dingus to get close to some money an
later told Dingus that money was. scarce
owing to the bribery scare in the senate
He said he knew nothing about any none
going around for the members. Doyle di
not vote on the text book bill, as he wa
in Horton when IL was passed. He, was q
the opinion that Dingus was doing som
fine detective work trying TO get at Doyle
real position. He said that one of tn
teachers of Republic county had warne
him against the text book bill. especial
the commission feature, and had sail ths
Superintendent Stryker had some worti
less manuscript to sell the state. He sal
he had given his word not to reveal II
name of the teacher, but he was forced
do so and said ii was man named Mel
OILS. whose first name he had forgotten
W. ?. Webb. of Larned, who was sena
postmaster said he had seen Boyd ar
Senator Hanna together at the Fifth Av
nue. hotel at the dining room about Il
middle of the session. Senator Hanna d
not board at the hotel. and his attentic
was directed to him by seeing him in u
company of Boyd at that hotel.
When the committee resumed Its sittir
after dinner. Ed Weilep was recalled. l
said he heard Bale Waggener ask Repr
sentative Walters to go TO his room ol
day, and about fifteen minutes later Wa
TO him 70 be suspicious, and he thought
himself that Walters had been there to &
his pay. Walters was very active in o
position to the Brown railroad bill. and WI
ness was of the opinion he was influence
Witness was in Waggeners s room one tin
waggener invited him, and told him tn
II the Hackney amendment went throu;
the railroad commissioners would hold
the railroads. and that if the Populis
would be easy on the railroads the col
panies would line up and help the refor
PARTY and not the Republicans hereaft,
The companies. he said were willing
make a 10 per cent reduction of rates.
Weihp said that no one ever tried
bribe him. and that his work in the hou
would speak for itself. He was on the G
posite side of the railroad fight from w
Representative LOOMS, of Crawfo
county. was on the conference commit
over the appropriation bills, and after II