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

knew of money being offered. Boyd askea "a
Miami. and said if he could r, there anscy,ft @af
of the matter, and they talked with Sross-
an, and decided TO get Boyd to go to Srossji :j
Titus exploded the whole affair. The tax
with Boyd was simply to catch MIN, anu
in that he was assisted by Senator Srossah'
They got no money out Of the vote.
The last witness examined this afternoon
was Representative Mckeeyer, Repubncan,
of Shawnee county. He was asked II an
offer of s1o0 was made to him to make a
speech and vote against the anti-oleouiar-
garine bill He said no. The only thing.
he declared, that could be construed as
an offer to him during the session was
proposition made by Boyd that ne eoutd .1
get either 500 or 800 TO oppose the anti
oIeo bill He did not consider Boyd re-
sponsiSls person, and gave the matter no
thought after that. He said that ne han
known Boyd long while. and dla 10 no. o,ey eS-
nor that anybody would entrust II TO ms
care He voted for the BILL as he had made
promise to the dairymen of his county 10
support such measure IL elected :.
Chairman Outcalt asked him whether. II
two different men were TO go on the VIII
ness stand and say that he tMcheeVer)
told them that he was offered money 10
talk and vote against the anti,9leo Din
be would deny it, TO which Mr.. MckeeFer
Responded that he would denounce II as Il
malicious falsehood. The witness was then
excused, and the committee adjourned for
Senator Householder, this evening, prom
ised some sensational revelations the lat
ter part of the week. He said that the dis
coyel-y of the law compelling witnesses 10
attend would cause the committee to
subpo ena some people whom they did not
at first think they could reach. we Will
have some books and papers here in Few
DAYS" said he, that may reveal story
of corruption which will cause the stories
SO far to pale into insignifcance. 1 cannot
tell YOU just whose books We are going att
er. for it might defeat our plans. We also
propose to put men on the stand who may
possibly connect the names of some OF the
boss politicians of the state with a few
deals"
contain any editorial, either long or
Short as TO the Doodle disclosures. All 1t
will say, outside of giving synopsis OF the
evidence, will be: 1T is not often that a
political party unhesitatingly investigates
charges OF corruption against its own MEM
bers,. but that is what Populists are now
The committee will probably adjourn to-
morrow for one week. The sergeant-at-
arms has been unable to subpoena wit
them and it has been decided to give him
| q week to run in big list. .
There is a story af1oat tonight that all
railroad lawyers in the city who took a
| be subpoenaed the first thing in the morn
| ing to appear forthwith and testify. Sen
| ator Householder refused to confrm or
| deny the story. So did other members.
Missouri Pacific came in from Fort Scott
| tonight, and when he learned that rail-
| road attorneys We're likely to be called upon
| to testify, said: II will appear and testify
| that 1 bribed almost all the members by
| giving them passes. l will produce my
stub-book also some notes which l re
ceived asking me to return written requests
| for passes"