The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-04
ANOTHER KANSAS SCANDAL.

ANOTHER KANSAS SCANDAL.
Mr.. Jumper Jumped up In the Kan
sas state senate and knocked out the
stockyards scheme and shocked the ell
tire lobby by giving il away that MEM
bers were being knocked down with
doodle. The declaration that he had
been offered a thousand dollars for his
vote did not surprise anyone unless it
was the legislators themselves and
surprise presumably was that he did
not take 1t and keep his mouth shut
The fellow who offered Snch a sum for
Jumper IS a chumn He should have
studded the political proverbs Of Uncle
Chester Thomas, which dep7ecatfs such
a Waste OF money He should not have
scared his bird by firing f0rty-pound-
er at him when a single barrel shotgun
would have brought him down without
a fiut1ar Large amounts Of Doodle be
come dangerous in connection with
senfIity- That stockyards outfit must
have motley TO throw away when they
lure an expenditure Of one thousand
dollars On a single Pop vote, Every
body was satisfied that the outfit was
being bought and sold, daily, like sheep
IN the shambles. but no one dreamed
that real statesmen pr1ceS were being
paid. All those reform measures which
went Pickering into pigeon-holeS OF
course were paid for. per capiter," as
the Pops say, but no one dreamed that
the per caDiter7 exceeded twenty-five
dollars or SO 10 the bell wethers, and
C ten or twenty dollar gold-piece each
10 the flock all around. Where IS the
fee and salary bill the cotton-seed but
ter bill. the text school-book bill, and
a dozen like reform measures? Echo
answers, where? The lobby represen-
tatiTes of course cannot answer. They
were sent there TO put up" and shut
up. The boarding house landlords will
never tell, nor the go-betweens a tale
unfold which might hang up such an
innocent soul as Jumper.
But what of the evening session OF
indication after that body had arrest
ed without authority or color Of law, or
power to punish, had met and summon
ed the attorney general 10 prosecute Mr..
'Touche," who had dared 10 touch"
with stockyards money the honor of the
said high court of impeachment? From
the reports it seems that Senator II
tbs Of Harper county was the Pop who
gave the snap away. Titus. when con-
fronted with the fact that he had nam
ed a number of his Pop colleague who
had been thus bought, replied that one
Boyd who tried To buy him had told
him that he had bought said senator's,
and that was all he knew about IT,
After the galleries had clapped their
hands sufficiently. that august and ir-
reproachable Pop body of the peoples
representatives proceeded 10 pronounce
sentence and administer condign pun
Ishment upon the haplesS Touche. who
is also a Pop, by solemnly resolving
that he be forbidden access to the SEN
ate chamber hereafter. In other words,
If Mr.. Touche desires to buy Pop sen
ators ne must not do il in open session
and on the floor. but must conduct his
negotiations elsewhere and more dis
creetly. This Topping himself down be
side senator in his seat in the chamber
and putting 4 wad of money on him
was reprehenSible not 10 say too tempt
ing. and he must be taught lesson.
We Go not. Of course, know what Pops
will think Of all this They will prob
ably not think one way or the other. or
care. They are not given to thinking.
That is evident from the way they vote.
The Democrats who helped elect that
gang Of statesmen may possibly do
some thinking in the premises. but they
have enough sense 10 keep their mouths
shut. As for all those who respect
themselves, who have hopes for the
state, and VINO dread the scandals
which are fast rendering Kansas dis
reputable, they can but hang their
heads In humiliation.