Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-10


well. l asked what company he represent
ed. He said the Stock Yards Company. He
also said that his company would put me
in a Kansas City law Office and take care
of me if / would vote for the Hanna bill
instead of the Jacquins bill The Jacquins
bill,' said he is very obnoxious to our
company. We want it killed told him
that was not after law office. but asked
him what my vote was worth. He said
3 S,0W l told him that / would take the
matter under advisemont and would sec
him in thirty minutes. ] then went TO the
attorney generals Office and, after relating
my experience, asked the attorney general
what to do. He said for me to play the
string out and get the money; then expose
the matter. l came back and met Boyd.
He asked me what / had decided upon.
told him that ] would like to see his mon
ey first. He said he could get il in ten
minutes and would pay me as soon as
delivered my vote for the Hanna bill. He
said that Hanna got $1,000 for introducing
IT and that the company would treat me as
well. l insisted on his putting up the mon
ey before ] voted. He said that that was
contrary to the practice of his company.
They don't pay until the goods are deliy-
cred, generally They don't know but what
you would take the money and vote
wrong he said.
We'll. how do know that the company
would pay me after l voted right2 l asked;
IF they can't trust me. / can't trust them.
BOYD then said he would go and get the
money and be back at 10:l5. He left and
did not see him again; The expose was
made before the time Boyd was due 10 be
back"
Lewelling's Little Scheme.
Senator Titus then left the stock yards
matter and spranS new sensation. in
which Ex-Governor dwellings name ap-
pears 1t was in reference TO the text book
legislation. Said he:
while the educational committee of the
eenate had the text book bill under consid-
Grafton one night, certain gentleman in
Nited me TO his room in the National hotel.
went there, We struck up conversation
about school book legislation. During the
conference, he said he had a bill providing
for county uniformity. creating county
text book board and eXempting cities of the
Irst and second class.
g 1t is just as good a measure as the leg
tslature could pass, said he. 1T will suit
our party and if you get it recommended
Tor passage by your committee there is
something in il for both of us. We might
as well get something out of this as We go
along; if We can satisfy our party, too"
Who was that MANI" was asked.
. 81. D. Lewelling."
what did you say at that timer"
The committee would recommend such a
bill. and that ] was rot expecting to make
anything. out of it; He gave me copy of
the bill he desired passed and told me to
look IT over and consider the matter"
What became of the bill?"
II have 1t in my pocket now"
pocket and handed it to the attorney gen.
SFal. The witness also said Lewelling met
him once before in the hall near the ways
and means committee room in the senate
chamber and asked him what his commit
tee proposed to do with the bill. Titus
said he told Lewelling that the committee
would not report such a bill.
when the committee bill came up for
consideration IN the senate" said the wit
exempt first and second class cities from
Its operation, and also made other sug-
gestions along the line of the provisions of
the bill which he handed me to push
Through
Here the stock yards matter was taken
up again and Titus said that Boyd told
~ 1frT74 hat oil JalF nfrlr
Ryan, Farrelly and Shaffer had been
fixed" but that the stock yards company
lacked tw9 two votes votes. of enough W TO to pass the the
evidence that such was fact, however.
Dingus Accuses Boyle.
Representative H. W. Dingus, Populist of
Linn county, was the next to tell of being
pffered money to stop his fight for text
book bill. After being sworn, the attorney
general asked:
Mr. Dingus. were you offered a bribe to
6efeat or advance legislation during the
recent session of the legislature?"
mo direct bribe was offered. A PROPOSE
bribe."
Go ahead and tell what the proposition
Il was asked by member of the house
of the text book bill. He said could
have 500 II would lay down
Did you accept the offer?"
81 did not
why not?"
Because I was deeply interested in the
text book bill for one thing and because 1
was no boodler in the next place"
Continuing, the witness said:
''The representative who made the offer
70 me was ]. NJ. Doyle. of Republic coqn-
said of 1 would quit, the money would be
on my desk the following morning. l told
him would not let up and 0E would Ing not lake take
would Wn lay down. The thing has been
worked smooth said Doyle. The bribery
scare IN the senate is making the fellows
hold on to their money
so confidence was destroyed by the
Scare! eh," put in Attorney General Boyle,
land the wave of prosperity ceased?'
1T seems So replied the witness, and
everybody laughed.
cit was dropped when L refused TO quit"
smith Says Clark Lied.
REPRESENTATIVE Frank Smith. of Sherman
county happened TO be in the city when
he heard that Representative Clark had
testified yesterday that he Smith had Of
fered Clark $50 in the house cloak room TO
vote against the Brown railroad bill and
the Hackney amendment to the senate bill.
So Smith voluntarily appeared to-day and
wanted to testify. He was sworn and upon
oath declared that what Clark had testi-
fled to the day before was an absolute and
malicious falsehood; that, instead of his
wanting to buy Clark. the latter came to
him and asked him If mans vote was
not worth something Continuing, Smith
testified:
Il told Clark I did not know whether
there was anything in it or not. Clark
said he was pretty hard up, and that $500
would be very acceptable in his business"
did he get it?"
81 don't know. Some say he has been
pretty flush since the legislature ad-
Did his testimony arouse your feelings?"
YES it did at first But when L stopped
and thought of Clark's standing at home,
soon got over it"
When pressed further, Smith said:
Now, gentlemen, one of the most infu-
cntial citizens of Clark county. who now
holds a position under the state admins
tration, told me yesterday that the people
in Thomas county could not see how Clark
could do what he did on 50 n day-his sal
airy as representative. He wandered around
a good deal nights-where, 1 will not say
and took some flyers on the wheat mar
ket."
Smith also testified that at the time
Clark came to him and talked about $500
he said he had loaned his railroad pass TO
q man and that il had been taken up and
with Bailie Waggener to have it reissued.
Smith refused TO take a hand in the mat
ter.
The witness denied absolutely that he
ever received a cent for his vote or that he
ever offered anybody cent for vote.
His Testimony Corroboratcd.
He had the committee call his commit
ice clerk. Mrs Nellie Bennett. who is here,
as she said, from Emporia to do some shop
ping, to bear him out in what he testified
to- Mrs Bennett was in the room when
Clark and Smith had the talk. and while
she did not hear all that passed between
them she caught enough TO substantiate
the main points OF Smiths story.
The committee then took recess until
after dinner.
Speaker Street was recalled when the
committee convened in the afternoon and
testified in regard TO the changing of the
two-thirds rule. he said that after his