Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-04
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stock yards lobby about the capitol and
they were in seclusion even about the
hotels. They knew they had been in
Waterloo.
The Forney concurrent resolution calling
for the appointment of q committee to in
vestigate the Doodle charges in connection
with the stock yards affair passed the
house this morning and all that now re-
mains is for the committee to be appoint
ed. The resolution calls for three members
of the house and two of the senate. Speak
er Street said to-day that he would name
the house members of the committee to-
morrow. Representative Lot Ravenscraft,
of Clark. county. is almost certain to be
| one, and Representative Jaquins. of Cow
| ley, is slated for another. 1t may be.
| however, that the latter will give way to
someone else. Lieutenant Governor Har-
| vey will also appoint the two members of
! the senate tomorrow.
The state officers are still continuing
| their search for Boyd. but he has not yet
| been apprehended. He seems to have van
| ished.
J There seems to be some opposition in
Populist circles to holding an investiga-
tion. 1t is contended by those opposed to
| such a step that nothing has ever resulted
| from a Kansas legislative investigation.
| except to load a big expense on the state
| There are thousands of dollars IN claims
now pending in the ways and means COM
mittees of both houses for Investigations
| held two years ago.
| Senator Helmick. Populist. of Lincoln,
| against whom no honest man would ever
| throw suspicion of corruption, says that
/ Investigations don't pay.
! What has been the result of the many
We have held in this state" said he. .'One
| man was fired as a regent of the state uni
| versity and to-day he is again a regent" :"
| The duty of an investigating committee
In In Kansas ha & has !. always heretofore been to
Bank Commissioner r. H. Semple to-day
| Il have taken deep interest in one or two
myself and can speak authoritatively.
In those cases the committee reported that
it found some. things that looked peculiar
but the members were certain that! no
| likelihood of the matter being probed to
| the very bottom, would favor the iIyes-
tigation, but feeling that the whole thing
| would result as all others have, l doubt
| the wisdom of it
Congressman Jerry Simpson, who is a
close observer of events. when asked what
! erect the bribery episode would have on
state politics, said:
| You have seen in Kansas when there
go tearing across the road Kicking up a
| big dust. throwing trash and smut all
| about. II is fury in narrow limits. but
the the world at large is calm and serene.
| Ihat illustrates the row over the bribery
expose. it raised muss, but it will
amount TO nothing unless the senate goes
ahead with that proposed investigation.
| IL that course is pursued and a real eff
fort made to dig down into the facts and
get at the men who are behind that brib-
cry, then there will be some fun. 1t would
| be healthful experience for the state
to have the arch-conspirators caught.
II am of the opinion that the two men
did their work in very crude manner.
To approach such erratic men Jumper
and Titus was foolhardy. 1t was playing
with fire.
I'm all my legislative experience no man
| hod Hr-tth nffar
but there are many others who appear to
have been frequently approached.
We will push that investigation from
to the point" said Senator Lupfer. of
Pawnee. The men who were behind
Tueher and boy, Boyd are the fellows we want
Senator Forney said: The ultimate ef-
fecs of the bribery deal will be to our po-
liticai advantage. 1t will show that we
have men who can resist temptation,
even though they are poor IN purse. There
has been continued stream of comment
during every legislature about the power
OF lobbieS and the corruption they spread.
We have met and exposed and punished
the crowd and passed the bill just the
same. We have won a great victory,
Just prior to the adjournment of the
senate to-day Senator Titus sent to the
clerks desk and had read the following
SITS tement: ' o. 80
Several newspapers having published
interviews with me in regard to the names
of certain senators in connection with the
| DTthery CT myself by one X. >. BOYD.
desire to publicly state that I regret the
mention made of the senators. The list
having been shown to me by a disreputa-
BILE person, l did not attach any weight
to his statement and supposed others
would treat IL in the same light. dc
not believe that the senators mentioned in
the published interviews were in any way
influenced, as represented by Boyd, and
for any unguarded words of mine that
may in any manner be construed as cast
ing reflection upon any member of the
| senate | tender my apology. The mention
made of Senators Crossan and Forney and
the purported conversation had with Sen
ator Charles Johnson in connection with
the matter are mistakes.
Senator Titus did not specify whose the
| mistakes were and the reasonable conclu.
sion is they We're his.
The statement completely eXonerates
Senator johnson from all completely I'm the
bribery deal. The conversation which
Titus was quoted saying took place
was in the presence of Senator Fulton
who Joins Senator Titus in exoneratinl
Mr.. Johnson.
The friends of Mr.. Cyrus Leland are in
dignant over an editorial appearing in !:
Kansas City evening paper suggesting tina
it would be interesting to hear what h,
could tell about the stock yards lobby
They insist that what Mr.. Leland coult
tell would be of no possible interest, TO
he absolutely knows nothing of the cor
rupt outfit. and at no time has he allowed
one of them to enter his quarters when h
knew him. e
After the Inauguration.