Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-03

| Reser Ryan, Shaffer. Sheldon, Zimmer-S
Attorney Mohler asked that protest be
filed, but PRESIDENT Harvey held protest
| from one not in tile senate would not be
| heard. Mr.. Mohler thought they were
| largely in the senate. -
Attorney General Boyle thought .the hear
ing, if it Fas to Ibe a long one, ought
to be befhre a Committee, lfnt President
| Harvey held proceeding for contempt
i cbuld not be delegated to committee. At
/ t9rney Mohler then said he would advise
4 shfs client not to testify.
President Harvey said the hearing was
to see If the man was really guilty of con-
4 tempt, but Attorney Mohler held that no
i arrest can be made until contempt is
! adjudged. This plea was overruled and the
/ hearing began. with Senator jumper as the
Jumper Tells His Story.
Mr.. Jumper, who made the complaint,
was sworn at 10 o'clock. He said Mr.. Tuch-
| er and he met in n saloon on Kansas ave-
nue.. where they talked of the stock yards
bill Later they talked in committee
| room and Mr.. Tucher told him of the de-
| sires of the stock yards company. The
| yards had money to put up, and as Jumper
had been a hard worker for reform and a
| poor man, he might just as well get 1t as
any one. Later, the proposition was re-
newed and a specific offer of $1,000 was
|
| for the Hanna bill.
! Senator Jumper said: 'I did not give
him an answer; told him there was some
danger in such proceeding. and did not
know how ] would feel on the question aft
er mature deliberation. There was ques-
ton of right or wrong involved.
Il saw Mr.. Tucher again yesterday and
| ne urged me to go ahead. The stock yards
people wanted the Hanna bill and would
Of ne S %ho TO hsa hsaP bsen sss Ee Ike told
him / had been using him to get some
| 1acts ana the matter was at an end.
has fixed enough people to xiii the house
| bill and urged me to go ahead and get
something out of it. He said to say moth
about me He said he would get part Of
| the sums with other people. but would get
nothing out Of the $1,000 he had for me-"
said the first meeting in the saloon Was
| three weeks ago. He said he had known
Mr. Tucher for several years in his home
thought Tucher was Populist. He said
| the interview of yesterday was held at the
him on the floor of the senate and asked
for an interview. They went to the room
| and the talk followed. -
Others on the stand.
4: W. Logan, Of Quenemo; was the next
| teen. years. They met at. the National
Mas daar said asked M him what he
some lamps, but had trouble in getting the
pay
| talked, and Tucher said he had done no
more TO Jumper than to a dozen other
SENATORS He declared he was making the
their cause. and If Senator Jumper had
waited a few minutes he would have got
what he was after. Logan was not cross
examined.
Daniel Hart, Of Norton county. the big
gest member of the senate. who wears
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PETER. was called, but knew nothing of
the offer.
Senator Titus. who gave the whole snap
away, was then called. He had seen Tuch-
er around the committee room. where Sem
ator Jumper said he had been.
A. L. Tuttle, gallery guard in the senate.
about the capitol building for the past ten
days. especially near Senator Jumpers
committee room.
1t was 1l:45 when Attorney General Boyle
called for Mr.. Tucher to go on the stand.
Mr. Tucher declined to go. His counsel
told him to sit STILL
Mr.. Tucher will be sworn" said Presi-
But Mr: Tucher was not sworn. He sat
still; Attorney General Boyle said he
but he did not, and PtesIdent Harvey s held
that he was not in contempt, as the SEN
ate could not or would not compel him
to testify or be sworn.
His attorneys said the hearing was ir-
regular and they could not be parties to it.
The question was put On the question of
holding Tucher for contempt and on roll
call the vote was q to to hold him.
call of tie absentees was demanded
and the silent ones, were forced to speak,
Reser, who said he was unable to find out
what the senate was doing. He voted no.
The absentees were Senators .Lewelling,
Ryan and King. .a~ So. =
"Brother'' Tucher Discharged. .
Attorney General Boyle asked that leni-
earfd -.ath
duty of the senate was to get the man
who was operating through Tucher, and
Senator Householder moved to adjourn,
but President Harvey thought 1t unjust to
force the sergeant-at-arms to hold the man
Senator Sheldon moved the accused be
reprimanded by Senator CrossaE. This was
amended by forbidding the accused the
grounds during the session. The amend
ment was accepted and the motion carried
tbe nrar nd irected hi, 'hH iscaTaed bv
the Sergeant-at-arms,
The peculiar ending of the bribery hear
Ing has left the senators who went into
ii in good faith in embarrassing pre-
dicament, and 1t is generally held tonight
that, in justice to his colleagues. Senator
committee to go into the details of the
bribery deal. Mr.. Tucher offered tonight
to go before such committee and tell the
whole facts relative to the matter. The
senators feel that Senator Jumper should
do something to square himself, after the
row he raised. r.
Senator Matthews Republican. of Nc
Pherson. said tonight that the termination
of the bribery hearing was farcical. He |
said. however, he was fearful that If the
investigation was pushed hard 1t might
get some well known lobbyists into deep
trouble. His opinion was shared by 9TH
ers. --S
The sober minded Populists are weary
and low spirited tonight. The bribery
events of to-day are sure to have wide |
spread effect in the state, and they fear It.
While some of the most sanguine leaders |
feel that it will strengthen the party by |
proving that Populists cannot be bought. |
there are many others among them who |
know full well that the people VIII remem-
Der that when the SPopulists are in full |
control there has been gathered at the cap
ital during the session the most powerful
and determined lobby that was ever seen |
in Kansas. The continued presence of the |
lobby shows that the Populists have not |
been unapproachable, and the sworn testi- |
mony Is to the effect that several members
have f1irted vigorously with the lobby, while |
loudly protesting fealty to the people, The |
put smut on the lawmakers. and dragged |
their names in scandal which will not be |
appreciated by the people.
1t was Senator TITUS I original intention
the chairman's desk. but developments |
came too rapidly for this. He said that |
Boyd was to be at his desk at 12:20 and |
that the expose was sprung Jnst ten min
hill to the front SO quickly, Titus said he |
would have had the money to have pro- |
duced. He stated that Boyd said he would |
have to go to the Copeland for the money. |
Chairman Jaquins. of the house. commit- |
tee on live stock. was highly elated over |
the passage of his bill by the senate. |
You can Just say said he to The Journal |
correspondent tonight that it Is a great |
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