The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-13
HE HITS HIM BACK
ISAAC P. CAMPBELL TAKES HIS
TURN AT LEWELLING.

He Indulees In Little Paradox by Saying
That He Believes LewelIIng 10 Honest
and That the Fellows Who Say He Is
Corrupt are Absolutely Truthful-He
Also says That He Must Hold the Ex-
Governor to be Liar Until He Produces
Mythical Friend-Other Talk About
the Scandal.
Governor LAedy passed through the
city las. night in a Pullman sleeper on
another excursion. Leedy was we'll
groomed, wearing an expansive shirt
bosom which was augmented in promi-
hence by a low-cut vest. He did not
look a all as reformer. He handed up
his system annual and selected his Pull
man pass from among his telegraph
franhs with the sang-froid OF bloated
stockholdar Of Wall street.
With him were Mr.. billiard and ex-
Chief justice David Martin. They were
bound for Texas. At this point they
were joined by Ex-Governor Lewelling.
There was also attached to the train at
this point directly behind Governor
Leedy's sleeper commissary car full of
mighty good things to eat, and then
some. The governor of great stare
Ike Kansas has to travel like a king in
order TO sustain the dignity of his Of
flee.
The governor Rad nothing to say about
the investigation. The railroad commits
sionS of Texas and Kansas, the special
Calf route committee appointed by the
legisl3 ture old Kansas, Oklahoma an
Texas, and the interstate railroad COM
mission, all meet in Austin, Tex, in a
day or two. This was Leedy's objective
point
While Nj. Lewelling was packing his
grip for the Junketirg tour at the ex-
pense of the railroads and at the greater
expense of the people, Mr.. I. p Camp
bell was giving reporter for the Eagle
an interview relative TO the statements
made by Leweiiiae in this paper Sunday
morning. L: will be remembered that
Mr.. Lewelling said that Nj Campbell
was the insrirer Of ali the statements,
stories and reports, kicks, complaints
and petitions that brought upon him all
his recent political troubles. The inter-
view is as follows, the reporter leading
off win the following question:
Have you read what Senator Lew
cling said concerning you in Sundays
paper?'
YES, sir, l have, and am very much
surprised a: Mr.. Lewelling for making
sucn statements. l am surprised that he
would go out of his way to attack man
VINO has tried hard 10 befriend him at
all times. / see that Mr. Lewelling
states tina: my friends have told him
that 1 inspired the movement against
him IN Harper county. Until Mr.. Lew
cling will publish the name of single
friend of mine who has ever told him
any sucn thing, / shall not believe that
he has ever been told it, The facts
about il ale these, and are the very op-
posite of what Mr.. Lewelling accuses me
of: Among my mail one morning l found
letter from Mr. Coleman, the chairman
Of the beard of county commissioners of
Harper county, in which he said we are
circulating a petition in this county 10
OF Nj. Lewelling from the railroad COM
mission, and VIC would like to circulate
a ike petition in your county l imme-
diately replied 10 Mr.. Coleman that l
would not do so, that il would not be in
good taste for me TO do anything OF the
kind, and that my motives would prob
ably be iinpuned if I did. That was the
first in. ina ton I had that any such petit
ton was being circulated, and it is the
only person from Harper county VINO
ever wrote me, or spoke 10 me about it.
l never have attempted in any way at
any time to build myself up by pulling
other people down. When in Topeka
during the last session Of the legislature
l found al the hotels. on the streets and
in the senate chamber, a great deal OF
urkiud and unsavoTy criticism about
Mir. Lewelling. 1t surprised me very
much, anG / am now surprised. l can
not understand, on the one hand, how so
much can be said by so many different
persons, many of them holding promi-
men. positions, about Mr.. dwellings in
tegrity and honesty, without there being
some foundation for il. On the other
lieve, and do not yet believe, that Mr..
dwelling is corrupt, or that he has been
corruptly influenced from any source
So l am very much mystified as to what
do just think of Mr.. Lewelling az the
present time. During Mr.. dwellings
term as governor befriended him on all
occasions against the numerous accusa-
tons that were made against him. I con-
tinued 10 do so afterwards. l did not
think il good politics to renominate Mr..
Lewelling for governor, but l was salts
fed that Sedgwick county was in favor
OF him, and being citizen Of Ssdgwick
county 1 did not oppose his nomination.
But on the other hand l believed that
delegate from Sedgwick county could
represent Sedgwick county best by sup
porting Mr.. Lewelling. From that time
on Mr.. Lewelling mas seemed TO think
that I was his enemy
What do you think Of Mr.. dwellings
action in the senate on the freigh, rate
question:"
II do not think Mr.. Lewelling repre-
sented his constituency in that regard.
He could nor but know that a. least 30