People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-13
By LYMAN NAUGLE.
In the Hole Again,

willing To confess That he stole a
horse a order to give his testimony
against another some weight. We
have case of this kind 10 Wellington,
however. 1t is not a literal case Of
horse stealing out the principle is the
same. The Pig alley editor, know
ing that there Is some opposition 10
the county high ScnOOl, thought he
could make some capital against the
editor Of the VOICE If he could show
that there was conspiracy TO pass
this bill on the quiet and that the
editor Of the VOICE was in it. In a
recent issue Of ms little sheet he uar-
rates how he was present in Hon. Ed
7. HaCkney'S committee room at To-
peka last winter, the editor Of the
VOICE also being present, and how
they were there instructed not to say
anything about this bill in the news
papers; says nothing was said nreply,
but that he had kept his part of the
tacit understanding and Naugle had
done the same-admits that he was
guilty in order to convince the people
that Naugle stopped to his own dirty
level. He was aware that the only
way he could make his testimony have
any weight with the people would be
by reSOrting TO some such eXtraOrdi.
nary means. But in this he has failed
for he is condemned by hisO@n mouth,
and by the testimony of others.
His story came to our ears before he
published it. He stared to our inform
ant that the meeting in HaCkney's
committee room was a casual one;
that it was when the Wellington peO-
pie went to Topeka to work for the
location Of an insane asylum; that
there were present Geo, Hunter, W.
A. Maxey, o. j. Hackney, Senator
FOrney, Representatives Harbaugh
and Hackney, CO.. Carver, Judge Her
rick and others; that the high school
matter came up incidentally; that a
copy of the bill was called for bit not
produced, and that the request was
made that nothing should be said
about this in the newspapers of Sum-
ner county; that no reply was made
by either himself or the editor of the
VOICE, but that the admOnitiOn had
been needed, Not being able to recall
any such meeting we asked our inform
ant to take Us to the man who told
him (he having withheld his name) in
order that we might deny the state
ment or have our memory refreshed.
As matter OF fact we knew the story
was false and so pronounced it, but
our informant said he would see his
man again and then report. Two
hours later we read the statement in
the Daily Mail and realized that 1t
originated from that ever prolific
source OF political Justification.
CHANGING to meet the Pig alley gen.
tleman on the street the same even.
log we asked him to refresh our mem.
Ury concerning this mystic gathering.
He proceeded to do 50, saying that il
was when all the Wellington CrowC
went to Topeka last winter to lobby
for the insane asylum. He was moi
sure that he could tell all who were
present, named some of those men
TONED above and added John Tegder
to the list.
why" says he, don't you remem-
Der; you were sitting at a table facin.
Carver, and | was sitting at the enc
OF the table.
"YOu are quite sure of this" quer
ried the writer.
"Why, CeTtainlym
"And you are quite sure these Othe
gentlemen were there?:"
II can't say that all were there, bu
some of them were, although the,
may not have heard the conversation
l was watching your COuntenance a
the time and it was the remark tina
made an impression on my mind"
We suggested to him that he I'm
dOubtedly had his wires crossed, sine
at that time we were in Port Arthur
Tex, that on our arrival in Kansa
City from Port Arthur we met job
Tegder on the street, that he told u
about the Wellington crowd bein
over at Topeka working for the lOca
ton OF the asylum with fair prospeC
OF success; that We came over to Tt
peka on the following mornings trai
and found that the crowd had all gOn
home.
We then narrated 10 him the onl
time we were ever In Ed Hackney
committee room.
Mr.. Richards, o. J. HACKNEY, G.
Elliott, ]. O. o. Morse. and the editC
of the VOICE were dispatched to 7,
peka as an advance delegation to wor
for the location Of the insane asylum
We had an appointment to meet wit
the Ways and Means committee
the house at 5 p. m. We went I
their room in a body, but finding [
quorum present, all but the writ,
and two Others left and went to +
Hackney's committee room. "
staid until the hour had passed, an
were informed by Mr.. Truebloo
chairman Of the Ways and Mean
committee that there was a demar
for all members to be on the floor
the house THE fight between the R
publicanS and POpulists was on) ar
that it would be impossible to get
quorum. We then left in search
the balance Of the party and foul
them in IIackney's committee roul
As the editor Of the VOICE entered
was introduced to some gentlem,
and stood and cOnversed with hi
several minutes. We then sat dow
jus: inside the door while Richards :
away over by the table; Carver, who
Richards says uttered the cautl
about not saying anything about t
high school bill in the Wellington 7
pers was not present. We perhaps )
there five minutes, and during +
whole of the time we were in the roc
the high school law was not me
toned.