The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-28
COSTIGAN IS A LIAR
HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WyYA
THE RAILROAD BILL.

Grant Harrington, Who was Clerk Of the.
Senate Committee on Railroads, Tena.
| In His Paper, the History OF the RAEla
read Blu Vetoed by Gov. Leedy.
If we owed the devil a quota OF,
forty liars and he wouldn't take.
Walt COstigaA and cancel the debt
we would repudiate it. Costigan
used to figure in Populist politics in.
Kansas. He was a breeder OF strife.
and dissension and was constantly
in a row with some of his associates.
When Governor Leedy was eleetedh
COstigan demanded the appointments
as Insurance Commissioner. He waa
told the job was promised but waa.
given the choice of several other
places. None of these suited him and
he went home with the sulks. After
the places had been filled Gostigan,
came 10 his milk and announced that
he would be willing to take plao&.
on the state board of charities. He
was told that he was too late as the.
places had all Seen filled. Then hs,
put on his blanket and left the reser-.
walton. The Republicans recognizing
his qualities as a breeder of strife put
him on the pay roll and gave him q
shirt tail full of type with which to.
start an alleged Populist newspaper,
at OttOwa. Once a week he rehashea.
the campaign lies manufactures al
the Republican fake factory in To-
peka. Occasionally he Garnishe0.
them with a few trimmings to gaHzy
an indecent even for a Republican to-.
publish. Gov. Ieedy Is his pet aver.
sir n fhnr 10 BIO fy.<,,
to arson that COstigan does not
stand ready to charge him with
COstigan's latest break is to claim.
the authorship of the railroad bin
that the Governor vetoed during the.
last Legislature. His story in brief fa,
that he induced Judge Sankey to-,
write a bill and Senator Ryan to IN
trOduce it for him and that when the
Harris bill was rejected by the COM
mittee this bill was taken up and re-
ported with some notifications as
the committee bill. We are in n po-
sitiOn to know that COstigan is q.
liar. We were clerR of the Senate.
committee on railroads and have the,
minutes OF the committee meeting In
our possession. Under date of Feb.
ruary II, 1897 tie minutes recite:
"A motion was made that the.
committee (refering to. a sub, cons,
mittee already appofnted) be d..
rected to prepare a bila taking tho
Iowa law as a basis and inserting G..
maximum rate which would give q
20 per cent reduction on coal, u ID.
per cent reduction on stock and "a TO-
per cent resiuctiOn on all other classes.
of freight from the present distance.
tariffs now in fOgce, subject to revis--
ion by the commissioners when cona~
plant Was duly made"
Acting under this motion which.
prevailed in the committee we took
a copy of the Iowa law and n copy
of the distance tariff then in force.
and with the aid of a stenOgrapher.
prepared the bill which without,
change or amendment in the eOm-
mittee was reported back to the Sen
ate. There the maximum rate kat-
ure was stricken out and the bin an.
amended subsequently passed the,
Senate and the House and was ve--
toed by Gov. Leedy. COstigan did
not have the remOtest connection.
with it and we do not propose that,
he shall secure a little cheap nOtOrie->
ty now by posing rs it's authOr-.
Kansas Democrat.