The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-26
WILL NOT BE TOLD.
Twenty-Five Tales the Populists
Will Not Publish.
The Leedy Campaign Book VIII he Notorl-
Gus for the IDt4resting Matter 1t
Does Not Contsin-Popu-
list Testimony.

Juln IMAM tnOSe tnat ~ does contain.
To begin with, it will give a ske tch
of Gov. Leedy. but will not con tain the
governors interview in which he said:
Having been unable TO make living
on a farm, l quit that business and
went to studying the financial ques-
ton"
The railroad question will be re-
ferred to as showing what Attorney
General Boyle and the railroad com.
missioners have done, but no place
will be found for the interview MIR.
Leedy had with Senator John Arm
strong, populist, when he said he
would have vetoed the Brown bill had
IL passed the legislature, as he did the
Harris bill. Bailey Wsgener's advice
TO Representative Ed Hackney "Its
no use for you TO expend so much en-
ergy on railroad legislation, Ed, for
the governor will veto any bill you
pass" will not be incorporated.
No reference will be made to the
fact that several populist members of
the legislature went TO Topeka on
borrowed money and returning home
built new barns, bought droves of cat.
tie and opened grocery stores
Representative w. f. Browns open
letter charging that Jerry Simpson
was on the pay roll of the lobby to de.
feat populist measures and Browns
severe arraignment of Simpson and
Senator Harris will not appear.
The editorial in the Hiawatha Dem
ocrat, accusing the populist state board
of charities with boodling and de-
manding their immediate removal by
the governor will be one of the stories
overlooked in the makeup of the book.
The book will con tain no reference to
Oil Inspector Wharton's inspecting a
barrel of rain water at Garnett and
stamping il 100 test" Neither will
IL contain the article Frank Elliott
wrote exposing the coal oil inspection
scandal and which by threats of pub
fishing in his own paper, forced Leedy
To go over to Atchison at midnight
and tender him the Office of executive
clerk in the governors office, which
he accepted and which he now holds.
Frank Weinschenk's expose of the
deal the other members of the live
stock sanitary commission, of which
he was president had with the rail-
roads TO compel cattlemen to ship all
of their cattle into Kansas by rail in
expose of the 80 per month Doodle
deal at the Kansas City stock yards
will not be part of the populist cam
paign handbook.
The story of the payment OF ell
900 TO David Overmeyer by Gov.
Leedy out of his contingent fund a
short time after the Atchison demo
cratic convention, for Services rem
y =. ~ l. Al.
; of the populist censor.
There will be no chapter on 'why
the populist executive committee
awarded the contract TO pave the walks
! and drives of the statehouse grounds
to the highest bidder"
The Graham county bond deal, at
tempted to be perpetuated by the state
school fund commissioners, and only
stopped by Treasurer Hehebower APP
pealing TO the supreme court, would
be interesting reading, bat G. w. Har-
rington censor on the book will let
the public find that out some other
way than through the populist hand
book.
The successful efforts of Bank Com
missioner Breidenthal and Secretary
of State Bush to stop a wholesale
Doodle deal on the selection of a New
York fiscal agency is such rich read
ing matter that the populist managers
will keepit from the "poor, down-trod-
dren" farmers of the state and will not
insert IL in their book
Speaker Streets testimony about
that 500 bill being thrown at him by
Harry Wilson, of the book trust, and
il sticking on his felt hat; also his re-
fusal to accept a 81 500 Doodle on the
Echoolbook bill will not go in The
censor is afraid that some iuquisitive
populist would write in and ask for
additional information concerning the
matter.
The testimony of almost every popu-
list representative, showing that al
most every other populist represen la
tive was corrupt and had his hand out
in all directions during the legisla-
tive session, as recorded in the pro-
ceedinRs of the populist legislative in
vestigating committee, may find place
in the republican handbook, but not
in the populist book, II Grant Harring-
ton knows himself, anG he thinks he
does.
There will be no room for Speaker
~ iSh' ~ 'N'ANP . Anhoho Soy ing
"This Legislature is the most corrupt
since the days OF Pomeroy."
The book will not contain Taylor
Riddles famous interview, declaring
that sit is useless for the populists 70
pay any attention to the damned mig
gers, for they vote the republican
ticket like sheep" Neither will ii
say anything farther about Riddles
sudden attack of heart failure after
being elected captain OF the Marion
company of volunteers and discover
ing that he was likely to be sent where
there would be some Fighting TO do.
Censor Harrington will treat with
silent contempt. the query made by an
inquisitive populist: why don't Leedy
proceed to collect the thousands OF
dollars from the Leavenworth Goa
mining companies which he claims