People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-08
DOODLE CHARGES
Parsons Offered Tom Anderson
S3,tO0 for His Vote.
No Doubt That the Asylum Was Located
fraudulently-Papers Are Being Pre-.
pared for An Injunction Suit,
When the Charges Will be
Aired In Open Court.
Kansas City Times.

Kansas City Times.
Topeka, Kan, June 5.-Senator T.
J. Anderson of Topeka, one OF the
members of the asylum locating COM
mittee, says that he was offered
$1,000 10 vote for Parsons and that he
refused the bride. He says there is
no doubt Parsons got the location
through fraud, and he wants the
whole affair investigated. Members
Jf tie committee who voted for
Prisons say Senator Anderson is cry.
ing ":t"p, lhief," to shield
himself, aud tell a story about him
that places the senator 10 as bad a
light as any Of them.
In the charges Of bribery that are
fly Ing back and forth both sides NAV
be wrong, but one thing is quite GER
tain. Before one cent of the legisla.
tive appropriation for the construc.
tiOn Of the new asylum is drawn out
OF the state treasury, there will be an
investigation Of some sort. Governor
Stanley said today the charges OF
bOOdling should be sifted to the bot.
tom and the guilty parties, If any
there are, brought to justice. He
intimated, however, that the courts
should make the investigation and
that the executive branch had moth.
ing to do with it.
Senator Anderson's story is believed
in Topeka. No man at the capital is
better known than the venerable Tom
and he has the confidence OF the
people. lu years past he has been
postmaster, mayor, passenger agent
OF the Rock Island and is now secre.
tary OF the Commercial club. Auder.
sons charges, therefore, are not the
vagaries of disgruntled politician,
He says be was offered $1,000 several
weeks ago to vote for Parsons. The
offer was made through a man who
was connected with the Parsons push,
although he now lives in Topeka,
This man was friend Of Anderson's
and knew the senator was hard
pressed financially. He told Ander.
son the amount would pay the mort.
gage on his home and put him on
''easy street." Anderson replied:
"I'll sleep in the streets and see my
wife and baby in the poor house before
will sell my manhood and honor.
am too old man to sell myself, body
and soul, to Parsons or any other
town. am for Clay Center. / voted
for Clay Center in the legislature,
and Pm going to the last ditch with
that town on my ballot"
Topeka Journal.
Major Anderson, of Topeka, a mem.
Der of the locating committee, was
offered $1,000 for his vote.
The papers are now being prepared
for an injunction suit to be brought
against the state auditor to restrain
him from paying out the money APP
propriated for the new state insane
asylum which was located at Parsons.
1t has not been determined which
court will first hear this case. An
original proceeding lin the supreme
court is suggested, but the idea is to
file the suit in the the district court
Of Shawnee county.
The parties backing this suit are
tltse who we're disappointed in secur.
ing the asylum. Clay Center is said
to be the principal mover, although
an effort is being made to keep the
entire proceedings secret until the
suit is filed.
The papers 10 the case will be &C.
companied by some startling afiidayits
to sustain the allegation that Doodle
was used to secure the asylum. There
is one thing certain and that is, it is
proposed to 60 to the bottom of this
matter and ascertain If Parsons Sc.
cured the asylum 10 an irregular man.
ner. There is but one way to reach
the matter, and that is by getting it
into court, and for this purpose the
Injunction suit has been prepared.
Work on the papers in this case was
done in Topeka yesterday and is being
continued today, although The parties
who are interested in it disclaim all
knowledge OF such proceedings.
The Asylum May Not be Built.