The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-06
AFTER BOODLERS.
Location of Insane Asylum to
Be Investigated.
Suit Is Commenced I'm Clay
County Court.
CHARGES OF FRAUD.
Direct Claim That Four Mem
bers Accepted Pay.
Names of the Corrupt Commit
teemen withheld
TECHNICAL GROUNDS.
Advantage Taken of Flaws In
the Law.
Politicians Frightened at
Promised Revelations.
Direct Claim That Four Mem
bers Accepted Pay.
Names Of the Corrupt Commit
teemen Withheld.
TECHNICAL GROUNDS.
Advantage Taken of Flaws In
the Law.
Politicians Frightened a
Promised Revelations.

The suit brought by citizens Of Clay
Center to prevent Parsons from secur-
ing the new insane asylum has been
fled in Clay county and a temporary in
junction has been issued to restrain the
state board of charities from taking
deeds from Parsons for the site and
from certifying vouchers to the state
auditor and also to restrain the board
from making contracts for the erection
of the new asylum.
The suit was filed today by Williams
& Coleman, attorneys for the Clay Cen
ter business mems club. These law
yers will assist the county attorney in
the prosecution of the case.
The suit is brought in the name Of the
state Of Kansas on the relation OF the
county attorney, J. H. Russell
In the absence of the district judge
the probate judge issued the temporary
injunction.
Service in the case was secured on P.
H. DOlan, a member of the board OF
charities who was passing through Clay
The politicians have been making
light of the charges of fraud and Doodle
but the Clay Center people charge in
the petition that four members of the
committee accepted Doodle. The men
are not named.
The petition which is filed in this case
sets up the claim that the action of the
committee in locating the asylum is
void for the following reasons:
''First-Because the committee was
appointed before the law went into eff
''Second-Because the house of repre-
sentatives did not approve the speakers
appointments Of members Of the com
mittee
''Third-The law creating the commit
tee is in contravention of section 16, ar
ticle of the constitution.
"FOurth-That the act does not auth
orize any person to purchase land for
the site and makes no appropriation for
the purchase of the land.
"Fifth-That a majority of the COM
mittee did not at any time vote for Par
sons.
'.Sixth-That twice before the eigh-
teen ballot, upon which the asylum was
declared located at Parsons, q majority
of the committee had voted for Clay
Center and the tellers suppressed the
votes,
''Seventh-That four members of the
committee fraudulently, and cOrruptly
for q consideration of money or proper
~ or promises of money or property by
them received or to be received voted
for the location of the asylum to be To-
Gated at Parsons"
The section of the constitution which
it is claimed the law cOntravents fol-
mo bill shall contain more thar one
subject which shall be clearly expressed
In it's title"
This is the same contention which A.
"A. Hurd raises against the validity OF
the court of visitation act.
With reference to the sixth paragraph
of the petition, it is probably at first
a peculiar idea But this claim is made
in view Of the feet that Representative
Moore (ReD.) and Representative Wright
(POp) clam that on certain ballots
they voteo for Clay Center. AS Senator
Anderson, Representative Bigham and
Representative Frank Reeder saw the
votes of each as they were cast they viii
swear that they voted constantly for
Clay Center. This means that Moore
and Wright, had they voted as they
claimed they did. would have given the
asylum to Clay Center. Should this
point be sustained it viii prove that
the asylum was located at Clay Center
or that these men have mfsrepresented
The vote which they claim to have cast.
This suit viii stir up the animals in
Topeka 1t viii result in bringing be
fore the public the name of the man
who ouered Tom Anderson money to
vote for Parsons. a Journal reporter
has the name OF the man who made
Anderson this offer and Major Anderson
gays the public shall know who it was
WHOM this case comes to trial
The real truth of the Doodle charges
viii now be developed. If the Clay Cen
ter people prove what they expect to
the suit will furnish a sensation which
the people OF the state win preserve as
a choice morsel of gossip for several
years.
The Parsons. people have been chat
ting about the charges of Doodle but
now the city is placed on the defensive
and the indications are there will be a
long and bitter legal fight over this
question.
1t Is believed that the litigation will
not be concluded before the next lesis-
1ature assemblies then the location of ar
asylum in the western part Of the state
Will be taken up in earnest. Just now
the appointment OF a special commit
tee to locate even a post hole would bs
unpopular The people of the state
have had enough of legislative specia
and investigating committees.
WEALTHY CHINAMAN.