The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01
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ly taught school, and he has known
Kelly for many years Kelly is also
we'll known in Richland 1township. 1t
was here he began his Miami county
career. When he first came down into
Miami from johnson county he taught
school in Richland township. Concern
ing the situation there, Mr.. Murphy
said:
I'VE had 1S9 republican votes in our
township in the last election, and 1t
would be a high estimate to say tina.
Kelly will get twenty-five of them.
don't believe he will get over 10 per
cent of the republican vote in Miami
county,
He won't get ten per cent" said a
man who was standing near by. He
was w. H. Carpenter, republican of
Paola city. kelly won't get ten per
cent of the republican, vote of the coun-
ty. In some townships there is hardly
republican who will vote for him.
Mr.. Murphy also told the reporter of
what may have been Mr.. keliy's first
which seems to have stayed with him
when he got into the county clerks of
fee. The story as told by Mr.. Murphy
was as follows:
Years ago 1 was on the school board
in our district along with George Phil
lips. When Kelly first came down from
johnson county he applied to teach our
school and we hired him. Soon after
by my children that they needed two
new books and he said that he was 60
ing to Paola on Saturday and he would
get them if 1 wanted him to and save
me the trip. said all right, and he got
the books.
When the children brought the books
home the next Monday night I looked to
the fly leaf had been torn out of one,
but the price mark was marked on the
next page. In the other the price marked
had been erased and marked over. 1t oc-
CURED to me that the books were little
asked the Where f Ke IN
books were. He took the books down from
anything to him about Kelly, but just
went out. AS a matter of fact Kelly had
raised the price of these books ten cents
each on me-
1T was SO small and contemplate an act
that ! never said a word to anybody about
told them But when these charges against
Kelly came out thought of those books
Some time ago we circulated a paper
among the Republicans to get Kelly off the
ticket. 1 took the paper around to George
You bet I'll sign that said George.
I knew Kelly was thief years ago Fact
is, he raised the price of some school books
on me ten cents apiece when he was teach
ing our school
about the same time he aid me-
Il suppose that was Kelly's start in
raising figures When he got to be re e1unty f
ten dollars instead of ten cents, and finally
he got up to $780,
Joseph Bryan is a leading Republican
who owns a farm in Richland township
and knows people thoroughly, although
he now has the government contract for
were II Republicans in that township for
Kelly some time ago. but he doubted if
FRIENDS TURN AGAINST HIM.
George r. Reynolds lives in Paola town
ship and is member OF the Repnndliician
district. He said: I'VE have about Is Re
publican votes in Paola township, but l
1 don't believe he will get 300 Republican
votes in the county. One. Of his friends
Would get so. so You can see that even his
friends, what few there are of them, are
not very hopeful.
be warm friends Of Kelly are now against
him just because they believe he is dishon-
of our judicial committee. was chosen by
Kelly last spring one of his delegates to
the congressional convention. Now Lewis
is against him.
w. T. Johnston, an oldtime attorney OF
Paola. was formerly a Democrat. but he
came over to the Republicans on the silver
issue in 1896 and has been voting the Re-
publican ticket ever since. In talking to
the State Journal reporter he said:
you have no conception Of the feeling
against Kelly among the farmers of this
county since, thay found out what a ras.
cal he is. They have been talking 1t over
in their harvest fields this summer. They
paid their hard-earned money into the
that Kelly was stealing it out. I tell you,
they don't like it and they won't stand
it
IT used to be Kelly's friend, but would
not touch him with a ten-foot pole.
Not much. I won't vote for him and
won't for a man on the Republican ticket
if he is it,
Whats the matter with the rest of the
tfcket?" asked the reporter
See here. Young man. it's lust like this "
replied Mr.. Johnston. Suppose you should
fpt Gaf Of in tw1 and SHOULD Id find md
clined to throw. the, whole thing away:
That's the way feel about this Tom KEEL
publican ticket am afraid he Would Id con-
taminate the rest Of them. I can't stand
dishonesty and I won't stand for a ticket
that has dishonest man on it,"
Mr.. Kelly and his friends say that the
I fight him is due to factional differences
in Miami county. If there are factions in
one-sided affairs. The Republicans gen
son and seem 4. TO L. Tn enm who have
| been chiefly instrumental in bringing
| Kelly's dishonesty to the light of pubic
KELLYS OFFER TO THOMAS.
When these things were first made pub
me- said Mr.. Thomas IT did NOT say any
thing, but waited for the people of Poala
to express themselves on the subject; The ,he
| feat me for committeeman in my ward
| He put up the strongest man he could get,
but the Republicans elected me by a vote
of two to
LAS matter of fact continued Mr..
| Thomas, kelly offered me the assistant
| state treasurership and thousand dollars
| in cash if I would stop the fight on him,
and prove it.
kelly and his friends are trying to drag
| Major Remington into this fight. but as a
| matter Of fact Remington has mad nothing
| to 90 with it, Notwithstanding the way he
has been treated by Kelly Four years ago
Kelly, Simpson, who is his attorney, Grea-
| son and Remington, were all working III
| harmony, and all went to the Hutchinson
convention to support Remington, who was
candidate for state treasurer Simpson
| went as chairman of the Miami county
| delegation, Kelly went as delegate-at
| into the air and Grimes was nominated
| for state treasurer, while Kelly came home
with Grimes promise to make him assist