The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-05
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Treasurer John Francis, A. L. Williams.
E S. Slower, Arthur McCabe. district
clerk and James F. Legate. The costs
OF the court in Shawnee and Usage
counties are paid: 5.265 are given by
Governor Slower to Colonel York, and
receipt taken by Slower from York The
$5,265 is then given to A. H Horton,
who gives a receipt signed s. c. Pom
eroy by A. H. Horton. Mr.. Vance
agrees to file a nolle prosequi in Usage
county. The 1926 is divided among the
'Omnia quae movent ad mortem stunt
Dec danda.
80 it used to be- Now the smiling
lawyers of the deceased divide the
deodand. So much the more prac-
tica1!''
In the scandal following the re-elec-
ton of Senator Ingalls, in 1879, Legate
lined up with ingalls,, although he had
voted against him in the legislature
ingalls, defeated Judge Horton by
narrow margin, although Judge Horton
had majority of the members pledged
to him in the caucus at o'clock on the
morning of the senatorial election, and
it was charged that ingalls, had bought
three members away from Horton. An
anti-Ingalls committee, on which was
w. w. Guthrie, Judge Horton, Cyrus
Leland and others, made up purse to
push an investigation of ingalls, in the
United States senate. Legate went to
the aid of ingalls, and is credited with
saving his seat for him.
Legate narrowly escaped being COVER
nor of the territory of Washington at
one time. He was a close friend of
Alexander Caldwell. who at one time
was elected a United States senator in
the Inflated Lane succession, but was
forced to resign because of bribery
charges. Caldwell secured the appoint
ington. but a fight was started on his
confirmation. Some enemy dug up a
letter which Legate had written during
the impeachment proceedings against
President Johnson, in which he said he
could handle Senator Pomeroy's vote.
and offered to do so for a consideration
That knocked Legate's chances OF con-
f1rmation.
Legate once made a record breaking
horseback ride from Lawrence to Leav-
enworth and the time he made still!
stands as the record, it is claimed, al
though history does not record the time
he made. and it was done nearly forty
years ago. 1t was the day that Guam
trell raided Lawrence Legate escaped
from the raiders by swimming the Kaw.
He got a horse at farm house and
started for Leavenworth, thirty miles
away. 1t was a Paul Revere sort of
ride AS fast as he wore out one horse
he would stop at farm house and
take a fresh one. When he reached
Leavenworth he organized a relief party
anu TOOG DICK 10 the dlQ OIL IdWTcuCe.
Legate's power in Republican poll
tics waned in the late eighties, and in
1892. after the Populists had come into
power. he joined that party. He threat
ened to tell lot of things on some old
time Republican leaders, and a date
was set for the speech in which he pro-
posed to make the exposure. But for
some reason the speech was never made.
Some of the old-timers, it is claimed.
persuaded him from his purpose. His
connection with the Populists was not
prOfita BILE, and he did not remain with
that party long, and has never since
had much to do with politics.
Several years ago Legate made a rep
utation as lobbyist at Washington.
deep water congress in the interest of
securing an appropriation for deep
sea harbor at Galveston. Caldwell
wanted to go to Europe and gave Le-
gate his proxy. Legate took an active
part in the proceedings and so pleased
the Galveston people that he was sent
to Washington to lobby the apprOpria-
ton through congress. He was success
full and it is said that Galveston paid
him 900 for his work.
After the Spanish-American war Spain
put in a claim of 46 million dollars
against the United States for internal
improvements in Cuba. OF course there
was little hope of getting congress to
pay such bill, but the Spanish govern
ment employed Legate to go to Wash
ington to lobby for it. He had lost his
grip, however, and made little Roadway
with it.
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