The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-20

bound Santa Fe flyer recently, Morse
bound for Hutchinson and Richards for
the Dodge City reunion. Morse gave
the porter a half dollar at Topeka to
awaken him at Hutchinson. as he was
extremely anxious to be at home the
following morning. Richards tipped the
porter to let him off at Dodge City
without fail. Meanwhile Governor
Fred vandegrift and others who were
going to Dodge City, got wind of
Morse's and Richards desire and it is
mildly suspected that they made it In
the two friends of Chester I. Long. At
any rate. when Morse finally awakened
of his own accord he was near Dodge
City. The porter was not to be found.
at Morse. Morse alighted from the
flyer and waited for No 2. When it
came along a couple of hours later.
Andy Richards stepped off. Morse be-
gan to joke Richards. but seeing Pc
culiar CLEAN in Andy's eyes immedi-
ately desisted. Richards had been car
ried somewhere into Colorado. and
finally got back to Dodge City. Each
Of these statesmen is rather touchy
on the subject, but this story Is true.
Effingham New Leaf: "A month ago
Tom Kelly, candidate for state treasur-
er on the Republican ticket. who has
been convicted of embezzltng $1,324,
while he was county clerk of Miami
county. made his long looked for 'ex-
planation.' In this 'explanation.' which
occupied two columns of newspaper
space Kelly says. I didn't do 1T. SO I
didn't He says it is a case of political
persecution, that the records have been
doctored. The commissioners deny this
statement The Miami Republican has
offered Kelly $1,000 to prove his state
ment. 1t asks Kelly to send a commit
tee composed of such men as John Sea-
ton of Atchison, Ewing Herbert of Hia-
watha. E. w. Hoch of Marion William
Allen White of Emporia. Arthur Cap
per and T. A. McNeal of Topeka. to
Paola to examine the records. If the
the commissioners and Republican say
they are, Editor Greason agrees to pay
Kelly s., 900. Mr.. Greason has also asked
Kelly to submit the case to a committee
selected from the state central COM
mittee. He has refused both PROPOSE
tions. He paid the deficiency thus ac-
know1edging his guilt. The Repub1i-
cans of his home county endorsed the
pudiated Kelly An honest, reliable Re
publican of Paola in a recent letter to
the editor of the New Leaf has the
following to say in regard to the Kelly
affair:
"sThe Kelly fraud is one of the rank
est that was ever perpetTated in the
state, and it is just now dawning upon
the minds of the people. There has been
a gang of fellows here who have lied
on all occasions in order that the peo-
pie might not know the facts, but MUIR
der will out. Grimes is sending out
some OF the most out1andish stuff in
regard to Kelly and the last convention
that could be imagined. Kelly was here
for two weeks before the primaries
and worked like a trojan. The issue
was central comHittee. delegates tc
the county convention, and to beat Ma
jor Remington for nomination as rep
resentative. He was here on the day OF
the primaries and his is the third name
on that day af54 o'clock. The result
OF the 20 committeeman 10 are first, last
and all the time against Kelly; of the
222 delegates to the convention 20 voted
not to pass resolutions reId1aiat ting Kel
large majority. This In how Keliy's en-
emies took advantage of him. This
county is absolutely against KeIly,n