The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-03
REVIEW OF IHE
DOODLE GASES
Beginning of Exposition of
Missouri RottenneSS.
AKUM NOT ONLY TROUBLE
Grand IurieS Have Enough to-
Do in Year.
AKUM NOT ONLY TROUBLE


has turned its attention to the missouri
legislatures trial for boodling-
The Lieutenant Governors statement OF
his connection with the alum legislation
Is At present the subject OF investigation
by two Missouri grand jUries. one IN 81
Louis directed by Circuit Attorney joseph
w. Folk. who successfully prosecuted
the boodlers in the Municipal Assembly
of ST. Louis: the other working at Jeffer-
son City, the capital Of the State and the
county seat OF Cole county, It's work d.
rected by Prosecuting Attorney Stone
and Attorney General E. c. Crow.
Lees statement is said to contain a
confession that he appointed committee
20 consider a bill TO repeal the alum law
at the instignation OF the Baking Powder
Trusts legislative representative, Daniel
I Kelly. Of New York city, whom Lee
has formally charged with attempting to
bride him to help in defeating this repeal
measure.
II was Lees statements TO Attorney
General crow and Circuit Attorney Folk
which led to the startling exposures OF
boodllng in connection with the alum
hill. to the fling Of the information by
Folk against Kelly, charging him with
attempt to bribe; to the issuance by
Governor Dockery Of exuadition papers
for Kelly, and the journey to New York
CITY by Detective Tracy, Of st. Louis.
for the purpose of finding Kelley ana
bringing him back to St. Louis
The facts in connection with Lees rela-
tons to the alum bill and its sponsors
may be stated as follows
Lee voted against the bill to repeal the
alum bin at the last session Of the legis-
lature Then the biz was placed on Its
final passage in the senate, after having
been passed by the House. The tie vote
in the senate which gave the presiding
offcer-the Lieutenant Governor OF the
State-the deciding vote. was brought
about bv the alum senators" who wish
ed TO force Lee to show his hand. He had
been posing as a friend Of the indepen-
dent manufacturers. He cast the decid-
ing vote against the repeal bill.
lie was a close personal friend of Dan
Eel J. Kelley, lobbyist and alleged doodle
agent for the Baking Powder Trust; he
was called John" by Kelley, and he
called Kelley Dan" he wrote letters TO
Kelley during the time the Legislature
was I'm session advising him as to the
situation, and before the Legislature con-
vened advising him that it would not
be safe to press prosecutions of the in
dependent baking powder manufacturers
at that time.
According to his own admissions ana
oaths Lee was repeatedly offered brides
by Kelley to work fer the defeat Of the
Alum Repeal law. Kelley gave Lees bro
Their. Robert r. Lee. editor of the Inter
state Grocer. of this city, a check for
sl0oo to be given to the Lieutenant Gov
ernor. This check was signed by Kelly
1t is in the possession of the prosecuting
officers in the Doodle investigation. 1t
remained in Lees hands from the time
It was given TO him, 2 few days before
the legislature adjourned. and about the
time the Alum Repeal bill came up for
final vote IN the State senate until few
days ago.
This is the array of facts against Lee:
Lee is a broken man. lie feels his dis
grace keenly. lie has lost flesh and spirit
ana ambition since the alum exposures
began.
Lee is Just one Of the big men of Mis-
souri who may be ruined by the present
Doodle investigation. Before the two
grand jurics have finished sounding the
cesspool Of legislative corruption. it is
safe to say that a score or more Of men
will resret their work in the last Legis-
latgre.
Amon- the moro prominent men who.
IN one way o7. another. are involved in the
Investigation of legislative methods are
former Governor William J. Stone. pres
en- innior United States senator from
Missouri Daniel ! Kelley. commemorative
of The Baking Powder Trust and Scna-
TORS Farris Orchard. Morton. sullivan.
Collins. Schoenlaub ana Ssrtorius. There
Were efchteen members OF the so-cailed
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possi,lv everv ono ~ che siehteen viii,
be compelled to exglatn Ia one or tho
other Of two grand i,lri-s iust wha. en-
nection and int,res, tncv had i'm lesisla-
zion r..rt.frfnr ia hal-in- novyder
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