The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-15

tion Of Senators who voted against the anti
alum repeal bill?
Those who are putting two and two TO
| gether make four by assuming that ther;
are several thousand dollars in the posses
sion OF the promoter of the combination
and that. until he tells what he knows. SONS
| of the Senators who now 80 glibly exp7air
| why they voted against the repeal bill vii
/ continue to announce their indifference tC
Grand Jury investigation.
That the prosecuting oficials-'persecut-
/ ing attorneys" as some of the witnesses
| call them-are looking for some money
which has not yet come to light may be
surmised from the fact that subpoenas have
| been issued to-day by Attorney General
Crow for witnesses in several towns who
are supposed to Fnow OF deposits OF large
| bills soon after the adjournment OF the ses-
sion.
Safety-deposit boxes will be opened in st.
Louis. It Is said. Some OF the witnesses
will be examined here and others in So.
Louis.
VIII Frank Farris finally weaken and tell
| all he knows. or will he keep mum by seek
ing the protection OF the Constitution? is
another question which is bothering more
| than one Senator.
-
be said to be passing through a great
strain. A man OF strong domestic tastes in
! many ways, and even said to be harboring
an ambition to be Attorney General his
present predicament IS enough to arouse
pity and curiosity regarding his probable
course.
Another man whose testimony is antici-
pated with a great deal of anxiety is Lieu
tenant Governor Lee. He arrived from Kan
sas City with his wife this afternoon. He
has denied himself to callers and interview
ers since that time. Mrs. Lee seems to be
his strong right arm in his emergency.
The Lieutenant Governor will have a con-
ference with the Attorney General to-mor-
row morning. and will probably appear
nSain before the Grand Jury to add 10 the
evidence which he has already given to Mr.
Crow.
GOVERNOR LEE CHANGED.
Those who saw Lieutenant Governor Lees
arrival on the afternoon train to-day and
his entrance into the capital city lust before
the General Assembly convened last Janu-
ary. saw a great contrast. Three months
ago he stepped lightly from the coach and
was greeted ov a host OF political friends,
many OF whom REGARDED him as one Of the
leading candidates for Governor. Mr.. Lee
was happy. PROSPEROUS and care-free
To-day. he siiooed from the Pullman with
his faithful wife. He looked at no one. He
anneared haEgard. drawn and sick. No one
spoke TO him. He looked through the area
wsv TO a carriage. made straight for II. and
was driven TO a quiet boarding house.
where he is secluded. Three months have
worked very great change in the Lieu
tenant Governor Of Missouri.
There are many guesses as to why he
went TO Kansas City yesterday instead OF
coming here. II Is noticed that Senator
Jesse Jewell returned there about the same
time. Those who profess to know. think
that Lee saw Fred Fleming at the Blossom
House Fleming had much TO do with the
naming OF Jewell as the only Republican
member OF the Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee. Jewell introduced the Candy
bill. which prohibited the use OF -four in the
manufacture OF candy. Lee is said to have
been interested In this measure and TO have
controlled JeweIrs vote on the measure.
Much relief was felt In certain quarters
to-day when II became rumored that the
evidence now before the Grand Jury chiefly
Republican Senator. who is
now out of the State. Fixing the blame
on one man in a single instance Il enough
to relieve other witnesses.