The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-25

What S2502" ASKED Ridgeway
oh, don't play the innocent" said the
lobbyist. You are Senator -, and
I happen 10 know about the $3.50 that
you got for killing that waterworks bill.
Now give me a hundred of it or IL
peach on -ou.
Ridgeway then convinced the lobbyist
that ne was mistaken in the identity Of
his victim.
Since the Galloway affidavit was pub
lished there have been a miscellaneous
assortment of Doodle rumors flying
around, but nothing definite is told. A
grand jury might find good material to
work on in Kansas il it had a man
like Mr.. Folk. of St. Louis. to help it
The Kansas City Star publishes the
Were there a few 81 900 bills in the
probable sorne Of them were handed OUT
i'm Kansas City. Kansas politicians and
members of the legislature have beer
coming and going through Kansas City
all winter It is as much of a. rendez-
vous for them as St. Louis is for Mis-
souri, statesmen. Two st. Louis news
paper men happened into a saloon near
the Southern hotel one day recently and
said they saw Senator Frank Farris
with a 1000 bill. This informa ton, inn
parted to Joseph Folk, circuit attorney,
caused a considerable stir.
Now a Kansas City barkeeoer says
ne saw man ~ ms place. Whoin ne
- 80 fai7es 49, 'i'lsls y.
since the adjournment of the Kansas
leslsiature Inc bartender SAYS 1nF
~ ~lllau WIN the 1Li7 % uuS7 , oisl - ~.
time ago. probably two weeks. he is
~ 80 80 - - ss tile
ullllh me 1lah toiI Llis ue'i SIi'l elle.1
ns ~ w IN Nall9a9 - III t,i0 S,1i l'oa9
~ u Hls1Nli.s q - eSea'e usa' ~ psag-
lls 4vi ths uilhA ne tVon ION - Us
P0chel d Wailes Whleh eoplaIns1 tW9 81
wv yllL7' peslues d uuAtDsl ~ q pilLs %
9lie.ltCA 'te4l' - Mas Joiilgu
~. ~ -ooh Sg " SSgllt man ~, " 1LoalA III.
% llle 'ai @ .siluef uia hoI khV"' Inc lWo
VEN ~ @ out eosstnei;
q. -. - We.9 ~, soo- ted a AeW uaSa d6o litaI
S-'ooo s Sl-ls 5s 1al Heeu Sseh a. l.lc = Cnloti
o1'oS - Gul lils ~ MliiSeI. a lSas1 Nv o
~ 90 90 20 ntVe 9een nanoeo over I've,
-, ~ - 5ii ne
~, ~ 49, - - ~ st'VDo oiils
-, -. t- = - ~ - - ~ ny ge l,l9
desie - .-ls.is ple. ,
eo1S o.9 siisll as neilis gl thS coiol ol
~, ~ lr,, -, y "a III - q lst nle
na,iI1- ,.a,.,.,- Il ooo - -. ,4 y =
believed raj +7.,-s = -+e,a ft. - ooo
bills seen in Kansas civ dnrine tbs
,,ti-,+.,- > ili i>9i'ss'9 Oiey uuiths the
The fart +ba+ n mn bills ,,..rs ,,-.d ~
nav for "a ailros7 tfCl-sfe 7,-o,,I5 te.9 -
clear members of the Kansas lepislat,,re
from the charge of having them. Kan
sos legislators never brv railroad tick
cts.
This mornings Kansas City Star sav vs.
of the Doodle stories and the abrupt ter
mination Of the proposed investigation
4 TIE KANSAS DOODLE CHARGES. .
The seeming purpose of the admins
tratlon at Topeka to either discourage
/ the inVestigation of the alleged 'bood-
I ing IN the last session OF the legisla-
70 acqulcsce ia the efforts OF
otheIs TO keep the matter down. is not
-lll, 11lllp lliiletltaty 70 those VINO are sup
p7L sF u =. % @ seoh out Tor lns observance OF
~. llsss ol tne slaIuing OF
,li-5 a 1Ssl eSsSe III WIilSh II was
-,i4 - sSiile u LOU lesisldelVe II
bss - 7ie-.t1S SoillS oul lncloeIlIai-
cirofIr9s+ans e. es, a. is 1'sl
attention bas baen ei,-a,, ~ +a ,,ts ~
that members If The E<a1sss ie.,sI 80 -
were seen in T[ansas r,it11 ,,-;sI, e. 400
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