The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-19
A THREADBARE STORY.

Cy Leland's paper, the Troy Chief
| publish ed the Topeka Journals sensa-
| tiOnal article "a hours ahead OF the
Journal. The article appeared in the
Chief last Thursday, credited to the
Topeka Journal, yet the Journal did
not print it until Friday afternoon, one
| day later. This supplies the missing
| link in the evidence that this whole at
tack on the state ticket is inspired and
| backed by the revengeful remnant of
the old machine. Through 1T all, now
ever, looms up the fact that the state
/ has not been defrauded of penny
that the money is all in the treasury.
Del Valentine, in the Clay Center
Times.
The Topeka Capital, in connection
with various other personalities not
deemed worthy of notice, publishes the
same sort of thing with black head
lines and quotes the Minneapolis Mes
senger as saying: 1T is Leland-not
Frank MacLennan-who furnishes the
attacks upon the Republican leaders
hated by Leland. MacLennan is simp-
ly the cheap hired man. The evil
dence of this is found in the fact that
Leland's paper at Troy quoted from
the Journal and published-before the
Journal was printed-the whole fakir
story about kelly's alleged embezzle-
ment."
printed this falsehood and it has been
copied widespread by certain newspa-
pers that ought to be ashamed of them
selves. There are so many of these mis-
statements of fact and of motives that
the State Journal has not regarded it
as necessary to undertake to deny them.
This paper has been so busy telling the
truths and gathering sworn evidence to
corroborate them that it really has no
time to devote to misrepresentation of
it's course and to abuse of it's con-
ductors. 1t is entirely content to wait
the outcome of the facts it has printed
about the Comanche county bond pur-
chase and about State Treasurer Kelly's
defalcations.
The Troy Chief explained the mat
ter a week ago. The State Journal
printed the bankers testimony Friday,
October 7. The Chief dated Thursday,
october 6, was not actually printed
that week till Saturday morning. The
State Journal of Friday reached Troy
at the usual hour, $50, the same
evening. The Chiefs legal and reg
ular date is Thursday, but an accident
to it's press and the issue also delayed
till Saturday on account of local poll
tics, enabled the Chief to use its
is all there is to that. This Informal
ton came to the State Journal by
telephone from the editor of the Chief.
1t might be pertinent to add right
here that Mr.. Leland had nothing to
do with the Comanche county bond
exposure. In the whole transaction
Mr.. Leland has not even been an in
cident Whatever the Troy Republi-
can leader has learned about the Co.
manche county proposition we think
he has learned from this paper. The
State Journal cannot help it if what
it has printed has pleased Mr.. Leland
and displeased some of his political
enemies There are a whole lot of
good points about Leland and we like
him to that extent. and have no apol-
ogies. He is a fighter. We have crit
icised him for doing certain things
as a strong man in Republican poll
tics. but that is not the point.
The State Journal was the first to
point out the disgraceful lot of super
numeraries around the house in the
last legislature and regretted that Mr.
Leland did not with his great influence
stop it; but Mr.. Stubs was more ex-