The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-31
FROM Mr.. FOUGHT.
North Topeka Hardware Man
Turns on Light.

North Topeka, Kan, March 81, 1904.
To Voters of the Third Ward.
All the interest 1 have in this is to
show how Mr.. Wolf did justice to his
fellow flood sufferers IN the hardware
business in North Topeka.
l was sick in the hospital at the
time, but most of my goods We're NOV
ed into small store pear the Throop
hotel on Kansas avenue. l had one
car load of nails, which we would have
been glad to sell for $1.5o to 81 per
100 pounds. 1 had plenty of 2-hole gas
oline stoves, nicely cleaned and ready
for use. 1 had all kinds of LOCKS,
hinges, door bolts, and other hardware
goods of all kinds to sell far bel3w
cost, in order to help out Mr.. Wolf and
his relief committee. The whole COM
Doodle of them knew it, for l wrote to
Mr.. Anderson, secretary of the Com
mercial club and informed him. All
the orders they gave me, all told, was
for table knives and forks, costing
$1.75.
A fine record, 1 dare say, not only
for Mr.. Wolf, but for the whole relief
committee. Yours for truth,
J. H. FOUGHT.
1t is not necessary to write any ex-
PLANTATION to go with the above COM
munication- 1t speaks for itself.
While Wolf. candidate for council
man on law and order ticket, was
gobbling up SO, 440 worth of flood relief
money by means of orders which he is
sued and signed himself, other people
who lost many times as much as he
did in the flood were left.
J. H. FOUGHT is a staunch law and
order man. He is a leading member
of the First Congregational church
But in spite of this, the Committee Of
Two Hundred does not want to take
any evidence from him,
NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
The Committee of Two Hundred is
done inves ligating Mr.. Wolf. The book
is closed. No evidence of his dissipat-
ed habits, no evidence of his outrag-
eous manipulation of flood relief bus
mess to his own financial fattening, no
evidence of the decidedly suspicious
circumstances which. surrounded the
Wolf administration of the police de-
partment, is wanted by the Committee
of Two Hundred.
DR.. S. G. Stewart, chairman of the
Committee of Two Hundred who sign
ed the report, said today:
I'VE will make no further lnveSuga-
ton unless it seems necessary"
do you think it will be necessary
'tOh. no. 1 am satisfied to let it stand
as it is
win there be any meeting of the
II couldn't say"
E. B. Cowgirl. who was secretary of
the committee, and who also signed
the report. said today:
L
ton is necessary. The committee has
had no meetings. and 1 don't think we
will have. l have not read the charges
made in Lass nights State Journal.
1t is a fortunate thing that all the
voters in the Third ward are not mem
bers of the Committee of Two Hun
bred Most of them still believe in the
theory that it pays to hear both sides
of case before making up their
minds.
1t is probable that Third ward people
will not allow half a dozen men to get
together, calling themselves a Com
mittee of Two Hundred, and dictate
in the name of law and order to all
the voters of the ward.
VOLTS friends admit that his sole nope
of election now is in the ability of the
Republican machine to hold the voters
in line on the ground of partisanism. They
do not seriously attempt to deny his affil-
iation with joints. They admit, just as
is beyond criticism as a candidate Tor
councilman or any other public offlee.
The only ground the Wolf faction has
left-to stand on is the narrow ground OF
craftsmanship
wolf will win because he has the or
ganization,'' is the claim of the machine
managers wolf can get out the vote.
Green can't. The Republicans will stand
by Wolf"
That remains to be seen. There are a
good many Republicans, who, to avoid
the unpleasant anathemas of the party
machine, will not do much talking, but
lot they will show that they know the
difference between a broad-minded intel
ligent business man of sterling character,
and a beer drinking politician posing as
law and order" candidate.
q NH