Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-01
FROM COOPERATIVE COUNSEL
Harris Railroad Ideas Traced to
Their Origin-keefer Protests.
FROM CORSORATIvE f.,t.uSGf

fhSiT Orl9in"NceTer Protests.
FROM COOPERATIVE COUNSEL
Horace A. Keefer OF LeavenwCrrn
county. the Populist nominee for Gov
ernor, is determined that no popu-
list or former Populist snail vote for
Col Harris of Chicago this fail with
out knowing the POLITICAL record OF
the Illinois man the Democrats nave
nominated for Governor of Kansas.
Mr. heefer is a former political as
sociate of Harris and has an intimate
knowledge of the political methods
and plans of the Harris-Farrelly-Wa
gener crowd of Democrats
When Col Harris lived in Kansas
his residence was in Leavenworth
county, Keefer too was a resident of
Leavenworth county and as a lead
ing popuiist he was thrown much with
Harris in the old fusion days when
the Pops thought they could depend
on the Democrats. While in Topeka
attending the meeting of the Popu-
list state central committee Keefer
spoke his mind freely concerning
Harris and some of the things be
said, and will repeat in each speech
he makes this fall, are costing the
Chicago man hundreds of supporters.
Keefer's story of his first suspicion
of Harris is interesting.
I'm 1896 Harris wanted to be the
fusion nominee for Governor he
says. Harris has asked me TO be-
come a candidate for state senator
from Leavenworth county. Harris
was defeated as a candidate for Gov
ernor and came home from the Abb
lene convention and in order to help
him in his scheme to be elected Unit
ed States senator I withdrew as a
candidate for state senator in his ia
vor. Through the influence of my
self and some Of my Populist friends
he was elected state senator and 1
was made a member of the House.
After the election Harris asked me
to come down to his house and par
ticpate in a conference regarding pro
posed railroad legislation. I asked
who would be there and he said
Judge Robinson and a few of the
boys
do you mean Judge Elihu Robin
son, of Kansas City?' 1 asked.
Yes he said.
why 1 replied, he is a Missouri
Pacific attorney.
ct know that said Harris, but he
is a good fellow and he is my broth
er-in-law. He will give US some good
pointers about legislation next win
ter. You better come down.
From that time on 1 became sus-
picious of Colonel Harris. 1 could
not understand how he expected to
profit or do the people good from
snointers' which he would receive
from a Missouri Pacific attorney
watched the colonel from that time
and found that he was working en-
tirely too much with Judge Robinson,
Bale Waggener, Hugh Farrelly and
W. II. Ryan. Ryan, Harris and Far
reilly were in the senate that winter,
and they worked together to fool the
people They succeeded fairly well in
the railroad measure they put
through, but they could not fool Gov
ernor Leedy They came so near sue
ceeding that time that they think they
can fool the people this year. They
are mistaken.
I'VE will call attention to the fact
that Colonel Harris insisted upon be-
ing surrounded this year with Ryan
and Farrelly. He had worked with
these men in some of his former
deals and knew that he could get
along with them