The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-11
The Telegraphers, Nine Hour Law.

o a..re n az Young against the railroad tel
eeraphers' nine-hour law"
RMS vote was on the adoption Of the
conference report on 8. 5l33 In stating
Ine question to the senate, the following
The 'vice-President: The only question
oeIore the senate is on agreeing to the
voted for the conferences report. It
was oe,eated and second conference was
oroered. A second conference report on
March 4. 1897, page 1883, and voted for
tnat report. 1t contained q provision in
relation to telegraphers and Is now the
port and none against it, and President
Roosevelt signed the bill.
Investigating Land Frauds.
The charge is as follows:
the infamous Senator Fulton, who has
JUST peen reJected by the Oregon Republic
cans cans against going into the title OF GER
sired its past stealings legalized by ST.
fence. and In spite of the fact that the ad-
Sn .nas 81, desires to open these titles
street."
This This was on II. R.. 25745. the sundry
appropriation Of $50. 600 for the investisa- "a
ton of frauds connected with the public
lands. Attached to this appropriation was
the Following provision:
Provided. that no part of this appro-
pr1ation shall be available for the exam
nation of the lands embraced in any
made, unless the department has infor-
maIlon furnishing good grounds to sus-
pect fraud or Noncompliance with the law
as 10 that specific entry
Senator Lafollette offered an amend
ment to insert the word homestead" be-
fore the word entry, where it occurs in
the provision, so as to limit 1t to home
stead entries only. A motion to lay this
amendment on the table was made and
believe in restrictine the Amendment M n It" to
homestead entries only. but 1 wanted it
70 apply to all public entries. voted for
these land frauds. and the above charge
is as false. misleading and untrue as are
Inc others that have preceded it,
against me. In these votes I am accused
or having consistently and persistently
voted Tor Wall street and against the in
terests OF the people of Kansas who elect
co me- Yet. after making all these
charges. the article contains this state
ment:
And yet for all that he is an honest
man personally. he takes no money for his
vote: he receives no benefit for his influ-
railroads in Kansas politics. It always is
best to fight fair and those who accuse
Senator Long of personal dishonesty are
he has bought magnificent mansion in
Washington should not be used against
him. In the first place he has bought nc
has only a small equity in it. He is pay
ing for it in installments a little more
than his rent, and is depending on
turn when he is done with it,
How can be an honest man and yet dc
the things herein charged is beyond my
to the Washington house is as inaccurate
and incorrect as the others that have pre-
coded it. Mr.; White is right when he says
that 1 have bought no mansion. He is
wrong when he says I have bought ar
ordinary house, and am paying for it In
installments # f., he had examined e. tn Il
he would have found deed recorded
there in record No. 1926. at page 4S5. Thai
g, 1901, and from it MI. White could have
ascertained the name of the person who
purchased the house and there has beer
no change in its ownership since thai
time. The house was paid for at the time
of it's purchase, but I am not its owner
and never have been.
While this is a personal matter, I have
no desire to keep anything connected will
it from my constituents. This house wa.
purchased by Mrs. Long with her money
derived from property which she had al
be under the necessity of having to refel
to this matter again during this or an,
other campaign I may make In Kansas
The inaccuracies and misstatements con
| tanned in the article of Mr.. White and Mr.
Bristow exceed anything that has eve
| lieve that any other public official in tn
history of the state has ever been the sub
| ject of an accusation that was SO unwar
|
that was prepared to order was malicious
| ly made and is misleading in every par
| tfcular.
| AS long ago as February Mr.. Whit
| himself told me of its existence: that h
| had it in his possession: that it amounte'
to nothing, and that he had declined t
| use it. OF his reasons for changing hi
mind and assuming responsibility for II
you know much as I.
| When the bills upon which I voted wer
/ up in the house or senate there was de
| bate on each and all Of them. Some rep
reSentative or senator made a speech con
i tanning statements that were inaccurat
| ments by individual senators and individ
ual representatives are taken in the doc
report Of the committee or the statemen
of other members who had better oppor
tunity to know all the facts in the partic
The only case at all similar to this oc
Cured when Mr.. Bristow was fourth as
| sistapt postmaster general. There hat
which he and others were instrumental ii
| uncovering. Mr.. Bristow deserves grea
credit for this work
general, under date of October Path. 1903
| Mr.. Bristow. after citing certain instances
where Mr.. Beavers had granted clerk hfr'
allowances upon the recommendation O
members, without authority of law, said
| 1.-THE foregoing cases refer to clerk hir'
| in third and fourth class offices. A hun
bred other similar cases could be cited
| The millions that have been appropriated
for that purpose during the last foul
years have been used by Beavers largely
as an official perquisite for the benefit Of
his personal and political friends
After this report was made list o.
cases was prepared and transmitted to the
post office committee of the house. TIL
presence there and what it contained be-
came more or less public 1t was sup
posed to implicate many members of the
| the house of representatives and the sen
ate All kinds of reports were circulated
| in regard to it and finally the commit De
,nr>f 10 tha nd WAS
published as house report No. 1885, SSH
congress, End session. It contains a Ions
! list of clerk hire allowances in third and
| fourth class offices that were alleged to be-
made without authority Of law. Names
| of congressman and senators are given IL
| the report upon whose recommendation
the allowances were made. 1t also con.
tanned the letters Of congressman and
senators in reference to the rent and