The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
CALL IT A FRAUD.
Committee of Fifty Alleged Re-
port Causes Stir.
Was Prepared by a Newspaper
Reporter.
OFFICERS INDIGNANT.
Repudiate the Document as Un.
authorized.
SIanderOusStatements andGrOss
Errors Given Out.
OFFICERS INDIGNANT.

report from the famous Commlttee Oh
Fifty concerning the 'pedigrees" OF the
different candidates for mayor and
commissioners, was printed this morn
ing and has Iroused the ire OF ma
jority of the candidates and members
of the committee.
The lives, occupations and other ac-
cessories were printed in three col
umns of space. The entire matter was
secured By a reporter for the morning
paper and by James a. Troutman, an
original member of the Committee OF
Fifty.
cerned-very little of the material
gathered was stated correctly. The in
formation was secured from the candl-
dates Sunday and !; for the rest OF the
stuff added on to the information given
= out-no one is able to account for it.
Naturally the candidates who have
been slandered and misrepresented are
one candidate said in speaking of
the biography:
about the only thing that is true in
the statements they gave out about me
is the name. They did spell my name
correctly guess they saw one OF my
cards The rest of the stuff was un-
true and as / was not interviewed or
approached on the matter I can't figure
out where they got it. If the Commit
tee of Fifty wiches to secure real in
would try to obtain facts and not turn
it all over to newspaper reporter to
fix up as he chooses
Effort TO Discredit Huntoon.
Fred r. Huntoon says: THE al
legged report states that "a doubt has
been raised about the length of my
residence in the city. and that al
though 1 had lived here continuously
since 1906, had been away, part of the
time on business connected with my
fathers estate. The doubt about my
residence must have been raised for
the occasion, as there is no doubt, and
I haven't heard of the aforesaid doubt
before this time. Again, my only trips
out of town since the fall of 1906, had
nothing to do with nv fathers estate.
but were incident to the removal and
sale of a herd of cattle
Mr.. Holman Slandered.
NJ C. Holman candidate for commits
sioner, was equally indignant He de-
MED several parts of the report and es-
pecially one section that said there
was report that he had defrauded
the Western Woolen mills of this city.
No one ever suspected Mr.. Holman of
defrauding any one. President Billiard,
of the company. denounced the report
as untrue and said he had never heard
such an insinuation against Mr.. Hol-
man.
In the first place the infamous state
ment is false. There never has been
any intimation at a stockholder meet
ing or directors meeting that there
was anything wrong with the financial
part of the mill or that anything
might have done has been detrimental
20 the mill There has never been an
intimation at any meeting ever held
that 1 or anyone else has been a de-
faulter or that they have ever sus-
pected it. And when an accountant
was requested to make a report it was
not for the purpose of determining
whether there was any shortage in the
in hIIf U9
TO show the stockholders what the pro-
fits and losses had been and it was
found it was in the manufacture of
the goods"
Eugene B. Stotts. candidate for city
commissioner. said: 'As far as the al
legged report of the committee of fifty
is concerned 1 am not seriously affect
ed either way. although number of
Inaccuracies exist and none of them are
favorable to my candidacy. While it
credits me with having owned and edi-
ted three newspapers it also states that
] failed during the hard times in the
'90s.
This statement is absolutely wrong,
as I have at no tin-a failed in business
or repudiated or failed to pay all Of
my Indebtedness. / am also accredited
with having held numerous positions in
Topeka prior to having accepted a po-
sition with the Topeka Paper COM
pany as city manager. This statement
is wrong.
AM SeAiQ 10 nave DeCA d reporter
for the Topeka State Journal at the time
= resigned to enter this campaign for
city commissioner. when in fact / was
on the editorial staff as state editor
and had been for considerable length
of time. My financial standing is given
as fair and I maintain that an inVesti-
cation will prove that it is better than
tair.
James Troutman. upon whom is
placed the burden of the responsibility
for the report has. however, done me
the Justice to make corrections which
I have asked. Aside from these few
unaccuracies the report as far as 1t
applies to me is correct"
Says Committee Is Fraud.
c. c. Booher. who was given the
greatest black eye of any of the candi-
dates. said:
'sThe men or man who wrote that
article about me this morning is dis
playing his own character far better
than he has displayed mine. I can
see through it all and 1 am sure the
people of the city are able to do the
same
81 want to say that this Committee
of Fifty is a fraud-it has always been
a bunch of politicians and we all know
that. They have butted into this game
without a card of any kind and they
have poked their noses into business
hat was far from being their own
Not soul asked me about the
things that were printed this morning
but it wasn't necessary. can see
through it all-the character of the
man who wrote that is as plain as the
print on the paper"
said:
''The report was so inaccurate and
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