Show BRIBERY IN KANSAS 1 Investigation Set Political Circles 1 Agog in the Cyclone State jl Topeka Kan April 8The special committee appointed by the Populist < majority of the state legislature to investigate 3 J majoriy legslature vestigate charges of bribery and corruption cor-ruption noised about during the recent session of the state lawmakers got down to business today and the very j first siting of the committee developed j enough charges of bribery and wrongdoing wrong-doing to set political circles throughout j t Kansas agog Henry Landis warden of the state penitentiary at Lansing unbottled the first sensation when he stated that he frst had been urged by a member of the f legislature to recommend the purchase of additional coal lands adjacent to 1 additonal coa the penitentiary property though he j was convinced that the state had no wa use for such lands Warden Landis 1 had been told that there would be 25000 in it l When pressed for further particulars Warden Landis stated that he had this conversation with exGovernor L D converton wih 3 Llewelling He added however that Llewelng the later had not stated who was to be benefited by the 25000 whether the j state of others and he also reminded the committee that no bill for the pur chanse of such lands had been introduced intro-duced Representative Metzler of Sheridan dan county testified that he had been l offered S150 to vote against the Hackney Hack-ney amendment to the railroad bill other witnesses testified as ul Several wineses testied j to rumors which they had heard but 1 1 there was no other direct testimony |