The Boodle Ring Exposed in Kittitas

The attention of those loyal Republicans who believe in the purity of character and the clean hands of the Republican boodle ring of this state, and their candidate for United States senator, the Hon. John B. Allen, is respectfully commended to the subjoined affidavits. Francis E. Madigan, Republican candidate for representative in Kittitas county, prior to the primaries promised George Bradley, chairman of the Kittitas county committee, five hundred dollars if he would secure him the nomination. This was done, and Madigan, not having the requisite funds, referred Bradley to Allen, who in turn referred him to the Hon. Fred Grant, a prominent member of the last corrupt legislature, now editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. They gave him $100 and turned him over to Charley Sullivan, chairman of the Republican state committee, who, after informing Bradley that he would pay the amount if the Kittitas county committee would O.K. the bill, finally refused. Tired of being fobbed off, Bradley turned the original letters over to the Democratic state committee at Tacoma. The letters from Madigan to Allen and Grant include promises to support their campaigns and 'treat the boys' in exchange for political backing and canal funding.