The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-25
THg IuDaEsHIP.

we nave DeeH lUEuASEtA LlG 1Ol-
lowing letters, afidaYits and testimo
NAL for publication, concerning the
now going on about the
Judgeship in the Fifth Judicial Dis
irict. Our own views will be found
stated elsewhere:
ROWLING GREEN, Clay Co., Ind,
October. 10, 1872.
HoN. Z. =. PKYToN-My Dear Sir:
Yours OF the 9th inst. is just received
and has been duly considered. In reply, |
WI say that am somewhat surprised /
to learn that your competitor for the /
Judgeship is charging that you have /
not the ability TO perform the duties of |
that Office. 1t regard to the certificate |
l gave you and Mr.. Sanders, viii |
state this: That in the early part of
lS6S, / received from you two certifi- |
Gates prepared for my signature, as |
Clerk OF our circuit court, one for Mr.. |
Sanders and one for yourself, with the |
request that j sign, seal and return the |
the same, which 1 did as Clerk. / did
so on your part because / had known
you rs . lawyer for some Ten or fifteen
years, though not actively enough en-
gagged in the practice. / am not GER
'tainly prepared now to state when you
were admitted, nor do 1 think any one
else is, for IL is q well known fact that
all the records in the Clerks office of
our county were totally destroyed by
fire some years ago and have never
been reinstated. Although opposed to
you politically, 1 give you this state
ment as an act OF Justice to you.
Yours truly,
G. NJ. THOMPSON.
This statement of Mr.. Thompson is
corroborated by the following state
ment, to-wit:
We,as practicing attorneys at the bar
Of Clay county, Indiana, state that we
are personally acquainted with HOME.
y. Peyton, of Emporia, Kansas, and
are familiar with the material facts set
forth in the foregoing statement of G.
Nj. Thompson, ESD, and can state that
they are true. w. w. CARTER,
S. ID. COFFEE.
Oct. 10, 1872.
STATE OF KANSAS,
COUNTY OF LYON,
James A. Greenlee being duly sworn
upon oath, says that he is personally
acquainted with c. N. Thompson, w.
w. Carter and S. ID. Coffee, of Bowling
Green, Clay county, Indiana; that G.
NJ. Thompson was the Clerk of the
| circuit court of said county during the
year 1865 and is man of unimpeach-
| able character; that am well acQuain-
ted with said Carter and Coffee, who
are law partners, and that they have
| always been regarded as gentlemen of
| ability and answering integrity, and
| whose statements are entitled to the
highest respect.
JAMES A. GREENLEE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of October, 1872.
a. n. HANNA,
Notary Public.
j. III. Griffith beiHg duly sworn upon
oath, states that he is intimately ac-
! quainted with w. w. Carter. whose
signature was this day shown him by
| Il. i. EoyCo in connection with that
of S. ID. Coffee, TO certain corroborat-
ing statement made by them relative
To certain statements made by one c.,
NJ. Thompson, in letter addressed to
said Peyton, from Bowling Green,
| Clay county, Indiana, of date October
| 10, 1872; that L am well acquainted
with said signature, and know that it
| is genuine; that so lar as truth, YER
acity, and high toned and honorable
| gentleman is concerned. no man, in
my opinion, stands ahead of Mai. w.
w. Carter, and that any statement
made by him is entitled to the conf
dence of all good men.
i'm. GKIFFITH.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
| this 2lst day of October, 1872.
a. N. HANNA,
Notary Public.
JUDGE PEYToN ENDORSED BY OUR
BUSINESS MEN.
The following endorsement by
many of our leading business men,
of Judge Peyton, and their protest
against the unfair means taken to
beat him, is also furnished for pub
lication, and we gladly give it a
place, as it shows the estimate put
upon the Judge at home, where all
the parties to the transaction are
known.
WHEREAS, Certain grave, and in our
opinion malicious charges have, just
on the eve of election, been made
against i. b. Peyton, Esq, the candi-
date for Judge of the 5th judicial dis
trict; and whereas, these charges are
not to be reported upon until after
election, thus transparently showing
their political object; now, there
fore, we, the undersigned, bankers,
merchants, and business men of this
city, do hereby utter our protest
against this cowardly and malicious
act to injure the character of one OF
Our most rpsnnctnd citizans.