The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-09

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when their answer appeared, t
make the settlement that they hS(
been for more than two years anx
ions TO make Lappin and Seraf
ford, as will be seen by the contrae
quoted, held warrantee deeds for al
OF Walkers lands in Lyon county
as well as in jackson, Marshall snt
Nemaha. They were anxious Il
get their money, and ready to deeJ
him the land at any time when thG
money should be paid. In the set
Element effected he re-deeded all o.
his lands (about 1900 scres) in
jackson, Marshall and Nemahs
counties to them, and gave his note
for S7,40O, and they released Io
Walker the Lyon county lands.
They still hold his note. secured by
mortgage Oh other real estate, for
| S7,4O0.
| 1t is distasteful to drag private
citizens before the public, but as the
opposition has spared nobody we
propose to show how much force
there is in the cry of Shylock
against Mr.. Lappin in this case, and
in order to do so it will be neces-
sary to ask the question:
WHO Is THADDEUs II. WALKER
Mr.. Walker il q lawyer and well
educated, polished gentleman, and
from all appearances man of great
wealth and elegant leisure. lie
formerly spent his time pretty
evenly between New York City and
Topeka, but latterly, we believe,
| spent most of his time in Topeka.
| He first made the acquaintance OF
Mr.. Lappin in 1859, at which time
we believe Mr.. Lappin was q mem
Der of the Legislature. Mr.. Walk
er was then, and prior TO that time,
| engaged III purchasing land war
rants, some of which he located on
lands and others he loaned to pre-
emptors who had not the money TO
! pay for their elaine, at the modest
interest common at that day among
land warrant loaners, five per cent.
a month, or sixty per cent. per an
mum. He is, or was till recently,
the reputed owner of more than
100000 acres of Kansas lands, q
large share of which was acquired
bv the foreclosure of mortgages
given by the settlers to secure the
payment for the warrants loaned.
Crops turned out poorly in those
early years, and the interest work
ed harder than the average Kansas
homesteader, so, as q matter of
course, they could do no better than
let Mr.. Walker take the lands.
The result was that he soon had
more eggs than he could cover, or
in other words, became Gland poor"
and could not raise money to keep
EloiA without hAEHnVuinV from
somebody. His lands, especially in
Nemaha county, arc among the best
lands in the county, but he always
kept them out of market by asking
from two to three dollars more per
acre than other lands along side of
him could be bought for. Whv he
preferred to do this and borrow
money at thirty per cent. TO pay
taxes, or going east where money
was cheaper, we have no right to
inquire, and il cuts no figure In the
case anyhow. He doubtless had a
great many mortgages still drawing
sixty per cent. when he made the
first loans of Lappin & Scrafford,
who were at that time doing q pros
porous me-chantile business in the
town of Seneca, and had more capi-
tai than they could employ in their
business. They did not put Mr..
Walker in tight place and then ex-
act thirty per cent. but it was his
own free offer, and he preferred pay
ing that to disposing of any of his
lands at the market price. He has
never improved farm in the State
that the writer is aware of, and al
though all estimable gentleman,
comes clearly within that class of
citizens known by the people who
make our farms as sc land shark"
A good many tracts of his land in
this county were timbered, and in
some instances the settlers jayhawk-
ed his timber till he finally kept
standing advertisement in the Cour-
Ter offering $50 reward for evidence
that would convict any one of cut
ting timber on his lands.
We have no fault to find with Mr..
Walker for investing his money in
lands to the best advantage he
could. 1t was q common business
before the homestead law went into
effect, and thousands of good citl-
Zens sought that means of invest
ment. But we submit to the men
who have made the farms of Kansas
and built its cities If the cry of
wrong against men who have done
more to build up Seneca and Nema-
ha counties, than any other dozen
of our citizens, don't come with an
exceeding bad grace from Thadde-
US ii. Walker. The Times will
preach to deaf ears when it attempts
to excite the prejudices of the peO-
nln an0inef GonRnel Ionr1In Nnifh
Walker for q martyr. The writer
has no ill-feeling against Mr.. Walk
er, and it ia with reluctance that the
cause of truth and justice demanded
that he should show up the rela-
lions of the parties in 9 suiL which
the opposition had the bad taste to
drag into political controversy for
the purpose of injuring q friend
who is Frustrated by sickness, and
will in all probability not be able to
leave his room during the canvass.
Here, where Samuel Lappin has
lived for eighteen years, he needs
no defense. Even the Epiteful cor
respondent of the Kansas City
Times is compelled to admit that he
will carry Ncmsha county by an al
most unanimous vote. 1t lie to his
foresight and financial sagacity
more than all other causes that Ne
maha county has better improve
ments and lower. taxes than any
other Inferior county in the State,
and our people are anxious to have
him try his hand on the State fl
nances.
The contemplate charge of the
Times that the people will vote for
him through fear IS too silly to be
noticed, and is an insult to the inde-
pendent taxpayers of Nemaha
county. Having shown up the
thinness and unfairness, not to say
absolute falshood, of the Times
charges in regard to the Walker
matter, we drop the subject, only
asking the people of Kansas, when
they read its next batch of one
sided accusations against Lappin or
other candidates on the Republican
ticket, to remember the good old le-
gal maxim, "Falsus in uno falsus in
omnibus" which, being literally
translated, means that q liar, proven
to be such, is not to be believed
when he speaks the truth.