The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-08-03
The Judgeship Contest.

This week will practically close the question
of the Republican nomination for Judge OF TINS
District The Chief, according to promise, mas
made il interesting, as the season advanced.
That II has been interesting to Judge Hubbard,
ia evidenced by the fact that he and his bummers
have confined their efforts almost exclusively to
abusiug the Chief and its editor instead Of pro-
ducing the evidence and the records to refute the
damaging facts which we have charged against
him. We have stated only facts, and have prov
en- them.
The desperate strait in which Hubbard nnds
himself, is shown by the wild and almost insane
course of himself and his paid supporters. Inc
false reckless, malicious, inconsistent senseiese
stories they circulate, SIS the occasion seems Y"
demand, are unworthy of the lowest down dema-
gogue The Hiawatha Herald, of last week. haa
four mortal columns Of incoherent, jumbled up
stuff, without system or connection. 1t bears
the ear-marks of having been furnished by Hub
bard hmiself with interpretations by the editor oil
the Herald, which do not alter the character OF
the article, but are readily perceived by the read
er, much upon the same principle that an''u
blended conglomeration of wretched stinks, tne
olor of barrel of rotten fish can be distinguish
ed from that of Q salvated clubhouse. 10 at
tempt TO answer it, would be futile task NO
body short of pile doctor of many years prac-
tice could successfully handle the subject
This article, all through, is stuffed with abuse
of the editor of the Chief and C. W. johnson. 1t
opens with malignant attack upon Judge Price,
asserting that he left foul docket, comprising
nearly all his knotty cases, for Judge Hubbard to
decide. 1t is matter of fact, that the dockets
f,r1lar wifi
continued cases than they were ever known be-
FORE The article goes on in its TRADE of reckless
assertion, classifying the Supreme Court Reports OF
several States, in order to make it appear that
Hubbard is as able Judge as they have any
where 1t also proves, to its own satisfaction,
that the Supreme Judges of Kansas and Illinois
are fools, and that Hubbard is their peer.
In the Hiawatha Dispatch we find another dis
graceful argument. 1t is an appeal to the farm
ers on the Kickapoo Reserve to come to the sup
mort of Hubbard because he is disposed to decide |
their suits with the Railroad Company in their |
favor. Hubbard himself has also made the |
plea to farmers, that the lawyers are down on |
him because he has been in the habit of deciding
foreclosures and other land cases to the advant-
age of the landowner. Could there be anything
more infamousf A Judge and his friends plead
ing for support not because he gives his decisions
with impartial justice, in favor of the right, re-
eardless of persons, but asking for the help of a
large class of citizens, because he is in the habit
of giving decisions in their favorl If this is not
selling Justice for political support, what is it'll
Why, he earned the support of this very same
reckless, officiating Hiawatha Herald, by so rul-
ing that the publishers of the sheet were enabled
to steal printing Office, by law, from citizen
of Doniphan County!
Another infamous trick of Hubbard's bummers,
has been the circulation of slanderous reports
against Mr.. Perry, In a recent trip through the
sontbern part of Nemaha County, Hubbard was
by a drunken gambler, (and Dem
,crat in politics, at that,) who has since been
peddlinp his dirt for him. This individual made
his appearance at Hiawatha, last Saturday, when {
he primary elections were held and reported
hat Mr.. Perry was drunk at the time of his re- i
,ept visit to wetmore. But it is impossible to
,numerate the falsehoods and tricks of this char
,cter that have been instigated by Hubbard him
elf They have been used in every nook and I
,orner of the District, and will continue to be {
,ssd until the nomination is decided. Those of i
,is friends who have been too honorable to cir
ulate these stories, have not had the magnanim-
v to refute them, knowing them to be false. r
We think that every sensible man has been a
ltterly disguised with Hubbard and his crew,
nd many who started ont his supporters are '
ow his opponents. Of course, those who feel =
hat they command his official services, and get a
ecsions for the asking, will not listen to reason
ut will do oil in their power to Select him, all
he same.n But those who desire the rule of law
nd Justice, with Judge who understands law,
nd has the firmness to deal out impartial JUS
ice, will contribute their influence to emanci-
ate the bench of this District from the incubus =
ow occupying it, who is weak in everything
ut in the deathly grip with which he holds on v
Office.
A STIrNpYR-A suuporter of Judge Hubbard,