The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-01
THAT BOND SUIT.

Ahal That 'bond suit" is 10 cut figure
again as political capital 20 foist some
hungry politicians into office. Last year
when EskFidge and the pirtuous Sam
Wool were trying To beat the Repnbli-
can ticket in this county the "bond suit"
so called. was danglcd before the public
eye AS their stock in trade" TnE
lished every word Of the testimony that
could bc had as TO the existence of any
swindic on the county by the sale of
The a. r. & =. T. stock. and the pur
chase al county bonds. All the tesii-
noBy, tlIough taken early in the sum-
mcr, wac held back Till the eve of cleo
ton. Ne hunted il up and published
it .giinst the wishes of the inyestiga-
tors They did not want it published
Oocuusc after all their talk and efforts
nothing was proven. No,hing was left
tut tile insinuaiions and surmiscs of the
uneasy politicians" THE News call
cd for the proof. 1t was willing and
anxious 10 publish all, so that the guilty
parties under the charges, might
BE- known and brought 10 justice.
No proof was forthcoming. The NEWS
then predicted that nothing more would
be heard of that "bond suir' until the
next election. Sure enough il has slept
the sleep of the dead, until Eskridge
drags it up IN his letter of acceptance"
He gays, THE pending bond suit should
be prosecuted 10 final determination"
Why has it not been prosecuted to de-
termination? II there has been anything
done with il since il last served as politi-
cal capital for couple of very seedy po-
| litical demagogues, we have not heard of
it, The very fact that it has hardly been
spoken of since the close of the last cam
paign, and that it is now dragged
up To serve again Us political capital, by
the same politicians, is extremely sus-
picious. If there is anything new the
people want TO know it. If they have
been swindled they want to know who
swindled them and how it WAS done.
Now does any one believe that any
member Of the present Republican tick
ct was connected with that affair, even il
there is any truth in what is charged
Does amy one believe that the 20S dele
gates composing The late Republican
county convention were the tools of any
ring" and put up ticket III the inter
est Of any "riugy" Such talk is the 81!
lest nonsense, not to say SANDER ON the
I la. q
the Republican ticket, and the author oil
such foul and false utterances, should be
rebukcd by the Republicans Us he de
serves 10 DC.
There has been two terms of cour
this year, and no bond suit
has been tried. The commissioners
urged that it be pushed, and county at
torncy ScdgwIck last January signed thu
amended petition of the parties bringin:
the suit, and yet there has been no at
tempt to prosecute to determination.
, If the county has been swlndlcd why lie
the matter lay? We are sill of tn
opinion that the so-called "bond suit
will cut whatever figure il can be mad
, 10 cut III thiS ChLlpuigu' "HN "iii nv
go over till SOMEBODY wants office again
We state now, as we have Away
stated, that we are ever ready to lay til
facts before the public, and to lend wha
ever assistance We can to any genuine e,
posture of any corrupt act by which tn
county has suffered, but we are tired c
! humbuggery and demagoguery abor
: ''the bond suit"