The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-29

!. of lola and of Allen county who al
acquainted with the facts i'm tn
Richard SCHNEIDER case, the one vi
questioEably referred to by I'll
Governor. 1t is 10 wonder either tia
the statements made by Governo
Click should have been deeme
"iucrelible" by one who knew moth
ing of the case. The idea that lively
men could he formed In the county q
!. Allen, or i'm the state of Kansas, VIII
would bring in a verdict of guilt.
against man who was merely carry
ing grapejuice from one house t
another is preposterous. For tn
benefit of those living out of the county
We will state the exact facts and al
| the facts in the SCHNEIDER case. Thes,
facts are CLEANED directly from the
court records and may be fully reliet
upon.
On February q 1879, Richard Schin
dler (who was at that time running a
brewery was brought before John
Paxson, Justice of the Peace i'm lola
township, charged with selling intox-
icating liquors, contrary to the Dram
Shop act then i'm force. He plead
guilty and was fined $500 and costs,
January 3rd 1882, Richard Shindler
was brought before the District court
of Allen county charged with violating
the Prohibitory law. Plead guilty and
was fined $4,000 and costs.
April 18th 1884 he was again brought
before the District court, Judge Still
well, charged with like offense, and
was convicted on each of the ) counts
brought against him, the verdict of the
jury being as follows.
We the Jury find the deft., guilty
on the first, second, third, fourth and
TIN counts of the Information i'm
manner and form as therein charged.
s. III. JUDD, foreman.
Three Of the counts referred to Wcre
for salci of beer, one for schiskcy, and
one for wine.
Under this verdict Judge Stlllwell
sentenced Mr.. SCHNEIDER to 40 days in
the county Jail for each of two counts
and fined him $50 each for three
counts. And it was from this punish
ment that Governor Click relieved
him Oh the ground that he had been
convicted of carrying grapejuice from
one house to another!
The record facts alone are enough to
have justified the Judge i'm atfixing
much heavier penalty than he did, for
it will he observed that this was the
second offense. But the real case
against SCHNEIDER is much stronger
than the records would indicate. 1t il
a matter of common knowledge and
belief i'm this town and vicinity, that
Richar SCHNEIDER has most presistently
and continually violatedthe prohibit
DRY law ever since its enactment, by
both manufacturing and selling liquor.
He has solemnly pledged the temper
ance people again aud again that he
would quit selling intoxicants;
pledges which he has utterly disre-
gartled. In short he was an aggrava-
ted offender, and it WAS the common
opinion, among such Of our citizens as
favor the enforcement of the law atall,
that the penalty was none too severe.
Now Governor Click was fully cog
infant of all these facts when he issued
the pardon. Before granting it he
wrote to our county attorney asking for
the facts in the case, and whether, i'm
mis- opinion a pardon should issue. Mr..
Amos looked up the record, and, in a
Ong letter. which was shown to Judge
Stillwell and TO J. II. Fisher, stated
he case to the Governor substantially
Is we have given it above, adding
hat in his opinion pardon should
IOtissue.
So Mr.. Click cannot he excused on
he plea of ignorance or misinforma-
ion. He knew from the very best
uthority, all the facts in the case. He
new that SCHNEIDER was convicted on
hree counts of selling beer, OIL one
cunt of selling whiskey and on one of
cling wine. He knew he had been
Dnvicted of a similar offense at least {
vice before. He knew all this and
'hen he attempted to excuse the
of that pardon on the
diculous grounds stated in the above
tier he stated what he knew to be |
Use. 1t is bad enough to have
overnor who will issue parions to a! e
,rtain class of criminals, upon the
ightest pretext; but it is infinitely
orse to have Il Governor who will .
tempt to justify his actions by wilful e
Id deliberate Misrepresentation, and
e should think that those who sup
'rted him would feel personally hu- a
Hated. If his speech ut Abilene lie a q
mple of the kind of campaign the Il
overnor expects TO make, the more p
eeches he delivers, the better-for Z