The Iola register., 1884-08-08
South End Politics.


Eds. Register :-You wished He to give you
the political news in this part Of the county oc-
easionally. l thought perhaps this was Oc.
casionally, and 80 1 write.
The first politica, news 1 want to call atten-
tion to Ia the letter of Jumbo" In the Coarnnf
Of last week, on the county attorney. The at
tack on Mr.. Amos is SO devoid OF the most
common courtesy in q correspondent that, SO
far rs we have talked with people about it, the
feeling is one OF silent disgust or OF strong con-
demnatiou. We don't know who Jumbo 10,
and dou't care, for that matter, but we don't
believe he lives at Humboldt. We very much
doubt IL the most bitter enemy Mr.. Amos has
at Humboldt would sanction any such attack
The men there who oppose him must used to
employ him to defend them before he was
county attorney, and we never knew OF any Ore
complaining that his knowledge Of the revised
statues did not exceed that which any ordina-
ry young man could acquire In six months
study" 1t Is not week since We heari gen.
tleman, whose opinion is worth something, say
that ''Genrge Amos was the best lawyer to
c,Insel with In the county" We have heard
similar EXPIRE, sions many times before.
"Jumbo'' asks what kind of lawyer ID he at the
bar OF Allen county anyway? Or II you do not
want to answer. take 20 IT answer from anyone
who visits the court room, or any poor juryman
who is compelled to listen to his ''ssw file plat
itudes." Well 1t has been my lot to be poor
jurymau" and we have "been compelled" to
listen to the saw file plstitudes no only Of SIr.
Amos, but nearly every other lawyer In Allen
county, and some cut Of 1t, aud We must say
that he has no more saw file platitudes than
some of them Any man is q ''poor juryman"
who has to lis.en while the attorneys abuse the
witnesses, the defendant and every one cJn-
necied with the other side. 1t would he more
to their credit il they would leave the plati-
tudes and the abuse of anybody out, and just
talk to the "poar jurymen" Of the law aud
the evidence. Il Is seldom that an attorneys
plea makes any difference with jury however
poor. We did not intend to digress SO much
but the chance was too good to say what has Of
ten been our thoughts.
We should jud 20 that ''JumbO" is Q lawyer
from his familiAri; y with the statutes aud the
manner of things In court. II he is, perhaps
Mr.. Amos has SPREAD the ''saw file platitu,ies"
over him 80 thick that he cannot sGe hisgOOd
qualities as lawyer. We had intended to
take up ''JumbO's" article seriatim and reply,
but on reading 1t again carefully we have CON-
cluded that the more one han les 1t the dirtier
their fingers will get, and have heard the same
opinion expressed by every one who has spO-
ken Of 1t. II they have got charges to make
against Mr.. Amos why don't they come ont and
make them, and bring the pr,of9 We will brt
u nickie that "Jumbo's" letter will be big
ger elephant on his hands than Barnum's white
one. Ifit does not act like boomerang We
are much mistaken.
There Is another man that "Jumbo" says we
want to speak Of. He says "the republican
party does not owe George Amos one cent?"
Now there is where the elephant and agree
exactly. The republican party, ns any other
party, does not owe any of its members any
thing. One is in aparty for one Of two things,
viz: from choice or because he expects to ad-
vance his personal interests thereby. In
neither case does the party Of his ch, ice owe
him any thing. But when party has repeat
edIy honored one of its members by place OF
profit or trust, that individual opes the party
something; his fealty at least, and the refuaal
Of the party to still trust him with such place is
no excuse for his leaving 1t and working against
those 1t has seen tit to give such place Of profit
trust
We have written much longer than we in
tended and will have to put of other political
news to another time. L. B. PkARsoN.