The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-28
CULBERTSON,
Probate Judge of Dickinson County,
in League with Gamblers,
Fakirs and Rogues.
!SloO,Cn Up Before the People of Dickinson,
County an HIS True Light.

The REFLECTOR has conducted the
campaign in a decent manner toward
| all the county candidates on the repub-
lican ticket and had congratulated the
people and candidates on the courteous
| and respectable way in which the cam
paign was being run by the candidates,
their friends and the press, in an art
icle, which appears in this paper, under
the head of "Our Candidates" but on
Wednesday morning the Abilene Gazette
in an article headed 'Our Ticket"
made a dastardly attack on some of the
democratic nominees, especially Mr..
Seeds. 1t charges Mr.. Seeds with want
of ability. 1t wilfully misrepresents
his official acts as City Attorney of this
city by saying that he has never per-
formed any of the duties of his office
without calling on Mr.. Stambaugh or
| Mr.. Hurd. That statement is willful
and malicious falsehood. The only case
of the many that Mr.. Seeds has con-
| Quoted for the city wherein he employed
| assistance were in two suits in the
| District Court where parties had sued
| the city for damages, and in one case
| the amount asked was So, 0C0. Mr.. Hurd
| assisted him and we will venture the
assertion that there is not an attorney
| in the city that would have undertaken
to have defended that case singly and
alo2e. While w. p. Seeds has not been
a member of the bar as long as James
| Culbertson has, when it comes to the
knowledge Of the law, is his peer to-day.
Such articles as the one in the Gazette
will not make any votes for Mr.. Cul-
bertSOn. The Gazette" in speaking
| of CulburtsOn, says: His record is clean
and will bear the closest scrutiny We
will see by publishing few facts,
| which we defy Mr.. CulbertSOn to deny,
we have the proof and know whereof we
speak. James CulbertSOn has been the
guardian of the estate of the widows
and orphans of this county for nearly
honor, he is invested with a certain
amount Of authority, he is entitled by
virtue of his office to be called by the
honored name of Judge. One year ago
| the county fair was opened with James
| CulbertSon as Sec'y., the farmers and
others were told to bring in their pro-
| ducts, it would be beneficial to them,
the fair was gotten up for their benefit,
| they came and found the fair grounds
| infested with confidence men, fakirs
and sharks, plying their nefariOus
| hpN hanGtiai1l tO tho farm
and his boys. James CulbertSon Pro-
bate Judge of Dickinson county licensed
them. the association was to get from
four to five hundred dollars for giving
them the privilege to rob the people
invited by them to GOTe there, yet the
Gazette says; Ills RECORD is clean
| and will stand the closest scrutiny
| The sheriff of the county went 10 the
Fakirs and told them if they did not
leave the grounds he would arrest them.
| They hurried to CulbertsOn and told
him the sheriff had ordered them off
the grounds. Judge James CulbertsOn,
Probate Judge of Dickinson county, of
course because bis record is clean and
pure, said; THAT is right; You must
leave at once" But no. He hunted
I'D the sheriff livid with rage, and told
him that if he drove the gamblers off
the ground he would defeat him for
sheriff, he would send out one hundred
teams to defeat him. He, Probate
Judge OF this COUNTY, threatening and
attempting to bulldose tine sheriff of
the county for doing his duty. Yet
Brother ROhrer says in the Gazette"
His record is clean, and will stand the
closest scrutiny" Voters, this is what
happened one year ago on tho fair
ground in this city. Can you, will you
vote for man that upheld gamblers,
fakirs and rougeS? He, the Probate
| Judge of this county at the time.