The advocate., 1891-09-09
QUIT YOUR sLANDERING.
From the western Advocate.

lawyer OF Wichita named Alien 10 ngnG
foreclosure cases. They toll about the
country that he can prevent foreclosures by
some philosophers stone which 10 supposed
to be a reform progeny. If they want TO
know something of his success in that line
they might refer to proceedings Of the last
term of court in Jewell county, where they
viii find that he had about as much inhu-
ence in arresting the course of law as the
truth has in influencing a calamity editor.
He was knocked out every time. It is sim
ply one Of the numerous schemes TO prey
upon the credulity of persons who have
mortgaged their property; one Of the many
plans for bleeding the "honest farmers for
the benefit of the designing sharks-a thing
made possible by the present high pressure
insanity. Allen, Lease, Rightmire NOR any
other demsgogue can hinder the operation
Of fair and equitable laws. This Is move
ment entirely in the interest Of the pocket
Of these attorneys, and sensible people will
not be gulled. The foreclosure laws have
been thoroughly tested by the best legal
talent of the state, and they hold water
likewise slippery persons who try to evade
them. -Concordis Empire.
The Empire man Is certainly unfortu-
nate in directing the attention Of the
people Of Cloud county to the case
which the slack lawyer Of Wichita" de-
Tended in this county, for one has only
to refer to the records In the Office Of the
clerk of the court to find that Mr.. Allen
carried every point, and that It was the
other fellows, represented by the best
legal talent In this county, who were
"knocked out every time" The case in
point, In which L. B. Tremsln was de-
fendant, has thousands Of parallels. A
loan, high interest, crop failures, mort
gage on chattels TO secure interest, bull
doing and oppression, forced sale Of
chattels and lands, and homeless, pen
nilesS family with judgment hanging
over their heads--all this for $500
loan on a $4,O0Oplace.
Every other statement made by the
Empire In the above 10 about as far from
the truth as is his reference to the case
defended by allen In our court. His ref
erence to the protective association as
zone Of the numerous schemes to prey
upon the credulity Of persons who have
mortgaged their property, one OF the
plans for bleeding the honest farmer
for the benefit OF designing sharks" Is as
wicked as 1t is false. The men at the
head Of the association have been identi-
fed with the reform association for years.
Mr.. Allen, our attorney, was an old time
greenbacker and an earnest worker In
the cause of the oppressed, long before
Il became popular, and long be-
fore 1t ceased to be hlndrance and
drawback to mans business or profeS-
slonal interests to be q reformer. Since
he was selected by the association as Its
attorney he has defended cases without
one penny Of remuneration and for par
ties who have not even joined the aSso-
citation, because he knew them to be
too poor to pay, and that they would suf-
fer the greatest injustice and lose all If
he did not assist them. And In none Of
the cases which he has defended has 1t
cost as much as 1t would to have hired q
monOpoly-bound lawyer to go through
farce of defense In which the loan COM
,,angoa mould Rnallv Oot all that the law