The advocate., 1891-06-03
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rested and. imprisoned by. this tyrannicnl
and wicked indee we're H. E.. .Thnmps0n.
the editor of. .tha. Springfield Republican.
G.. L. Calvert, a former. editor Of the came
newspaper, John f. Van Voorhls, the chair,
man Of the Seward county Republican cen
trail committee, and John \. Garrison,
All these men were Republicans, Three Of
them were residents Of the county in which HI \.
Judge Bot!k!i Botkin ..e resides. i. Two Of thems
Thompsqn and Calvert, sought release from
Judge .BetkEin's 81. power and revenge by
means Of habeaqs. corpus proceedings IN IN the,
supreme court; and this court only three
weeks ago (snd while this impeechmlent INN
trial has been in .progress) ordered theiE
discharge, holding and deciding that Judge
Botkin's order for their arrest and iilml1;s inn;
prisonment was Illegal, oppressive and /! void
for want Of jurisdiction. While y is 9 mat.
ter of profound and painful regret that the /,
high court Of impeachment did not
remove the tyrant and cppresgor from /.
office, il is gratifying 70 knoW
that the oppressed and suffering people Of
the Thirty second judicial district Oan and
relief from some Of the wrongs they suffer
BY appeals made to the supreme court ,oolf.. of.
the state. But let i not be- forgotten that
MGHTEEN SENATOR'S deemed the proof cf
Judge BotkiRS. cruelty and oppression. 40
plain and conclusive that they voted for his
conviction on the ninth article; and q these,
eighteen Senators, seventeen belong TO Judge
Botkin's own political party. .........-..
The tenth article preferred against Judge
Botkin charged him In stbstancCe with the
systematic robbery Of the 1ittis city 81
Springfield, in Seward county. IN brief,
thS proven facts are these: The treasurer
OF ths city OF Springfield held nearly $1,000
Of money realized from the sale Of city
bonds issued BY the city officers FOR water
works purposes. Under the pretense that
the bonds had been illegally issued, and
that the city. officers had been guilty of. a
crime, Judga Rotkin. caused the mayor.
and several ofthe councilman and an. !Rtr.
toFpey TO be arrested .npon p criminal.
charge and brought before him for trial or
examination. In civil suit already pend
ing against the mayor and other city officers
hshAd kept The city money IN the trsasuf-s
err HANDS by an injunction which no had
granted. In shis 'eiVil. action 7, Mr.
J. NJ. Adams, .Oisy. s.tseasursr,4 oWasc
One. of the :. defendants. Having
put the mayor and majority Of the city
councilmtn in fear, he appointed City
Treasurer Adams "a receiver" in a civil suit
ID Which AdSths Was one Of the defehdAhts:S
In appointing this receiver; Judge BUtkin
was guilty Of three high handed and Illegal,
sOts,li First, theetatute (seetiOnA 265'os.the
,ivil code oAKansasl expressly declares that.
'Eo- 1ARTTs. attorney OF. nenop interested.
". AN ACTION shall be, appointed rsceiVsgs
Second, Judge BOtkin appointed
he receiver "on his own motion, y without
any M II application or proof made BY anyone
'or any appointrnent, a proceeding 'nsySt
before. heard-of anywhere, and aprOOoedS-
llg which has not ashadOw Of lawynor de-
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