Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-10-22

In the Barr case there are eight counts
The lowest punishment is $500 int
and eight months in Ill. The highes'
is $4,000 fine and two years in Jail
The bond in this case is fixed al $SOI
and G. w. Shook, one Of the oiheI
defendants signed the bond.
In the Warde.I case there are five
counts. The bond is $500 and A. K
VANDERBILT, one of the other de
PENDANTS, signed the bond
The bonds were fixed at tie samt
amount in the other cases which con
tain about the same number of counts
and were all approved by Judge Mich
olson.
We believe the bonds lave not been
so lOw.hereiofore in this class of cases.
Friday afternoon Oct. 9th court adj
journed until.Drc. 18th. On the morn
ing of Saturday, Oct. 10 h. Ge' rye
Livingston, candidate for high school
trustee on the alliance ticket, with
Simon Rothschild, the great Abilene
wheel horse Of the ''party of refOrm"(?)
went to q room on North Second street
in Abilene and there,me number of
the defendants in the cases above
named, and there stated to them that
they, Livingston and Rothschild, were
committee to notify them that Judge
Nicholson and Mr.. Cranston not only
wanted their votes but that they must
take off their coats. and go to work
for the peoples party from now until
the election; and that in case Judge
Nicholson should not be reelected he
would cone back here Dec 18th and
clean up the docket before his time
expires.
These facts came to the knowledge of
several persons and that same Saturday
evening,we were asked if we could be
employed, in connection with Mr..
J. II. Mahan, to see that these cases
should be faithfully prosecuted 50 that
no corrupt political trade could be
cOnsummated by these officials. We
replied that We could be employed and
that the law is such that any Such
scheme, as far-as.a failure to prosecute
is concerned, could be thwarted.
We then seat for representative Of
the liquor sellers mot one of the de-
fendants) to meet US at the office of
5 ambaugh, Hurd & Dewey. He
game the same evening and We read tu
him section Is OF chapter l49 of the
laws of 1885, which is as follows:
And any citizen may employ all
attorney to assist the county attorney
to perform his duties under this act
the prohibition act] aud such attorney
shall be recognized by the county
attorney and the court rs associate
counsel In the proceedings aid no
prosecution shall be dismissed over the
objections of such associate counsel
until the reasons of.the county attorney
for such dismissal together with the
objections thereto of said associate
counsel, shall have been filed in writ
ing, argued by counsel and fully con-
Sidered by the court"
After. reading this-section We told
him that We knew all about the trade
between the alliance aud the defend
ants in the whisky cases, that public
office could1not be used for corrupt
purposes and that if Mr.. Cranston
failed to do. his duty in the prosecution
Of these cases we, with Mr.. Mabau, had
been employed and would do it for
him. We asked for no votes and made
no threats. ( The gentlemen said that
Is far as he was concerned he had
made no trade but that he had heard
he statement made by Livingston and
and repeated it to us spbstap-
tally as we had heard it before and
IS given above. We told him that we
sent for him because we knew he would
ell the parties who had made hetTade,
and that anyone familiar with the
vote of the town could tell after cleo
ion whether the liquor men had
attempted to carry out their side of the
This is the foundation
lpOn which the attack of the peoples
party orators upon us is based.
We take the first opportunity to get
his whole matter. before the people in
print and shall ask to have it printed in
the leading republican, alliance and
democratic papers in the county.
If either of the candidates or officers
Of the peoples party will deny under
path that they have said and done sub
what we here charge, We will
meet them in public meeting in Abb
enc and give our authority and public
y discuss these charges, giving them
of the time of the meeting.
We havesnO fear of being censured
by the good citizens of this county for
trying to see:that a public officer dis
charges his official duty or for attempt
ing to Illustrate the consummation of a
nefarious political scheme.
With this plain statement of facts
We leave each reader to draw his own
We regret that the
names of persons heretofore considered
sbould appear connected