People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27
OUR COUNTY OFFICERS.

Our esteemed contemporary who oc-
cupieS cOtemporaneOus quarters in the
basement beneath the VOICE building
was suffering from a bad case of the
jimjams last week, superinduced, no
doubt, by solilOquizing over the heart
rending, pocket-depleting reality of the
occupancy of some of the cOunty's ad-
miniStrative offices by the calamity |
howlerS" to the utter exclusion of his |
coterie of patronage distributors.
Whenever he gets the belly-ache |
over this humiliating deprivation, (and
it is pretty often, it has become fash
ion for him to jump astride County
Attorney Pool and give vent to the OBJ
noxiOus gases on his stomach, after
which he feels better and lets the other
fellows off with sort of mild general
izing. Nature does not often make
mistakes and in this instance we have
no exception Mr.. Pool has broad
shoulders and uncOncernedly pursues
the even tenor of his way wholly una
ware of the presence ofany lOng-legged
spiders about his frame.
If we were to credit the statements
of the Monitor we would believe the
county was being plugged into bank
ruptcy by Pool and his colleagues.
But how is it? The VOICE will ven
ture the assertion that Pool has secur-
ed as many convictions at as little cost
to the county as any man that ever Oc-
cupied the office. He has proven his
integrity absolutely invulnerable, and
while laying no claims to infallibility
he has maze as few errors as any of
his predecessors. He has shown him.
self possessed of knowledge of law
unexpected by members of the bar,
and frequently knocks them out on
points of law of which they never
dreamed. He has more of a judicial
mind than a pettifOgging lawyer and
would grace the bench of a District
I
Court. So much for Pool.
Superintendent Mclaughlin, who
was maligned, prosecuted and stigma
tized as incompetent before the cleo
ton, takes rank as one of the best, if
not the best, superintendent the cOun-
ty has ever had. He does his work
thoroughly, Systematically and with a
high sense of honor and fairness. He
has come more nearly visiting
every school in the county, Q97 in all,
than any of his predecessors and with
the exception of Creek and Eden town.
ships, in the northwest corner of the
county, has practically made his work
in that line complete. His failure in
these townships was due to the expira-
ton of the school terms before he
could reach them, but they will be first
on his list this fall. These visits were
practical visits lasting from two hours
to a whole day at each school and in
Guiding a brief, but pointed, talk to
each school. So far as the VOICE is
able to hear there is not a complaint
coming against him from one end of
the county to the other.
George Ewing, clerk of the District
Court, we have been told by number
Of the leading members of the bar, has
made one of the most efficient officials
who have been called to fill that posi-
ton. He gives the Office his immedi-
ate supervision andis always courteous
and accommodating. His deputies,
John Hinchcliffe and Miss Minnie
Bell, are of the same genial disposition
and the work Of this office moves along
with the accuracy and precision of
clock work.
Probate Judge Chapman has won
the esteem of all who have had deal
ingS with his court since his Induction
into office and so far as we are able to
ascertain there is no dissatisfaction
from any quarter with hiSrecord. He is
unusually cautious and painStaking in
securing good bonds, which is of far
reaching consequence to the numerous
estates which pass through this Office.
He is rigid in requirements of complete
reports of all Guardians and Admins
traitors and discriminating as to the
relevancy of the items contained in
said reports He stands as an adaman-
tine barrier to the preparation of any
frauds on any of the wards of his
court.
| Our County Commissioner. James
| r. HeSkett, has made an enyiable rec
ord of which the VOICE has spoken
from time to time heretofore. He has
been answering from his course of
duty, although at times it required the
courage of Napoleon. Surely the Hon
ttor cannot justly complain of him, for
as much as he diSliked to do it. he did
his best to have the county printing
contract awarded to it on the ground
of economy. And Brother Stotler
shared his liberality for one year on the