The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
AN OATH BOUND ORGANIZATION.
Charges Preferred Against william TUDOR for
Violating His Alliance O@th.

the members of the party itself claim thai
it is not and resent the accusation with
apparent sincerely. Both sides claim
that there Is no room in American polite:
for an oath bound party. William Tudor
Janitor in the court house of this county
has had little experience in this line that
may throw little light on the subject
Yesterday he pulled out of his pocket
book carefully folded document which
he handed TO the reporter for his perusual.
1t says on the face of it as follows word
| for word:
! WICHITA, Kansas, April 81 1S9l.-Mr
| William Tudor ST. You are hereby mott
fed to appear before the judicial board OF
alliance assembly No. of the l. l.. on
Saturday April p, at $50 p. m. to answer
TO charges made against you for violating
your obligation to the assembly aforesaid.
(Sigued) ". II. OLDFlELD,
Chairman of Judicial Board"
The Endorsement on the back of the
document reads: "Wm. Iudors. sr.,
charged with violation of obligation TO
| assembly" Now, then, to tie history of
this, as CLEANED from the remarks Of Mr.
Tudors on the subject: When the Knights
of Labor organization was in existence
here, Mr.. Tudors Joined them and remain
ed in good 81 nding up TO the time when
| the Alliance and Industrial union started,
which is the same as the present Peoples
party, being the nucleus from which the
Peoples party grew to its present proper
tions. When the alliances were started in
Wichita, Alliance No. l absorbed the
Knights of Labor assembly of which Mr..
1udors was member, exacting of them
for the time being only their record as re-
formers as al evidence of their avail
ability for membership. Things ran along
in this manner until the spring election of
1881 came around, and Mr.. Tudors, not be-
ing regular attendant, didn't know
much about what was going on behind
their closed doors. Candidates for the
mayorality were put in the field, as
follows: John B. Carey, George W.
Clement, Mr.. Lawrence and DR..
Furley, the latter being the regu-
lar nominee Of this oathbound political
organization. The campaign went on. the
election was held and Mr.. Carey installed
IN due form as mayor Two or three weeks
after Mr.. Tudors was startled by a regular
officer OF the assembly presenting him with
the above summons to appear before the
above named judicial board TO be tried in
due form Tor violating his oath in support
ing Mr.. Lawrence in preference to the
Alliance nominee. Mr. Tudors being "A
man who has always lived an honest up
right and righteous life was very much
startled and while be did not acknowledge
the right of any man or set of men to try
him for treason" went before the board
with his Independence loving Puritan blood
boiling at the thought. He was brought
before regular court, presided over by an
alleged judge, attended by bailifs, at
torneys, etc. The charges were read to
him ii due court form and he was asked
to plead guilty or not guilty as he desired.
The charges recited the fact that he was a
member Of the assembly that he had
taken solemn binding oath TO support
the nominees of the Alliance
party under IA penalty too startling
for any organization, in his opinion, higher
in dignity than the klu klux His blood
began to boil in his veins and he could
hardly control his spirit as he denounced
the accusation that he had taken upon
himself an oath binding him to vote for |
any man whom a party of that character !
should dictate. He cknowledged that |
DR.. Furley was "a good man, but denied |
the right of any number of men COM
Polling him under the pretext OF an alleged |
oath to vote for any one but man of his |
own choice. Nothing would satisfy the |
court but blood, and they proceeded 10 |
-ecite evidence showing the treason OF |
Uncle Billy Tudors in working for Law
renee in preference to Furley. Uncle
Billy was getting mighty scared, for he
knew he had some wild eyed ''reformers"
% deal with and he though they might
use him with serious violence; but fortu-
lately he insisted that he took no oath, so
he records were searched critically and
he fact established that he escaped taking
he obligation by coming into the assem-
by with the remnant of the knights of
labor organization. Seeing they had
made serious error they tried
o cover it by saying if he
would return the summons which was
written evidence of their oath-bound alieg-
nee to their political party, that they
would let him 60 He didn't have the
document with him and ever from that
ime till this they have been coaXiug him
0 give it up but he would not. When
hey found that he had not taken the oath
hey tried TO compel him to take it but
is eyes were open TO the horrible, I'M
American and dangerous obligation am
consequences and he refused point
lank to foreswear himself and it is I'M
ecessary TO say that he did not have any
lore to do with the assembly. He gets
ot every time he thinks of it and it is in
eresting aud somewhat eflecting to hear
i'm express his opinion of a number of
eople who will band themselves together
a this land of freedom and liberty by an
ath to carry out certain political designs
After receiving this document the EAGLE 1
ian made some Inquiries about the nat
re and character Of these assem- blies and
1und other evidence in support of the
.atements and document of Mr. |
udors. III the instance about to
e related B. E. kies the present
copies party candidate was one Of the |
Dnspicuous figures. IL relates TO what
as known as Assembly No. 4. which held
= meetings at the corner Of Douglas and
Ia avenues. Ben Witwer besides being a |
lember Of this assembly was also the
attorney" of the judicial
GARD" Ga election day Mr., Witwer also
orked az the Third ward polls for Law
.nce. Mr.. kies heard OF this aud he i'm
ediateiy became so frantic over the idea I
lat he preferred charges, as member of
lie assembly against WiTwer. and trial
as ordered by Professor H. Winslow Alb a
1t who was president of the Judicial c
0ard. Ben, of course. being prosecuting /
torney failed TO proceed against himself
ID IN this unlocked for complication no {
QUESTION was held.
Some startling disclosures have been OBJ 5
iued in connection with this last incl