People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-05
Oh, File! For Shamel

Judge Ray and the universal verdict
was that Ray had acted with ex-
tremely poor discretion in handing
the correspondence in for publication,
especially in keeping back a part of
the same.
His Honor was brought to his feet
very promptly by the turn which the
VOICE gave the matter and we pub
lish his little ''say" elsewhere in full.
He had apparently placed reliance in
this bit of correspondent to extricate
himself from the difficulties in which
he had, by his political impulSiveneSS
following his party's defeat last fall,
thrown himself, and by which he had
severed the last tie that bound him
to the Alliance people, whose friend
ship he would so much desire this fall.
1t was too bad to have to blast the
fond expectations of our esteemed
neighbor and co-labOrer, but justice
to all demanded it, and justice should
reign though the heavens fall.
1t will not be necessary to notice
the Judges wriggling composition
SeriGtum. The only thing that will
really be necessary will be to apollo
gize for his apparent discontinue
and consequent rambling, hap-hazard
way of striking back, going as he does
back as far as the campaign of 1890,
1891 and 1892 to rake up some old
"sores" against the editor Of the
VOICE which he had either forgotten
about or thought not worth mention
ing during the last campaign, and
pleading them to the people as a ref
utaGion of the charge that he had
perepptOrily discharged his stenOg-
rapher because he had become con-
verified and joined the grand army of
'Cranks."
The Judge is quite cute in denying
that he had suppressed any part of
the correspondence, but we wish the
public to remember that we perhaps |
never would have known that Mr.. |
WEIGH had replied to the Judges last |
letter had we not written to him
certainly not by any information the |
Judge disclosed until after we had |
heard from Mr.. WEIGH and asked him
about it. Then he seemed willing |
enough to turn in the letter he did |
not think amounted to anything"
But not word about it did he let |
slip until then. The reader will no
tice that Notwithstanding the Judge |
did not think this letter amounted |
to anything" he devOteS considerable |
space in his article published today !
trying to retute the statements there
in made. Men don't usually waste so
much breath on little things that |
amount to nothing"
There seems to be a question of |
veracity between Judge Ray and Mr.. |
Welch concerning the basis upon |
which stenOgrapher's fees were
certified, or were to be certified, and |
as to which is entitled to superior
credit the people are the jurors. In
order to arrive at just verdict,
however, there are some circum-
stances which it would be well for
the jurors to take into their consider.
alton. Mr.. Welch being away out in
California, although he has proven
himself to be amply able to take care
of himself, and no doubt will in due
time, the VOICE will take it upon |
itself to put his case so far as the
circumstances go, before the people,
and allow them to Judge between
him and his accuser.
In the first place it will be noticed
that the statements made by Mr.. |
WEIGH which Judge Ray says are
untruthS were made in a private |
letter to the Judge, with no thought
of their publication and therefore
wholly relieved of any temptation to
exaggeFate for the purpose of
strengthening his case in the eyes of |
a criticizing public; ~ that this |
letter never called forth response or
fdenial of any sort from the Judge
until it came before the public; 49, |
that when the Judge handed this
correspondence in for publication he
omitted this letter and concealed the |
knowledge of the receipt of the same
from us until we had heard from
California and asked him whether or
not he had received such a letter;
Al that Judge Ray is writing for
public ears while Mr.. WEIGH was
writing exclusively for the Judge; (5l |
that the Judge is interested in put
ting favorable construction on the |
affair because of his present candi-
dacy for reelection while Mr.. WEIGH !
has passed to the stage OF a disinter-
eSted party and unless he was writing
for the public could not be charged |
with prejudice.
Then there are other considerations |