Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-06-15

Champion 80 excellently sums up the
breaks made and the pretty malignity
shown that we give its review Of the
volume complete as follows:
At the close Of the volume is given a
list OF the members OF the two branches |
Of the Legislature. Appended to the |
list OF members Of the house are the |
following footnotes:
J. A. Campbell, Of Doniphsn, A. @.
Sherman, Of Shawnee, Richard Citing,
of Ness and 4. NJ. Grissom are marked
as Republican postmasteTs, but not
unseated."
NJ. b. Chrisman, Of Chautauqua, is
marked as "Citizen of Oklahoma;
Republican.
w. +. Brown, Of Pratt, and g. M.
Noble, Of Butler, are marked: "Seats
declared vacant because they were
postmasters and Populists."
These footnotes appear in a book
prepared for publication in the Office Of
the secretary of State, printed at
public expense az the official copy of
the laws Of Kansas passed at the ses-
sion Of the legislature for 1898.
Those foot notes have no more bust
ness in that volume than in copy Of
an agricultural report or Websters
dictionary.
1t is a specimen Of partisan malice
dlshonoring alike to its authors and
the party they officially represent. II
affords ample proof that the officials
whose duty IL was to furnish an official
copy Of the laws to the public printer
have 30 little sense Of personal honor
and public decency that they deliber-
ately enter II purely political record in
a volume Of the public laws of Kansas.
Not only that, they made that vol
ume the medium for the publication
Of wicked, malignant, deliberate false
hoods. Such an act ought to cover
with eternal shame every man connect
cd with the dirty work,
Those footnotes are not only wholly
out Of place in that book, but they
would be outof place in any book be-
cause they are false statements.
The Republicans named from Doni-
phan, Shawnee, Ness and Grant were
not postmasters when the legislature
met. The records of the house show
that. Another lie is the footnote say
ing that Mr. NJ. B. Crisman was a
resident Of Oklahoma. The house de.
cded that such statement was false
one. by what authority can a public
officer change the records Of the house
and embody deliberate lie on the
statute book?
Lie number tree appears in the
footnote reading as follows:
Nv. +. Brown Of Pratt and G. NJ.
Noble of Butler, seats declared udcdnt
because they ,cGe postmasters aud POPU'
LISTS"
A more deliberate and wilful lie was
never uttered. What language IL
strong enough to denounce a public
officer who would cause snch false.
; hood to be made a port of the public
statute book Brown and Noble were
= unseated because they were poStmasid'
and not because they were POpuiSts
No man knew better than they who
? compiled the laws passed at the last
3 session. They cannot plead ignorance
4 They must admit that they used q
public statute book to print wicked
e deliberate lie for the purpose of work
s ing injury to the Republican party.
t The compilers of that statute book
A make 1t the medium for the arraign
$ ment Of thu Republican members OF
4 the house as set of constituencies
= villains who deliberately distTanchiseC
o Populist members. A more deliberat,
falsehOod was never uttered and ,
meaner spirit Of partisanship was neve
displayed. The authors OF such scoun
u drelsm ought to be held up to tn,
VI public gaze rs specimens of the politi
u cal idiots who believe that deliberat,
Z lying is the real basis for politica
" reform.
u Why did it not occur to the fellow
u who inserted those footnotes to sa
, that the member from Doniphan wa
u elected by over II thousand majority
: but that a Populist tried to steal hi
u seat and in that dastardly attempt ha
q the backing of the Populists of III
u house and senate as well as the Popu
- list State onlcersY Why did they no
d add footuote TO the name Of MI
:, Kline and say that the Populists sough
u to rob him of his seat by disfranchisin
the people Of Ilolton, aud that
"a required mandate from the suprem
A. court to keep them from doing itY
IN IL the statute book was to be dis
il graced by political tn>tnotes, why ne
10 make the record tue and complete
ly 1t is a very dirty piece of business, an
VS. its perpetrators ought to be brought I
r. the punishment they deserve for col
I'd verting public statute book into
NJ medium Of public partisan libel, 1t