The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-13
At high noon Last Monday Ed T.

Jones stepped III, IL. A. Ewing step
ped out OF the County Attorneys
ilfice and A. ii. Campbell stepped in;
VI. Z Jacoby stepped out OF tie Dis
Jrict Clerks Office and Frank Travis
stepped in; and ID. ID. Spicer stepped
missioner and 4. ID. Lacey stepped in.
On behalf of the Republican party
particularly and of the people OF Al
len county generally, the REGISTER,
takes great pleasure in speaking a
"well donen tor each of the retiring
officers. 1t is no Disagreement to the
many excellent notwithstanding the
ex-woman, who preceded him in the
f office, to say that Mr.. Barber made
the best County Superintendent we
ever had. The labor which he be-
slowed upon the Office was absolutely
Titanic Labor of body and brain. lie
! visited the schools necessarily. He
delivered educational addresses absO-
lutely by the hundred. He was coll
SAINT spur and inspiration to all his
teachers. And he leaves as a legacy 10
his successor. and a monument To his
energy and abb i y, the most perfect y
organized schools mat are To he found
any where in Kansas. There are CONF
paratively few people who know how
good "A county attorney III. y. Ewing
has been. He has no use for brass
band and there has been nothing thu
atrical i'm his administration, whereby
n good many citizens have been mis-
led into believeing that he was doing
nothing of Importance. Those who
have been close enough, however, to
see what was going on, know that his
conservative advice, his quite but firm
insistency upon the rights of the cOun-
ty, aud his skilful ana judicious man-
ag0ment of cases that came before the
court have in the past four years
relieved thacOunty OF u great deal OF
VexatiOus and expensive litigation,
and have saved the taxpayers thou
sands of dollars. Not only as fine
| lawyer, but also as wise counsellor
Capt. Ewing has richly deserved
the trust that was repOsed in him.
1t is smatterofgener'l comment among
the lawyers who practice at this bar
that there is no District Clerks office |
i'm any of the counties which they visit |
that is so systematically arranged and |
methodically managed as the one over |
which Nj. 2. Jacoby has presided for |
the last eight years. No higher praise |
could be given and nothing could at
test more emphatically the strong per-
sOnal hold he has on the people of the
county than the fact that alter having
served four successive terms there was
general disappointment when lie de-
clined to be candidate for the fifth.
! 1t is a record of which any man may
well be proud. MIR. ID. ID. Spicer was
never candidate for the office of
county commissioner. He was ap-
| mi irGt Sf.ti if..fi
and he was not even in attendance
upon the convention which nominated
him the succeeding fall. But although
so Indifferent to obtaining the office
he has spared no pains To perform its
duties, and his service has shown the
same energy, the same good sense and
sound Judgment that has marked the
conduct of his private business. He
retired by his own desire from all Of
flee which he has hOnOred. 1t is
pleasant indeed to be able to give with
u clear conscience such unstinted
praise as can be given to all these gem-
tlemen. 1t is pleasant also to know
that they are to be succeeded by clev-
er and capable gentlemen, who give
every promise of winning equal COM
incubation.
In another column of this paper will
be found a circular letter issued by
the County Central Committee and
addressed 10 "all who believe that the
will of the majority, lawfully express
ed, should rule This means you
and if you have the information called
for please send names Mt once to III. l..
He. derson Secy. lola Kans. In con-
nection with each name sent, give also
the reason for believing that the vote
cast was illegal-yUur. name must be ,
signed to the communication as evil
dence of your good faith, but if you
do not wish TO be known i'm tile mat
ter say so and your wish will be conf
piled with.
Later: Since the extraordinary and
even revolutionary proceeding of the
Populist members of the House in ;
connection with the Professional Re-
formers it becomes even more the {
duty of all order loving and law-abid-
ing citizens to assist in ascertaining
the will Of the people as expressed ,
lawfully by legal voters. After this
freely expressed will of the people is
known the further duty remains to
insist thatthat will is law and must be
maintained. Theltepublicans ask for
nothing more and will satisfied with
nothing less. ,
Beside the routine business. the
board of county commissioners dispOs-
cd of their docket rs follows: In the
controversy over the private road OF
John Mccoy, the action of the view
ers was sustained. Rebate OF taxes on
the Fryer estate equal to the differ {
ence between town property tax and {
township tax was granted. /. +.
Randolph and Ed. Mclean were re-
leased from jail upon giving notes for
payment of costs. 1t was decided To t
pay for collins for paupers at the rate
Of 81 so per foot of length. Erroneous
assessments of property of +. N. Will
enburg and Eli Gilbert were corrected.
were appointed assistant examiners
of teachers for the county. Permission
was granted the comfy attorney to
maintain his office in his present rooms, (
instead of in the court house, and the I
room in the court house was rented
to Ewing d Bennett for the ensuing ,
year. In recognizing the board, MIR.
+. /. CrOwell was reelected chairman.
Prof. Shows summary'of the wealth
er for 1892. shows that the year 1892
was characterized by q low mean tenn :
perature, caused by cool spring and
summer, while the autumn was warm
and the winter months of nearly av- ,
erage temperature. The rainfall was {
making this the fifth sue
cessive year of rainfall above the av-
erage. The PRECIPITATION for the month
of June, however was the lowest ON :
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