Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-06
LEASE HOLDS ON
! Made Up Her Mind to Stay
: Where She Is.
Lewellng Thinks Otherwise-State ON
ciais Indorse His Action-Rank
and File OF the PopuIists
Divided In Opinion.

TOPEKA, Dec S0.-Mrs. Lease said TO
o reporter that notwithstanding Cover
nor Lewelling's summary action, sh'
still considered herself member Of tbt
board Of charities, and at the rognla,
meeting in January she proposed tc h
present and take her usual place.
"The announcement made by Mr.
Chenault that have employed attorney,
to make the fight in the courts" she con
tinued, sis mistake. have employed
neither Gleed, Ware q Gleed, r. M.
Chenault, or any others. Mr.. Chenault,
] believe is posing as my lawyer, but
am about TO wire him to keep quiet and
await developments. There is no cause
for excitement or frenzy. Nobody has
been hurt except Governor Lewelling,
and guess he is ahle-st least he thinks
SOTO take care Of himself. The real
reason for the attempt at removal, 80 far
as can see, is because would not agree
TO introduce machine politics into the
board. On this account / became OBJ.
noxous to Mr.. Householder and Mr..
ernor has chosen to take the advice OF
be politicians and let me out--if he can.
ee'll see about that ! am not ont
The Same Law Applies,
"aovernor LswelIing claims the ar.
! bitrary right Of removal. Then why has
not he removed Keny and Yoe, the Re
publican memb bers, long agof Thii
would have given the board absolutely
into the hands of the Populists and har.
mony would have been insured. There
! is where the trouble has come in. The
Republicans stand in with Householder
and Waite. / asked the governor somc
time ago to remove the Republicans and
appoint Populists, but he claimed lie had
no power to remove until the expiration
Of their term Of appointment, because
they had been confirmed by the senate
If he could not remove the Republicans,
how can he remove mep The same law
applies. i would have resigned long ago
If this war had not been made on me by
Householder and Waite. But as knew
my cause to be right, l made up my
mind TO stay and give the politicians al
the trouble could by continuing my
labors for the better management Of the
institutions"
Settled by the supreme Court
Governor Leweling was then seen
and told Mrs. Lease denied his right to
remove. With bland smile he said
docs sh,f Well, she has been removed
and her successor will be appointed i'm
mediately. The question Of my author
ity to remove has teen settled by the
supreme court in the cases OF railroad
commissioners, Anthony and Mitchell,
who declined to recognize the right OF
the executive council to remove. Ii
these cases the court decided plainly
that the appointive power is the sole
judge of the cause Of removal"
OF course all the state house officiali
indorse the governors action, but am onl
the rank and file Of the party disatisfac
ton is the ,uling spirit. Everybody 1
on the tiptoe Of expectation now, wait
Ing for the regular meeting of the boar,
of charities, which will take place !,
January, at which Mrs. Lease says sh
will assume the position she claims i
hers by confirmation by the Kansa
,Isss>s.a yt) =, "Ae i~'", :. -3ha board