Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-09-01

democrat Tor the purpose or having IL
copied by the populist papers of this
district. This letter is principally
TRADE of abuse of the Osborn, Monroe &
Henkel Land company and the object, OF
course. is to injure Lee Monroe's candi-
dacy for judge OF this 23rd Judicial dis
trict. Mr.. Monroe and his friends ought
to feel proud when they consider that all
the ingenuity that the opposition could
bring to bear has eliminated in one
charge of being at one time a
member of certain real estate firm
which was always noted for its reliability
and square dealing with the general
public as well as with its patrons. Such
statements can certainly do Mr.. Monroe
no harna but the intent is plainly APP
parent as the author would have
adhered more closely to the truth
even upon immaterial matters Judge
! Osborn has not been a memb Der OF the
/ Osborn, Monroe & Henkel Land compa-
ny since March, 1SS6-and to make use
of such statement after the lapse OF
more than eight years for political effect
is ridiculously absurd and only shows
the dire extremity to which the opposi-
/ ton is driven. We repeat that Mr.. Mon
roe and his friends have good reason
to feel proud over the attack made in
the Hoxie Democrat while the Frakes-
Saum letter itself is the best evidence
| of the weakness of their cause and the
imbecility of the writer. AS we have
heretofore stated it has not been our in
tention to assail Mr.. Saum's record and
as we have several times stated we pre-
fer not to engage in a discussion of the
relative merits of these candidates but
when forced upon US we must at least
state facts in self defense. As to the in
timation that Mr.. Monroe has been a
chronic politician we pronounce it as
absolutely and unqualifedly false and
every citizen of Trego county as well as
most of the citizens of this judicial dis
trict know that the statement is without
foundation. Mr.. Monroe was never a
candidate for any position national,
state, district. city or township in his
whole life except for that of Register of
the q. S. land Office which Office he held
to the credit of himself and to the entire
satisfaction of every homesteader who
ever had business before him. But we
have made some inquiries concerning
Mr.. Saum's political proclivities and we
herewith give partial summary with
out comment further than to say that
the record shows that Mr.. Saum has
been a professional politician ever since
he moved TO Wa-Keeney and will doubt
less account for his very limited practice
in his profession since his admission to
the bar about four years since A man
cannot very well be a professional poll
tician and at the same time excel in any
OF the learned professions. In 1888 Mr..
Saum was a candidate for district clerk
in 1890 he was candidate for probate
judge for the full term and also for the
short term; in 1892 he was candidate
for county attorney; in 1893 he was a
candidate for mayor; in the summer OF
1898 he was candidate for register OF
the U. S. land office; in the fall of 1895
he was candidate for receiver of the u
s. land office: in the spring of 1894 he is
a candidate for district judge. We may
have, unintentionally, omitted some
thing. While upon this subject We
might mention also that Frakes, the
Boss of the Frakes-Saum combination
has not been entirely idle in his own anC
relatives interest. Abe Frakes and his
| brother have held the office of county
treasurer of Lane county for six cOnsecu
tive years. Abe Frakes is now register
/ of the U. S. land office at salary of So,
| 600 per year, while he has installed hi
: sister as a clerk at salary of $75 PEI
! month. This doubtless lacks considera
BILE of being complete political RECORD
of Abe Frakes, but we had some hesitan
cy in asking him for full statement
These are the records of the men, VIII
with a boldness and audacity scarcel,
!; PARALLEL, are giving it out that Lee Non
roe is a professional politician and TO
(, that reason should not be voted for
We never had any use for common
everyday prevaricator, but must admi
that we are forced to admire man VIII,
stands absolutely alone and una approach
able in his peculiar line. Now, only on
/ word more to the Frakes-Saum combina
tion-unless they desire to prolong thi
discussion: The people are not fool
and desire at this time enlightenment q
to the merits of the respective candi
. dates and the methods employed by yol
can only create disgust. The fitness 0
the candidates is the main issue. In tn
! WORLD of August 4th we gave a com
, plete list of all the cases ever tried b,
Mr.. Saum and showed conclusively tina
: on account OF his inexperience he wa
!, utterly unqualified to hold the import
! ant and responsible office of Distric
Judge. The article alluded to closed a
: follows: ''To ecapitulate-He has witt
the assistance of other counsel, tries
three jury cases and one court case, ant
alone has tried to the court the question
. of priority of mortgage liens in one cas-
and argued demurrer in one other case
Mr.. Saum has never tried jury cas-
alone in the district court and we havi
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