The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-11-23
FEARS THE PLACE
JOHN SEATON DECLARES HIMSELF
ON G0VERNoRSHIP QUESTION.
He Says He has a Eepugnance TO the Head
Candidate for the Place Under any Con-
sideration-Big Mystic Brotherhood Or
eanization at Fort Scott-Abbie Mat
thews Resigns-Hanging Question In
Kansas to be Tested i'm the Courts-A
FUN Batch of Interesting Kansas News.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 22.-(Special)-
Hon John Seaton, member Of the leg
aslature from Atchison county, was iT
Topeka today. Mr. Seaton said in ref
eurence to the newspaper report that
he intended Ito seek the office Of COVER
nor:
There is absolutely nothing in it.
am not candidate, and, more than
that, Will never be. There is something
repugnant to me about that office. /
am just as high up now politically as
ever care no be. I believe Governor
Morrill, to be one of the very best men
In Kansas, honest, sincere and just, and
you may put me down as one Of his
warmest friends
"Will you be candidate for re-elec-
ton. MIR. Seaton? ?'' queried the reporter.
mo, sir, J am not a candidate If
the people Of Atchison county want me
to go back 7 am perfectly willing, but 1
am not chasing the office
'eWl1at is the situation in the sena tor
fa1 fight in Atrhison county?"
THAT is a delicate question With
the candidates now in the field / believe
Mr.. ingalls, would have walk-over in
Atchdson county, but If ex-Chief Justice
Horton should enter the field there
would be "a mighty interesting fight be-
tween ithem-yes a, mighty interesting
fight between them" continued Mr..
Seaton. with his eyes half closed as If
musing upon the racket which is likely
TO start in AItchison county next June.
In addition to this Mr.. Seaton said
that the ex-chief justice had a host of
powerful friends in Atchison, who
would take OFF their coats for him if
DIBce he became a candidate.
did / ever tell you about that te1e-
gram failed TO get during the session
Of 1879? At THAT session there was a
fight Between Ingalls, and Horton. I
was standing by Ingalls,, particularly
as had been INSTRUCTED to do so by the
convention which nominated me. The
night before the election a lot of the best
Republicans in Atchison sent me a tele-
gram urging me ito drop ingalls, and go
into the Horton caucus. / never got
that telegram until ten days after the
election took place.
Should / 1ave obeyed it? Well,
don't know about that. 1t was signed
by some highly representa- citizens
and might have set pne to thinking
John Seaiton hsls been many times a
member of the legislature from Atchi-
son county, and it is believed he is pro-
TO TEST THE HANGING.
Great inlttres. has been taken over the
state in the Dc scussion of whether or
not there is legal way to hang convict |
ed murderers without the warrant of |
the governor. A number of prominent |
lawyers have held that the law does not |
provide such a way. while on the other |
hand the prep pnderance of opinion |
among the profession appears to be |
against such a conclusion.
As IS well known, this discussion or
lginated over THE request of Judge S. |
w vandivert and 700 other citizens of |
Edwards county 10 Governor Morrill, |
for the issuance OF the warrant which |
would launch Arnold and Harvey, the |
murderers Of Mayor Marsh of Kinsley,
into eternity. 1t wa.s commonly be-
neved that II any dis trict judge in Kan
sas had the nerve to hang a convicted
murderer. IT was Judge S. W. Vandi-
VERT, and upon THE decision OF Governor
NORTH not to issue the necessary war
rant. It was predicted that the judge
would at once take steps to carry his
own sentence into effect.
That tine prediction was well founded
Is now made evident by the fact that
Judge Vandiyert has instructed the
rounty attorney of Edwards county to
bring them after before the supreme
court of the state as a test case. While
of the opinion that no one outside of 1
the governor can have the right to
cause the execution for murder, Judge /
Vandivert believes that there is enough
doubt about the matter TO ask for a
ruling by the higher court.
MYSTIC BROTHERHOOD.
A dispatch from Fort Scott says:
ohm Hoenscheidt, a former newspaper