Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-02
From the State Journal.
SHOCKING SIGHT.

SHOOhlNCf S1tf1L,
A disgraceful scence occurred on
the main street of the capital city of
Kansas last Sunday which throws
discredit on one of the most impor-
tant offices Of the administration.
The facts have been whispered
about for some days, but today the
truth came to light in such way that
it admits Of no question.
The republican party Of Kansas is
being disgraced by one of the state
officers elected last fall on the same
ticket with Governor Morrill,. This
state officer only last Sunday made a
shocking spectacle OF himself in To-
peka on Kansas avenue in broad day
light
Last Sunday afternoon this state Of
ficer was in Topeka and it had been
previously arranged that he was to go
to Kansas City Sunday afternoon to
meet other members of the executive
council and they were to so out Of
Kansas City over the Missouri Pacific
railway.
At four o'clock Sunday afternoon
the officer in question was seen at the
Copeland, and his acquaintance who
saw him and talked with him knew
from his appearance and actions that
he had been drinking.
He told a Topeka newspaper man
that he was going to Kansas City, but
as it was too late for the Rock Island,
he would take the Santa Fe train at
six o'clock,
A few minutes before six o'clock he
started for the Santa Fe depot to
catch his train. He staggered from
one side of the walk to the other, ut
terIy unable to regulate his course,
his shameful condition visible to
scores of people along the street,
some of whom knew him and some
did not.
To those who knew that he occu-
pied one of the highest positions IN
the gift of the people 1t was a morti-
fving exhibition.
.ho,4 distance north Of the Cope
,ond w. venue, he was, while
swaying almost from side o. O''' -
walk to the other, met by the cores
pendent of Kansas City paper, who
spoke to him, saying:
What are you doing here on the
street drunk like this?
The state official was able to explain
that he was trying to get to the Santa
Fe depot to catch a tram for Kansas
City and the newspaper man attempt
ed to help him to get on a passing
street car.
The good Samaritan's efforts we're
in vain, however, as the state official
was too drunk to get on the car.
He was then started in the dlrec-
ton Of the depot and finally got there
on foot, but too late to catch his train
which had gone ten minutes before
he arrived.
Now that Chairman Cyrus Leland
of the republican state central COM
mlttee, has been so successful in in
vestigating the charges Of drunken
ness against State Senator Rogers it
would be we'll for him to turn his at
tention to one of the state officers, a
member of the executive council who
makes a drunken spectacle of himself
in public places.
Under the Kansas laws drunken
ness Is sufficient cause for the re-
moval of any state or county officer
either elective or appointive if it IS
positively proven that the officer was
drunk.
Appointive officers can be- removed
on the finding of an investigation
committee such as the Rogers inves-
tigation committee, while elective Of
fcers must be tried by a court and
impeached
Last Sundays performance invites
investigation.