People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-30

Republican candidates were elected
and that afterwards at the January
1894 meeting of the board of county
commissioners of said county, the
said county printing was let to the
said Carrie H. Herring. The commits
SiOner John T. Stewart in full accord
with his political convictions, princi-
pies and predictions voted for said
Carrie H. Herring to have the county
printing for said year to be published
in said The Sumner County Standard
and that the vote of said j. P. FaurOt
as such commissioner was then and
there necessary to let the county
printing for said year to the said
Carrie H. Herring to be published in
said The Sumner County Standard
and that said j. p. FaurOt then and
there at said meeting of said Board
of County Commissioners and in pur-
Suance Of said corrupt, fraudulent and
cOlluSive agreement and arrangement
so entered into as aforesaid and
against his political principles, con-
victiOns and predictions and for the
purpose Of letting the comfy printing
for said year to the said Carrie H.
Herring to be published in said The
Sumner County Standard and well
knowing that his vote as such COM
missioner was necessary together with
the vote Of said John 7. Stewart as
such commissioner to let such print
ing for said year to the said Carrie H.
Herring to be published in the said
The Sumner County Standard, did
then and there as such commissioner
vote to let the county printing to said
Carrie H. Herring for said year under
the terms mentioned in the contract
sued upon in this action and that
said contract was obtained and ex-
ecuted by, through and under and in
full accord with said cOlluslve, fraud
ulent and corrupt agreement and
arrangement as hereinbefOre set
forth. H. L. WOODS,
County Attorney and
JAMES LAWRENCE
Attorney for defendant.
The reader will understand that this deal
was made for Mrs Herring by other parties.
ED. VOICE.
This gives the whole case away.
The truth Of the facts related can
not be called in question. They are
made by the county attorney, a
Republican representing the board
of commissioners, two of whom
were on the board when the job was
perpetrated. 1t is Official. The
same things are also admitted and
charged by Campbell & Hood. The
people can now see how their funds
are so recklessly turned into bood-
ling schemes. A thousand or fifteen
hundred dollars thrown as sop for
the election Of certain ticket.
The peoples money, wrung from
them by extortionate taxation, turn
ed into a corruption fund for polit-
ical party We have not got all the
facts concerning this deal yet. 1t is
to be hoped they will be brought
out on the witness stand. tits pre-
dicted, however,that Judge Brunette,
having been benefited by the deal
and saved from defeat by so slender
majority, will hold the cause Of
action insufficient on some one or
more Of the first four clauses of the
answer, in order to prevent a minute
investigation Of this phase of the
case. 1t will come on for trial in a
few days and we shall then see what
we shall see.
Some will plead that this is only
one instance. Were it only one il
ought to be sufficient to condemn
any political party to obscurity, but
we are not willing to corcede SC
much. We have one of the mos
corrupt Republican rings in thi.
county that ever pillaged a free PEG.
pie. The same policy was pursued
in 1894. Witness the disposition o
the county printing this year. Doe!
any one doubt for a moment that i
was given to Andy Richards as
reward for his dirty work in the las
campaign The Voice predicted i
last fall and it was carried out to tn,
letter. There were bids in bv tn,
Republican papers that would hav,
saved the people twelve or ffteel
hundred dollars. But Andy had t,
be rewarded and the people of tn
whole county Notwithstanding thei
excessive poverty at this time, ar
made to furnish the money. Goo,
people Of Sumner county who low
honest administration of publ
affairs ought to think of these things
Your treasury is being looted; d,
you want to continue to endor,e ant