Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-16
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ulIst bank examiner, Mr.. Breidenthal,
has been detected 10 technical violation
OF the law, which will no doubt be-
made the basis OF an attempt to re-
move him. This, he declares with
more than necessary vehemenCe, be
will resist TO the extent of appealing
10 The supreme court, and as bis at
torney, not q populist by the way,
says he 10 firmly intrenched, an ex-
citing legal controversy may be look
ed for.
There Is no doubt that Mr.. Breiden-
thai has been violating the law in
withholding from the treasury funds
that il was bis duty TO pay in, But
he protests the state has lost nothing
by the operation, and that IS probab-
ly true. Nevertheless, the law ought
20 be complied with. The money
was withheld, no doubt, for private
use. III had been lost in the pro-
cess the state might have suffered, II
was with the view of avoiding such
dangers that the law was enacted,
Bat unless the Law is clear on the
subject il will be a waste OF time and
energy 10 attempt 20 remove Mr..
Breidenthal from office. The state
has already been scAndalized by llti-
cation for the possession Of Office, and
the impression is growing that the
people are q hungry horde Of Office
seekers. As q matter Of fact, they
are nothing Of the sort. There are
the usual proposition Of Office seek
eEs, and those who want office want
1t bad But the vast msjority OF the
people are willing to earn their living
by honest tOll.--KGnSGS City Times
The foregoing is q fair statement Of
the case by q democratic newspaper,
says the AtchisOn Champion. Kan
sas has been sCandaliEed during the
past sixty days 70 an extent impOsSi.
BILE to estimate. The Lswelling- Duns-
more rebellion OF 1893 has not brought
greater shadow upon the good name
Of Kansas than bss been cast by the
nasty, revolving Investigations" nm
der the Morrill, administration.
Populist stupidity brought Kansas
INTO disgrace and recent republican
methods have not tended TO redeem
il. The trouble has been that the
real reason for Investigations" has
not been for the good name OF Kan
sas, but for the purpose Of venting
personal Spleens and driving ono set
Of fellows out Of Office and placing
another Get in. II all the facts con.
corning public appointments during
this administration were known 10 the
people Of Kansas there would be q
political revolution that would sweep
the State from Colorado TO Missouri.
The Breidenthal crowd promised
reform and gave Us the residuum Of
beastIy, personal politics. The pOpu.
list horde Of hungry Office seekers has
been succeeded by another horde
equally thirsty and as furiouSly hun
CRY. Never, since Bill Tweed reign
cd as Boss in New York, have pollt-
iCal plums bsen distributed with more
significant disregard Of the expressed
wish Of republican voters. No ma
chine" in use by Tammany was ever
more imperial in its methods than
the one now in use at Topeka.
The Breidenthal case will, we
trust, be fully Investigated by tho
courts, and, in the meantime, il is TO
DO hoped that the investment Of the
Kansas school fund, and the disburSe.
ment Of the executive contingent fund
will be brought TO the broad light Of
day. And while the administration
rs having ito run Of investigation"
fever 1t might be we'll to explain why
Il is that the executive department Of
the Kansas Government has been
forced to publicly announces that
certain classes Of law breakers shall
not be disturbed provided they can
convince the executive that public
sentiment sustains them.
When political supremacy depends
upon the dexterous duplicity Of the
spoils distributors IN aSssiling the
private and public character Of the
other fellows and in providing putty,
whitswaSh aud vsrnish for our own
partisans, is il not time for people 70
inquire * the republican organization
;r Kannaa has fnrOokkan lie plad@eg To