The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-19
FIGHT Is NOW ON
QUO WARRANT0 PROCEEDINGS BE-
GUN AGAINST SHERIFF CONE

WI AOA4NGl OOA1
Dawes and HallowelI are the Men Who
Signed the Papers-Offense is Supposed
To be Violation of the Douglas Law
Wall Says There is Going to be hot stuff
Gone Says There was an Attempt
Made to Pull His Leg-He BIames What
He Calls the BoodIing Gang and the Adj
ADMINISTRATION Gamblers, Too.
Quo warranlto proceedings have been
commenced in the district court 10 GUST
Sheriff Cone of this county from office.
Last evening the coroner served the
papers in the case on Nh. Cone. They
consisted of a notice ISSUED by the clerk
of the supreme court informing him
that charges We're preferred against
him and unless he appeaFed before that
tribunal on Feb. II TO answer or de-
muir that said charges would be taken
as true and he would forfeit his office
as sheriff. Another nOGce was served
on him that the afhdaEits OF Alonzo
MILLER and others, bearing on the case
would be taken before Justice of the
Peace G. W. G. Jones bf this city on
aseNt Tuesday. To each notice the
NAMES of T. b. Dawes, attorney general
and. J. r. Haliowell of this city were
appended as attorneys in the case.
Sheriff Cone Immediately put the
case into the hands ST Judge Wall with
Instructions to fight IT 10 a finish.
The notices resolved so far do not
usame any specific charges against
Sheriff Cone, bW Judge Wall telegraph
ed at once to the clerk of the supreme
court for a cypy of the petition in the
Ease.
1t is a r7altter well known, however,
that The parties who are seeking TO
Gust Mr.. Cone are proceeding under the
douglass anti-bribery election law
For the past two months parties have
been among the cClored people Of the
seconS ward hunting up evidence to
establish proof that Mr. Cone spent
money among them for the purpose OF
a1dtcing them to vote for him and it is
pni this theory that he believes the
charges against him are brought under
the Douglass anti-bri berry law
Judge Wall was seen last night and
ae said: This case is brought under
uae anti-cOrTupt practices at election
act or more commonly known the Doug
Ass anti-bribery law. We will take
aSStimony Tuesday before Justice Jones
and by Wednesday night l promise you
that we viii give you reporters hotter
stuff than you have been able to get
-or some time You have no idea what
material We will give you TO write
about"
Sheriff Cone was called upon at his
residence in the county jail building
L am reading the life Of General
Grant, he said, land I tell you that in
my Judgment he was the greatest gen
Grad and military man Of the world"
n rio .rg
Grant, said the reporter, but what
me Eagle wants now is an expression
OF your opinion relative to the quo war
1arto proceedings instituted against
You in the supreme court"
My opinion is that they are barking
up the wrong tree. I never gave a
living man a nickle, a cigar or any
other thing of value to induce him to
vote for me and / am ready to fight
Mr. Dawes, Mr.. Halloweu and their
gang to fare-you-well | viii leave
my case to a jury OF any twelve decent
Republicans, either in the town or
country, and / promise now that 1 will
not object to one of them but will abide
Nhelr decision. More than that 1 will
not ask for "a man TO be put on the
jury that voted for me at the last cleo
Iton. If Dawes, Hallowell and their
gang want to be fair let them put the
caise in the hands of a jury of their own
political faith They dare not do that
but they want TO drag me away from
my home people and fellow citizens TO
try me on their trumped up charges.
ii give you a dollar for every Republi-
can in this town or county, who is an
hinest man. and a great majority of
Tnem are, who viii give any cOunten-
ance to this prosecution. They asked
Mr.. VermiIliOn and other reputable at
TorneyS TO bring this case for them and
none would do il but Jim HaIlowell
who has never forgiven me for the part
j took in his defeat for congress by
Jerry Simpson.
81 believe the reason for the prosecu-
tion is one of two that 1 suspect
first thought somebody wanted to black
mail me and shake me down for a little
money. a well known local politician
came to me a few days ago and told
me that they were about to commence
these proceedings and that 1 could
have the thing stopped for little
money. He advised me TO go at once
TO see the proprietor of a weekly Re
publican paper, pay him a few hun
dred dollars and the proceedings would
not be commenced. | told him to tell
his friend that he-waS a ----; that
while 1 would not give him a cent for
oiacknal l would spend $4,000 to de-
fenG my rights and land the gang in
the penitentiary where some of them
will go as sure as you are sitting in
that chair. l viii say right here and
now that l do not blame the Republl-
cans for this. the whole trouble Is
caused by a few bumbs whom | can
count on the fingers of one hand.
Il also think the administra ton gam
bling house and the administration
boedlerS in this city have a great deal
10 do with il. For some reason they
got a notion that I would do some
thing TO stop their boOdlinS game and
they want to remove me from Office
and have Morrill, appoint somebody in
any place who would stand in with the
steal. They can continue 10 rob Wich-
fta OF its legitimate revenue and the
Joints and gambling houses. If they are
permitted 10 do 50 by the people but
am here TO say that Uhey can't rob me
of my office or pull my leg for any
;blackmaN money. l don't want the
sied n viii not. / ask no favors but
justice and l am willing 10 trust any
Republican for that. The fact of the
matter is l have always been liberal
with money to help some poor fellow
out. Tbue ] put my hand in my pocket
aess during the campaign than during
any similar period for ten years before
that"
The proceedings against Sheriff Cone
was the talk of the town last night.
There was no political bias in the opin-
ions expressed.
CITY ~ BRIEF
John Hollingsworth has moved his
barber shop to los West Douglas ave.
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