The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-15

| people of Wichita knew what that mis-
sion was they would not be making fun
| about my lip, or lying about my buying
liver when 1 bought porterhouse steak
| and three pounds Of sausage and L
| can prove it by my wife,
That's so,' said Mrs. Campbell, me
| brought home both sausage and steak,
and helped me to cook it, and stayed
| home like a good man all day because
| he was worn out by being up all night"
Judge, would you mind telling the
readers Of the Eagle the nature of your
visit to Topeka?" asked the reporter.
The judge stopped and rubbed his
| lip rehectively for minute and said:
Did you ever write a good word
about me in your life?'
The reporter informed him that If he
had done so the occasion had entirely
slipped his memory
That's honest, to say the least.
want you to put 1T down just like tell
you. Well, 1 told both the governor
and the attorney general that if / was
to be successful in this fight they must
show the people that they were honest
in their efforts to enforce the prohi-
bitory law. They said they were hon
est and meant for this war TO go on
until temperance was established at
Wichita. 1 told them that there was
no question but the citizens of Wichita
and Sedgwick county were not fools
and the sooner they realized this fact
the better it would be for the admins
tration. That it was all poppy cock
to talk about them being in favor Of
the honest enforcement of the prohibi-
tory law when the saloons and joints
at LeavenwOrth, Atchison and Kan
N n uri6a
open. That I was as able TO prosecute
criminals as any man in the state, but
that il was impossible TO secure cOnvic-
tons where the jurors knew as well as
the court and witnesses that the prose-
cution, to say the least, was tainted
with malice
Il told them of my experience, and
the evidence produced and yet there
was not a conviction and that there
would be none unless they knew that
the enforcement of the law was for the
purpose of closing up the traffic, and
they all knew that il was not honest
when saloons were run wide open at
Leavenworth, AtchisOn and Kansas
City. That the people knew that both
the governor and the attorney general
knew that this was the condition the
same as 1 did.
mat IIle DeODiS OIL SSuS WICK county
were too intelligent to know that an ad-
ministration was honest when they
made flesh of one locality and fish Of
another. That this community was
not composed OF suckers; and the only
thing they could do, and should do,
was to either call off the fight at Wichi-
"a or begin the crusade at other places.
That the same statute prevailed at
LeaVenWOrth as at Wichita"
Then did you tell them that you
would throw up your hands and re-
sign, as it was useless to try and en-
force the prohibitory law in Wichita,
COlwich, st. Marks, Andale and other
points in Sedgwick county which come
under your jurisdiction" asked the
reporter.
mo. did nothing of the kind. have
not yet resigned. / have not thought
Of resigning; nor will I resign. But
What l want and will have Will be fair
play for the community in which I
live and the people whom 1 love, even
if they don't love me. When the jack
snipe politicians of Wichita are done
shooting off their mouth about me, the
people will find / am a true friend of
Wichita. lover of justice and seeker
for truth and justice, and more of full
grown sheep than either a wolf or
tiger.
This has been my idea of justice and
right and have laid the matter plain
ly before the governor and he has
promised to take the question under
advisement. 1 ventured to pin him
down to twenty-four hours"
Judge what is your opinion about
Governor Morrill, abolishing the po-
lice commission at Wichita?" was ask
ed.
"Oh, ask me something easy. To tell
the truth, 1 don't know what Governor
Morrill, viii do. He wants to do some
thing and / believe he wants to do
right and above everything else he
wants to get rid of the war at Wichita,
and to abolish the police commission a t
Wichita would be one of the most nat
ural and easy things he could do.
The reason I did not show up on the
streets today and wear what the Eagle
calls my heathenish smile was because
l was fired out travelling all night L
wish you had come out to the house,
and We could have had a pleasant visit
and Mrs. Campbell would have called
the children all in and you could have
counted them and found there was ex-
actly nine instead of fifteen.
Now, I guess you have got about
two columns and hope the press won't
break down again, for I will want to
read the Eagle in the morning. 1t is
hard to go to work until you have read
the Eagle"