Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-30

VOIcQ IOF Eu- w Giiep lOT speaker VI
the house We repeat the statement
upon the authority of the daily papers,
which reported the votes of all MEM
bers. Besides this Mr.. Lawson, him
self, says SO. That he finally voted
for Street we do not deny and it is no
particular credit to him as all popo-
GRAFT members did so, not from choice,
but by caucus agreement, just as they
all would have voted for Weilep had
he received the caucus nomination.
Weilep is from Gelena, in the extreme
southeast corner of the state, where he
formerly ran a livery barn and was
never known to buy a load of corn.
hay or oats, unless he could get it for
less than the current price. By turn
of the wheel of fortune he has become
a bloated mine owner and plutocrat
and, as such, he receives the homage
of the down-trOdden SerfS of western
Kansas. Weilep is foreigner and
was the choice of Abe FrakeS and
Bill Sapp, who thought he made
had a similar career in the mines of
Cherokee county.
The Independent puts up piteous
wall about the Acknowledgement of
General ArtZ, the great philanthro-
pist, who has spent thousands of
dollars developing the mineral re-
sources of Trego county. Whose
thousands were they, and how did he
get them? Where has he spent them?
What has he bought or done with the
money? Is it this lavish expenditure
of his hard-earned thousands that
makes business 50 lively on our streets;
that keeps our merchants and bust
ness men on the jump all day long,
so independently rich? What has
this loving patriot to show for all his
generosity? Only about $50 feet of
hole in the ground, poor man Around
the hole a little rope. a box of dope
and few feet of lumber, and there
you have the foundation for all the
wonderful stories about this great
company, which was said to be in the
cattle business at first and then turned
successfully to coal, zinc, oil, iron,
silver, gold and to gas, a trace of
which was apparent In all the other
products. Many better and more use
full holes have been made here for %
cents per foot, and we venture to say
that, beyond the laSt-named product,
this great constitutional lawyer has
not invested $50 in the county. So.
| too. with the great irrigatOr, Sherry,
whose hobby seems to be rabbit
bounty, cumming and beer.
In its issue of the 23rd inst. the In
dependent gets off great cock-and-
bull story about Commissioner Bar
clay going on Sunday to see Mr.. Mar
quand and offering to withdraw his
petition for custer, etc. Mr.. Barclay
was shown the article and makes the
following emphatic denials: He made
no effort to see Mr.. Marquand on Sun
day. He saw him on Sunday by acct
dent and not by design and Mr.. Mar
quand made no objection to talking
on that day. He did not offer to
withdraw his suit on any conditions
whatever. He made no such sugges-
tion. He did not offer to pay costs or
not advise Mr.. Marquand to see any
particular attorney nor the district
judge, but simply said that he thought
Mr.. Marquand had made a mistake in
attempting to hold office after the eX-
piration of his term and that he be-
lieyed any good attorney would tell
him so. The Independent is either
sadly miSinformed or willfully false,
and, commenting on it's made-to-order
assertions, INDUCES in low insinua-
| ton against the court Had Mr..
Barclay advised Mr.. Marquand to con-
suit Judge Monroe it would have
shown his confidence in the upright
ness of his position, respect for the
court and obedience to law. A refusal
to submit such questions to the law
and the courts shows that disregard
| for the same which has been preva-
lent in the local Populist camp for
two months past
The dissenting opinion of Judge
Rhoades, made one week after signing
the unanimous findings of the full
mon fairness would have published
the latter, also, in connection with
the post norton exhibit. Judge
Rhoades now asserts that he believes
Artz and Fordice legal voters In Ire
go county, although their families,
according to the testimony of Artz,
have never been domiciled in the
county for a single night even, and no
evidence was introduced showing such
intention. He thinks Sherry legal
voter, although it was shown that he
made no attempt to nix upon a perma-
nent location until after election and
after the contest was talked of. He
now has some virtuOuS doubts as Go
the legality.of WestOver's vote, which
is wonderful, considering that West
lover. himself, swore that he did not
locate in the county until October 8.
He thinks Alfred Bailey an Illegal
voter, although it was shown and is
Egenerally known that he has been a
resident in the county for several
years. He thinks the vote of George
Baker should have been taken from
1.-THE Barclay column, although il was
mot challenged and was not shown t0
be illegal and no evidence was shown