The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-18

/ county had not been raised could thi
court say whether or not they did no
all live in Kinghshcr county and werl
not affect by the rai.e?
liut the senator perhaps we ough
tp say the ex sena 'or--insinuatt thai
tb wealthy meu OF Icc0nseh obtainet
relief and 2l6 farmers could not
Every body knows there are not 81
wealthy men i'm Tee mseh And hi,
ei6 farmers Who we're those 216 men
Robert Reed. shawnee Hardware Com
pauy, Hockaday Hardware Company
unk other bankers and shawnee bust.
ness men. Half a dozen men on the
Doom suit were worth more than the
go men IN the Clay suit. OF course
there werc some farmers on both. A
man who will commence suit to en-.
join his taxes when he knows he has
no taxes 10 pay, ard then pose in the
role OF a prosecuted farmer, will nat.
urally d shlle the ap earance Of an
honest man. That is the reason why
Doom is hghting Judge Keaton.
Mr.. Doom dsres Judge keAton to
meet lis lawyers, "the equals OF any
40 the bar" to discuss the question
Judge kcatou has a campaign TO make
throughout large territory, and can
not spare time To- quibbie over every
objection that eau be raised b,
Fiynn's hired boosters, but we have
lawyers supporting Judge Keatoh
who viii discuss the legal proposition
ON the stump or iu the court room, and
we wager tpat they can convince the
people the same as they convinced the
court, the Same as Judge Woods con
" need Judge Bierer
And, In concluding the discussion OF
this subject, Senator Doom insinuates.
with "A cuwardice uudeserving OF being
diRui6cd with notice, that Judge Kea-
ton sustained this motion 70 compel
innumera Die suits 10 be filed and there
by assist ris clerk i'm obtaining costs
Was 'hls the reason the supreme court
Of Kansas held there was misjoinder?
Was 10 for clerk fees that Judge Wood
urged and Justice Bierer decided that
there was a misjoinder in Oklahoma
county? Was that the reason the su
preme court so held in the case taken
up from Lincoln county? But the sen
ator, in his effort TO "earn his hirs, ."
forgets tn I under the law then in
force the salary OF the clerk WAS linn
tied TO 50 500 and that 10 did not make
a dollar difference TO the clerk how
many caees were fled. That the
clerk reacued the limit from United
States and TIE rito ial criminal fees
aud the largest part OF the civil fees
were turned into the treasury at Wash
.ugton. In passing from the subject
let us say that IL keaton was the dem
agoged painted by Doom he wo Id
have decided this case to suit Doom
and his crowd even though the law
bad been against them, but Keatou,
" ith bravery that deserves admira.
ton and an honesty that Doom's vile
cannot affect. decided
.his case, as al others that were tried
n his court, according to the dictates
n an honest Judgment.
Judge Woods and NanNinkle rep e.
.cnted the plaintiff this case and we
gladly concede TO these gentlemen the
'front.' rank Ia their profession but they
are like other lawyers and have lost
perhaps "a thousand cases, had motion
)i every variety sustained gainst their
'leadlngs and 10 is no imputation upon
.hem 20 say that they, in this case,
the law. But these depre-
SAT- The dastardly as Rult Of ID on.
iud hymns other hirelings OF the
haracter OF Judge Keaton. Judge
Nood-. one % the most active repre-
tnta ives OF the Republi an + ee
silver organization Of Oklahoma, in
.ro 1uced Judge Keaton in the strong
'st te ms az the opera house in Shaw
iec, oct. lOth when Judge Reaton dc.
ivered an address there,
Reference is also made by these
character assassius to the action OF
Judge heaton ia refusing jury in the
ease OF ), II. Gin against Pottawat-
lmlc county True, Judge Keaton did
.efnsed jury hut a brief statement
'i The facts in this ease Is again his
.omplete yiudic ttion They are as
.cl,ows: On November 90, 1897, was
lac day designated r. the convening
4 court. The grand jury VS. sum
uoued 10 BE- their on that day, but the
petit jury r trial OF cases was sum
none tD. appear on December g., 1897.
After cmpanelinR grand jury the court
the call Of he civil docket
.o ascertain what cases were ready
Tor trial and which cases should
be tried by court or by jury aud
On the 30th day OF Novemb Der the Gin
ease was reached on call and the
attorneys rcpresen ing MIR. Gill
and the comfy attorney agreed that
the same should be set for trial on De-
,ember lst az 1890 o'clock p. m, and
tried without a jury TO the court. At
$50 p M, Decem Der /, the case was
called for trial aud the county attor-
ney then demanded jury, and the
court stated 10 the counsel that the
jury would not appear until December
1th and that a jury had been waived
and that 10 was agreed 20 try the case
by the court and that from an exami-
nation Of pleadinPs that there was no
question in the case hut a question Of
law, The county attorney agreed then
10 trial and the cause was tried by the
aourt After argum mt Of the case the
court stated that ha was willing 10
give his plaintiff a judgment until he
had further invest gated the ca e and
took the case under advisement. The
county attorney submitted the case
70 the board q county mmissioners
20 see IL they desired 10 appeal the
case, and advised them that he
thought that Judge Keaton's decision
was the lay, aud after a careful invos-
tigatiou the county commissioners ad-
viecd the county attorney not 10 Ap-
peal the case. These county commis-
siCnUrs were two Republicans and one
Popu.ist II requires strain OF the
corrupted inauguration OF Senator
Doom TO see anything culpab'e in this
case. n Is a strong evidence that
Judge kcatou gave every case a care
ful consideration and decided them
without favor FOR friends or punish
n.eLt for enemy