Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-18
husband who goes through 1898 without re-
ceiving a cross word from his wife.

husband who goes through 1898 without re-
ceiving a cross word from his wife.
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A case has just reached the supreme
court Of Kansas which calls to mind an
affair in Dickinson county about. a year
ago. In February Of 1896 Henry Winteroth.
an aged farmer. who resides near Abilene.
was divorced from his wife. Two months
later he married again, In ignorance of the
fact that divorces do not become absolute
In Kansas until six months after the enter
ing of the decree. Under the law he be-
came a bigamist. and this fact was used
by his three grown sons to extort from him
property to the value of $1,000. They threat
ened to cause his arrest If he did not deed
over the property, and In his terror Of the
penitentiary he yielded. Later. however.
he took the advice of a lawyer and went
into court to have this deed set aside on
the ground that it was given under duress.
The jury decided for him and the district
judge ordered a cancellation Of the deed.
1t is an appeal from this decision which has
just been filed in the supreme court.
$50
A yelled insinuation always works more
damage than a direct charge. When a
newspaper says a man has been accused OF
something not fit for publication in its
columns the people commence at once to
49, vi lieIC lAiS sliiA kihS
victim is sure to have attributed to him
something very vile. This truth may not
have impressed itself upon the Topeka Adj
Vocate. Populist and official paper of the
state. when 1t i%nsinuated certain things
against the Populist state board Of chart
ties, though perhaps it had and it wished
the most evil Interpretation to be placed
upon It's Words We quote from the paper
as follows:
Charges of a serious nature have como
forward recently. not only from leading
Populist newspapers, but also from prom
irent men In the party. and these charges,
If only half true. proclaim the utter I'M
fitness of a majority of the board to hold
their positions. They are not of a nature
which should receive extended display in
a reputable newspaper, hut they seem to
be more than mere rumors. They are not
partisan political stories, emanating from
the opposition press: they come from Mr..
Browns party brethren"
Charley Scott contributes the following
to current political literature: Can Mr..
Coburn make a speech? If he can. then
he Is by a good many odds the strongest
candidate yet suggested. But the candi-
date of the Republican party for governor
this year must be able. not to talk mere
ly. but to mak a speech. Not to be an
orator ought not to bar a man from the
governors office. but 1t did two years ago
and it will this year If the experiment is
repeated. OF course where the tide Is set
ting strongly one way oratory may not be
able to stem it. Smith was defeated in 1892
although he was quite as good a speaker
as Lewelling. and Lewelling was defeated
in 1894 although he was a far more pleasing
and plausible orator than Morrill,. But
when the issue is about evenly balanced
victory goes to the side whose leader can
most eloquently and forcibly present his
cause. The people expect to hear a good
speech when they attend a meeting to be
addressed by the Republican candidate for
governor. and if they are disappointed the
party is weakened. This is one Of the les
sons of experience which should not be for
gotten when next summers slate is made
up,"