The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-10
NO CLEAR SAILING
"GoOd Citizens" Object to Being
Run Over.
Claim That Resolutions We're
Railroaded Through.
CONDEMN MR.. COOK.
Excitement at the Meeting Al
ter the Vote Is Taken.
Chairman Refuses to Put Cues
ton a Second Time.
CONDEMN MR.. COOK.

church was crowded WITH peoP41
were interested in the fight that IS pc
ing waged on the reelection OF 9ieI Al
Cook. 1t developed unexpected OPPOSE
ton and a lively time was the result
T. Us near the close of the meeting,
vvhfch was held under the auspices OF
the Good Citizenship federation anu
was addressed by Dr- c. n How a..
the address, J. w Gleed' VINO was pr
Some resolutions have been pre-
nared to be presented here II LII;
Stewart is present he will come forward
and read them; if not, whoever Ids
them Will come forward 49,,
DR. Stewart was present and read the
Where3s. Custom and statute have
made It the duty of the sherlh as the
principal peace officer of the county 10
enforce and compel respect Tor all the
laws Of the state; and
Whereas. There have been during the
mast wear fifty. and there are at present
over thirty. places IN Iopeka WLeIe II
toxicating liquors are sold contrary 10
law and BY men who came here for that
purpose and who have no other means
OF support; and ,-,,-
Whereas These deliberate law break
ers tprroriZe our business men, strive
to ensnare our young men into drinking
and other evil habits increase crime IN
our midst and bring discredit on the
good name OF the county by their oe-
fanee of laws, courts and Ofhcers' ana
Whereas The present incumbent OF
the sherif's Office has failed to recog-
nize the existence of these evils, al
though his attention has often been
called to them by individuals ana
through the medium OF the press, ana
has persistently refused to do more than
act in a clerical capacity and serve pa
pers placed in his hands, and
Whereas The only evidence so lar
secured and the only cases SO tar IN
stituted in the district court during MS
administration have been by temper
ance organizations or individual c1tl-
zens- and
nominated as a candidate for this i'm
portant office. and the jointists have
placed the stamp of their approval on
his management of the sherims Office
by turning out several hundred voters
TO vote for him alone. thus giving him
a larger vote by several hundred than
any of his associates on the same ticket,
though they are his peers in executive
ability and faithfuIness to duty; there
fore be it
Resolved. That the Young Peoples
Good Citizenship Federation and Com
mittee of Two Hundred condemn the
do nothing policy of Sheriff Cook that
has encouraged the jointlsts to establish
themselves in our midst. increasing
drunkenness and crime, bad debts and
poverty. and decreasing lawful trade,
morality, wage earning power and local
wealth.
Resolved. further. That in the interest
OF good citizenship we recommend TO
the Young Peoples Good Citizenship
Federation and Committee of Two Hun
dFed that steps be taken to bring out
Christian citizen who has both back
bone and business capacity and to
whom the oath of office means what it
says. as a candidate for sheriff who
shall be independent Of all political par
ties. that all good citizens may have an
opportunity to express their convictions
at the polls
As soon as Dr.. Stewart had finished
reading The resolutions, without waiting
for a motion for their adoption or Civ
ing time for their discussion. Mr.. Gleed
said:
An in favor of adopting these reso-
iutions say aye
Probably a hundred voices responded
Mr.. GIeed put the opposite side Of the
question. but not voice was heard. {
and ne declared the resolutions adopted
unanimously.
He then announced that the meeting
would be dismissed, but H r. Hilton /
who had gone forward asked for rec
ognition and read a set of resolutions
relating to the re-enaCtue mt of the
search and seizure ordinance by the
Mr.. Gleed was about to put the ques-
ton on the adoption OF these resOlu-
tiOns in the same manner as had been
used with the first, when 7. H. Balm
and George B. Harrison, president of
the Good Citizenship league, both rose /
and demanded to be heard. Mr.. Balm
was given the floor and began:
I object to the manner in which
through"
I second the objection said Mr..
7 am in favor of these last resolu- |
tions." went on Mr. Balm. but it will /
not do the cause of temperance any
good to rush them through without Civ
ing people an opportunity to express /
their opinions on them. There is no /
better prOhibitionist in Topeka than / /
and don't believe many men have sllf- I
for h2 Of
than I have, but believe a great wrong i
has been done to Sheriff Cook by the /
resolutions concerning him No mo-
ton was made to adopt them. were +
not given an opportunity to discuss .
them and do not believe that they ex-
press the sentiment Of the people here I
I have known Sheriff Cook for TWEEN /
~ years know him to be the strict !
est kind Of a temperance man. But ne !
has not received the backing of the /
temperance people of this community. /
When man goes into an office with I
only a pittance for a salary that won't /
keep small family. he is handicapped /
in the amount OF work he would do. /
When he knows that if he does make /
the case will be dismissed. he does not (
feel like making a wholesale thing Of it /
You are after the wrong man. The /
county attorney is the man you ought /
TO go after Sheriff Cook did not go /
lnto that office with any intention of i
breaking his oath OF Office. His life
for twenty years has shown him to be
an upright temperance mana and not the
kind of a man those resolutions would /
lead US to believe.
THE kind of work that has been at
here tonight is driving people
away from the temperance cause
don't care who you put up against him,
If you keep UP this kind OF work you
will re-elect Sheriff Cook by a big ma
when Mr.. Balm had concluded, Rev.