People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-08-23

they find out when they are to be ar
rested so that they can hide the evidence
Of their crimes; that every lawbreaker in
the county is his staunch friend and sup.
porter in this campaign, all taken to.
gether force the conclusion that Mr..
Ready is running the Office for all there
is in it. At this point let the reader stop
10 consider moment. We have already
called attention in previous editions Of
this paper, to the unusual and remarka-
bic thrift exhibited by the county attor.
ney in eighteen months Of public service.
And we now want to ask these questions:
I. What business have the jointists
who so frequently visit the county at
torney?
2. What do they get in return for the
presents Of beer?
). What understanding do they have
with Ready when they violate the law
when he is looking right at them?
4. Why does he wait till threatened
by the sheriff before certain prosecutions
are begun
S. When so many crimes 90 unpun-
ished this term, what assurance have we
that murder will not be perfectly safe il
he is reelected
OF course we know he has required the
law in reference to the cutting Of weeds
to be kept, but then there was nobody
interested on the other side to put up
to have the weeds left uncut. And OF
course we know that he has kept down
the expense. Why not do away with all
prosecutions and save it alp
The jury for the September term is or
dered to appear on September 74th. It's
along time till then. We know that the
statements and charges made above are
libelous If they are not true. We can
prove every statement made and desire
to do so, and We insist on doing so at the
September term of court. We demand
that Mr.. Ready arrest US at once and
give US a trial before election. If we
cannot prove every charge made above
to the satisfaction of the jury then Se
will be convicted and punished. But il
the charges are proven Mr.. Ready will
be defeated at the polls, and probably
will be disbarred and ousted from Office.
1t will not do for Mr.. Ready to ignore
this as that will admit the truth Of every
charge. 1t will not do for him to 90
home and pretend to be sick and not
able to try us till the January term.
That scheme may have worked we'll last
winter, but it won't do for this time. It
may do for TIE purpose Of keeping out of
high school fight and avoiding few
other official duties, but he is hale, hearty
and fat, able to give us a trial and he
must do so. If he says no attention
should be paid to these statements be-
cause they come from Populist paper,
then we invite his attention to the COL
umns of the Monitor Press, whose own
ers know that the above facts are true
and who dare not defend him-watch
their columns and see.
In the above we have said nothing
about the outrageous conduct of w. NJ.
Ready, his deputy, for the reason that
the county attorney may not sanction it,
and if he says that he disapproves Of
such conduct on the part Of his deputy
we shall have nothing further to say
about it in the campaign.
We want to do Mr.. Ready exact JUS
tice and it is with no pleasure that we
write this article, but we want Mr..
Ready to plead guilty to the charges or
have us arrested at once, in order that
the public may have the truth.