People's voice., 1900-07-19
OUR TICKET.

The boss Of the Republican party OF
SIMMER county has returned from Wash
ington. Richards has been taking les
scrs from Mark Hanna and has returned
extremity with the intention of showing
Tx Republicans Of the county how
things should be done. In last week S
issse of the Sumner County Star he
sizes that w. H. Overholtzer must not
BE R-uominated for clerk of the district
CsEHt. and that if he is re-nominated the
Szm2ner County Star will not support
hlEE- Richards has heretofore made his
sizgFs and endeavored by persuasion to
ssczre their nomination, but his slate
l1ss 50 often been smashed by the con-
vrzltion that he has adopted TIE severer
method of threatening to bolt the ticket
4 his will is not carried out.
Why this fight on Overholtzer2 Rich
ards says he is incompetent, dishonest
and corrupt. But is this the real reason
of the fight? We say not. When Over
hnlt1er took possession of the clerks
ullce he had some ideas of how the
Sy5Ece should be run and these ideas did
not suit the LAWYERS. Trouble soon be-
gan and it has been kept up ever since.
Navy of the attorneys have had
tzuslhle with Overholtzer because they
h1re been unable to handle him as they
say fit, and they have persistently be-
Failed him, poked fun at him and ac-
Cased him of being dishonest and cor
rZqs, for the purpose of preventing his
re-zomination and to teach the next
cie1k a lesson. This, we believe to be
the real reason for the fight on Over
hq5zer.
II Richards had been honestly looking
fu an incompetent, dishonest and cor
TEpt office holder he would not have
gone upstairs in the court house, but
wunld have stopped at the county at
tErpey's Office. Sumner county has a
OElnty attorney that has lost every case
IN uhich there has been fight. He has
Fegsatedly refused to prosecute cases
~ which there was likelihood of a
6EtIt. 1t is crime to run bucket shop
9,Ii the bucket shop runs in Wellington.
1t Is felony to run gambling room,
ba1 gamblers carry on their nefarious
BUSINESS without fear of being molested.
EaIRs are running wide open in every
toan in the county. The occupants OF
tte county attorneys Office which pays
a salary of $4,000 per year have in one
yer and half purchased real estate
OcsGng over $4,000. The records in
5be registers office snow this fact. A
sEgz through false representations pro-
'CHed thirty dollars worth of goods from
a zaerchan,. The merchant applied to
the county attorney for warrant but it
was refused. Seven other merchants
NtTe defrauded in the sane way by the
sfuRe party The eight merchants went
an 2 body to the county attorney and
d1nanded the warrant. The party was
Ssrlght, plead guilty and was sent to the
sknltentiary.
FOR reasons best known to himself he
his refused repeatedly to prosecute
haGSe breakers and other violaterS of
the law after they had been arrested and
when evidence conclusive was at hand.
Whether this is because of his defeat in
al cases brought TO trial or whether
taere are reasons more Objectionable is
T4material, the results are the same.
Law breakers feel secure, and life and
lHUperty do not receive the protection to
ahich they are entitled.
The county commissioners have not
thought the interests OF the county safe
on amy important case unless other coun-
-$s7 were employed. In the Campbell &
Hood case and in the Kansas South
western tax case now pending, other at
trEreys have been employed and the
hard has acted wisely for the interests
- Il she county would not otherwise be
srvAeeted. Persons having business in
es4nty attorneys office complain, and
Nth reason, that he is seldom in his
sEsce and pays little attention to public
lnsiness.
Eis not pleasant to make these state
rents. They are made because 1t is due
ssE public that they be known. If it
Was for political reasons this matter
would have been left until after the
cEnnty attorney is re-nominated, as is
essiently the intention now. Matters
GrSe been going from bad to worse un-
ata property is not safe and the good
Renae of the city and county demands
fias these things be stated and halt be
aled. We will join with the editor OF
TIE Star in suggesting that incompeten,
anG Aw-breaking officials should not be
F>-rominated, and if they are it is the
t8,iy of all good citizens to refuse to sup
pr them. The charges here made are
-zch more serious than any ever made