Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-10

moved away. Peacock continued to
draw the munificent salary OF county
sape rintendent until the end of the
term and is now a retired capitalist!
Judges Tunnel, Courtney, Walker,
and Shelton are still in Trego. Judge
Cowick is in Missouri but Judge
Rhoades mas gone to his long, long
home
The lawyers engaged in those cases
were all from outside the county.
Rathbone still lives at Hays. Harwi
has just been elected attorney of Ora
ham county and he'll make good one
if he tries. Perhaps we might digress
here to tell 4 story of the late cam
paign which illustrates the man and
his method. During the canvass Har-
wi approached a voter. who did not
recognize him. He must have been
a newcomer.) After some prelimi-
naries, with things on the side per-
haps, Harwl asked the American SOW
ereign who he would support for
county attorney. The voter replied
that 1t was bitter pill, being
"choice between a fool niger and a
id rascal" ''I'll tell you.' says
Harwi ''do as 1 shall do, vote for the
rascal" 1t must have been accepta
BILE advice as the rascal got there by
a safe plurality.
Now to get back to our yarn. Allen
Cox. later on. butted into those con-
tests cases as an attorney. He is now
in Nebraska.
Gen. Artz and Bad Man Sherry were
two of the leading witnesses. The
| '.gIneral" attempted to establish a
residence In Trego by lust camping
around the hole" down on Page creek.
He was in St. Louis this fall and tried
to break Into Congress on the 'tlabor''
4 ticket. So far we have not noticed
his name in connection with those
''bOodle" trials now going on. Sherry
was a tough cuss from Custerville and
refused to tell how he voted. The
fact that his vote was challenged aud
his ballot marked was all that saved
him from commitment to the county
bastile for contempt of court. Very
sorry to admit that we have since
thenilost all trace of him.
George Ufford at that time was
county clerk and ex-officiO clerk of the
contest court. He is still with us and
back IN the mercantile life. George
Cross was register of deeds and also
did little clerking if we remember
correctly. He is now a merchant of
Ellis. Sheriff Lynn, Deputy Reddig
and Constable Greenwood are now In
pursuit of more or less fugitive ag-
| riculture.
Those cases went to the District
court where they were tried by Judge
Monroe who, next week, gives way to
Judge Reeder. Then they went to
the Supreme court consisting of two
Populists and one. Republican. The
cases were decided on technical points,
one each way, politically. There was
an Appellate court too in those DAYS
we believe but it has since been SUI
perseded by an enlarged Supreme
court of five members, all of kind.
We have not mentioned One-tenth
of the people interested in Trego
county politics six years ago but per-
haps this is enough. The new board
of commissioners which meets next
week consists of two new members.
Morgan and Cockrell, and Wanda who
has served but one year. The county
Officers are all of a later set. There
has been a similar change in state off,
GERS and in the legislature.
| In some respects there has not been
SO much change. DR.. Jones is still
county health officer. .Wa-Keeney
then had two papers. 1t still has the
same two with-er-welf. perhaps a
fraction more. We are not quite SO
''scrappy" as we were then and no
doubt our readers are all very, very
sorry.:
Six years of change and exchange.
of fires and fusillades. Six years of
moves and removes but The Old Re-
liable IS still on deck and wig wagging
the news to everybody at five cents
per wag or one dollar per year.
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