The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-08
Discusses appointment of Hay
den as Probate Judge.
HE CALLS BAD NAMES.
Says That the AppOintee Is a
Notorious Character.
Governor Bailey Is Exercised
About the Charges.

lished at Kansas City. is the official
organ of the Methodist Episcopal church
for the west central states. In its issue
for this week 1t contains the following
editorial comment:
THE charge is made that the pres
ent governor Of Kansas is putting in
judicial power men who are known to
be hostile to the cause of temperance,
and who are the low-down tools of the
brewery and whisky interests. In the
appointment of judge OF Shawnee coun-
~, in which the capital of Kansas is
located, the papers state that no.
topious character has been selected. the
application for whose appointment was
circulated by Vincent Kaczynski. a
ward heller of very unsavory reputa-
ton. The petition for the appointment
of this Judge is said to have been signed
by every Jointist, every boodler every
bribe-takng and bribe-giving official
and e-keeper in the city of Topeka.
Why such a petition for such a man
should have weight with the governor
of the great commonwealth OF Kansas
IS a question we would IKE
to have answered before the court OF
public opinion. The long and short OF
it is, Governor William ]. Bailey has
outraged the conscience and moral
power of the state of Kansas, and II
might as well be plainly said that VIII
liam J. Bailey, governor of Kansas, may
expect to meet his Judgment day the
first opportunity the people OF Kansas
get to express themselves"
The appointment of r. F. Hayden as
probate Judge of Shawnee county is, OF
course, the action which is referred to
in the editorial and the reference to
him as a notorious character is very
amusing to Judge Hayden's friends,
but coming from paper OF the stano-
ing of the Central Christian Advocate,
which goes into thousands of homes IN
Kansas the allegation is a serious one
to both Governor Bailey and Judge
A copy Of the Central Christian Advo-
cate containing the above was taken to
Governor Bailey early this morning by
Rev. Bernard Kelly, the well-known
Methodist preacher of Kansas, and
shortly afterwards a State Journal re-
porter arrived with another. Inc gov
ernor took the matter very seriously
Il assume that DR.. Spencer, the editor
of this paper, wants to be fair ana thae
he has simply been misled, SAID Gov
ernor Bailey. IT think he viii doubtless
correct these statements when his at
tention is called to their unfairness. II
he does not shall go down to kansas
City to see him personally about the
matter"
Noticing the reference to Kaczynsh
who by the way is not the bad man
pictured, the governor called for the
endorsement of Mr. Hayden on the
strength of which the appointment was
made. The following are the endorse
ments which are on file in the govern
d. w. Mulvane, Republican national
committeeman from Kansas
A. F. Williams and ]. b. Belts,
Shawnee county representatives in the
Eugene Hagan, attorney.
T. A. McNeal, editor of the Mail and
nVnavn
Dr.. w. F. Bowen. ex-county physi-
A. T. Lucas. Sheriff.
Galen Nichols. county attorney.
s. +. Wright, county superintendent.
A. n. Newman, county clerk.
G. w. Belts, ]. A. Ostrand and G. w.
Charles. deputy sheriff.
J. 3. Marshall. registrar OF deeds.
Carl Lawson, jailer.
J. c. McClintock L. D. Chamberlain,
3. d. Eastman, J. f. Minney, G. J. Null
vane II. H. Hazlett, H. l.. All5ire, A. A.
Raub. D. e. Esterly, H. H. Keith, phy-
sicians.
Arthur Capper and Harold T. Chase,
manager and editor respectively of the
Topeka Capital
Joseph Reed attorney.
Edwin A. Austin, attorney.
Members of the Republican county
central committee.
J. w. Patterson and c. 3. Reed.
The fact is that political Endorsements
ton on the part of the governor to
please the jointists. Mr.. Hayden was
appointed because he was an old friend.
The editor of the Central Christian
Advocate is DR.. Claudius =. Spencer.
one of the brightest writer's in the
Methodist church. DIR. Spencer would
not, Of course. Intentionally make a
misstatement or do another an inius-
tice, but it seems that he has been i'm
posed upon by irresponsible secular
newspaper comment-if he was the
author of the statement 1t Is well
recognized fact that Judge HAYDEN.
although he has been in Office less than
three months has made a better record
from a prohibition standpoint than all
other probate judges Shawnee county
have for years. The manner in which
he has made liquor druggists give up
their permits to sell liquor. and i'll adj
dition has ruled that it will do them
no good to apply for new ones within
two years, is a record probably not
equaled in any important county in
Kansas for a good while.
Judge Hayden began this record
within two weeks after he went into
office by summoning Charles w. Kohl
before him on May 20. He gave Kohl
a regular trial, and the evidence
introduced revoked his permit.
On June 10, Clarence Young was sum-
moned before him, but when Young
saw how the evidence was going he
voluntarily surrendered his permit. as
the law provides that if a permit is re-
volked it carries with it the druggist
certificate as a pharmacist. while he
retains his certificate when he voIun-
tarily surrenders his permit.
On June p. c. NJ. Hines surrendered
his permit under circumst ances similar
10 those Of YounG's case.
on June 16 Judge Hayden summoned
W. f. Kunz before him, but Kunz has
tened to surrender his permit without
waiting for any evidence to be intro
duced-
On July II Overfield & Henry, of the
Topeka Drug company, We're sum-
moned to bring their permit into pro-
bate court, but they FASTENED to sur
render it at once.
On July 20 Clarence Young applied
for new permit, but Judge HAYDEN
laid down the rule that no druggist who
has had his permit revoked for selling