The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05
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gap. I am carrying on my practice as
[ see TT"
Il have usually asked these cues
tions of the applicant" interposed
Judge Hayden, "and in so doing have
avoided compelling the applicant tc
bring an attorney here"
You have asked these questions and
by implication you have signihed that
YOU were satisfied when you finished
your questioning" said Cowles.
fYou have a queer idea of implica-
ton, said Judge Hayden I ask
questions in other than liquor cases. -
Il don't think it proper" said
Cowles.
see fit" said Judge Hayden, "and not
have any more jangling about them. .
The permit held by Petro was re-
Where the crusade by the county
officials will end is hard to determine
as the indications are that Probate
judge HAYDEN will investigate the
drug stores which hold permits to see
if they have complied with the law
and carry a $1,000 stock OF drugs.
Drug stores found with less than the
required invoiced valuation of drugs
viii lose their permits.
During all this agitation Sheriff
Lucas has been out of town. When he
returns the crusade may be carried on
with renewed vigOr for not long ago
he offered to furnish County Attorney
Hungate with the names of 300 wit
nesses to examine in a liquor in
QUESTION. The offer from Sheriff
Lucas was made during the first week
of April, close to the time of the city
election, when County Attorney Hun
gate issued summOnses to Judge Hay
den, Harold Chase and Al Bauer, who
had made a Summing tour of the
joints for the edificatiOn of Mr.. Chase,
to appear before him and tell what
they knew of the joint situation.
At that time Lucas and Hungate held
a talk in the sheriff's office when sew
eral persons were present, and Sheriff
Lucas said:
IF you want to carry on an inquisi-
ton you will not need to summon just
three men for I viii furnish you a list
of 800 witnesses who can give evidence
against the jointists and I will sign that
list myself
It is understood that Lucas offer still
holds good.
Governor Is Interested.
Some of the friends of Governor E. w.
Hoch claim that he is at the bottom of
the sudden epidemic of prohibition
which has struck Topeka.
It was reported today that Governor
Hoch, at the suggestion of ex-Chief of
Police Stahl of Topeka, with whom the
governor is on intimate terms, addressed
a letter to County Attorney Hungate
| informing him that unless he took i'm
mediate steps to enforce the law in this
county he would have the attorney gen
eral make trouble for him. The attOr-
ney general might appoint an assistant
or a prosecution might be instituted
/ against the county attorney to forfeit
his office. Mr.. Hungate says that the
governor had nothing to do with his
action.
Governor Hoch does not deny the re-
port. When asked today whether it is
true that he sent a letter to County At
torney Hungate, he smiled long, silent,
knowing smile
It have nothing whatever to say
about that" he said.
Something seems to have stirred up
the animals in this town." was sug
gested
Again the governor smiled
yes, that's true" he said. Its
fact that I haven't been entirely idle"
Are you planning to issue some sort
of a statement about the prohibitory
situatiOn?"
'T did think of doing that a few
days ago" said the governor but
have concluded that it isn't necessary.
Things seem to be getting along pretty
well. The fact is that it is the duty
of every public official to obey his
oath of Office, and of every citizen to
obey the laws of the state. That is
all ask. 1 expect to obey the oath
that I took, and I expect every other
officer in the state to do the asme. I
shall try to see that it is done. And
I shall also do my best to see that the
citizens of the state obey the laws.
That is merely my duty; that is what
I was elected for"
But when it came right up to
question as to what he had done to
stir up the situation so much in Shaw
nee county, or whether he was expect
ing to carry the same tactics into
Leavenworth, Wichita and AtchisOn,
the governor had nothing to say.
Whisky Cities Nervous.
There has nothing developed yet to
indicate that the governor has written
any letters to the attorneys in those
counties which are looked upon as
strOnghOlds of the enemy. That is
rather a different matter from writing
letters to County Attorney Hungate
who Officiates over a county which is
inclined to be prohibition in sentiment.
There is a great deal of uneasiness
among the officials at Leavenworth
Wichita and other whisky towns. over
the possible attitude of the governor
They fear that he may suddenly start
trouble for them And their fears are
not ill-founded, either, if present indi-
cations count for much. The governor
is undoubtedly much delighted at the
way his first move has succeeded in
Shawnee county.
The law on the subject of Duty OF
county attorney is in part as follows;
'If any county attorney shall fail,
neglect or refuse to faithfully perform
any duty imposed upon him by TINS
act. he shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not
less than 500 or more than S5OO, ana
NAV be imprisoned in the county jan
for NOT less than 10 days or more
than 90 days; and such conviction
shall operate as a forfeiture of office.
"And whenever the county attorney
shall be unable, or shall neglect or re-
fuse to enforce the provisions OF TINS
- or for anv reason whatever the
nTovisons of this act shall not be en-
forced in any county, it shall be the
duty of the attorney general to enforce
fine same in such county, and for that
purpose he may appoint as many as
sistants as he sees fit-