The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-31

likely to fall in line. and take " the
light on Hoeh, Coleman and Porter.
Coleman, of course, is not candidate
for reelection, but Hoch and Porter
are.
In Porter's home, Wyandotte county,
the union labor element is strong, ana
it may have good deal of weight,
though the Wyandotte Republican con-
vention has already endorsed Porter
for denomination. The union labor
people will probably throw their sup
port to the Democratic candidate
against Porter.
The ireland Resolutions.
The following are the resolutions
adopted concerning the Ireland case:
whereas, Governor Hoch in order
to please the monied interests and rail-
road magnates who are fighting organ
lied labor, has left our sick brother,
Arthur z. Ireland, deprived OF his lib
erty and has pardoned notorious Grim
inal characters since he was asked TO
pardon Ireland, and,
whereas, It is a well known fact
that w r. Smith, general attorney Of
the Santa Fe railway company who re-
signed from the supreme court OF
Kansas last fall, was allowed by the
governor to select his own successor,
and did name Silas Porter, a Santa F'e
attorney Of Kansas city for the place,
and that the governor did appoint Silas
Porter as supreme judge OF Kansas
and that he is so acting now, and viii
continue to act until the election next
fall and that the said Silas Porter
who was formerly a Santa E'e attorney,
was one Of the supreme judges at the
time Arthur z. Ireland's case came up
to be reviewed by the supreme court
and at the same time W. r. Smith who
had resigned from the supreme court
to take a position with the Santa Fe
company as their general attorney was
there doing all in his power to prevent
the supreme court from reversing the
decision of the lower court in the
Arthur r. Ireland case, and
Whereas, A representative of the
A. F. Of L. with the attorneys and
friends of Arthur 2. Ireland, petition
ed the governor to pardon him, but the
request was not granted, also large
committee from the State SOCietv Of
Labor and Industry asked the governor
In person, to pardon him, he again re-
fused to exercise his executive power
and grant a pardon to Arthur E Ire
land; and
whereas, Attorney General c. G.
Coleman, did forthwith upon the re-
quest of W. r. Smith, general attorney
of the Santa E'e and others, begin GUS
ter proceedings against the sheriff Of
COwley county, and that. without the
knowledge Of the governor, or first tax
ing the matter up with the sheriff per-
sonaI1y. because the officials of the
Santa Fe said that ireland was given
too much liberty; and
Whereas, The governor has not up
to this time pardoned Arthur E Ire
land although he has since been in the
COwley county Jail and has said that
he cannot understand how the county
officials could allow such filthy condi-
lions to exist in their TAIL and further
that he did not believe that the sheriff
had violated the law in giving Ireland
the liberty that he did, and that after
all that the Santa H'e has done to get
this man into trouble, and are doing
to keep him incarcerated in the jail
that it is not case Of prosecution
but a very extreme case Of persecution
Therefore, be it
resolved, BY the laboring class
gathered here on this Goth day OF
March, 1906, that we denOunce Governor
Hoch as being unfriendly to the labor
ing people, because after seeing that
the case which he has reviewed several
times is only a case Of corporation
doing all in their power to prosecute
one of the men who was conducting q
strike against them.
And be il further resolved, That We
condemn the attorney general, G. q.
Coleman, as being simply tool OF
the Santa Fe company when he brings
custer PROCEEDINGS against the sheriff
Of Cowley county for following a Gus
tom of long standing by making some
of the prisoners TRUSTEES men whom
he feels that he can trust, and also It
is s. Wei established EAAAAAArAo ~ &AfS
prisoners the most humane treatment
possible while they are serving their
time.
And be it further resolved, That we
do all in our power to prevent the rail-
road attorney, Silas Porter. from being
nominated for supreme Judge at the
Republican state convention. and If he
is nominated we viii do all that we
can to defeat him at the election next
fall. Because he cannot do justice to
q
he is, and has been training with the
railroad interests The Santa Fe's
great desire to have him in the place
is sufficient to cause every farmer.
shipper and all consumers and all Of
the laboring class to vote against him,
the rebate giving Santa Fe's candidate.
Silas Porter for supreme judge OF the
great state Of Kansas"
In the Moyer-Hay wood resolutions,
the Pinkertons came in for a good sized