Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
TO GUST GOV. HOCH.
Gsv. HOch and Attorney General Cole
man Now in the Limelight. Cam.
paign Methods to be Ventilated.
From the Wichita Beacon.

From the wichita Beacon.
A star tling rumor to the effect
that custer procee dings are to be
commenced against Governor E.
w. Hoch and At torney General c.
c. Coleman in retaliation for the
suits filed against Mayor Finlay
Ross and other city officials of
Wichita is current on the streets
today.
Reports are to the effect that At
torney S. B. Amidon, who has been
out of the city since Sunday night
has been to Topeka and apprise d
the state officials of the proposed
action against them.
Mr.. Amidon returned to Wichita
this morning and to The Beacon
he stated that he had been to ST.
Louis on other business entirely.
Questioned as to the likelihood of
custer suits being filed against the
governor and attorney general, Mr..
Amidon said he did not wish to
discuss the matter.
From another legal source it was
learned today that grounds on
which to base such an action exist,
and that the charges brought
against Mayor Ross could be main.
tanned against the governor and
his attorney general.
Much credence IS given the rumor
for the reason that every move
made by Mayor Ross in preparing
defense against the custer suits
has been secret move. The city
council atits last meeting gave
City AttorneyA. S. Buzzi authority
to employ counsel to assist him in
defending the mayor and other city
officials against the governors
custer suits. Judge D. M. Dale and
Judge H. c. Sluss, have, it is stated
on authority, been retained to as
sist the city attorney in handling
the defense. Judge Dale declines
to either affirm or deny that he has
been retained by the city.
In connection with the proposed
suits against Governor Hoch and
Attorney General Coleman it is
pointed out that the governor and
attorney general have not only
condoned violations of the prohibi-
tory law during their terms of Of
fee, but that they have actually
been parties to the violations in
that they have conspired to that
end with certain politicians. In
this conspiracy which, it is said, is
to be charged against the governor,
he is said to have made pledges
that under certain conditions he
would not take notice of violations
= of the prohibitory law.
It was freely and openly stated
today that Governor Hoch made
an ante-electicn promise in this
city to the chairman of the repub-
lican county central comittee OF
this county in which he agreed not
to disturb the saloons. 1t is also
said that a representative of Gov
eraor Hoch, who is also an en-
ployee in the governors newspaper
Office at Marion, visited this city
before election and called on saloon
keepers to assure them that their
business would not be disturbed by
the governor if he was reelected
A jubilant feeling was in evil
dence among the local saloon mer
today and in those quarters ar
opinion that they would not be
disturbed seemed to.prevail. This
evidence of safety for the saloon:
was of nature and came at a
time-to add strength to the reports
that custer suits are to be brought
tSainst the governor and his at
torney general by Mayor Ross ane
other. city officials.
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