Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-06-09

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this city recently organized basket
ball teams. Practice games are in
order on Monday and Thursday even
ings of each week. Following are
the members OF the respective teams:
Clippers-Nell Holmes. captain, Irene
Peacock, Helen Wilson, Gladys Spear,
Alice Peacock. Margaret Swiggett
and Elsie Spear Goblins-Alta Bag
gott, captain, Ethel Straw, Georgia
Moore, Lola Orr. Gertrude Davies,
Mildred Niesley and Lillian Forester.
All our readers are familiar with
the Burton case which was decided IN
the supreme court several weeks
since, the court finding Burton guilty
as charged. Burton resigned as o. 5.
senator the first of the week and
Governor Hoch appointed Secretary
Colburn to fill the vacancy. The ap-
pointment OF Colburn does not suit
the politicians. but the farmers.
the men who made Kansas
what she is today, are congratulating
the governor on this appointment
Huch made ten-strIke when he ap-
pointed Coburn Senator
S. S. Reynolds, the well known
Democrat of Grainfield, who is dissat-
isfied with the manner in which the
new party organization is beginning
the campaign work, says that the
attempt to organize Harris clubs in
the state is probably the silliest per-
formance chairman of a state COM,
mittee ever attempted. He says that
the chairman cannot expect Republi-
cans to sign his pledge, and that the
only way to increase the Democratic
vote this year is by use of u modified
form of the Sapp ''gum shoe" plan.
He has no faith in the new chairman
and his methods and says that the
Democrats made a bad trade when
they gave Sapp for Ryan.
We wish to make a statement IN
by this paper in regard to the Null
divorce ease. Recently it has come
to our ears that the statement was
not altogether understood by some,
hence this statement at so long a
period after the article was published
for had we heard it sooner VIC would
have Immediately made the matter
plain We believe out of justice to
ourselves that we should make this
statement for we do not care to occupy
a false position in any matter if we
know it. We published the article as
it was given us and we understand
that the charges in this case were pre-
ferred in Idaho. Some seem to think
that in mentioning these charges we
were referring or pointing to someone
here That is not the case and we
wish it emphatically understood that
it was not. We gave the legal charges
just as they appeared in court at the
request of the plaintiff in the case
and in so doing did not for a moment
think of rejecting on any one here.
We had no personal feeling whatever
in the matter nor did we have the
least desire to implicate anyone, but
printed the Item as we were request
| ed. Our position in the matter was
not antagonistic and we do not wish
to be so regarded, for in personal mat
tiers we are not interested and as for
rejecting on any ones character is
entirely out of our line of business,
and we wish for our readers to under
stand that the article printed was
printed as it was given and not for
the purpose of injuring any one, but
to give the legal charges as they ap-
peared in court. Hereafter we shall
refuse to print any items that may in
any way implicate any one in domes-
tic or strictly personal affairs.