Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

duced by other newspapers, discussing
my candidacy for the Office of represen-
tative and my position on issues involv-
ed with great interest. and I feel that
the charges and Instructions therein
contained are OF such a nature that l
owe it to the republicans of Barber
County to submit a few corrections.
| l shall assume that the article was writ
ten by the present editor of the Journal
and not by politician of Medicine Lodge
| OF more or less local repown, and in this
assumption shall take into consideration
the fact that the Journal editor is new
man in Barber county and is wholly un-
| acquainted with political conditions and
| knows nothing OF the sentiment of Bar
| Der county republicans. The PERSONAL
I ties contained in the article also prove
that he has been misinformed as to the
county's recent political history and has
no conception Of the duty Of lawyer to
his client. Knowing, therefore, that the
writer of the article was laboring under
these disadvantages 1 can partially
excuse him.
! The charge is made that I have held
office for considerable length of time
by the grace of the republican party.
1t is true that l served as county attor-
ney six years, having been elected three
| times. In every instance my nomina-
ton was unanimous and without oppo-
sltlon and it is matter of common
knowledge that the last time, it
was accepted Reluctantly and only to
satisfy the party leaders who insisted on
my acceptance. Right here might add
that some Of the men who are now op-
posing my nomination for representa-
tive, most strenuously assured me that
il would accept the office Of county at
torney another term, they would exert
their influence to secure my nomination
for representative after the expiration of
my official term. To prove that my
official record is good L need only refer
you to the files of the Kiowa Journal
and the Medicine Lodge Cresset.
The charge is also made, that l
drafted bill relating to practicing
pharmacists and submitted it to repre-
sentative Gesner for passage, but the
person making the charge failed to state
that the bill was written at the direction
OF a client, framed according to his
desire and fulfilling the duties that a
lawyer owes to his client. I did not
charge Mr.. Gesner with any bad faith
or motive when the bill failed, because
we believed that he did all he could to
get the bill passed and he so wrote my
client. drafted this bill for my client
and was paid for it, and was true to nv
trust. Mr.. Gesner was representative
of Barber county and he did all he could
| to get the bill passed, and if it was such
bad bill as they claim and would open
four thousand joints in the state was
Mr.. Gesner true to his trust? But I
want to be fair to Mr.. Gesner, and I
want to say that this was not bad bill
and no discredit should be attached to
Mr.. Gesner's record for trying to sup
port this bill.
In 1887 bill was passed allowing per-
sons to become registered pharmacists,
''within ninety days from the passage Of
the act, by filing their affidavits, show
ing that such applicants, were at the time
Of the taking effect of this act and ever
since has been engaged in the business
of preparing and dispensing medicines
and physicians prescriptions within the
state of Kansas, and that he has had
five years experience in such business,
two years of which experience shall have
been in the state Of Kansas as clerk or
proprietor, etc."
The bill which Mr.. Gesner could not
get passed provided that my client lone
man remember) could take advantage of
the above law of 1887 and be made a
pharmacist. How could this open four
| thousand joints or even one in the state?
The record shows that just fifteen men
have been made pharmacists under SIM
liar laws in this state since 1887 and
according to figures of the Journal that
one pharmacist would open four
thousand joints; under this law fifteen
pharmacists would open sixty thousand
joints, while under existing circum-
stances joints are something Of the past
in Kansas, and believe that it would
be better for Mr.. Editor not to draw
upon his. Imagination to the extent of
inserting in the columns of his paper an
assertion that the making Of one man a
pharmacist would open four thousand
joints but tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
This matter, nor the county attorney
ship, have Of course not even remote
connection with the issues in the repre-
sentative contest, but 1 dignity the
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