The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
HUMPHREYS CASE.
Republican Candidate for County At
torney's Statement.

square oeaf' and that being so, / de-
sire 10 reply to the item in your issue
OF the z4th inst. under the heading of
Lawyers for Schenck" 1 have known
Ior several days past the scheme that
Joe waters and Assistant County At
torney Atchison had up their sleeve for
the purpose of furthering the inter-
ests of the Democratic candidate for
county attorney, but decided to alb
solutely pass up" whatever they did
or SAID so long as they confined their
operations to the Capital, but when
they get into the columns of the pape-
that is generally read in the city of To-
peka it is about time to sit up and
take notice."
Much of the stuff in the item is alb
solutely untrue and the balance is
criminally misleading. For instance.
the item reads Out of about IS prac-
ticing attorneys" ETC., ''73 have signed
a paper agreeing to support Mr..
Schenck at the polls and that Sc are
Republicans. That statement is alb
solutely untrue and misleading
or the 1S whose names appear in the
list one is woman and 1 can hardly
Imagine that she intends to personate
man for the purpose of voting for Mr.
Schenck. Twenty-one are well known
Democrats, Populists or fusionists
Five of the list, whilst they have been
admitted to the bar, are working as
stenographers or law clerks and are
not practlclng themselves.
Eighteen have been defeated at vari-
Gus primaries, when candidates for
county or city office and one who was
very active in getting up the Schenck
so called petition was defeated in
ward primary, two were defeated by a
Democrat at a general election, and
six have at various times been unsuc :
cessful on either the Democratic or
Populist tickets.
Seven of the signers are men who
have at various times owed me rent
and against whom 1 have either had to
commence forcible detainer proceedings
or have had to serve notices to vacate.
hold ones note for $500 and have
held same for over years, for rent.
have never sued on this note which is
now years outlawed for the reason
that l did not consider the man worth
the powder and shot. Any one having
the curiosity to see these names can
see them by coming to my office.
On the list are eleven that would in
clude under the title of legal potpourri
amongst these 1 include dear old Joe
Baldwin, over so years of age who ever
since 1 have known him and that is
about 20 years has been engaged in the
occupation of a bill collector.
| Another has been an expert billiard
player a preacher, a justice of the
peace, and is now is now a bond brok-
er and vendor of oil and mining stock.
AnOLneT combines the. DuSlneSS VI
law loans real estate with that of
tonsorial artist, another has combined
the business of law with that of selling
typewriters, collecting licenses and the
manufacture and sale of cement rock,
with very little law in the combina-
| ton. One who has been actively en-
gagged in the practice of law and the
selling of guarantee. and security bonds
is now the secretary of a fraternal as
ISOLATION, and still another quit the
practice of law years ago.
Now If their list is representative of
lawyers engaged in the active practice
of the law in the city of Topeka, then
gagged. One hundred and twenty-one
names will be found. in the last Topeka
directory under the classified list after
eliminating what are there described as
railroad law departments.
There are on the so called Schenck
petition nineteen names not to be found
in the directory under the classined
list. and 1 have compiled a list, still in
complete of 81 names that are neither
in the classified list in the directory or
on the so called petition, and In that
list are such names as Judge Simon,
Frank q. Dreaming. w. c. Ralston,
Judge Urmy, Howell Jones, Paul Walk
er NJ A. Low, A. Bollinger, ETC., to the
number of 81.
I ask your readers to sit down and
count on their fingers the number OF
prominent lawyers that they know In
| Topeka. whose names are not on the
list and l know that many VIII carry IN
their minds at least fifty, and most OF
them more prominent than the ma
iority of the signers to the SchencR
paper. g..
Ia wver that was asked to sign refused
to do so and that no candidates tor
| Office were asked to sign. That is not
| true. On the list are the names OF
two candidates running for once III
this county on the Democratlc ticket,
| I know LAWYERS that positively refused
| TO sign after being asked even second
! time l also know that petltlons were
! circulated with two different headings
MANY lawyers refusing to sign the one
| Hedging to support at the polls ana
second was presented simply endors-
| ms Mr.. Schenck's ability as lawyer
| The name of at least one man VINO re-
| fused to sign the first named appears
| in the list in both the Capital and the
| Journal. .L.
made the circulating of this paper
| personal matter 18th him and neggeo
| some of the lawyers to sign IL. IL
| ought to be generally known that Mr.
! Atchison who officed with Mr.. Scnenck
before the election two yea hi.n s p,, ia
ing. Is Mr. Schenck's first assistant
and that Mr.. Atchison's wl1e was ap-
nointed the official stenographer tc
the county attorney. hence Mr.. Atcnl,
son is interested in the re-electioh ol
NJ Schenck to the extent of $1,1OC
per annum-his salary of $500 and the
stenographer's of $500 per annum H.,
Your item speaks of big siusr
fund. know of none. Ihis Is
canard. 49,,
Now word to the Republican mem lem
bers of the socalled commit'ee OF zvo
If they were not satisfied with Ine
sos,hIicar nrimary. why did they not
Bring out a man of their own. il
1 ~ not have cost them anything
they would simply have to get out the
! petition and get the necessary slgners
/ and with a three cornered confess
thew would have had a fair chance te
haya Won out at the primary and ther
all we good Republicans would nave
| - f,,r+bar to state that Objec-