Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-15
Hats Off to BuIger.
Gives Carpetbassers to Under
stand He is Judge and Will
See Fair Play in Future

We will have to give it to Jim
Bulger, for he is starting off in
his duties as district Judge about
right. One of the things he has
done which entities him to the
thanks of every taxpayer il.
Cherokee county was to give mo-
tice to the outside influences that
Cherokee county is ablo to attend
to her own affairs, but if ther,
should come a time when outside
help was needed then it would bt
time enough to ask for it, ard
not before. What he meant was
that business belonging in tht
county attorneys Office should b.
handled through that officer and
not through some other fellow
A long time ago Mr.. Jackson,
attorney general, appointed jim
Dunbar assistant attorney gen
eral for Cherokee county, At tn,
time the appointment was made
there were no joints in Cherokee
county, but Immediately after
there were. The appointment OF
"A special deputy sheriff soon fol.
lowed. The law says that when
an officer has knowledge of a VI.
Ilation of law he shall acquaint
the county attorney with the
facts. But the county attorney
was not made cognizant of mat.
ters and things, for reasons bet
ter known by the powers.
But Judge Bulger has giver'
the powers that be to understand
that interference with the duty
Of county officers will not be toll.
Grated while he is Judge. H,
is going to aid and assist til,
county attorney so far as he car
consistently. For his stand on
this matter he is to be commend
ed, ana people Of al political
PARTIES are giving him praise.
Following is what the Joplin
Globe had to say about the littl'
lit that took place in the dis
riot court one day last week:
The regime of Assistant At
torney General Dunbar, of nearly
TWO years standing, came to al
abrupt end Friday, when Judg'
Bulger, in a number of rulings
notified all police and peace Off
GERS to notify County Attorne,
Majors first of violations of state
laws.
Not only did Judge Bulgel
throw down the ultimatum tina
Cherokee county was able to at
lend to its own business without
outside interference, but he pu
John Marshall, first assistant at
torney general, to rout by refus
ing to revoke a number of paroles
now in force, asked by the lat
ter. The hearing of the matte
has been set for the 10th.
Whatever doubt may have beer
held as to the position Judg'
Bulger might take on the liquo
question was dispelled by thu
hat-foOted rulings issued Friday
and his determination to fgh
the matter in the open. judge
Bulger is of the opinion that thu
reign of horse play should be pu
to an end, and is determined t.
AXE the necessary means to &C
:omplish it.
According to those we'll in
formed, the action of Judge Bull
ger is only a beginning of wha
is to happen from now on. Th'
ruling made Occasioned consider
able comment. Judge Bulge
was commended for the actor
taken. The majority opinion
prevails that with full power ant
less interfering influences Count!
Attorney A. L. Majors will b.
able to accomplish desirable re
suits throughout the county.
Following the rendering of thu
rulings, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Dunbar stated that he ha'
nothing to say. In an interview
First Assistant Attorney Genera
Marshall admitted that the near
lily two years tenure of Assistan,
Attorney General Dunbar hat
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