The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-17

cials to have the case dismissed. Some
members were in favor of dismissing it.
Mr.. Bone went to Washington and laid
the facts before the attorney general
and was told to go ahead with his case.
| AS a result of his stand and the work
| he did the Cudahy company paid to the
government $97.777.50 in fines and pen
| alties, beside the costs of the suit
which were large. This is the biggest
case of its kind in the history of the
revenue departn ent in which the mon
| ey was actually collected.
| Mr.. Bone has also taken care of the
usual number of petty postof1ce and
| ccunterfeiting cases.
So we'll was Mr.. Bones work done
in all cases which he handled here that
| in 1907 he was given special assign
ment by the attorney general to go to
| Colorado and pro secute the case against
/ the Lost Bullion Spanish Mines COM
pany. 1t is seldom that the district
| attorney from one state is ordered to
| another. But in this case the attorney
| general made no mistake. Eleven men
were indicted on two charges. one of
| using the mails to defraud and the
| other of conspiring to use the mails to
| defraud. Eleven convictions were Sc
| cured on the first charge and nine
| members of the company We're con-
victed of the conspiracy charge.
Mr.. Bone was later assigned to APP
pear for the government in the same
cases IN the OIlCeu States COul
| of appeals.
Throughout his term of office Mr.
Bone has been hard worker and the
percentage of cases in which he rep
resented the government that were lost
is small. indeed.
Stubbs Is Silent.
When told today of the news of the
Bone appointment Governor Stubbs
who a short time ago had a spirited
lr6 fro he
latter's alleged failure to properly en-
force the prohibition laws, said he hao
nothing to say. 1t was we'll known
that the square dealers of the state
were behind Senator Bristow in the
matter of the Higgins appointment
to the Office of district attorney. While
Governor Stubbs had taken the matter
of the non-enforcement of the interna
revenue laws with President Taft il
| person he did not fight the Bone ap
pointment nor endorse Higgins for the
place at that time. The governor did
upon his return from Washington {
few weeks ago, give out an interview
in which he named Mr.. Bone as being
lax in the discharge of his duties anC
the visit of the district attorney to th'
governors mansion and the subsequen
quarrel followed the public charge
However, the federal authorities pub
licly stated that they were satisfied
that Mr. Bone had done his full duty
All that Governor Stubbs would sa,
today was the following:
Il don't think have anything to sa.
, about this matter. / had no right I,
say who should be district attorney
The only thing that l ever asked TO
was that the district attorney shoult
enforce the internal revenue laws re
garding the sale of liquor by bootleg
gers in prohibition Kansas"
Other Appointments.
Washington, Feb. 17.-Other nomina
tions were:
To be United States marshal for tn
. district of North Dakota-James +
: Sheay.
To be registers of land offices-Henr
: F. Millikan of Kansas, at Dodge City
! Kan; Joseph Little of Wyoming, 4
Z Sun Dance, Wyo.
To be receivers of public moneys
Louis ]. Pettijohn of Kansas. at Dodg
! City, Kan: Cyrus E. Carpenter q
: wyoming. at Sun Dance, Wyo.