The Topeka state journal., 1910-07-27
DIDN'T GETsTHE CASH.
Mr.. Shukers Says jackson Received
Only So, 1875 From Leavenworth.

Chas. d. Shukers, assistant attorney
general, has issued a statement in re-
ply to the charge that Attorney Gen
eral Jackson collected over $4,000 for
himself from Leavenworth jointists.
He says
This advertisement purports to con-
tain record of 12S civil injunction
cases in which fees amounting to
$9,915 are alleged to have been al
lowed to and collected by the attor-
ney general In this list of cases there
are Al which were commenced by
County Attorney Lee Bond of Leaven-
worth county on his own motion,
prosecuted by him and the fees col
lected and retained by him as allowed
fees allowed in the other cases, If
paid, were paid to the county attorney
by the clerk of the court and $2,732.25
thereof was by the county attorney re-
| mitted to Mr.. Jackson as his share of
the attorneys fees. If the amount of
attorneys fees as certified by the clerk
of the court is correct, the attorney
general has not received by something
like $4,000 his fair share of these fees.
An inquiry will at once be made and
! steps taken to collect the remainder
/ due him.
''In the attorney generals campaign
| for law enforcement in Leavenworth
county, twenty-five of Leavenworth' 8
citizens have been sent to Jail for vio-
| lation of injunctions. Forty or fifty
more have been paroled by the court
for the same offense and are now un-
der heavy bonds to not again sell in
| toxicating liquors. Forty or fifty more
| of Leavenworth's citizens have moved
to Missouri and Oklahoma, finding the
| climate of those states more conducive
| to their health than the climate OF
| Kansas. In addition to this, a great
many buildings have been padlocked
quired to put up heavy bonds that
| liquors will not again be sold in these
buildings.
/ 1.-The saloons have been closed in the
city of Leavenworth for the first time
in twenty-five years; and the query
naturally arises: Is the beer and
whisky trust concerned about the
amount of attorneys fees collected by
the attorney generals office. or are
they concerned on account of the loss
of the saloons and the saloon in
fluence? A saloon closed is a saloon
lost so far its political influence and
campaign contribution is concerned.
For the first time in the history OF
Leavenworth the saloons have been
closed and these sources of political in
fluence are denied to the persons who
like to make use of them. What does
the whisky and beer trust object to In
this matter? Do they object to the at
| torneys' fees allowed to the attorney
general and the county attorney, or dc
they object because twenty-five Leav-
enworth citizens have served terms In
Jail? Are they concerned because
these attorneys fees have been collect
4 ed from the jointkeepers and property
owners, who were criminally liable be-
cause of knowingly allowing their
buildings to be used in violation OF
law, or are they concerned because OF
the large number of citizens who have
sought the climate of other states as
being more conducive to their health
Is the whisky and beer trust concerned
about these fees, or is it concerned be-
cause it can no longer use the saloons
in politics, and the buildings owned by II
1 can no Longer be used for the viola
| ton of the law? These are pertinent