The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
JOHN is NICE MAN
Governor Stubbs Says He Has
No Quarrel With Him.
Only Thing He Is Anxious About
Is Responsibility.
ON WHOSE SHOULDERS
Must Determine Who Is to En-
force PrOhibitOry Law.
May Have Action Brought to
Gust Sapp.
ON WHOSE SHOULDERS

attend a session of the executive coun-
ell. made himself clear in regard to his
position on the John Dawson contro-
versy. The governor declared that It
was not personal matter between NM
self and the attorney general, but that
rather a principle for which he has
contende6 on the stump and platform
for years was involved. The governor
has always held that in his official posi-
tion he was responsible for enforcement
of the prohibitory law. Now that ms
responsibility has been questioned py
the attorney general he wants the su-
preme court to decide who is the su-
preme executive authority Of the state
If the attorney general has superlo :
powers to the governor in the campaign
of law enforcement then the governor
wants to know it. so he need not as
sumo the responsibility
s'I have always taken the constitution
seriously" he said, when it declared
that the supreme executive authority Of
the state is vested in the governor. II
this is the wrong Interpretation Of the
law then I want the supreme court to
pass upon the matter and not John
Dawson.
4 have no personal quarrel with Mr.
Dawson, nor do I propose to engage in
one with him. If our misunderstanding
has been published and 1t has been mace
to apepar that we are quarrel1ng' tnae
was because the attempt had been mace
to place me in a false position in this
RAe%-1
matter. When I have for years de-
clared from every platform that stoo'
for an impartial enforcement Oh lhe
law. I could not afford to back up and
stand idly by and see a man protectea
nv the law who had publicly boastea
in the newspapers over his signature
that he had bought and seen sold over
the bar intoxicating liquors and peer
This man was well known as neMS.
oaper writer, but that fact ought not
10 he able to give him immunity not
enfoved by some poor laboref VINO
1-o11id have been quickly summoned 70
fine bar Of inquisition for saying mar
~ mad my trouble with the Topeka
o1,h over the same proposition. mao
many friends in that ciuD anu II We Mes
not nleasant for me to proceed against
+ben1 but had to do so or give u9
law enforcement program e1-
ti,sI,- have always stood for
,,,,nsr4ial enforcement of the law, treat
inc the white man and black the I1c1 5
Nd moor man and the big man anu
5t4ti 80 po1iIxs in the matter. Judge Sapp
srd Er. House are, in nv opinion en-
+itied to no more consideration Wnen II
.o-1es to compelling them to tell Wha'
tSaI, boast Of knowing than any one
else. 10 Courts
.r do not know Il { shall reply 70
Mr. DaWson's last letter sldteu - lirS
position clearly in my letter 10 ~ NJ
Monday morning Ihe supreiiie t,i, E,+I.-een
viii decide the matter at issue pet"eeH
,,s If 7 replied further 1t might dp-
near that 1 sought to prolong tne On l.
troversy and was party TO uleiAilS ,o ss
a personal matter once lhe l79
1-o+aveen 1Is have been made clea1 u
~ n,,tlic T cannot see the wisdom III
Sescan6ine. s,1e to a mere quarrel and re-
1sPaoria who are inclined to think
1,s1-e l,een harsh in this matter or that
49, On 2TtOTnPV
ars1 must remember that all the hquor
interests in the west and the lawless
forces combined to defeat me IN tne
last election because of the STAND hou
taken against law violation mus mus pe 4
consistent No one VIII attempt 10
danx that conditions in Cherokee and
Crawford counties were a disgrace last
spring 1t is better now IN CrdWIorN
but little Improvement has oeen maue
in Cherokee I sought to cooperate
,-i+b Mr. Dawson and help him clean
ND. He wanted to run the campaign
i'm his own way. The question of su-
preme authority arose between US
That is all there is to it.
'eThe mandamus suit to compel the
attorney general to summon witnesses
is being prepared and will be filed soon.
Of that YOU may be sure. The supreme
court will settle the matter, and which
ever way the decision goes L viii be
satisfied"
declaration that politics had nothing TO
do with this controversy. and he 50 "
no reason why politics should enter it
at all.
The governor win not consider any
application for Judge Charles Lobdell's
place until the judges resignation is in
his hands. The Judge as is well known,
has bought a controlling interest IL
bank and propo soon to devote all
his attention to the banking business
The university board of regents in
charge of the work of establishing a
school of mines in Weir City, Cherokee
county with the $25. 900 appropriation
have decided that conditions in that
town are too bad at present to make 1t
"A desirable place for state school Of
this character Weir City is located IN
the center of the liquor district Of
Cherokee county and is concerned in
most Of the charges Of law violations
and raids that failed of their object.
The legislature wanted the school To-
Gated in the heart of the mining dis
trict and therefore chose Weir City 3
the natural location for such a school.
The board of regents will take no steps
TO establish the school until conditions
are greatly improved in Cherokee
county
C. w Trickett. who is Governor
Stubbs' special attorney to assist in
. law enforcement cases, Will go to
Cherokee county next Monday to tllc
a number of cases in Judge Sapp's
court. In view o. the fact that Judge
Sapp. while here in attendance at the
Dawson inquisition. declared that no
attorney for the governor could prose
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