The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07

Smith of Cowley, E. F. Porter of Craw-
ford, c. S. Huffman of Cherokee, l. S.
Cambern of Neosho and H. W. Avery
Of Clay.
H. T. Laidlaw of Yates Center,
new member of the legislature, will
introduce a bill providing that the
three-fourthS vote of a jury shall be
sufficient to render a verdict in civil
cases. 1t is understood that the gov
ernOr will make some such recon-
mendation in his message to the legis-
lature.
Robert Stone of Shawnee, candidate
WINGED that he has enough votes
pledged him to receive the caucus
nomination on the first ballot. He
stated today that he had pledges from
a majority of the members in all the
congressional districts except the
Third and Eighth. Buchanan Is from
the Third and Matson from the
Eighth district. The Kansas City
Journal, in an editorial, presents the
Stone case with the Odd Fellows as
follows:
LAS might have been expected. the
opponents of Mr.. Robert Stone, in his
candidacy for the Kansas speakership,
are trying to defeat him by calling to
mind Mr.. Stones connection with the
long litigation over the De BoiSsiere
estate. The Journal has many times
taken occasion to condemn the long
series of attacks made on James A.
Troutman and Robert Stone, formerly
partners in law, for their connection
their part was an absolutely proper
one from every point of view.
"A Frenchman named De Boissiere
started silk plantation in Franklin
county, Kansas. In 1892 De Boissiere
made a deed for over 5000 acres to
five frJ1 SfP0S fh cir for
ever, it being the duty of the trustees
to handle the property as a home for
the orphans Of Odd Fellows. The Odd
Fellows, having no control of the prop
erty as against the trustees, declined
to accept the alleged gift and the
property therefore reverted to the
heirs of De Boissiere. Troutman and
Stone represented the heirs and .es-
tablished their right to the property.
subsequently they bought out their
suits by the trustees who had lost their
fat jobs, and by the Odd Fellows de-
string to recover money they had paid
to the trustees. Every form of attack
that ingenious lawyers could make
was made on the Troutnan and stone
holding. Suits were brought in the
name of every possible plaintiff, in
Guiding the state of Kansas. Every
suit of every nature whatsoever was
thoroughly tried and every time re-
suited in the vindication of Troutman
and Stone without qualification. The
Journal watched every suit carefully.
correctly foretelling the result in every
case"
There has been some talk of a reappor-
uonment of congressional as well as SEN
atorial districts at this session. The plan
is to remove Shawnee from the First con-
gressional district to the Fourth district.
Then Pottawatomie county could be
taken from the Fourth and given to the
First district.
The First district as it is now composed
has more population than the Fourth.
cities of the district besides Topeka, are
located on the Missouri river and their
of Topeka. 1t is believed that both Con-
gresham Anthony of the First and Con-
gresham Jackson of the Fourth district
would be agreeable to the change.
Ex-senator Tom Noftzger has prepared
a bill calculated to eQualize the work of
the district judges of the state. The bill
provides for a north and south judicial
circuit and empowers the supreme court
to call any judge in one circuit to hold
court in any county in his circuit depend
ing on where he was needed most in the
~ gment of the court. In other words il
the judge of an eastern county was over
could call a judge from less populous
county to help him out. The bill will be
submitted to the state bar association,
to the legislature. 1t divides the judicial
circuits follows: Leavenworth, Atch-
ison, Shawnee, Douglas, Franklin. Ander
Cloud, Republic, Washington, Mitchell,
osborne, Jewell, Smith, Phillips. Norton,
Decatur. Rawlins, Cheyenne, Riley, Mar
shall, Clay. Doniphan. Brown. Nemaha.
Russell, Ellis, Trego, Cove, Logan, Wal
lace. Wyandotte, Ottawa. Saline, Els
worth, Lincoln, Rocks. Graham. Sheridan,
Thomas. Sherman. Pottawatonie, Wa
baunsee, Usage, Jackson and Jefferson.
The south judicial circuit would be
made up as follows: Coffey. Lyon. Chase.
bourbon, Linn, Wilson. Neosho, Reno.
Cherokee, Chautauqua Elk, Greenwood,
Butler, Montgomery. Labette. sedgwick,
Sumner. Cowley, Rice, Barton, Stafford.
l<ingman, Pratt Barber. Harper, Ford,
Kiowa, Clark Meade, Gray, Comanche,
Seward, Stevens. Morton, Haskell, Grant,
Stan .on. Finney. Kearny, Hamilton
Greeley, Pawnee, Edwards, Hodgeman.
Woodson and Crawford.
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