Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-01-26
THE sTvsss-DAwsoN ROW.

"'~' iOdOuCu VIC DOlIuS pOAF.
Each now charges the other with
falSehood and libel and each SAYS thai
the O1her should be impeached or dis
barred.
Governor Stubbs charges that Mr..
Dawson held up the resignation of l..
S. Tanguary, justice Of the peace in
Cherokee county.
The governor says that IF disbar-
ment proceedings are not provided for
such scandaNous conduct they ought
10 be-" He says he is forced to the
conclusion that Mr.. Dawson is an I'M
wiling prosecutor whose counsel is
unreliable and valueless.
Attorney General Dawson makes a
hOt rejoinder i'm which he dares the
governor TO can a session of the leg.
islature when II may be determined
who is the unworthy one so that he
may be drummed out of the public
service. Then he elumerates the
charges that he will prefer against
the governor.
There are twelve counts in his ar.
raignment which includes charges of
libel and falsehOod, Withholding evf
dence, neglect of public duties and
Matching political mischief against fed
eral and state officers.
Attorney General DawsOn's sensa-
tional letter follows:
! Topeka, Kansas. Jan. 90, 1912.
Hon. W. R. Stubbs, Governor of Kan.
sas, State House.
Dear Governor: In view of your
statements in the papers contradict
ing mine and charging me with var
ious derelictiOns, it must be apparent
t0 the people OF Kansas that one of
their two principle Officers, the COVER
nor or the attorney general is unfit
TO hold a public office, and ! dare
you to convene the legislature so that
the unworthy one may be drummed
Out of the public service.
/ If YOU will do tbts | will prefer
charges against YOU as follows: !
/. That you have publicly and
crimtmally libeled the attorney geLer
al by the most grOundleEs and ma
lciOuS alSehOOds.
.. That you have encouraged joint
lsts and salOOnkeepers to believe that
they would have an eaSy time under
the present attorney generals admin
is.ration, and have aided and a5etted
them TO escape punishment by fore
warming them of prosecutions in Con
cordia, Kansas City; Wichita and
elsewhere.
3. That within the las. few days
YOU have forwarded the bridge trust
of projected prosecution and have Civ
en- lit a chance 10 get under cover
and conceal its crimes.
L. That YOU have willfully conceal
ed crimes and criminals by withhold.
ing evidence and information in youI
Possession from the county attorneys
Of Cloud, AtchiSon, Leavenworth
WyandOtte, Crawford, Cherokee and
Sedgwick counties.
). That YOU have flagrantly neg
lected your public duties at every
turn, and loafed around the, city oi
Lawrence for several months last sum
mer plotting and planning 10 frustratt
the work Of the attorney general and
seeking to claim credit for everything
done or attempted by him.
6. That for nearly two years YOU
failed and neglected 10 cause a state
hospital TO be erected at Rosedale as
provided by law.
7. That in violation Of your speci
fic promises and oath Of office 70 give
the state a business admins ration
you loitered and loafed in the con.
strlction Of a Soldiers Memorial hall
hardly getting the cellar dug, while
another institution, the Santa Fe,
completed ten story building along
side.
8. That you have neglected and
StHll neglect to take proper steps 70
erect a state hospital i'm western Kan.
sas as commanded by law.
1 9. That you have neglected for a
long time and still neglect TO cause
the erection Of a state school Of mines
at Weir city as required by law.
10. That for many weeks together
YOU have loafed in your office hatch.
ing political mischief against state
and federal officers who hold aloof
from you and your political machine;
and that you continuously and for long
spaces Of time neglect the most com.
monplace and imperative duties d
your office-duties to examine the
state treasury, 70 meet with the execu
tive council. To sim natentR n achool