Barton County democrat., 1914-10-30

tice to say that Judge Mason has
been doing nothing Of the kind.
Both he and Judge A. w. Benson,
who are candidates for reelection,
have been induStriously engaged
in the performance of their judi
cial duties at Topeka, and have
not been engaged in public dis
cuSSionS of national or state noIi-
tics. Both of them have made ex-
cellent judges and are upright
and able lawyers and men, and
our readers will make no mistake
if they vote for them. Indeed, the
Press Bureau is glad to make the
same statement for John Dawson,
Edward C. Little and John Mar.
shall.
Democratic State Chairman
Murphy has addressed an open
letter to Arthur Capper wanting
to know if Mr.: Capper approves
of the fee grabbing of AkerS and
Davis his running mates for
Treasurer and Auditor on the Pc
publican ticket. 1t is expected, of
course, that Mr.. Capper will side
step any expression of opinion on
this subject and will decline to
say whether this is a sample of
the business administration
which he is promising to the peo-
pie of this state.
The moral issue involved in the
fee grabbing stunts of Davis and
AkerS is one which no public man
can afford to ignore; both Hod-
geS and Allen have denounced it.
That Mr.. Capper himself hasn't
the moral courage to denounce a
transaction so manifeStIy in viola
ton of public moral obligation,
demonstrates that he is lacking
in that moral stamina which a
Governor of Kansas ought to have.
Republican leaders all over Kan
SaS have no heSitancy in declar-
ing that Arthur Capper is not a
big enough man to fill the guber-
material chair; his policy would
be as vacillating as his political
career. If it were not for his fifty
seven varieties of publications and
his command of publicity; he
would not command respectful
attention anywhere.
In these last days of the cam
paign comes H. C. Bowman, men,
ber of the Board of Control, and
makes charges of official irregu-
larity, against his Democratic as
sociateS. have not space in this
last issue before the election to re-
fute these charges in detail, but
take this opportunity of saying
that they bear on their face the
stamp Of being mere political clap
trap.
Bowman admits that he has
known the things of which he
complains for more than a year
but that he has never preferred
charges against his associates to
either the Governor or the Attor-
ney General as it was his duty
to do if there was anything in his
charges, and this alone would be
sufficient ground for his remov-
al. Not only that, but Bowman
neither registered his protest nor
his vote against the things he now
complains of and a good part Of
the time did not attend the lettings
of contracts, but was off attending
moving picture shows, or other
wise amusing himself.
That he has boarded up his
store of information for the peO-
pie until the last days of the cam.
paign shows the purely political
purposes of his alleged revela.
tionS.
. Bowman has been on the Board
for a number of years and is now
on the Board because during the
last session of the legislature he
managed to secure the passage Of
| an act, making the Board bi-parti-
: san, that is, to consist of not more
than two members of any politi'
; cal party instead of all being cho'
: sen from the same political party
: as before.
1t is common knowledge that
Bowman has never been trusted
even by his Republican associate: