Barton County democrat., 1914-10-30

Judging from duplicates Of replies
to his letter which have been sent
% this office. AFFORD, by the way,
is a youthful NJ. D., who was pri-i
son physician at Lansing during
the StubbS administration and
took time by the forelock by hand
ing in his resignation shortly af-
ter Governor Hodges was inaugu-
rated. II is of course entirely pos
SibIe that the Doctor is enxiOuS to
get back to the public crib again
and that this is the motive for his
sudden interest in Mr.. Capper'S
candidacy. As to other matters
contained in his letters, the doc
tors of Kansas are pretty well in
formed. They know that Mr.. Cap
per has made a good part of his
fortune from fake medical adver-
Using, and that he has not discon-
tinued the practice.
The mention of DR.. AFFORD re-
minds us that Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X.
are being exploited by the Cap
per Speakers Bureau.
This is the same J. X. COdding
who was warden of the peniten-
tiary and who went about the
state telling the people of his hu-
manitarian methods in the treat
ment of prisoners. 1t will be re-
membered that some time ago
Warden Botkin printed seven af-
fidavitS of responsible persons
showing that under the Codding
administration the gag and the
straight jacket were used as pun
iShmentS in the prison and offered
a hundred dollars to any man who
would diSprove his statements.
Both Governor StubbS and Cod
ding have been diScreetly silent
on the subject ever since. The
that one prisoner died short
ly after the gag and straight jack
ct were applied to him was kept
a profound secret, and was only
discovered and made public after
Warden Botkin had familiarized
himself with what was going on
in the Lansing prison.
The CoddingS are asserting that
Governor Hodges has not been
giving them help in the matter of
law enforcement in the city of
Leavenworth. Now, the fact is,
that neither Codding nor anybody
else has .Signified to the Governor
that they have wanted help; and
in truth and in fact, Codding, in
stead of enforcing the law in his
present capacity as an Assistant
Attorney General for Leaven-
worth county, has spent the en-
tire summer and fall lecturing,
and if conditions at Leavenworth
are anything like what they as
Sert, why is it that Mr., Codding
has let up on law enforcement and
gone on the stump just at this
time?
Those who know the CoddingS
best will not be at a loss to assign
a reason.
Do not forget that it is impor-
tant that Governor Hodges should
have an Attorney General of his
own political faith. 1t will be the
duty of every man who votes fol
Governor Hodges to also vote for
Chauncy B. Little. Mr.. Little is
an experienced lawyer; he has
been twice County Attorney Of
Johnson county, and the second
time was elected without oppoSi-
ton, the Republicans nominating
nobody against him. He made a
good County Attorney, he enfOrc,
ed all the laws rigidly and rarely
failed to get a conviction. He is a
Progressive Democrat and ought
to be elected.
The Press Bureau is not cam
paigning for any particular can.
didate for the supreme bench, buI
in view of the rumorS that Judge
Henry F. Mason has been making
Republican speeches during the
present campaign, the Press Blu.
reau feels that it is but simple jus.