Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-19
OUR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

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can be built across this stream at
a justifiable cost, and the rock
lord across this river on the
county road will serve the pur-
pose of bridge very nicely un-
I'll the county is able to spend
twenty or thirty thousand dol
lars for a bridge that will stand.
Mr.. Novinger has served his dis
trict and his county with wisdom
and fidelity, and the fifty-seven
miles of county roads in his dis
trict should satisfy his constitu-
ents that he is looking after
their interest in particular as
we'll as after the interest of the
public in general.
Those opposing Mr.. Novinger's
reelection are using the same
line of argument against him
that is being used against Mr..
Cordes, that he has let the other
commissioners get all the
"plums" for their district. The
facts are that public improve
ments have been divided among
the three districts as nearly even
as practicable, and any talk to
the contrary is cheap political
buncombe.
The present Board of County
Commissioners has spent much
time and effort in studying the
road proposition, have the work
we'll lined up and organized, and
it would be foolish to make a
change in the Board at this time.
Next in Importance to the Of
flee of Commissioner, and of
more Importance in many ways,
is the office of County Attorney.
Aside from the prosecution of
criminal cases, and civil cases i'll
which the county is a party, the
County Attorney is the legal ad-
wiser Of all other county officers
in general, and of the Board of
! Comfy Commissioners in par
ticuIar, hence his position is cne
Ct lrava responsibility, requiring
not only q thorough knowledge
of law but sound judgment and
discretion as well. This is an
o1ica that should not be entrust-
cd to q novice, and ore in which
4 experience counts for more than
ii any other Office. The present
lcncambant, Frank S. Sullivan,
has made good in every sense of
the word. During the past terms
he has prosecuted twenty-five
criminal cases and secured con-
Iyictions in tWenty-three o. them.
/ Three or four other cases Of
tli3inr Importance were con1pro-
missed, the defendant paying the
costs. OF the cases in which con-
victions and sentences were Sc
cured 0ne was murder, two burg
larry, one forgery, one rape, seven
were violations Of the Prohibi-
tory Liquor Law, and the others
various nisGemeanors.
Mr.. Sullivan has The good
/ sense to know when a case ought
/ to be brought and when one
should not be, and thereby has
saved the county hundreds, per-
haps thousands Of dollars, by
avoiding petty and useless liti-
cation for which an ineXperi-
enced man would fall.
The County Attorney now has
in charge one murder case, one
under the white slave" law and
! two for wife desertion, all i'm
portant cases. These may or
may not be tried in the term of
court which convenes next week,
one never can tell, as the law is
very liberal in allowing continu-
ances, but whether tried or not,
they will no doubt be before the
next County Attorney in some
form, especially should they be
appealed to the Supreme Court,
which some are sure to be, and it
would be the sheerest folly for
the people to deprive themselves
of the services of Mr.. Sullivan
whose record as County Attor-
ney proves his ability, and whose
experience is invaluable to his
constituents. g5st
No County Attorney in Kan
sas has a better record than
Frank S. Sullivan, and if the
voters of Meade county will
gauge him by the record he has
made, rather than by the unsup-
ported statements of personal
or political enemies, he will be
reelected by an unprecedented
majority.
The County Treasurer is a