Western Kansas world., 1918-10-24
JUDGE RUPPENTHAL'S CANDI-
DACY

nounces his. candidacy for reelection
as Judge of the Twenty third bud
icial District of the State of Kahsas,
in the following language:
II am candidate for re-elec-
tion, etc-,-And if elected, shall
resume the work of administer
ing justice whenever the war
Department feels that my SER
vice is no longer necessary in
the army"
| This is the finest specimen of Profit
eering or Patrioteering that has been
handed out to the public since the
commencement of the war.
This candidate asks to be re-elect-
ed to position in which he is an ar
bitter of the peoples rights, to pass
upon their short comings, to sit I'M
judgment upon their infractions of
the Law, while he is notorious viol-
ator of it, and violator for GAIN,
overriding not only the Statutes OF
| the State but making the State Com
stitution a mere nullity when it runs
counter to his desires, to him, in the
language of Kaiser Bill i is "a
mere scrap of paper" and his oath of
Office a mere empty formula.
The Constitution of the State OF
Kansas provides Sec. 2, Art. 3.
stAll Judicial Officers provided
for by this Article, shall be elect
ed - and shall reside
in their respective townships,
counties and districts during
their respective terms of office"
Article 3, Sec. 13 provides:
tsThe Justices of the Supreme
/ Court and Judges. of the District
Courts shall at stated times re-
| ceive for their services such COM
pensation as may be provided
/ by -------------------
! AND such Justice or Judge shall
receive no fees or perquisites
| NOR HOLD any other Office of
trust or profit under the Auth
ority of the State or United
states DURING THE TERM for
which said Justice shall be elects
ed, etc"
Par. 6749 Chapter s5, Genl. Stats,
/ 1915 provides:
".All officers elected or appointed
under any law of the State of
j Kansas, shall, before entering
upon the duties of their respec-
tive offices take and subcribe an
! Oath or Affirmation as follows:
81 do solemly swear: That I will
- support the Constitution of the
; United States and the Constitu-
/ ton of the State of Kansas and
faithfully dicharge the duties
of help me
/ God.
Is Judge Ruppenthal obeying these
mandates? Is he a resident of the
Twenty third Judicial District or
even of the state of Kansas? Par.
lOo73 Genl. Stats, 1915, 23rd. sub.
division provides, and explains the
Term residence.
s'The term Residence shall be
! cons trued to mean the place adj
opted by person as his place of
habitation and to which, when
ever he is absent he has the in
tention of returning, when a per-
son eats at one place and sleeps
at another, the place where such
person sleeps, shall be deemed
his residence"
Has Judge Ruppenthal any intention
of returning to the 23rd District? :?
His own words negative such an idea,
"IF ELECTED, shall resume the
work, but if not elected what then
does he intend doing? In all prob
ability take a job somewhere else:
i-And to make it stronger he adds,
SWhen ever the War Department
says I can CO." his return is not de-
pendent upon his own volition, not a
fixed determination of his own mind,
but depending on contingencies, and
the will of the War Department He
| has no intentions of returning so long
as he can hold both jobs.
!. But this is not the only way he
has violated and held for naught the
plain provisions of the Constitutions.
He has accepted and is holding an
other Office, which is forbidden by the
. Constitution. Publicly admits it and
. has the impudence to ask the voters
! of this District to uphold him in his
t unlawful acts.
: Has he not violated his oath Of
: office7 Is he supporting the Consti-