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When the result of the county seat contest was shown, and the showing had given it to Columbus, neither faction dared charge the other with fraud; for it was too plainly evi- dent that both had practiced it. If Baxter Springs had held ont some precinct, as the
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friends of Columbus had done, the former place would no doubt be the county seat to-day. It made its showing too early; for this gave the friends of Columbus an opportunity to see how many votes Lola precinct must bring in, in order to carry the election. Such methods would now be called fraudulent ; they were per- haps less so then. The country was new, and there were fewer persons to be affected, and smaller interests were at stake.
Capt. Sidney S. Smith's name is always associated with the thrilling events connected with what may not be improperly called the "County Seat War" of Cherokee County. He was an ardent supporter of the change, and he left no effort untried for carrying the matter his way. He had unconquerable will power, and to this was added a genius for employing expedients rarely equalled and probably never surpassed. Immediately after the votes were all in and counted, and while the people of Bax- ter Springs were dazed at the result, Captain Smith quietly counseled with his friends there with him, and they decided to move the records at once, without even waiting for a certificate from the county clerk, and certainly not for the order of the county commissioners. The rec- ord does not show any order; it is silent on the matter of moving the county seat to Colun- bus. A little after nightfall, and without much ado, the records were quickly loaded into a two- horse wagon, which was driven out of town be- fore it was known to anybody, excepting the friends of the movement. It is said that the man in charge of the wagon, after he had driven about two miles from town, transferred the records to another wagon, the driver of which knew what he had to do. The first man returned with his wagon to Baxter Springs, in
order to throw off their guard any persons who might have seen him drive away ; and it is also said that the second man, instead of taking a direct course toward Columbus, sought a cir- cuitous route and entered the town from an opposite direction. All these precautions were taken, it being believed that the men who had worked so faithfully for Baxter Springs would not quietly give up. It was believed that when they recovered from the stunning effects of the defeat they would employ force- ful measures for holding the records.
The friends of Columbus, anticipating that the county seat contest would be settled in favor .of that place, had prepared a room in an old frame house which then stood on the east end of the south side of the public square, where the Steward Building now stands. They were kept there about two years, and were then moved into a new building which was com- pleted in the spring of 1871, on the northeast corner of the public square, and which cost the county about $1.500. It remained there until 1889, when the new Court House was finished, at a cost of about $70.000, and the records moved into it. The old, wooden house, weather-worn and dilapidated, was then quietly moved away, being bought by William H. Chew and moved out on his farm, to be used as a barn. The contrast between the old. wooden building, dingy, dreary and dilapi- dated, as it awaited the day of its going, and the imposing, brick-and-stone structure which rose to take its place, fitly illustrated the rapid progress made in the development of the re- sources of the county, and the subsequent in- crease in the comforts and conveniences to the people. In these respects Cherokee County has been, and is yet, an astonishment, not only to
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Presbyterian Church
West Side School
East Side School
M.S.GOHLES & CO.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Isaac Wright Block
Cherokee County Jail
SOME COLUMBUS BUILDINGS
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the outside world, but even to its own inhabi- tants, as well as to those who have temporarily sojourned among its busy people.
For many years after the moving of the 'county seat from Baxter Springs to Columbus, a spirit of antagonism prevailed between the people of the two places. It was deeply serious, and it sometimes led to expressions of bitter- ness and "cordial dislike." Even yet there are those who probably do not cultivate a marked degree of charity and forgiveness, when recall- ing the exciting incident which so separated the people in those days; but within recent years, time having somewhat mollified their wounded feelings, while removing some who took an active, aggressive part in the factional contest, the people have sought the ways of peace and brotherly consideration, to the extent that the lines of separation have been mostly erased. The generation now coming on will practically know nothing of the old troubles, only as they read of them in the annals of the county.
There was one condition which helped Bax- ter Springs to bear much of the supposed mis- fortune of losing the county seat : It was by far the busiest town in the county, besides being the oldest and the largest in population. It was what yas called a "wide-open" town, and there was a free-and-easy way among its people, such as is characteristic of all frontier places. It was the gathering place of many cattlemen and the cowboys whom they employed ; and the tradespeople who were there to supply the wants of these classes were too busy to take time for considering little matters like county seat controversies. It was the emporium of the Southwest country; and within its mart could be found every class and kind of merchandise that the wants of the settlers and sojourners 4
required, and these in quantities suited to the demand. Hither came hundreds of drovers with their herds. These were the days before the com- ing of the railroad, when the country had not yet fully awakened to the call of intenser indus- trial pursuits ; but there were trade and traffic, and there were the coming and the going of many in quest of opportunities for bargain and sale. These conditions continued for many years ; and even as late as 1875, after the dis- covery of rich mines of lead and zinc, at Joplin, Missouri, had begun to attract attention to that place, Baxter Springs remained the leading business point south of Fort Scott and west of Carthage, Missouri; and here hundreds of thousands of dollars changed hands between the Texas and Indian Territory cattlemen and the buyers for the markets of the North; and as such it contained among its inhabitants nearly every class of people found in the United States, not a few of whom dwelt lightly within its borders, and were ever ready, like the shift- ing sands of the desert, to move on under the impulse of a lightly stirring breeze.
Really it was not until after these conditions had given way to the growing requirements of better social tendencies and to the fixing of more permanent pursuits, that the inhabitants of Baxter Springs fully realized what it had lost in the election of 1869.
LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
In the following list I have endeavored to get the facts, as far as can be had from the rec- ords, in the keeping of which, there are reasons to believe, many errors could have easily gotten in. It is designed to give the names of the per- sons who were elected to the county offices, in- cluding those elected to the State Senate and
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the House of Representatives ; to note resigna- tions, refusals to serve, and appointments for filling vacancies. Deputies and assistants will not be noted.
1866.
On August 3, 1866, Cherokee County then not having been organized, Governor Crawford appointed A. V. Peters, Reese Cadwalader and J. W. Wallace special county commissioners, and Julius C. Petit special county clerk, for the purpose of organizing the county. The special county commissioners, on the 22nd of Septem- ber of that year, appointed D. C. Finn Probate judge. An election was called for November 6th, and at that time the following county offi- cers were elected : Representative, D. C. Finn ; county commisisoners,-J. W. Wallace, U. G. Ragsdell and B. F. Norton ; county clerk, Wil- liam Little; Probate judge, D. C. Finn; dis- trict clerk, F. M. Logan ; sheriff, H. B. Brown; register of deeds, F. M. Logan; surveyor, C. W. Jewell; county attorney, James A. Smith ; treasurer, D. Callahan.
1867.
Representative, N. D. Ingraham ; county commissioners,-W. C. Pender, P. G. Noel and S. S. Smith; county clerk, William -Little ; treasurer, J. J. Goodner ; register of deeds, C. A. Keithley; county superintendent, William Givens; Probate judge, W. M. Matheney ; dis- trict clerk, Lane Williams; sheriff, William G. Seright ; coroner, John Dyer ; surveyor, J. H. Lucas ; county assessor, Clinton McMickle.
I868.
Representative, C. C. McDowell ; state sen-
ator, M. Voss ; county attorney, John N. Ritter ; county superintendent, D. R. Martin (appoint- ed February 6th) ; Probate judge, Amos San- ford; county commissioners,-M. Robertson, and R. W. Bogges ; district clerk, WV. B. Shock- ley. D. R. Martin was elected county superin- tendent.
1869.
Representative, J. B. Hodgins; sheriff, J. S. Vincent; register of deeds, John Little; county clerk, J. G. Dunlavey ; treasurer, S. S. Smith ; coroner, R. M. Elliott; surveyor, Jo- seph Wallace; county commissioners,-Milton Douglass, S. W. Vanatta and M. Robeson. The number of votes cast that year was 1176. C. A. Keithley, who had been elected register of deeds in 1867, failed to qualify, and did not hold the office; but the commissioners did not make any appointment until February 2, 1869, when they appointed John H. Dyer, to serve until his successor was elected and qualified. For some reason not shown in the record, the Governor appointed J. F. McDowell, Probate judge November 2, 1869.
1870.
Representative, George W. Wood; State Senator, H. D. Moore; register of deeds, John H. Little; district clerk, Bruce Miller ; Probate judge, J. F. McDowell ; county superintendent, T. S. Stockslager; county attorney, John N. Ritter ; county commissioners,-W. H. Clark, and J. W. Spencer. Whole number of votes cast, 1757.
1871
Representative, George W. Wood; county
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commissioners,-J. R. Royce, Milton Doug- lass and H. H. Angell; sheriff, J. H. Ludlow; coroner, J. B. Thurman ; treasurer, J. S. Vin- cent ; J. O. Norris; register of deeds, E. A. Scammon ; county surveyor, Joseph Wallace.
1872.
Representatives,-Cyrus Harvey and A. F. Childs; State Senator, W. M. Matheney; dis- trict clerk, A. W. McGill; county superintend- ent, J. A. Murray ; Probate judge, C. D. Nich- ols ; coroner, W. P. Eddy; county attorney, W. H. Whiteman. Votes cast, 2194.
1873.
Representatives,-Lawrence Conklin and L. P. Stowell; sheriff, Alfred Palmer; treas- urer, Slemons Lisle ; county clerk, Edward Mc- Pherson ; register of deeds, T. V. Lane ; county surveyor, W. W. Murry; coroner, J. A. Smith; county commissioner, John McLaugh- lin.
1874.
Representatives,-H. H. Angell and W. E. Cowen; State Senator, E. C. Wells ; district clerk. C. O. Stockslager ; county attorney, John N. Ritter ; Probate judge, C. D. Nichols ; coun- ty superintendent, H. W. Sandusky.
1875.
Representatives,-J. H. Smith and J. R Hallowell; treasurer, Slemons Lisle; sheriff, Alfred Palmer ; county clerk, Edward McPher- son : register of deeds, W. C. Jones ; county sur- veyor, J. B. Hodgins ; coroner, D. S. Freeman ; county commissioner, T. F. Wilson.
In August, 1875, Lola township voted on bonds for the aid of the Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern Railroad. The township cast 60 votes, 21 for and 39 against the bonds. On September 7. 1875, Salamanca township voted on bonds for aiding the same company, casting 171 votes; 154 for and 17 against the bonds. This is an instance in which the 'sequel shows that the minority may sometimes be right. Possibly no greater fraud was ever perpetrated upon a municipality. It certainly ought to have a prominent place in the catalogue of crimes.
1876.
Representatives,-S. W. Smith and A. F. Harold ; State Senator, J. R. Hallowell ; county attorney, D. M. McKenney ; Probate judge, C. D. Nichols ; county superintendent, E. M. Ma- son.
The people voted in 1876, on the proposi- tion to establish a county farm, and it was car- ried by a majority of 783 votes. The whole number of votes cast in the county that year was 2,606, the Republicans carrying the county by a majority of 267, over all.
1877.
Treasurer, G. G. Gregg; county clerk, Charles Saunders ; register of deeds, J. T. Cald- well ; sheriff, A. J. Bahney ; county surveyor, Joseph Wallace ; coroner, J. A. Monahan ; coun- ty commissioners,-J. T. Maxey, Henry Dur- kee and J. A. Hubbard.
There was a contest between A. S. Denni- son and A. J. Bahney, for the office of sheriff. The returns showed that Bahney was elected by a majority of 62. It was claimed by Denni- son that in two wards of Empire City, which
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was the largest town in the county, the cigar boxes which had been used for ballot boxes, had been slipped out, while the judges and clerks of the election were at supper, and other boxes, of the same kind, had been substituted, containing fraudulent ballots. The case was tried before C. D. Nichols, Probate judge, on December 26, 1877, continuing, from time to time, until January 9, 1878, when it was decided in favor of Bahney. Dennison then took an appeal to the District Court, and subsequently a change of venue to the Johnson County Dis- trict Court ; but it never came to trial there, and Bahney held the office. Dennison had some of the best lawyers in the county: J. R. Hallo- well, H. G. Webb, W. H. Whiteman, J. D. Lewis, W. H. Hornor, and Ritter & Anderson. Bahney had as good: Stockslager & Spear, Bennett & Hampton, and Cowley & Skidmore.
The record also shows a contest between W. C. Jones and J. T. Caldwell, over the office of register of deeds. After a number of continu- ances, the case was dismissed.
1878.
Representatives,-H. T. Helmrick, T. P. Anderson and J. S. Gillespie ; county attorney, W. R. Cowley; district clerk, M. W. Coulter ; Probate judge, H. C. Pursel; county superin- tendent, J. H. Baxter ; coroner, David Crow.
The proposition to build a new Court House was defeated by a majority of 1952, out of a vote of 2,518.
1879.
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Representative, C. G. Metzler ; State Sena- tor, J. J. Goodner ; treasurer, R. H. Stott ; county clerk, C. A. Saunders; sheriff, A. S.
Dennison; register of deeds, Clarence Wood- ruff ; county surveyor, C. L. McClung ; coro- ner, Jonathan Pickering ; county commissioner, W. E. Swanson.
As shown in the returns of the election of 1879, C. A. Saunders was elected county clerk by a majority of 58. E. H. Dunbar, who was a candidate for the office, contested the election, and the case was tried before H. C. Pursel, A. H. Skidmore and E. A. Scammon. The case was dismissed, at the motion of the contestor, December 26, 1879, the contestor being held for the costs, $45.95.
1880.
Representatives-V. L. Browning, C. R. Webbert and H. R. Hubbard; State Senator, B. F. Hogg ; district clerk, J. E. Tutton ; county attorney, W. R. Cowley ; Probate Judge. E. J. Leggett ; county surveyor, Joseph Wallace; county commissioner, R. W. Vaughn ; county superintendent, E. J. Leggett.
The constitutional amendment relating to the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors received a majority of 477 in favor of the amendment, out of a vote of 4.368. There were no contests that year.
1881.
Treasurer, R. H. Stott ; county clerk, John T. Veatch ; sheriff, A. S. Dennison ; register of deeds, C. L. Woodruff ; county surveyor, E. WV. Cooter ; coroner, I. N. Smith ; county com- missioner, John Russell.
1882.
Representatives-T. P. Anderson and W.
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B. Stone; county attorney, C. D. Ashley ; dis- trict clerk, James Whitcraft ; Probate judge, H. C. Pursel ; county superintendent, Sallie Hut- sell ; county commissioner, W. E. Swanson.
There were three candidates for each office, and there were 4,132 votes cast. Sallie Hut- sell, for county superintendent, was elected by a plurality of one vote.
1883.
Treasurer, G. G. Gregg; county clerk, John T. Veatch; sheriff, W. H. Layne; register of deeds, S. Y. Timberlake; county surveyor, E. W. Cooter ; coroner, J. W. May ; county com- missioner, M. Robeson.
The returns show that W. H. Layne was elected by a plurality of one vote. His elec- tion was contested by G. W. Hoyt, and the case was tried before H. C. Pursel, Probate judge, and A>> WV. McGill and Benjamin D. Beal. The final hearing was on January 4, 1884; and upon motion to dismiss, the case was dismissed, the contestor paying the costs-$80.90.
1884.
Representatives-E. C. Scammon, J. S. Gillespie and E. C. Weilep ; State Senator, John N. Ritter ; district clerk, James Whitcraft ; county attorney, C. O. Stockslager; Probate judge, George Richardson ; county superinten- dent, Sallie Hutsell; county commissioner, John Russell.
The year 1884 was remarkable for the polit- ical enthusiasm which prevailed. There were four candidates for the presidency : James G. Blaine, Grover Cleveland. Benjamin F. Butler and John P. St. John. These brought out every available voter. Cherokee County, that year,
cast 5,634 votes. Blaine carried the county by a plurality of 1,030, but lacked 216 of having a majority.
I885.
Treasurer, E. C. Scammon ; county clerk, L. R. McNutt ; sheriff, W. H. Layne; register of deeds, William H. Chew ; county surveyor, Joseph Wallace; coroner, Lawrence Conklin; county commissioner, W. E. Swanson.
The number of votes cast that year was 4,416.
1886.
Representatives-R. P. McGregor and H. R. Hubbard; Probate judge, George Richard- son ; district clerk, J. H. Hamilton ; county at- torney, G. W. Webb; county superintendent, M. F. Jarrett ; coroner, William Russell; county commissioner, M. Robeson.
The number of votes cast that year was 4,218.
1887.
Treasurer, E. C. Scammon ; county clerk, J. C. Atkinson : sheriff, J. C. Babb ; register of deeds, William H. Chew: county surveyor, Joseph Wallace ; coroner, D. W. King ; county commissioner, James M. Robinson.
The number of votes cast that year was 4,708.
I888.
Representatives-Jolin S. Gillespie and John W. Herron; State Senator, W. S. Nor- ton ; county attorney, C. D. Ashley ; Probate judge, Jesse Forkner; county superintendent. M. F. Jarrett ; district clerk, J. H. Hamilton ; county commissioner, H. N. Furness.
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In the political annals of Cherokee County no year is more vividly recalled than 1888. Three presidential candidates were in the field ; and the friends of each rallied enthusiastically to his support. No voter was allowed to remain at home, unless sick, and even then, if not seri- ously sick, he was brought out. The campaign partook somewhat of the nature of a military one; for feeling was so highly wrought that men, otherwise friendly and on neighborly terms, drifted so apart as to lose their kindlier feelings. The presidential vote that year was : Benjamin Harrison, 2,935; Grover Cleveland, 2,038; A. J. Streeter, 1,269 ; total, 6,242. Har- rison's plurality was 897; but he lacked 187 of having a majority.
1889.
Treasurer, H. R. Sadler; sheriff, J. C. Babb: register of deeds, J. H. Abbott : county clerk, J. C. Atkinson : county surveyor, E. S. Morton : coroner. R. S. Mahan ; county com- missioner, R. P. McGregor.
The number of votes cast that year was 4,951.
1890.
Representatives-J. T. Jones and J. H. Chubb; Probate judge, John Stauffer ; county attorney, WV. J. Moore; district clerk, C. R. Bernard; county superintendent, Anna Wid- man : county surveyor, Joseph Wallace ; county commissioner, F. A. Jackson.
1891.
Treasurer, A. D. Watts; sheriff, C. D. Arnold; register of deeds. J. C. Hubbard ; county clerk, P. M. Humphrey ; county sur-
veyor, Joseph Wallace; coroner, O. L. Young ; county commissioner, J. H. Armstrong.
The number of votes cast that year was 5,645.
1892.
Representatives-M. L. Walters and Alex- ander Warner; State Senator, M. A. House- holder; Probate judge, John Stauffer; district clerk. C. R. Bernard; county superintendent, Anna Widman ; county attorney, WV. J. Moore; county commissioner. Andrew Shearer.
The number of votes cast that year was 6,508 ; of these, Cleveland received 3.752 : Har- rison, 2,695 ; Bidwell, 61. The Populist reform movement in Kansas was at its full force at that time.
1893.
Treasurer, A. D. Watts; sheriff, C. D. Ar- nold ; county clerk, P. M. Humphrey : register of deeds, J. C. Hubbard ; county surveyor, William H. Dugger; coroner, E. W. Doan; county commissioner, F. A. Jackson.
The number of votes cast that year was 4,823.
1894.
Representatives-James Duffy and Alex- ander Warner ; county attorney, C. A. McNeill; Probate judge, W. R. Elliott : district clerk. L. G. Scranton; county superintendent, E. O. Herod ; county commissioner, James H. Elliott.
The number of votes cast that year was 5,128.
1895.
Treasurer, Andrew Shearer ; sheriff. W. T. Forkner: register of deeds, H. A. Bender:
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county clerk, Thomas Thomason ; county sur- veyor, Joseph Wallace; coroner, C. S. Huff- man ; county commissioner, W. H. Peters.
The proposition for building a jail was de- feated by a majority of 281.
The number of votes cast that year was 5,387.
1896.
Representatives-George T. McGrath and E. C. Weilep; State Senator, M. A. House- holder ; county attorney, Charles Stephens ; dis- trict clerk, L. G. Scranton; Probate judge, E. E. Sapp; county superintendent, C. F. Cool; county commissioner, James Pryor.
The number of votes cast for the presi- dential candidates was 8,703, of which McKin- ley received 3,505 ; Bryan, 5,108; Palmer, 46; Levering, 44.
1897.
Treasurer, Frank Hoover; county clerk, S. W. Swinney ; register of deeds, Ross David- son ; sheriff, O. W. Sparks; county surveyor, J. H. Jenkins ; coroner, W. Hisle; county com- missioner, Charles H. Smith.
The number of votes cast that year was 6,304.
1898.
Representatives-J. C. Fogle and G. W. Wheatley ; Probate judge, E. E. Sapp; district clerk, J. M. Wales; county attorney, Charles Stephens; county superintendent, C. F. Cool ; county commissioner, WV. H. Peters.
The number of votes cast that year was 6,213.
1899.
Treasurer, Frank Hoover ; sheriff, O. W.
Sparks; county clerk, S. W. Swinney; regis- ter of deeds, Ross Davidson; Probate judge, George H. Wilson ; clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas at Galena, E. F. Tucker : county surveyor, J. H. Jenkins; coroner, R. B. En- glish ; county commissioner, J. B. Pryor.
The number of votes cast that year was 8,033. This heavy vote was due to a number of causes. At a special session of the Legisla- ture of Kansas, begun on December 21, 1898, a new court of record, to be known as "The Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee and Crawford Counties," was established; and the act provided for submitting the matter to the qualified voters of the two counties, at the general election of 1899. Besides this, there was the proposition to build a County High School, which matter was thoroughly agitated among the people that year. The Common Pleas Court proposition was carried by a ma- jority of 1.740; the High School proposition was carried by a majority of 379.
Judge E. E. Sapp, of Galena, was elected to the bench of the new court. Sessions of the court were held at Galena, Cherokee County, and at Pittsburg, Crawford County. At the July (1900) term of the Supreme Court, in re John Davis, 62 K, page 231, the court handed down a decision, declaring that Court of Com- mon Pleas as not having been legally estab- lished. After this Cherokee County was made to constitute the Eleventh Judicial District, and Judge A. H. Skidmore continued on the bench of the District Court until Judge W. B. Glasse was elected his successor, at the general election of 1902.
1900.
Representatives-E. C. Weilep and Teas-
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dale Wilkinson; State Senator, M. A. House- holder : county attorney, J. N. Dunbar ; dis- trict clerk, J. M. Wales : Probate judge, R. M. Cheshire ; county superintendent, S. N. Mont- gomery ; board of trustees of the County High School-Walter Merrick, Emerson Hull, T. J. Vest, Phil. L. Keener, C. A. Gibbs and P. L. McManus.
The number of votes cast that year was 9.756. the largest ever cast in the county, up to that time.
1901.
By an act of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, approved March 1, 1901, the election of county officers was fixed to come in even numbered years, beginning with 1902, except the election of county commissioners.
1902.
District judge, W. B. Glasse; Representa- tives-E. B. Schermerhorn and John Mc- Laughlin; treasurer, Franklin Elliott ; sheriff, Charles L. Raines ; county clerk, William H. Shaffer; register of deeds, E. R. Pattyson; district clerk. J. B. Rudolph; county attorney, Al. F. Williams ; county superintendent, Birdie Adams; Probate judge, George H. Wilson; county surveyor, J. S. Sherman ; coroner, J. H. Boss; board of trusteees of the County High School-D. C. Walker, Emerson Hull, Walter Merrick and T. J. Vest.
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