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Show GOV. ALLEN'S COURT RIDING ROCKY ROAD Judges of Kansas Anti-Strike Law in Tilt and Charges Fly By MABEL ABBOTT X. E. A. Staff Correspondent. TOPEKA, Kas. Sept 14. "The Kansas Industrial Court Is on the rocks and I wouldn't bet a nickel on whether It Is going to got off or go to pieces." This is the way a man In position to know, puts the present situation of the court that was entrusted with the administration of Kansas' famous experiment ex-periment in preventing strikes by law And several things that have happened lately indicate that It is at least very close to a couple of rocks on which many men and measures have been wrecked One is Internal dissension The other Is the determination of politicians to make the law and the court partisan Issues. The court s Internal difficulties have been predicted for some time by those who have studied Its personnel Governor Allen could hardly have got together three more different tem peraments if he had tried. Presiding Judge W, L Hugglns I a lawyer, from lllium Allen Whl? 1 small and famous town of Emporia His mind Is slow-moving, conscientious, conscienti-ous, and thoroughly legal In type. RYE OX GOVERNORSHIP. Judgo Clyde M Reed Is an editor. His paper is ln a small town. too. Parsons. Kas Reed was secretary to Governor Allen and later a member of the public utilities commission Ills mind is that of a newspaper man and a politician Polltlenl gossip credits him with ambitions for the 50V ernorship. Judge George H Wark is a lawyer and a former member of the Kanss- legislature. While Huggins and Work have generally been on the one sld and Reed on the other In the clashes which have come to public knowledge. Wark Is said by those who know tlc three men, to be the gyroscope without with-out which the boat would not have stayed rlght-slde-up on one or two occasions These three men are overworked Roll strikes, coal strikes, car shortages, short-ages, constantly rising rates for carfares, car-fares, gas, telephones and other public pub-lic necessities ,are only a few of the problems they are struggling with Nobody has ever been able to solve-any solve-any of them, but the Kansas Industrial court has to try to solve all of them Rumblings of disagreement have been heard Recently, the Kansas City (Kns) telephone company asked to be allowed to raise Its rates After the Investigation, the Industrial court cave permission Bill the divergence In view came to the surface In a sharply dissenting opinion filed by Judge Reed The next thing was a report that an expense account of Judge Reed's had been held up: and the next was an order signed by Hucglns and Wark that "no expenses bo Incurred by any member of the court or by any officer or employe, for telegraph telephone or traveling expenses, except upon the order of the presiding Judse. ' BREAK IS PLAIN. The split was plain, and the result was natural. Judge Reeds friends assert that he Is standing for the people against ui 1 ouple of corporation-minded lawyers, and Is being hampered and harassed In consequence. Friends of the other j ludgea charge that Reed Is keepinc 1 hi- eye on the governorship and play-1 Ing for popularity In his decisions In- I stead of dispensing strict Justice and' that the order was the result of discovery dis-covery that personal and political messages were getting on to the court's telephone and telegraph bills. 00 . |