The Red Cloud chief., 1881-11-03
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Certain sound dreadful or glor.oa.
understanding toe pllhc mind. Thun-
ders may rattle aud lightnings Hash.
but all well meaning and homes, men
must shrink and turn their course
sooner or later from the binding light
that is now being. and has been un-
folded to the public gaze for the las,
few weeks. Burning ages and ever
verying seasons of sunshine or howl
Ing storms, thoughts of silence seemed
ended only in mysterious ~conjecturcs.
Our memory is not delighted by re-
ierring 10 the corrupt pages Of history.
which are being written in county
politics. by men, too. who have claim
ell 10 be the beacon lights Of political
fame. Never, perhaps. in the most
corrupt history of the politics in
McCoopen county Illinois, Sioux and
Lyons counties, Iowa, when the pco-
pie OF those counties had ~ rcpud!ate
their W acts, or rather the acts of
other men. in whom they put large
trust. Those local and self designing
politi.ions in those counties, - carry
ont their damaging results, did not
excel what seems To be doing in this
county. 10y men who are heading and
advocating the independent ticket Ia
be presented At the polls on the sth of
November, for its election. No-
tiers of Webster county. Are Won
merchandise? Are you upon the
market to he bought and sold as the
shipper sells his stock? Or are you
noble and true men, believing that
without the aid of the shippers
money. twho is warning The people
of 1t and Is offering To bet it, that
each of you, within yourselves, hold
sacred the greatest privilege, the
highest blessing known to human law,
the right Of free manhood, the right
to go to the ballot box and assert your
freedom by voting without fear or
favor from any man. While it is not
our. intention TO lnjurc or hurt the
person of any man, We believe that IL
Is the duty of every good citizen Of
this county to protect it. In protect
ing the county we protect ourselves,
and a We do not wish tn injure any
one in person, yet we have good rca-
son to know and believe that one of
the candidates who will ask your votes
as independent, has money now
staked as a bet in quite q large sum on
his own election.
Nor Is this all to be told in this cor
rupt and independent move by liz
aspirants and its hackers. This same
shipper referred to, time and again,
in public stores and on the streets Of
Red CLOUD has offered 70 bet five hun
dred and even two thousand dollars
that MIR. Bayha and others OF the con-
yention nominees would be defeated
at the polls. lie has asserted that he
could take one thousand dollars and
defeat him, tBayha) and then make
a thousand dollars. He has further
asserted in public tina. "Bayha and
Buschow must be beaten, it was actu-
ally a case OF necessity and mast be
done"
And yet half is not being said con-
corning this corrupt and dishonorable
move for the Independents to be cleo
ted at the polls within a few days.
And for the protection Of theirs and
his interest.
Voters Of Webster county,
what do all those assertion,
mean? Analyze and solve the prob
lem as best you can, but in the name
of protection analyze it quickly. do it
before the eighth of November. Does
any canded man believe for a moment
that it is an actual necessity for the
people of Webster county tha; Mr..
Tulleys and Jones should and nll;t &c
elected over men OF such excellent
qualifications and characters as that
of Mr.. Bayha and Buschow. Voters.
it cannot be true. II may he an
actual necessity TO certain ~indepea-
dents and their bosom friends for their
OWN protection, tina. Mr.. Bayha and
Buschow should and mus. I've defeated
and Mr. Tulleys and Jones elected II
that be true are we not duty bound rs
a county TO protect the masses and
no. the few |? who are so willing TO bet
and spend money for their necessity"
as they call it. Couldyou who have TILED
the soil and borne the hardships Of all
those past years realize that men
whom you have respected, are fast
turning you into a gambling pool
We know for once and all time yo.
would assert your rights and forever
stay the hand of political corruption.
AZ 70 ourselves, before we would sub
init to be the prey o corrupt snd design
ing men, we wonld rather go TO the Tar
off sunset beyond the sound OF humsn
voice, where the emblem of freedom
was never unfrried to the breeze; and
the ballot box known only as the God
Of nature implanted Il in the instinct
of the small quadruped As he assem-
bled and copyrighted his little army tot
burrow in the ground, there 70 receiver
no welcome visitor except the snake
and the owl