Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20
Holt VS.. Hanback,.

Holt VS.. Hanback,. ~
The following ringing editorial from
the Norton Champion ought to be
read by every man in this congressional
district. 1t is a striking contrast with
the expression Of number of our OK
changes who are shouting for the man
who is IN position to dispense a little,
patronage. This article has the true
ring. Read it!
The Congressional Convention has
been called to meet at Downs May the
28, to nominate a candidate to repre-
sent the 9Th Congressional District, In
NOrtOH county the contest will be be
tween two men judge Lewis Hanback,
present incumbent, from the state at
large. and Judge Joel Holt, of BelOit.
Mitchell county. We shall favor the
nomination OF the latterand shall use
all honorable means in our power to
see that he gets delegation from Nor
ton county. We Wi. give our reasons
for so doing. In The first place we
shall saw nothing against Dir Hanback,
hut what we would say against any
man under similar circumstances
Personally we like him. He is a good
sOciable fellow and probably under
other circumstances we would advO-
cate his nomination. Our principal
objection to Hanback, is that he never
was an inhabitAnt Of what pow COM
poses the 9th congressional District of
Kansas, nOrhe never would have been
had he not bt en- forced to become "a
resident of this district so that he
might become candidate for re-elec-
ton. Mr.. Hanback, lived in Topeka,
and was filling the Office Of Probate
Judge of Shawnee county, when he re-
cejvcd the appointment OF Register OF
the Government land Office at Salna
He then became u resident Of Salina
by force OF circumstances. He was
filing that position when nominated
and elected as congressman at large.
There has been a disposition ON the
eastern politicians of the state to total
w ignore the western part of Kansas,
and have called them coyotes" and
representatives of the Prairie Dog
towns of the state, and we think it
time for the Republicans to get up on.
their dignity and sh w the eastern
part of the state that the west have
some rights that the east ought to res
rect. Let us look at the other side for
| q moment. Suppose our legislature
shOu'd have created district out OF
portion of the eastern territory, and
that said territory had been left with
cut congressman, and that the terri
| tory in the west part of the state had
been apnOrtiOned in such a manner
! that it wonld have had two congress
men from the big four" and one 0.
them would have left the home of his
adOntiOn, the cherished loved ones and
!
! and dear to him to go into the eastern
territ''rY. go as to be in the district he
claimed to represent, and there serve
-" dear peOpe. There would be such
cpl bets and Kissing, growing, howl
ing, wailing and gnashing Ofteeth, as
you never beard tell of. They would
say. look at the braZen impUdence, the
! unlimited cheek of that western GOV
! Ote coming into our territory to run for
| congress, as though we had not the
men of AGILITY to represent us from
our own territory. But that is Just
what they are trying on US, and it sur
! prlses us that we have some who will
turn in and assist them. We were for
Holt two years a o, and we don't
Know o any good reason for changing
our opinion now. Holt should have
! received the nomination at that time:
! receiving, aS he did, the solid vote of
/ the north west and he would, had not
! every railroad in Kansas had its lob
hyist in the convention working
might and mairf against him. He had
The offer from tI.C'u by agreeing to
conn Inc with tn IN but he spurned
! h fer and told Them that he would
go to congress TO work fCr the interest
/ OF the farmers or he would not go atalI,
Ihat is the kind of man Joel Holt is.
Joel Holt was born in New Hamp-
Ire and Is now past forty ears of
age. He enlisted in Co. O, lst New
Hampshire Cavalry and served as a
] private during the war in the army OF
the FOtOmac. His first vote was cast
Tor Abraham Lincoln in the woods
when soldier. After tile war he re-
moved TO Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
studied law and was admitted to the
| OAR he Came to Kansas in 1867 and
Was nominated and elected Judge OF
me 10TH district in 1873 having before
served as County Attorney OF Doni-
{ pa an county Kansas. So far as the
! TWO candidates are concerned they.
Goth stand with equal records as sol
! uleiS. We All know Joel Holt. We
know hln TO be modest unassuming
gentleman who considers every man
o. good character no matter what his
occupation or business is, as an equal.
he IS man OF ability and would be
an nDnor 20 the constituency that
would send him To congress. As a
udge, none stood higher in the state
than the subject of our sketch. So
from now until the 18th OF May. We
re iOr Holt. After that up goes our.
nat KOr the man that gets the nOInina-