Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-05-01
'sOur Club"
70 the Editor q the Times.

To the Editor q the Itmoe.
A few days before tho Republican primary wss
to be held 10 net to AZ the thing %. The only
thing that wc were particularly Interested In vac
to have the convention 20 made up that ftost
would secure the delegates to the Senatorial co..
vention. We knew that II none voted q the pri.
mary but Republicans tAat We would be left, -
We decided that Ne wouldn't let Republicans vote
st all On motion q the BOBBY . committee wse
appointed sustlefs to get the boss out, and they
peEfosmed their duties % ven that whea tie
crowd gathered the Republicans very wisely took
the hint that their presence Wa not wanted and
remained sway. 70 tAas We had things Just to suit
"a. In the matter Of seleeting delegates We had
some didlculty. We looked tho natter over and
found there was not thirteen Republicans in the
town that We could depend % 70 support Monte
Dan, 20 that We had to draw On the Democratic
MEMBER of the Club. Among others We eelected
Harris, but some q the Republican members OBJ
jected to him on the ground that be was member
Of the Democratic central committee and that his
domestic relations were not strictly in good TASTE
but these triA.ng objections were promptly vet
down on and the play went on.
We deemed 1t advisable 70 put one squafe.toed
Republican on the Ticket bat In doing 70 We took
good caro- that It should be one whose eelfrcspeet
would not permit to mix with such . mob To
this end We selected J. Il. Crawford. and to make
things safe, We took that distinguished political
acrobat Gulliver Cook for bis alternate. Az We
expected, Crawford did not come and that corner
went up all right And then when We came to
voting at the primary everything went to suit us
It would have made Boss Tweed turn In HE grave
II he could see how his methods are improved up
on. Everybody voted that wanted TO vote. They
voted early end they voted often. They voted
singiy and they voted by platoons Men that had
not been in town over night walked up manfully
and did their duty. And % the good work went
On OF coufse our delegates were elected. We
eject everything we want to-we have that bust
ness down ane. Whenever there IL political call
q any party We are on the ground. 1t was the
same crowd that elected the democratic township
ticket and carried the city election. The name IL
Of no account 10 us. Our club works for the mn,
tual interests and protection Of its members, NO
matter what their political creed may be.
OF the convention need not apesk. The fact
IL the less said about the better Frost got the
delegates to the senatorial convention and that IL
all We wanted jim JAN.
Chas. Van Tronp has been in tho
south part Of the county for more than
. week past surveying and locating
settlers, quite little boom down there
caused BY parties who were induced to
come to Kingman and Harper counties
from the east in search Of Govt land,
and to fnd on their arrival there, that
there WAS no more government land to
be had in those counties and have been
from time TO time pushing out further
west along the southern boundary Of the
state, until they have reached this
county.