Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-27
THE POLITICAL THUGS.
Some of Their Schemes Dissected'

Bossed Shepard, the ring tool, says
nothing IN the Republican which is
worthy of notice, except as'his stuff
| is the reflection Of the orders Of his
ring bosses.
His sheet of last week argues only
one thing, and that is the despera-
ton Of the ring cause at the defeat
which stares the outfit in the face.
The ring organs report Of Tilton' s
Collyer speech is about as near the
truth as the outfit have approached
in this canvass. But why don't the
Bushwhacking bandits publish the
speech! The answer will occur
readily to every person who heard it.
After lying and relying concern
ing our speech at Adair. Bossed
Shepard pretends to have been fair
in reporting it. If he is not an
idiot, he knows he evaded all men
ton of our remarks concerning the
lies which were peddled in Ogallah
township to defraud US out Of the
nomination. He also knows that he
lied deliberately when he peddled on
our streets the statement, and after
wards published, that only five
voters Of Ogallah township were at
the Peoples meeting in district 81.
After failing to reply to the argu-
ment which we made weeks ago that
our position in the legislature the
coming winter will be substantially
the same as it was in the winter Of
1887, the ring organ last week had
mess Of stuff trying to show that
member, in order to have any in
fuence in the legislature, must be-
long to the majority party. Shepard
is a pretty specimen Of humanity to
deliver political lecture. There is
said to be at least one gilt-edge rea-
son why he ought to be a Republi-
can, but he seems not to have re-
spected it to any considerable extent.
Tilton still charges everything and
proves nothing-claims everything
and gets what he cam Republican.
The direct lie to which is given by
the ringsters themselves in stunning
discussion upon those charges. Har-
Ian is in stew, and the ring outfit
lack the manhood even to try to
help him out. And this after hav-
ing themselves gotten him into it.
Capt. Hanna is not an Office
seeker; he was nominated by the
republican party because of his emf
nent fitness for the place. Repub-
lican. Well, that does settle it, if
Captain Hanna is not an Office seeker
and if he was nominated because Of
his eminent fitness. We would
like to see the proof that Republic
cans nominated him at all. The
outfit that nominated him are not
making a Republican campaign.
They are moving around, trying to
deceive Democrats into voting for
their slate ticket.
How many votes would Tilton
have received in the Republican eau
cuses last July if he had declared his
intention Of boiling the nomination
Of the party in case Of his defeat?
We venture the assertion that he
would not have received a bakers
dozen in the entire county. All
true republicans will snow him UNI
der as traitor to his party and
stranger to political honor.-[ Repub-
lican. Which reminds us to ask
how many votes Captain Hanna
ought to receive as the candidate Of
the ring outfit who did declare,
through more than one of their
number that if Tilton was nominat-
ed by the Republican convention,
they would support Democrat for
representative? Our Republican
friends will not ask a mongrel like
Shepard to define ''true Republicans"
for them! The fact is, we can prove,