Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-09-29
Speeches Made by Several Candi-
dates.
Some of the Rings Preliminary
Campaign SANDERS Charged
Straight Home.
Candidates on the Two Ticket
Compared.
The Speeches Well Received.


house Wednesday evening, Septem-
Der 26. The attendance, while not
large, was as nearly so as it is rea-
sonable to expect at a school house
in thinly-settled locality, many Of
whose voters are absent from their
homes.
! w. H. Nichols, Esq, was elected
chairman Of the meeting.
| W. S. Tilton was introduced to
the audience. His speech, Of which
we have the space to furnish here
only brief and defective synopsis,
struck at the core of a portion of
the lying which had been done in
Wilcox township to cheat him out
Of the Republican nomination for
representative. He cited the fact
that he had gone to Topeka in the
winter of 1887 as the servant of the
people Of Trego county and the
state, and mentioned some Of the
work which he accomplished. He
declared that it was utterly unjust
that little ring at the county seat
should, at the end Of his first term,
lie him out Of the nomination for a
second term by trampling upon the
well-known wishes Of at least two
thirds Of the Republicans in the
county.
Mr.. Tilton charged that just pri-
or to the caucuses of July IA man,
at the instigation of the little ring
in Wa-Keeney, had asserted freely
while canvassing against Tilton in
Wilcox township that S. C. Robb,
commissioner of forestry, was
squandering the states money, and
that Tilton was getting his share of
it. The speaker denounced this as
devilish lie, barren Of the shadow of
foundation. He declared that, if
this had been the only lie Of the
ring outfit during the preliminary
canvass, it would have afforded
ample reason for his association with
the Peoples Ticket this fall. The
speaker invited anybody who was
present, and took issue with him
upon this proposition, to arise that
he might be seen. Nobody arose..
Mr.. Tilton said that the proof that
this Infamous charge had been made
was ready. The speaker said this
was not the only charge that had
been made in Wilcox township for
the purpose Of lying him out Of the
nomination. The statement had
been made there by a ring tool that
Tilton did not want to be reelected
to the legislature for the purpose Of
doing Trego county any good, but
only that he might secure the ap-
pointment of commissioner Of for
estry. The speaker said such a
statement gave itself the lie, because
if he had wanted this position he
would have taken it when it could
have been had for the asking. He
said the proof Of this villainous
charge having been made was ready.
1t had also been told as a ring
campaign card in Wilcox township
that Tilton could not be elected if |
he should receive the nomination;
that several Of his best friends had
said they would not vote for him if
he should be nominated. Ben
Mapes's name was given as one Of
them; Mr.. Mapes, the speaker un-
derstood, had denounced the utterer
as liar, as far as he was concerned.
Mr.. Tilton went on to say that |
these statements concerning him
were not only untrue and SANDER
Gus, but they show the desperation
to which the ring outfit was COM
PEELED to resort In order to-succeed !
in lying two-thirds of the Republi-
cans Of the county out Of their
choice for representative.
The speaker punctured into hag-
ments the veil Of the ringsters un-
der which they seek to disguise their
true reason for opposing the Olson |