Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-01

in the county Offices arc pledged to
support the men whose names appear
on tho democratic county ticket.
Z. L. HorCHKIss
has proven himself On able debates, an
earnest advocate OF what he believes TO
be right and TO the best interests Of the
people. He has had no charge brought
against him but that he is young man
and = lawyer. Do the. people Of Bar
ton county want 70 send man TO the
state legislature who has not the ability
to stand up and speak boldly and ably
for the interests OF the people whom he
representa- Do they want = represent
alive who cannot speak. half an hour
intelligently upon any subject? Or, on
the other hand, do they want man
to represent them who is young, and full
Of tenacious viRor and determination Of
purpose. If they want the latter, they
will vote Tor =. Z. Hotchkiss.
SAMUEL MAHER .,..z
possesses every requirement needed to
make m efficient and trustworthy
county attorney. He seldom has case
in court that he does not win. His
Judgment is almost perfect on all ques-
tions Of Law, and you may rest assured
that if he 10 elected TO the Office Of pros
ecuting attorney for Barton county
there will be mighty few cases COM
menced in tho courts where . convic-
tion is not gained. There will be no
unnecessary costs heaped upon the al
ready tan burdened people; there will
be no complaints that cases are ''sqash-
ed" defaults permitted, nor Che office
manipulated fof political effect. The
people OF Barton county know Sam
Maher well, and know that he can be
trusted TO look after the interests Of his
client whether he be private indiyid-
ual or the county Of Barton,
IRA D. BRoUGHER.
Is preeminentlv che best man tor che
position u clerk O1 the court that you
have before you. He has had years Of
experience; il known throughout the
county; speaks aud understands the
German tongue, land that is . much
needed requirement in his Office in this
county where there are so many Ger
mans snd AustrianR.) He has never
had a man.to complain Of unjust or un-
gentlemanly treatment, and we cannot
truthfully say that OF his opponent on
Che republican ticket. While we have
not word Of condemnation Tor Mr..
Bunting we frankly tell him and the
voters of the county, that he II not q
suitable man for the ef1ice
W. 4. LOONEY
is Z gentleman whom the most coward
ly and contemptible would-be leaders Of
the republican party have made the
most senseless fight upon. They have
attempted ridicule, have invented lies,
have resorted to all sorts Of low down
tricks and maneuvers to bring his name
to disgrace. They have not had = sin
| gle iota OF foundation upon which to
base a charge Of incompetency or ineli-
gibility against him. He has made an
honorable record in school work, and
that record is open to the people and
cannot be denied or wiped out. He has
as opponent, Mr.. Grant, farmer and a
bitter and unreasonable republican, a
man who has not and does not claim te
have been connected with the school in.
terests of the county, and whose only
claim for the support of republican
voters is the fact that he has ever beer
an uncompromising republican. It i,
claimed and urged by some that Mrs
Stoke, the prohibition candidate fol
school superintendent. has the bettel
qualifications of the four candidates IL
the field, and some democrats have ex
pressed a wish to see her elected. In
our honest opinion, Mrs. Stoke doe
not stand the least show Of being elect
ed, and all democrats who support he
. at the polls will be simply helping MI
!, Grant just that much. When the quos
ton Of Mrs. Stokes accepting the pro
hibition nomination came up, she wa
;. Informed that we considered it foil
) for her to make the race, but that sh
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