Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-20
POLITICAL CHOP WAVES.


Olson resolution, to get a further
hearing on the resolution. 10 you
remember the substance OF the
resolution? 1t was that the mem
bers of that caucus pledge them
selves to support the Repubiiean
nominee for representative! The
action of the ringsters was a license
to every Republican to vote as ne
p!eases. Had those ringsters not
defeated the Olson resolution, this
Peoples movement would not have
been started.
Mr. Heilig insists that he must
not be held accountable as a steno-
grapher FOR Shepard's acts as an ed
itor. In this, Mr.. Heilig is not to
blame. IL he were satisfied with
such partnership i'll lying, he would
show a depraved taste. In our
speeches at Collyer and Ogallah, last
Saturday, we read from the Repub-
lican that Captain Hanna had said
in his district Is speech that "for
As years, ever since, and even before
he was a voter, he had been an active
republican" Mr.. Heilig tells US
that he, in his report, had it ''active
politician" We are told that Cap
tain Hanna felt bad at being thus
referred to BY us. He will know
where to apply the remedy. AL
though, truth in the Republican IS
as scarce as growing trees IN md
ocean, it does look like that sheet
would manage not to get its leading
political god into trouble by misrep-
resenting his speeches. But we
must add that we never took Cap
tain Hanna for an active politician.
The forty-five years of his great po-
litical activity must have elapsed be-
fore he came to Trego county!
Brother Tilton, Of the Wa-kee-
ney WORLD, is holding the ''boys
level on the representative business.
/ Hays City Republican. You are
quite correct. We may add, as a
pure fact, that the ring crowd ap-
preciate fully the truth of the Re-
pwWican's statement.
The ''old wads'' Of Trego county
seem to have the upper hand of the
Republican ring Of that county
! T NiNbrook Democrat. That is just
what they have.
Bossed Shepard seems not to APP
preciate the Peoples rallies. Ii this
were not the case, it does seem like
he might have been at either Collyer
or Ogallah, last Saturday. He could
then have heard himself branded as
a contemplate falsifier in answer to
his charge that Matt Williams had
been telling us how to run the
WORLD. Mr.. Williams himself dealt
out the singing rebuke! There is
something in the principle that a
man who is low enough in the scale
Of humanity to lie whenever to do so
will serve his purpose believes all
men to be equally base. To have a
common liar charge that somebody
else tells us how to run this paper,
can do US no harm. 1t would take
the testimony of good men to make
our people believe any such a state
ment. This reminds us Of the re-
cent voluntary statement which a
prominent Wa-Keeney business
man made to us. 1t was to this eff
feet: II do not like to bolt the. Re
publican ticket, but there are times
when it is proper to do so. Ii the
little ringin this town, who does not
like you, because it cannot use you,
had practiced only fair means, you
would have been renominated for
representative. This ring dislikes
you simply because you have the
ability to run your own paper, and
have done so. The ringsters like the
Republican because they can man
age it to suit themselves"
Bossed Shepard nearly forgot pol.
a.. l,,& ,x-ooly N, his ot&ar,Dk ~ r-oi