Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-15

1t is with extreme reluctance that
the TINES turns back 10 notice the abuse
contained in the last Issue of Inc Repub-
lican. Election is over and the bitter
ness engendered by the contest should
be buried as soon as possible; yet the
scurrilous abuse heaped upon the heads
Of some Of the most respected citizens
in Ford county cannot be passed By in
silence The Republican after moppDg
I the sweat off its face. caused by the
hard struggle through which lts edito!
passed, turns round, and, forgetting
the courtesy due fallen foe. begins an
unwarranted and vicious assault upon
some of the prominent members of It's
own party, because the dictates Of
their conscience aud manhood would
net allow them to support VI. " Sut-
ton for representative. Sutton. net
lied because he was repudiated b. the
better element Of his own party, uses
the columns Of his sheet in tradGc;i &
the character of men, for whom, NOR
ally. he would not make decent fan.-
stool; CALLED because he knew he wogll
have been rcpudiated at the polls had
he not brought in $1,000 10 encourage
his half hearted following. he now
turns. and with all the venom Of his
nature p0urs the vials Of his wrath up
on the heads Of these men. With
bluff, blow and buncombe he attempt
ed to whip these men into the repu5li-
can ranks, and when they revolted
against the fumes from his political re
cord, when they upheld their rights As
American citizens, when they refused
TO follow down into this mirc Of self
degradation, Sutton begins savage
personal attack upon them. Taxing
his own character from which to draw
inspiration, he has the following 10 sag
of George l.. Chilcote, Of the Syeare-
vile Blade: He was born Il SNEAK,
and treachery is his perdominate char
acteristic.' Because ChIlcote Bros.
could not swallow this nauseous dose,
because they could not gulp down tbs
reeking mess, the laws Of nature re
voting against it, -SGttco calls them
sneaks We submit TIT 'his is ~orthy
of a man: we subni, hat it ediies the
station of Ford county next repre-
sentative: we submi, that the language
is in accord with the prominent iaU-
yer, influential citizen ana m8gh
ABUSED citizen. Of whom We have
heard so much OF late The TIHGs
also comes III for lis share of abuse
''The grimy stuff thai came from dat
machine was enough u sicken every
one, says Nike. This probably con.
tains more truth than any statement in
the editorial To say that truthful
review of Sutton character. makes
''grimy stuff is drawing it mildly f.
say the least That i: did sickeu a
good many voters is very evident as
Sutton was compelled to roll in his
barrel on election day. After flashing
himself into foam because the up
right men of the party did not support
him, Sutton turns himself to the more
agreeable task of fiattering his own van
ity. Here is the way he does it
Though most bitterly assailed on eveEy
occasion, by those who know the man
too well to hope t. manipulate him i'r
their selfish schemes against the publ;
he has always stood against the Shoca
as granite cliff withStands the angry
flashing of the oceans foamy pillows.
In this poetical passage the reader wi
observe that, while Mike claims he ha,
stood against the shock, be doesn say
that he withstood it. We presume
however, that the comparison of him
self with the granite cliff is sufficient
guarantee, that be got the better Of
temptation. However that may be We
can hardly conceive Of man being 50
anxious to serve the public that be viii
spend 81, 600. for the privilege of DOING
so.