Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-10
THE RESULT IN TREGO COUNTY

this county. There will be enemies
OF ours ready to sheer at the idea
that the editor Of this paper can
find in these returns any comfort.
These men, who act upon the prin-
ciple that might makes right, could
not be expected to take, at this date,
any other view.
But the WORLD desires to submit
some observations to the voters Of
Trego county who, on Tuesday last,
supported the Peoples ticket. The
vote for the national and state tick
cts shows that the Republicans in
the Peoples movement were loyal to
their party cause.
| Concerning the action Of the
candidates on the Peoples ticket, we
have no fault to find with any Of
them. They labored Loyalty for
their cause. Only for having been
handicapped by the minis of Doodle
which the ring outfit dispensed in
every portion of the county, not a
candidate on the Peoples ticket
could have been defeated. In the
very nature the of manner in which
tee Peoples movement was inaugu-
rated, there were weak points in its
formation which could be touched
with Doodle or Misrepresentation or
with the two combined. As deeply
as we regret this fact, there is no
desire to conceal it. These elements,
in the latter days Of the canvass,
may be said to have annihilated all
political features.
In the northern three-ffths Of the
county, namely in the precincts of
Banner, Collyer, Wa-Keerey, Ogal-
lah and Adair, Tilton beat Hanna
by an aggregate Of six votes. Here
in Wa-Keeney township, where live
the district court judge, the presi-
dent Of the First National Bank
and the other bitter enemies Of
Tilton, the vote between us and
Hanna was standoff. We want
no vindication if this result in this
township does not afford it in the
estimation Of those who are con-
verssnt with the nature Of the cam
paign upon both sides. Tilton was
beaten by votes in the south part of
the county. These votes which beat
US were cast by men who have little
Or no acquaintance with US, and
had been worked and reworked by
the ring outfit, one Of the workers
having been our sanity district
judge. We can stand all such de-
feats as this, and the other candi-
dates on the Peoples ticket seem to
feel the same way.
The WORLD has not one word to
utter in retraction Of the reasons
which its editor gave last summer
for opposing the ring outfit in Wa
Keeney. Their ticket, although |
elected, is no Republican combina-
ton in the sense of a majority of
of the Republicans having placed it
in nomination.
The feeling of disgust against the
ring outfit yet finds sure Judgement
in the hearts Of the majority Of the
people of Trego county who expect
to stay with. the country. The de-
testation which is felt for S. J. Os-
born and one or two Of his immedi-
ate satellites would be looked upon
very seriously by them if they had
less respect for the qualification of
their personal desires than for the
welfare of our people. The fact is,
this Osborn has for several months
been stark mad politically. But for
this fact the present rupture in the
Republican party of this county
never would have been known. He
IS one of mighty few men in
Trego county who do not realize
that his days Of political success are
To say less would be to
lmpeach, the honor of the majority
Of our people by saying that they
viii permit an officer Of this class to
lct with impunity the pothouse pol-
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