Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-10-16
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Two of the Poe boys got into fight
the other day, and one of them cut the
other across the bowels with a jack
knife. The wound was not quite deep
enough to kill. j. NJ. Dake arrived
here Friday, from Nunda, n. Y. He
appears we'll pleased with the pros
poets. He owns four quarters of good
land near Ilazelton :. G. w. Stevens
and Frank Gordon were here Friday,
winning votes from the republican tick
ct, and making friends of all they met.
Candidate Nixon and T. A. Nc
Neal were here on Friday night. Tom.
came along to do the social act for Mr..
Nixon, that being qualification that
Nixon don't keep in stock. Louis
Bissantz, the next county clerk, was
here on Saturday and Sunday. He is
going to tool Wallace when the votes
are counted. The people begin to think
that Wallace had better learn a trade
or profession before he gets too old to
learn. 1T is the opinion of some of
the strongest republicans in this part of
the county that Dobson can't even carry
Kiowa. We heard a republican offering
to bet money that Stevens would be the
next sheriff by 500 majority. w. O..
Whitehead is determined to be right up
with the times, and consequently you
will have to send him the INDEX to
read. For the information of those
desiring to correspond with any of the
republican candidates this fall, we will
give their postofice addresses: C. l..
Long, candidate for senator, Medicine
Lodge, Kansas E. B. Peck. candidate
for treasurer, Medicine Lodge, Kansas;
w. I. Rouse, candidate for clerk, Med
icine Lodge, Kansas; E. w. Hill, can
didate for surveyor, Medicine Lodge,
Kansas; DIR. Moore, candidate for cor
oner, Medicine Lodge, Kansas j. w.
Dobson, candidate for sheriff, Reno.
Oklahoma. The republican ring, rather
than favor any other locality in the
county, after exhausting the Lodge.
went to Oklahoma to complete their
ticket. Will the voters approve of the
rings methods. We have never heard
the report denied that the books of the
ex-treasurer and eX-clerk were in a ter
ribly bad shape. Even Judge Edwards,
in republican speech, at Hazelton,
stated that the clerks books we're IN
bad shape when Rouse took them. We
have not heard of the present clerk and
treasurer going to any trouble to explain
the real condition of their offices when
they took control. We are not LAYING
awake at night expecting them to ex-
pose the rottenness in their offices, for
they know that as soon as they do
so they will be branded as traitors
to the men who helped them get the
offices it would give democrats dead
ly weapon for campaign use; they are
thus tied down by their sense OF graft
tude and party pride. Let us elect
Frank Gordon and Louis Bissantz, and
they will make full report. The most
extreme republican can not deny that
they are as well qualified as their re-
publican opponents. We will not need
any expensive investigating committees
then. We are glad that there is a grow
ing tendency among the people to vote
more as free American citizens, and to
disregard the party whip. Whenever
this plan becomes more general, we will
have more honesty and ability in the
various county offices. We hope that
when the returns come in this fall they
will show that the voters and tax-pay-
ers are looking after their own interest.
w. c., A.