The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31
LAST WORDS.

Nv. BURKE.
LAST WORDS.
Coming down the home stretch
with the polls In sight, the race has
become Q spirited one and very In
terestIng to the spectators. IL isn't
Q time for philosophIEIng, morAliE-
ing or "argufying." And yet IL
might be well to speak our little
piece" before the judges announce
the winners and proclaim the prizes.
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On September sd, eighteen hun
dred and thIrty-fOur Republicans,
or nine-tenths Of the total vote they
pOIled for Benjamin Harrison for
president, assembled at their voting
places throughout this county, and
fairly made known their preferences
among the candidates. A ticket
was nominated that has stood the
test Of more than q months heated
campaigning, growing brighter and
cleaner a. each day passed. Every
name on the ticket IL cleAn-clean
politically, clean morally, clean
a. TO business qualifications, form
ing q ticket that every Republican
may we'll be proud Of and for which
he can work with . clear conscience
and hearty good will.
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This ticket WAS formed by the
people voting without the aid Of
mIddIemen or wIre-workeTs. Every
man nominated received decided
mAiorltlss or pluralIties, leaving no
room for doubt IS 10 the choice Of
the voters, and giving no excuse for
boiling or flying the track. This
primary election was q moral con-
tract entered into by nearly two
thousand Republicans 10 abide by
the decision Of the popular vote-a
contract Of political honor between
full-grown men, and cannot be
lightly set aside. To violate this
contract may not be q statutory mis-
demeanOr, but Il would be morally
. Sin, o political mIsdemeanor for
which the violAtOT should be
held responsible. The eighteen
hundred aud thlrty-fOur Repub-
lIcans who took part In the
primary should stand like Q stone
wall against all attempts to break
their ranks. Not only should they
themselves vote for the ticket they
assisted TO nominate, but they
should individually work to induce
those Republicans who did not take
part In the primary, 10 vote for II.
A decided majority for the ticket
will be the only method Of dIsposlng
Of the dlsorganIzing class who
prowl around the purlIeus OF pOlIt-
leal camps looking for bonuses,
Doodle for elfecting trades, and loot
for lgnOble endeavOrs. II you want
10 be freed from these hangers-On
forever, let them learn, by the In
compatibility Of your rank and file,
that their day Is past-dispOse Of
them by sitting down on them In
the shape Of stunning Republican
majority for the entire ticket next
Tuesday. II you lislen to their
pleas for this candidate or that one,
aud percbance thus allow one or
more Of the ticket TO be defeated,
then at the next election they will
be on hand again for another Doodle
campaign. Squelch this pestiferous
brood now-you will never have
better opportunity.
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There IL no need 10 recapltulate
reasons heretofore given In q some
what extended manner why the
ticket nominated by four persons Of
mixed politics, and misnamed the
peoples ticket" should not receive
the support Of Republicans. They |
are o. plain rs day TO those who |
DO not wish 10 be blind. The
peoples ticket was coneocted pri-
marily to elect Mr.. Gentry sheriff,
secondly rs . disorgsnlElng scheme.
There was not q recurrence Of the |
elements which entered into the de-
feat Of the Republican candidate for
sheriff two years ago, 80 the schem-
ers who seek to be benefited
resOrted to the dodge OF appropri-
atIng . part Of the Republican
ticket, hoping thereby to secure
votes from the unWAry Of our party.
Then, further TO bolster up Mr.. Gen.
try, who had once gotten In by .
scratch, and was known to be no
stronger than his party, some other
Republicans were found TO help the
conspirators-men who expect TO
receive the full Democratic vote and
are working for part Of the RePub-
lIcan vote. That these last named
Republicans should lend themselves
TO the schemers' plot 10 elect Mr..
Gentry over > time-tried Republic
can, and further to assist In dis
rupilng the party Of which they had
hitherto been members, 10 unfortu-
nately not an anomaly In politics,
but nevertheless IL dlshonorAble
In the extreme, and should be
severely rebuksd by the Republic
cans at the polls. For Il must be
fully understood that no Democrats
will vote for these Republicans ~
such. II comes to this, then, that
votes cast for other than the Repub-
lIcAn ticket, 10 . playing into the
hands-not Of the Democracy, for
we do not believe they had any
thing TO do with it-but Of the little
eOlerle Of Persons who schemed In
secret for individual purposes, and
who have been exposed by the
JOURNAL.
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The open manner In which the
nominations were made
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