Thomas County cat., 1889-08-22

q the republican party, &nO II h0r.
nony in its ranks enterei'. ,um an
greement with Kelley in reference to
'arious matters. With the exception
# that part which related to the
ounty printing, 6eliey deliberately
'iolated every CT >ndition of agreement
made. At t. 1e time of making the
greement, 6elley wanted that $1.OO
'er sluar should be charged for the
'rlntin' & but the editor of the CAT re-
usec point blank to agree to any
n' .ng of the kind, and~the rate was
Axed at IS cents per square.
To fulfill 10 the letter his
agreement with Kelley, although the
latter could not have collected one
penny by Law, at settlement between
them, the editor of the CAT paid him
7.23, the balance that would have
been property due the latter under the
agreement had he acted honorably and
done as he agreed. The following
is a copy of the check given by the
editor of the CAT to Kelley, and rep
resents Kelley's balance on settlement
of whatever the editor of the CAT
received from the couaty for that
quarter: @'.
Colby. Kans., Apr. Il, isss.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK:
Pay to l. A: Kelley or bearer, One Hundred
$IS .s.
[Indeesed on back-I A. KELLEY]
Keley's story is either an absurd lie
or he is a self-confessed thief.
JOURNALISTIC COURTESY.
Kell ey has used the CAT Office and
furniture as his own for nearly year,
free of all charge, and has had every
courtesy at the hands of the CAT Of
fee. Like the snake he turns and
rends the hand that warmed him.
Coming here from Phillipsburg a fail
ure, where also his snake like disposi.
ton caused him to bite the man who
fed him, he came as the hireling of a
few broken down, unexpected, dis
honored politicians. With the secret
ly avowed purpose of warning against
men respected in the community, self
confessedly he has been summing him
self by the rays of their light, and like
an unwise serpent has spent his poi
son before its maturity, and like the
bee which can sting but once he must
retire to his hive conscious only of his
futile, foolish effort, hereafter abortive
and done for.
Utterly inconsistent, in one breath
denouncing as fraud that which in
another he states has no positive law
to govern, were his statement other
than absurd and untrue, it would sim
ply convict him as partaker of the
fruits of a swindle, and as actively
engaged IN its perpetratlon. And so
much for Kelley-he is utterly unwOr-
thy the time already spent upon him,
and none would be spent upon him
except that he is the purchased tool !
of men whose entire object is an at
tempt to control the county to their
own corrupt purposes.
THE RING.
He charges that there is ''ring' at |
the county seat. Yes, there is ring"
or rather taere are several men, four
of whom keep Office in the Senter
block. and one other, who rents office
of Commissioner Senter, who propose
to run county politics, and say they
will control the nominations this fall, |
or defeat the republican ticket. One
of the objects for which this ring is
working has been the appointment of
Kelley as postmaster at Colby. With
in three weeks members of this ring
have approached the editor of the
CAT and another gentleman prominent
in county politics, and made offers of
support of the boss organ ring for nom-
nations for county offices in lS9O-this |
ring are far reaching tribe, not con-
tent to try to control the county this
fall, they are already preparing to fix
a slate for the next succeeding cam
paign. In both instances the offers
were Indignantly rejected which were
to the effect that these gentlemen