Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
A FEW CLOSING WORDS

A FEW CLOSING WORDS
To the Voters Of Barton County, Con-
cerning Our Candidates. "a.
The fall campaign is now near its
close. The people have had both, tick
cts before them, and we believe will
judge the different gentlemen upon
their merits. The democratic candi-
dates have not started out to malign
their opponents or to excite the people
against them. They are each and every
one of them conscious of having con-
Quoted their several Offices properly,
honorably, and efficiently, and if re-
turned to Office for another term will
continue in their old line of duty.
It cannot be denied that new men,
going from their farms and other occu-
pations in life, have much to learn and
are liable to have harder time to
please all men than those Of experience;
but the democratic candidates will have
nothing of that sort to contend with
during the next two years; they have
all mastered the routine and order of
business of the several offices, and there
can be no chance that the interests of
the people will suffer under them for
the next two years.
We claim they should receive the
votes of all men who want officers and
not politicians. The Register is repeat
edly urging upon ''every republican" to
vote for the republican ticket; and
seems to think that all the people want
is republican officers. That paper lays
more stress upon the fact that it's can
didates are of a certain political party
and therefore deserving of election than
that the men are better qualified or
will make better officers than the dem
ocratic candidates. We do not claim
that our men should be elected simply
because they are democrats. We do
not attempt to draw the party lash and
whip the voters into line for party rea
sons alone. We simply claim that our
candidates are kgaOsom to be efficient in
every respect, and having worked hard
and faithfully for the public are en-
titled to, another term. We do not
think it right or honorable to open up a
warfare upon men of any nationality in
order to make strength for our ticket
by appealing to the prejudices of other
men; nor do our candidates plan to, or
threaten that they will capture this or
that locality with beer. Our public
speakers or candidates have not gone
over the county circulating little ten
cent buncomb stories nor two dollar
lies for effect. Our candidates were
nominated by the largest
county convention ever held in the
county, and they were thus nominated
because of their worth and fitness for
the positions they fill.
And now let us go to the polls and
again roll up grand majority for the
entire ticket. Let US lay aside party
and sectional fights, forget
old sores, and stand by old friendships.
INDIVIDUAL MENTION.
WE DESIRE to say just a few words
in behalf of Leonard Krause, for Coun.
ty Treasurer. He has no time nor i'll
clination to enlarge upon his own abil-
ity to conduct the business of that Office
another two years; but his friends are
legion and hundreds of voices are raised
in his behalf. Mr.. Krause is man of
few words; he is of the people, placed
in charge Of the peoples treasury by the
people, and has succeeded in the last
two years in convincing the people that
he has all the ability required to make
a good and efficient officer. We learn
of one political shyster who weakly
charges that Mr.. Krause deposits all
the county funds in one bank, that he
"favors" that bank Ito the exclusion of
all others.'' This fellow who attempts
thus to mislead the public mind knows
full well that he is attempting an i'm
position; that the funds of the county
arc uCPOo1UCU Will UuC O6uk WulCu pays
the highest rate Of interest for the use
of the money, and that bids were re-
ceived from all the Great Bend banks
and the banking house of j. V. Brink
man & Co. was named as the county de-
pository for the reason that that bank
pays more for the use of the money
than the other banks. Other charges.
that Mr.. Krause is s.incompetent," are
just as grOundless and false, and are
easily knocked into a cooked hat by the
facts in the cases they bring up. MIR.
Krause has no fear of such tactics pur-
sued by the enemy, and will go into
the Office again with largely increased
majority over two years ago.
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AGAINST the democratic candi-
date for Sheriff, Frank Wilson, the re-
publican speakers and workers have no
definite charges tomske. They rely on
his opponent simply because
he is q pleasant, sociable gentleman,
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