Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-01
Public Sentiment on the Judgship.

sue or OCTOBER ilGn, ana publish II IF
this week that the people OF the cOun- I
ty may see how the great majority Of |
business men in Phillipsburg feel on I
the iudgship. We have not the /
space to print more names, nor the |
time to call on more of our citizens, /
but one thing is sure, and that IS that |
S. D. Decker Is the choice of an over I
Whelming majority Of Republicans OF /
this part Of the county. The follow
ing Is the result of our brief interview /
with our citizens:
Calling first on the Hon. John Bis
sell he said Il am for S. D. Decker
although I went to the convention /
with decidedly friendly feeling to-
wards i. K Pratt, but having witness /
edsthe wrong attempted at ST. Fran
els and Atwood I am forced to the
conclusion that a man who is willing
to improve and profit by such iniquity
would not be just and impartial
judge and the subsequent Vltuperatve
and malevOlent character of his cam
paign confirms me in that conclusion"
Elihu Hill says Il am for Decker all
the time. He Is the straight Repub-
lican Candidate"
O. A. Lewis, a prominent lawyer
says; personally 1 have always tried
to feel friendly towards Judge Lewis
K. Pratt, and would like to been able
to supported him for another term had
he made it possible for me to do so;
but after his actions IN personally
coming into our county and attempt
/ ing to control the county Judicial Con
vention, and after his arbitrary and
! tyranical methods employed at the At
wood Convention for the purpose of
/ forcing his nomination and applying
/ the gag law to other candidates, and
! for other good reasons, find that he
! lacks the qualities Of fairness and I'M
| partiality so necessary for that exaIt-
ed position, and therefore 1 cannot
! support him. I am empbatically for
SD. Decker
Ex-Judge w. H.Pratt, who was pres
ent when we called on professor Lew
is, says, I was present at the Atwood
] Convention and L. X. Pratt was not
the nominee. I am heartily for Deck
err"
Rubin Rogers, Vice President of
the National Bank says Il am deci-
dedly in favor of Mr.. Decker for Judge
as / have no reason to doubt the state
ment made by the nine Phillips cOun-
| ty delegates"
Robert Swearengen says 81 viii
vote for Decker. 1 cannot support
Pratt under any condition"
g. b. Sewell a prominent business
man says Il am decidedly IN favor of
/ Mr.. Decker, and shall support him -
0. 3. johnson, of the firm Of French
& johnson says report me as enthu-
siastic for Decker"
3. Albaugh, of the Commercial
House, says put me down for Deck
er"
ii. S. Polling a prominent merchant
says Il am stronsg for Decker"
J.yD. MattesOn Clerk Of the District
Court says, believing what the nine
delegates say-that S. d. Decker Is the
regular nominee of the Judicial Con
ventiOn, and being a Republican, I
. will vote for Decker"
T. w. Roach says; / Will support
Decker because he is the regular can
didate and a good man"
Cap. Polling, Probate Judge, says
put me down flor Decker, as l be-
lieve what the nineldelegates to the At
wood Convention say, and that IS that
Hon. S. d. Decker is the regular Re
publican candidate"
S. j. Hartman, County Clerk said:
the nine delegates to the Atwood con
vention from Phillips county are
truthful trustworthy men. They say
S. d. Decker IS the regular candidate
and I will support him"
DR.. Hugh Wallace says: taking as
true the statement Of the nine Phil
lips county delegat es to the Atwood
convention / cannot do otherwise as
a Republican than to vote for Decker
} W. D. Granger, cashier of the First
National Bank, says the nine dele
gates to the Atwood convention are re-
liable gentlemen. I have no reason
to dispute their statement that S. D.
Decker IS the regular Republican can
didate and as such should be supper
ted"
William Blssell says: "I consider
L. K Pratt arbitrary and dictatoriaI,
with little respect for the opinions OF
others; malicious and intolerant gov
erned more by impulse than justice.
S. D. Decker IS the Republican nom
inee, and in every way better .quaIi-
fed for the judgship"
George A. Spaulding, a prominent
attorney, says: 81 acted as secretary
! Of the Judicial Committee and atten-
ded the Atwood convention. I cOrdi-
ally endorse the action of the nine
Phillips county delegates. L. Z. Pratt
was not the nominee of that convenIi-
on, and of course I viii support S. D.
Decker
Frank Strain, ex-c0unty treasurer,
says ST am for Decker because he is
: the regular Republican candidate for
District Judge; he is an old soldiel
and has always been a true Republi-
can"