Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-24

private character. and his motives, pur-
poses and disposition were so well
adapted to the motives, purposes and
of the new proprietors of
that paper that they retained him as
their scavenger.
The article that I refer to was prob
ably not written by this unprincipled
ignoramus. Although it is utterly de-
void of all rules pertaining to English
composition. and is as full of grammati-
cal errors as it is of falsehoods, yet
there are one or two ideas in it, and
this fact would preclude this nomad
from its authorship. The Chronicle is
simply the mouthpiece to give vent to
the pent up hatred and disappoint-
ments of two gentlemen whom the Re-
publicans Of this county have, in their
wisdom, seen proper to repudiate. The
cloven foot of the article is apparent to
every one acquainted with the situa-
ton of affairs in this county for the
past few years.
The waning political fortunes of G..
w. G. Rohrer one year ago sent the
Chronicle into hopeless bankruptcy.
For more than a year the proprietors of
that paper have stood in mortal dread
of its mortgages. Appeal after appeal
has been made in person and by their
friends to the REFLECTOR management
to buy out the worthless concern.
The REFLECTOR Company did not
deem the franchise worth the price
asked and refused to have anything to
do with it. Threats were indirectly
made that if the REFLECTOR did not
buy it, they would make it ''hot for
u.s." A few weeks ago the old hulk
was sold under the hammer, and, as
there were no other bidders, the concern
was bid in by the mortgages, Hodge,
Mead & Co., who are now the unhappy
owners of the elephant.
These gentlemen have been so I'M
mercifully drubbed by the Republicans
of this county that they seem to have
lost all sense of decency, and become
entirely reckless of all truth. Mr..
Mead has harbored his hatred toward
the Republicans of this county ever
since his ignominious and shameful
defeat for the judgeship in 1887. In
his estimation there is nobody qualified
for that honorable office except Mr..
Mead himself. Unfortunately for him,
(but very fortunate for the district)the
people of the district took different
view of his judicial capacity. The
other gentleman whose cloven foot is
apparent in the article under consider
alton, has been feeding himself and
his relations at the public crib so long
that he claims prescriptive right to
have whatsoever government office he
asks for and the further right to dis
tribute such offices as he does not want
for himself among his relations and
special henchmen. He has so long en-
joyed this exalted privilege that when
the Republicans of this county at their
last county convention vigorously
hurled him overheard it broke his
heart, and when the Central Commit
tee which had been appointed by this
Republican convention without the
dictation of this political autocrat, won
such an unusual and signal victory in
November by electing every candidate
on the ticket and ousting every Demo
cratic official from the county offices. 1t
really sent the old gentleman into
spasms. In his estimation campaign
conducted without his dictatorial adj
vice ought to have been failure, and
the fact that it was the most eminent
success achieved by the Republican
party fer many years makes it indis-
necessary that he look well to
his laurels. 1 refer to these matters
and to these individuals simply for the
purpose of showing the animus that is
behind the article in the Chronicle of
last week.
There is no good reason that know
of why 1 should have been singled out
by these two disappointed gentlemen
as one of three individuals upon whom
they could wreak their vengeance.
They give me credit for much more
influence in the Republican party than
possess. l was not a candidate for
any Office. was only d private in the
ranks, carried my musket and fought
alongside 274O other good Republicans
Of the county. Outside the election of |
my law partner had no more interest
IN the election of any one candidate on |
he Republican ticket than / had in |
hat of any other. worked for and
voted the straight Republican ticket |
rom top to bottom, just as have |
always done heretofore, and as
always expect to do hereafter. And
want to say in regard to the
.harges in the malicious article
Ibove referred to that as far as
hey effect me individually they are
eries of unmitigated falsehoods and
must have been known to be false by
he person who made them. In regard