Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

commenced upon the aDutmentS I'M
mediately.
Some False Charges Refuted.
It is not our desire to make fight
against any particular man Of the oppo
sitlon party, but it is our privilege and
duty to defend the democratic party
and the democratic candidates against
the vile and unfounded lies and accusa-
tions of any man who takes it upon him.
self to attack the same, he having no
interest in the present campaign other
than that of stump speaker.
A fellow of loud mouth and vile
tongue has lowered his profession. has
prostituted the honors he once had, by
getting upon the stump in several dis
tricts in this county and charging the
democratic candidates with dishonesty,
with running ''joints," purchasing
votes, and such like. He also takes it
upon himself towilffally lie about the
DEMOCRAT ard its position as the offic-
ial paper of the county. He has said,
and will doubtless continue to say in
his stumping the county, that this paper
receives more than any other paper has
ever received for the county printing,
which he knows to be sneaking, con-
temptible lie. This paper receives one
third the legal rates for county printing;
while the Register last year received
one-half legal rates; and it is we'll
known that in years past, before the
democratic party was very strong in the
county, the Rvqister received full legal
rates for the printing, or until such time
as democratic board of commissioners
was seated and competition was in
vited. We don't think many men will
be taken in by his senseless and false
talk, because they have taken sufficient
interest in county affairs to know that
what we here state are facts.
The man who has constituted him
self mud singing machine for his
party; the fellow who is forever polite
ally killed in this county; who went to
the Lyons judicial convention and
drew upon himself the condemnation
and odium of this judicial district by
defeating for nOmination-which would
have been the same as an election
Hon. A. r. Clark, the fairest and best
Judge we have ever had; this fellow
with the sneaking look of pettifogger,
the tongue of BLACKBOARD, and no con-
science or sense. of honor whatever is
the same fellow who told us, when the
Daily Graphic was started, to insert a
card for him, and who, after his adver-
tisement had run for several months,
attempted to repudiate the bill, and
who to this day has not paid for such
He charges the democratic party with
being the sjoint'' party, drunkards,
and law breakers; he. this wolf in
sleeps clothing, who number of
years ago when he was running for
county attorney, got so dead drunk one
night that he was taken by his compan-
ions and thrown upon the counter of
saloon in Great Bend and pawned for
S14 worth of drinks; and who will at
any day take q drink on the SLY, if some
one else pays for it, is going over Bar
ton county charging that if 1t was not
for ssthe dutch and the law breakers"
there would be no democratic party.
Out upon such bare-faced hypocrite,
such a DOlitical mOuntebank, His DAYS
of political power are ended, and real
izing this he has not the manhood to
acknowledge it but must needs be the
filth distributor he is.