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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

who saw fit to assert last year, in the
county contest, that, while they expected
to live and die true TO the principles OF
the Republican party, nothing is true
Republicanism which does not approach
purity. Had Mr.. Nelson's advice been
followed last Saturday, the voters OF this
county would have been well nigh dis
armed of the suspicion that there IS a
political ring in Wa-Keeney who intend,
by means fair or foul, to control the
county nominations.
Last year, when the county central
committee called convention, the Re
publican, as the organ of the ring, de-
nounced the action as "an unheard-of
proceeding" and made itself noisily abu-
sive of the men who had been instrumental
in the convention being called. Not
withstanding this demoniacal howl, last
year, by the rule which had obtained for
half dozen years or longer, was the
regular time for a convention. This,
under that same rule, is regular Crawford
county system year; yet, chiefly through
the influence of those who so strongly
denounced convention last year, con-
vention has been called this year.
Now, will we ape last years motion of
the ring organ by denouncing the action
of the central committee. and attempt in
this manner to detract from the harmony
Of the coming Republican convention?
No, sir; we shall do nothing of the kind.
The central committee, with the reserva-
ton that it must be responsible for its
acts, had the right to take the action
which it took last Saturday, just the
same as the central committee in 1888
had the right to act without being en-
titled to torrents of villiication.
II the nominations are made fairly, the
Republican county ticket will be elected;
and in this event, it ought to be. Party
harmony will follow generally expressed
spirit of exact justice. Nothing but the
lack of fealty to this principle could have
produced the split in the party last year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31
Il JUDICIAL SHADOW.

On Tuesday of last week the conven-
ton of the seventeenth judicial district
met at Atwood to name the Republican
candidate for judge. Stormy scenes had
ensued in the selection of delegates from
the counties of Cheyenne and Norton.
L. K. Pratt, the present judge, and a
man whom We hold in high esteem, sue
ceeded technically in carrying these two
counties, but contesting delegation was
sent from each. Judge Pratt met with
determined opposition in his own county.
Whether right or wrong, there is large
Republican element there who fought
his candidacy to finish at Atwood.
But, to make long story short, the
delegates from Rawlins county and one
set of delegates from each of the counties
of Cheyenne and Norton nominated L.
K. Pratt. The delegates from the re-
naming two counties, Phillips and De-
catur, were for ex-Judge W. Fl. Pratt and
S. d. Decker, of Oberlin, respectively.
These delegates, with the second set
from each Of the counties of Cheyenne
and Norton, after balloting for some time,
nominated s. d. Decker for Judge. So,
two Republican candidates are running
in the seventeenth district. 1t is hard to
see how either of them can be elected if a
good Democratic lawyer shall conclude
to make the race.
Ordinarily, Judge who is attentive to
his official duties need not make many
bitter enemies. Enmity, however, is en-
gendered rapidly whenever he negletts
his official duties to take hand in local
politics. The people know when Judge
is attending to his own business, and are
quick to detect any overt interference on
his part with their political rights. This
may not be the trouble with Judge L. K.
Pratt. but we presume it is. Regardless
OF how it may be in his case, it is pity
that any man should be so anxious to
soil his judicial ermine by taking an un-
due part in local politics. He occupies a
position which enables him to make and
hold friendships as long as he does right
When he does wrong, he should be held
to strict account. On the other hand.
a judge who has, by gross misbehavior.
forged for himself chain of contempt,
should not be permitted to deceive the
people as to his true character by timidly
Lying low" during the political season
Immediately preceding that in which he
intends to be q candidate to succeed him
self. The people should be, and are, too
bright to be deceived by q ruse of this
nature.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31
THE COMMITTEES ACTION.

The call for the Republican county con-
vention appears in this issue. The call
breathes the spirit of fairness IN request
ing that all Republicans. regardless OF
past local differences. assist in selecting
the delegates to the convention.
The remarks of different members OF
the committee were directed largely
toward creating the impression that
party harmony is the great desideratum.
John A. Nelson made an earnest appeal
FOR the adoption of the Crawford county
system. He deplored the split that ex-
listed in the party last year, declared that
those Republicans who supported the
Peoples ticket last year are good kepub-
licans, and expressed the belief that the
only safe way to heal the split was to
slopt the Crawford county system. His
words were timely. They viii be we'll re-
eived by the large element of the party
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY CON-
VENTION.

delegate convention of the Republican party OF
Trego county viii be held at the court house IN
Wa-Keeney, Kansas, on Saturday. September q,
1889 at lao O'Clock p M, for the purpose OF placing
in nomination a county ticket for the following
ofces Treasurer, Clerk, Register of Deeds, Sheriff,
Surveyor, Coroner.
II is recommended that the primary elections Tor
the selection of delegates to such convention De
held on Saturday. Sept. 81, at O'Clock p M In each
township at such places the Republican township
committees may designate, at which time ell hepuo-
lican voters, irrespective of past differences on
local issues earnestly requested TO be present
and participate in the selection of delegates.
The representation agreed upon by the County
Central Committee at its meeting held August "a
1889 shall be one delegate at large from every town.
shin and one delegate for every 10 votes cast at the
November 1888, election for Hon. William Higgins
as secretary of state; under which apportlonment
the several townships will be entitled to delegates
as follows: =
Collyer Franklin. .....- )
Riverside Wa-Keeney Ii
By order of the Republican County Central Com
mitteee.
LEE MONROE, A. d. BLAih,
Secretary Chairman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

BALDWIN chafes under our just accusa-
tons of being coward, liar and non
entity on general principles. He man
ages this week to pad out quite an article
by stealing the most of the terms which
we, last week, used in scorching his car
cass. He likes to quarrel. Recently,'we
let him alone for two weeks, but he kept
up his filth throwing. Now, Baldwin, do
write something about us something
that you have not borrowed from this
paper. Show a spark of originality, a
CLEAN of common sense, ray of light to
lead us to hope that you are not wholly
crazy. When you do this, please send us
a marked copy of your paper.
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Josiah Gale Killed.

Mr.. Josiah Gale, County Surveyor
Ferris's nephew, who had been visiting
here, went to Colorado week before last
to make a short stay.
On Thursday, while on the way from
Leadville to Denver, the train on which
Mr.. Gale was riding ran off the track and
into river. Only one person was killed,
and that was Mr.. Gale. Mr.. Gale was
prominent at his home, in Galesburg, ILL.,,
his grandfather, Geo. w. Gale, having
laid out that city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31
JASPER ROGERS,

The name of Jasper Rogers, of Wilcox
township, appears in this issue as can
didate for sheriff at the coming county
convention. Mr.. Rogers is an old resi-
dent of the section of country where he
now lives. He possesses business attain
ments of high order, and is public spir-
tied. In the event of Mr.. Rogers receiv-
ing the nomination and election, the
county will undoubtedly have worthy
sheriff
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

In Cove county there are people who
commune with Nature. There are in
that county, for instances, the post-ofices
of Ailanthus and Catalpa. AS if in re
membrance of what is required to make
these trees grow, another post-office in
that county is called Goodwater. We
can not speak in terms too flattering of
a people whose intelligence is thus re-
fected by the names of their post-offices.
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EOR SHERIFF..

To the Editor of the Western Kansas World:
wish to announce the name of o. L. Cook, OF Wa
Keeney township, for the nomination for Sheriff OF
Trego county, subject to the decision of the Repub-
lican party.
A REPUBLICAN.
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FOR SHERIFF..

lam candidate for Sheriff OF Trego county, SUD
ject to the decision of the county Repuoilcan CON
veetion on September IS, 1889.
JASPER ROGERS.
Wilcox Township.
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hereby announce myself as candidate for the
Office of County Clerk subject to the decision OF the
Republican county convention or primary election.
GEO. PINKHAM.
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FOR SHERIFF..

hereby announce myself as candidate for the
Office of Sheriff. subject to the approval OF the Re
publican primary or delegate convention.
T. II. COURTNEY.
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REPUBLICAN TOWNSHIP
CAUCUSES.
RIVERSIDE TOWNSHIP

The township caucus of Riverside township VIII
he held Mt the house of VIM. Jordon on Saturday,
September a. 1884, select delegates to the county
convention.
By order of Township Central Commiteee
j. l.. ALTMAN, Chairman.
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We are under obligations to to q. v

We dIe uuuef OOngauOns 70 70 q. w.
Staplin, Esq, of Glencoe. for favors. He
is pushing the insurance business. Next
week, we shall publish lot of handsome
testimonials to the excellence of the
Kansas Farmers Fire Insurance Com
pany, OF Abiline, of which Mr.. Staplin is
the special agent.
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A REPUBLICAN.
FOR SHERIFF..

Thereby announce myself as candidate for the
Office of Sheriff. subject to the approval of the Re-
publican party in their county convention or
primary election.
II, T. MORSE.
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FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.

I hereby announce myself as a candidate Tor
Register of Deeds of Trego County, subject 10 the
decision of the Republican county convention or
primary election.
Glencoe Township. GEO. W. CRoss.
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FOB REGISTER OF DEEDS.

FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
lam a candidate for Register OF Deeds OF ireeo
county. subject to the decision OF the hepuoncan
convention primary election
j. NJ. WEIGH
wa-Keeney Township
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

J. WEBB BERTRAM has been nominated
by the Democrats to- run against Pratt
and Decker, the two Republican candi-
dates for judge, in the seventeenth ju-
dicial district. Bertram lives at Oberlin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31
GLENCOE TOWNSHIP.

The caucus for Glencoe township, to select deie-
gates to the county Republican convention, Will oe
held at the Hillman school house on SaturoaS'
September Il, at O'Clock P. M
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FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Announce the name of W. b. kr1tchneio Ior
Register of Deeds of Trego county, subject 10 'he
Republican party nomination.
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roR cnIrNrY TREASURER.

FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
lam candidate for County Treasurer OF TreSo
county. on the basis of being nominated by the he
publicans at their county convention or primary
election.
W. G. MARSHALL.
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noIIYER TOWNSHIP.

The Republicans of Collyer township VII meet
an caucus Mt the school house in Coyer on SATURDAY,
September 81 1899, for the purpose OF seiecOns
delegates to the county convention
' J. C. BRowN, Chairman.
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EoR REGISTER OF DEEDS.

hereby announce myself as candidate for the
Office of Register of Deeds of Trego county, subject
to the Republican nomination.
Mrs. A.. L. FUsoN.
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SHARON SPRINGS has new postmaster,
and her name is Kate r. Doering.
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FOR REGISTER OF DEF

FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Thereby announce myself as candidate for reg
lister of Deeds, subject to the decision Oh the ne
publican county convention or primary elecloh.
NJ w. Cliff.
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER

FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for 'he
Republican nomination for County Treasurer OF
Trego county.
e. d. WHEELER
wa-Keeney Township.
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
lam = candidate for county treasurer OF Trego
county. sutject to the decision of the Republican
county convention or primary election
K. G. KEssLER,
Collyer Township.
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself as candidate for
County Treasurer of Trego county, soD'ec' " 'A'
a..;.;o, of the Republican County Convention or
Primary Election.
JAMES KELLY,
Ws-Keeney Township.
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FOR COUNTY CLERK.

Wilcox Township.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09

islation are asked for, and their con-
sheraton by the Legislature we
hope viii not be oyeriooked-(D
Prohibiting by penalty the employ
ment Of children under a certain age
in factories, mills or mines, during
the time the public schools are in
session. 1t has been impossible to
obtain definite information as to the
extent Of the employment of child
labor in this State, but sufficient in
formation has been received to prove
the necessity of legislation. ~ A
law authorizing boards of education
to provide books and stationery for
INDECENT pupils. There are many
children who receive but compare
lively little advantage from the pub
lie school on account of the inability
of parents to supply the necessary
text books.
The enactment of both these laws
has been asked for before and un.
needed by the Legislature. Their
necessity is growing more and more
apparent each year, and the fact
that they have not been passed be-
fore is not at all creditable to the
State.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09
LUKE SHARP.

Mr.. Robert Barr, the "Luke Sharp
of The Detroit Free Press, is a humor
Gus writer who has earned reputa
ton second only to that of M. Quad
a sketch of whom we published late
ly.
Like M. Quad, "Luke Sharp was
discovered" by The Free Press. Ir
1875 he was teaching school in Cana
da. During vacation time, he, in
company with friend, made voy.
age in small skiff from Detroit to
Buffalo along the south shore of Lake
Erie. The trip occupied couple of
weeks, and Mr.. Barr, under the nom
de plume of Luke Sharp" wrote sew.
eral papers detailing the experiences
of himself and friend, and sent them
to The Free Press. The articles were
published, running several weeks, and
they Immediately attracted wide at
tention, being reprinted entire in
many other papers. Those who were
so fortunate as to read them, will cas-
lily remember the exquisite, side split
ting style in which the adventures
and mishaps of "Lukev and his friend
"Mac" were chronicled.
Luke Sharp was at once offered q
position on The Free Press staff. and
he has since written exclusively for
that paper, delighting thousands ev-
cry week with his laugh.provoking
sketches.
THE HERALD and Detroit Free
Press one year for 1925 cash.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09
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w. NJ. CLEMENTS. Gen. Manager. BALTIC
w EsTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.

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town 225 Edeemont Z 10 Frederick Junction
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09

The report recently made by Presi-
dent Gambrill of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal clearly shows that the old
ditch will soon be thing of the past,
and the report promised in the future
is looked forward to with great expec.
fancy, as with it the President prop0s-
es to present some suggestions. That
the towpath is destined to be the road
bed for q railroad in the near future
there is not question of q doubt, and
as several competing lines have their
eyes on it, the question in the minds
OF the people Is, which one will have
the preference with the President
when he makes his report. The PEG.
pie OF Baltimore are not going to let
the coal interest be diverted from
there, nor Is the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, which holds the bnlk Of the
repair bonds issued in 1868, going 10
allow any competing line of railroad
to get possession of the canal az long
as it can be prevented.
This question should be agitated to
its fullest extent in order that the
people do not act bliDdiy, nor to the
detriment Of the Metropolis of the
Stale that has so much at stake. IL
must be borne in mind that there is
charter already granted to the Wash.
ington and Western Md. Railroad
Company from Washington TO Will
Transport, and the conjecture Is that
this road also contemplates using the
towpath as a roadbed. While a rail
road on the canal from Cumberland
to Washington would, by reason of
connection here with the Western
Maryland Railroad, be far preferable
to Us than the canal as 1t has been for
sometime past, we deem it but justice
to grant to Baltimore city the greatest
amount of good to be derived by the
exchange. Just how this suggestion
is to be consumated Is at present what
is uppermost in the minds Of the peo-
pie, but in justice to the Western
Maryland Railroad and Baltimore
city we think it no more than right
that that road should have the canal
from Williamsport to Cumberland,
and in the event of connection with
the West Virginia Central at Gambler
land, Baltimore city would derive the
benefit.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09

The State is safe, so far, thank
fortune, from the Wall street sharks
and from the 80 years per cent. IN.
terest and principal grabbers among
the West Virginia money lenders,
Insurers, and monopolists. The state
Legislature has put its foot on the
scheme to bind this state for eight
million she does not owe and for
which she never received value. If
left to vote of the people. the ques
ton will never trouble this genera
ton anymore.
Like the 8 saloon toa.town scheme,
it would be paying investment for
the New York and West Virginia
Certificate holders and bond pur
chasers, but death to the taxpayers.
They didn't buy their certificates
of West Virginia people; and West
Virginia never authorized them;
why pay Old Nireinia'S debts The
argument that West Virginia pay
the New York stock brokers cash tor
buC IL Sluit tcIllutuitS anu LUtU
look to that State for settlement is
childish talk, with no grain of bust
ness sense in it. So is the threat
that Virginia will bring suit against
this state; she has had twenty years
grace and will gladly accept one
hundred more to avoid paying her
own share and for fear of getting
more than she bargained for.
The question would never have
been given decent consideration in
this state had it not been for paid
attorneys and few selfinterested
capitalists and their descendants,
executors, assigns, &C., forever.
West Virginia people will never
agree to pay few rich men "a debt
she does not owe them at the ex.
pense of the poorer citizens: and her
name and fame will be the brighter
before Justice loving public, though
dark indeed before the eyes of the
miser, usurer, and hoary mouopOlists
as they close in filmy sleep before
the realization of their schemes laid
so dark and deep.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09

A FAMILY OF CoINCIDENTs.-On
Glade Mountain. w. Va, resides per-
haps the most peculiar family in the
country. 1t is family of coinciden-
ces. The father and mother were
married on the 18th day of October;
they have nine children, all of whom
were born on the 14th of October, five
of the children are dead, and all five
of them ceased to breathe ON the 14th
of October. The name of the head is
Joshua Franklin. He says that he
was a Confederate soldier; that he
was captured twice by the United
States soldiers. and that he lost two
brothers in the war, and all four of
the mishaps or misfortunes of war oc-
Cured on the memorable 18th of De-
tober. In the neighborhood the
franklin family is regarded with su-
persition, and not human being can
be prevailed to stay either in the
house or on the premises on either
day or night on the 14th of October.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-09

West Virginia has history Of un
usual interest. Were this history
properly written and arranged, it
would make capital textbook in
the common schools Of the State.
The boy who possesses a thorough
knowledge of the history of his Ma.
ton, his State, his County and his
neighbOrhood has more practical
and useful and satisfactory educa.
tional equipment than has he whose
head is filled with ancient myths and
roorbacks and Greek and Latin roots
and herbs.