Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-03-28
He Answers.

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The "Gness- article signed by ~. Know" ap-
p. airing in the TINES Of last week, certainly flats
t,r- me lie conveys the idea to your readers that
1 have held undi,puted power in the city council
Tor the post three years: for he says if l am re-
elected the council the city will have more po-
Hcenen IT large salaries: that will have more
pgbiic Improvements; that we will have the
safeguarding scrip 10 pay; that the lawyers will
bc paid public money to defend the '"B'' council;
that real estate will 90 still lower, and that CAPT
talisrs and investors will not come into our city,
and that whiskcy will be sold in the city.
Vow Mr. Reader, you know, every sensible
person knows, that only have one vote in any
matter tina; comes before the council. and it is
not very complimentary TO the other seven MEM
brr- for ~. Know to say that WELD sach pow
e. .u the council. particularly when 81. Know
himself Is a member Of the council For self
viadicatiou. viii here state my stand in relation
to the several accusations that ~. Know sets
forth.
= TO the extra policemen al large salaries, /
viii say Ina, have never been menberof COM
mittcc on police, and 1t would not be courteous
fer me TO interfere with matters intrusted TO 9th
or members Of the council. consequently am no
more responsible FOR the police force than is the
..y Know member.
lie s-y- il ! am reel cted viii have more pub
lie imp5o ements / Will admit that have been
Jealous in the matter of public improvements dur
i8- NY three years Of Office, and believe we have
more and better public Improvements
than any city Of twice the size of Dodge
City in the state, and aside from
the strret-grading contract, Of which l was
nature has been petitioned for by the citizens
submitted to vote of the people, and it was the
daty 81 the council to carry to completion our
prblic improvement q asked for by the citizens,
and for all that ~. Know would have the peo-
PIE believe that alone have caused all thc ex-
pendiiures Of the peoples money
~ know says that the public money will be
paid 70 lawyers 10 defend the "B'' council. Now
al tie money that paid to lawyers to de-
feud the cn.ucil vaithree hundred dollars paid
TO Mr. sutton at a spoiai .neeting of the council,
at " hich It. KNOW was present, and the records
show that WAS not present, being GU: Of the cit
ct that time. and still ~. Know would hold me
r,spor -ible for what ne had Il voice in and | had
l.oi,
lie also eas- that real estate will go snl lower
and that capitalists viii .ot come into our city.
! VIII venture 10 say that the ,.aaing of public
improvements will not keep capitalists out. 81.
Know goes still further and that II am re-
elected whi>key viii he sold in the city. He must
TANK that am going to control all the new MEM
Der, ,ta. 5lfl be elected as well the four mem
hers Of The courci, IDei have another year to
serve. Thai is very ancompiimentary TO the old
members as well as Il; those that viii BE- elected
and mind you Mr.. Headers chat ~. h""" Il
now member of the council from Fourth A'a
AID Is a candidate for reelection: Therefore he
don't wan; to go back into the council for fear
would control him.
Now Mr. Editor, had not intended being can
didate for reelection, the voters of Third ward
had twice elected me TO the council by large ma
jo itie>-fOr which | should ever be grateful, but
now a few individuals, such as ~. Know.'.D
[. g." and other members of the Dodge City
Natural Gas L Mining Co. are SO jealous in the
one object of keeping me out OF the council,
deem II u duty to myself and the people of Dodge
city TO 20 back in the council and knock ont any
and all such schemes was undertaken to be
forced throught the council by the parties inter-
esteG in the abore-naIned company, Of which III.
Know j. member or stakeholder; therefore 1
hereby announce myself as candidate for re-
ele-tion and Should / he successful, will en-
dcavor to hold 1t. Know level in the council in
the future as he says have in the past
j. A ArNEST