The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-31
FOR WHOA WILL xoU vorsp


1t is a question that involves momen
tio,is issues and vital questions an,
must be met and fairly decided ON th'
fourth of November. How ii is decid
ed may mean great deal to the in
idustrial interest not only to the STATE
OF Kansas. but TO Edwards county ans
the city of Kinsley. As far as Ed
wards county is concerned there .srs
only two tickets in the field and it oHly
remains for the voters to decide
between the two. One of the tickets
is called the straight republican, so
called because it was placed in the
field by the maniPuiators OF local
ponticS in Edwards county for several
years. Conceived in secret and forced
into the political arena by the machine
| without opposition or a dissenting
vote at the so-called republican con-
vention, the opposition knowing by
1 Of trying to combat successfully the
lszsng" politicians with their hirelinG
| followers i'll any convention where the
preponderance of delegates were
pledged to the manipulators of king
caucus" The so-cailed republican
ticket has already been made subject
of editorial comment, individually, in
the Mercury, which is the avowed
official organ of the s-ring.' 1t remains
for us to plead the peoples cause and
to extOl the chosen Representatives of the
peoples party placed in nomination by
the largest convention ever held in
the county.
Daniel q. Donovan heads the ticket
as representative. Mr.. Donovan is a
farmer residing i'll Belpre township.
He came from Delaware county, Ohio
some two or three years ago; lie is d
man of sterling worth and has made a
IN, -
ness and determination is stamped on
every liniament of his noble counten-
ance. He is a man that any stranger
who is Il judge OF human nature would
pick out III "a crowd a safe person
to ''tie to- in an emergency. He is "a
self made man and Il gnod speaker,
and well versed in all the economic
Questions OF the day. There is not Il !
man in the county better suited to |
represent the whole county in the leg
islature than Mr.. Donovan.
f. c. Blanchard is the peoples can
didate for probate judge. He is one
of the oldest settlers in the county,
his advent dating back to '7S, those
dark days that '.tried mems souls. -
He sprung from New England stock.
Was raised on ii farm and taught
school iii his younger days. SiXty-one
found him in Missouri. His loyalty
W llAt II IiIipOSSID4C 1Ol
him to listen to the insults heaped
upon it by the rihald crowd of seces-
sionists which predominated in that
state. He enlisted in the union army.
Pure and unadulterated patriotism
caused him to espouse the noble cause,
as Missouri offered no bounty to union
soldiers. lie served galiantly through
the war, was in many battles and was
several times wounded and is to-day
ties. The frosts of premature old age
have whiteued his auburn locks. |
Dire misfortune compelling him to !
manual labor. If there is any fra |
ternity at all among the soldiers Mr. |
Blanc hard is justly entitled TO taeir |
votes.
Sir. W. q. French is the peoples nomi- |
nee for county attorney. Mr.. French |
is well and favorably known through |
out the county. He is one of the best
attorneys in the county and ranks
high III the state. lie is well read and |
posted on all the economic ques tioBs
of the day, and has enjoyed the repu- !
tation of having his cases better pre-
pared and arranged than any lawyer
in this district. In calling
to mind some of the important suits
which Mr.. French has won, we men
tion the case of S. W. Vandivert vs.
i.
whole of Fairview's addition to Kins-
ley, valued at over 81 900. Mr.. French
single handed and alone won this case
against Judge Vandivert assisted by |
some of the ableSt lawyers in LIrned, |
carrying it clear through to the Secre- |
tary of the Interior; also the famous |
City Park suit which Mr.. French saved |
to the city against combination that |
was hard to overcome.
didate for clerk of the district court. |
Illinois, thirteen years ago; he was ii |
boy, received II common school 1
and taught school Il num- |
Der of years, and was afterwards book |
keeper for a coal and railroad company, |
Close confinement began to undermine I
health and he removed to Kansas and |
took claim on which he has resided |
ever since. The principal argument |
that the ring makes against Mr. /
RapP is that he s'don't drink" Mr. |
Rapp dnes not eqnivocate n particle ON
this point, and even goes them lone
better, when he says that he knows /
of no law in Kansas. or elsewhere,
that compeIs him to drink if he don't
wan d; he claims that he can make "a
very gos.d clerk of court and keep |
sober. How many voters there are ia
E4NafuS county tildb COHcuI with tiitc
sentiment can only be determined at
the polls.
MI. c. C. Cormack is the peoples
nominee for superintendent of public |
instruction Mr.. CoTmack is a young |
man of fine address and as a scholar
he is star of the first magnitude. |
He is the fortunate possessor of a |
state certificate that gives him author /
ity TO teach in any county in the state
without going through the formula of /
an examination in the county We /
might mention here, i'll passing, that /
he is "a thorough student of the English 1
Ian guage; that sshaye saw" '-Eave I
did, and sshave went" are terms un-
used and unknown in his vocabulary.
Nh. Jake Roenbaugh is the peoples /
nominee for commissioner in the 1st
district. Unfortunat tely we are but I
slightly acquainted with Mr. Roen- |
baugh and have no authentic knowI- |
edge of his past history or how long /
he has been resident of the county |
AS he Is only to be voted in the LIST /