Thomas County cat., 1890-10-23

simple, true and concise. The public
record of
W.. p. SULLIVAN
stands before you in truth and homes
ty. Mr.. Sullivan has served the coun-
ty faithfully for the past two years,
and if reelected can continue to i'm
prove our schools on the foundation
whichhe has Sc we'll laid. Everyone
knows the condition Of the county
schools and the superintendent's books
when he entered the Office, and now
everything has been Strengthened out
and the schools improved until Thom-
as county is the banner educational
county in the great state of Kansas.
Our county normals have been of the
highest and most thoroughly conduct
ed, and the teacher has gained more
benefit from them than those of any
other county. Mr.. Sullivan is the first
superintendent who has ever compile l
with the law in making the required
reports to the county treasurer These
are all on file in the treasurer's Office,
and can be seen by anyone. Mr.. Sui
livan is farmer of the most sterling
quality. He pays taxes on lands
which he cultivates well and puts in
hundreds of acres of crops. Mr.. Grit
fifth has a homestead with only 25
acres broken, and that mas not been in
cultivation for two years. He does
not pay cent of tax, and has never
taught school in the county. Now,
taxpayer, which of these two men is
your friend, and which one has an in
terest in the county-the man who
pays $40 tax or the man who pays
none. The records show this in the
county treasurer and clerks offices.
Mr.. Griffith knows nothing about our
schools or the principles which have
placed them in the foremost rank of
the state Do you want our good
school system to continue? Then you
will have to vote for the man who
made them SO, and has the ability to
till further improve them. There is
hardly a teacher in the county who
cannot produce better recommends
tions as teacher than Mr.. Griffith. As
teacher he is ignorant, end the teach
ers who attended the normal will veri-
fy this statement. Mr.. Griffith has
had the opportunity of attending the
normal each year since he has claimed
a farm in Thomas county; but has he
done SO? No; not one until this sum-
mer. after he had been nominated on
the alliance ticket This shows the
interest he feels in the schools of the
county and the cause of education.
These are facts without any embel-
lishments, and written not to mislead
but to make every voter acquainted
with the true abilities of the two cal.
didates for the office of county super
intendent. Another fact which might
be mentioned, is this: In some dis
tricts the school officers have moved
away and taken the district records
with them. A new superintendent
cannot replace the records in these
districts, hence the Importance of re-
electing the present incumbent so that
oul school records may be complete.
DISTRICT CLERK.
There IS comparatively moth ing
which need be said in regard to the
Importance of the office of district
clerk. Everyone knows that good
clerk means a correct set of books and
dispatch in the clerical work of the
district court. There is nothing which
will confuse the legal business of
county more than an incompetent or
new clerk, and those who have cases
in court or may have in the future
know this to be the truth. Not Onlv
is the county put at many disadvant-
ages but the litigants alike must suf-
fer. An inspection of the district
clerks Office will prove to any one
that
C. w. ROBBINS
has been a faithful, painstaking and
efficient officer. Judge Smith says
that the records are KEEP. as we'll, if
not better than in any district court |