The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-18
A Good word for Funston.

Editor Register: As the time Is
drawing nigh for holding the Repub-
lican primary, wish to say something
concerning our congressman, +. HI.
Funston, his prospects for reelection,
and why he should be elected again.
First: Because he has shown him.
self to be true to the farmers and all
other laboring classes and also to the
old soldiers, and say without fear OF
successful contradiction that there Is
not a solitary member in Congress
that has done more for the labOring
classes than +. III. Funston. There
are q few persons i'm this district that
are trying to defeat him by means
that are not honorable and tell what
they know Is not true. But If you
will analyze all of those fellows IRE
publicans) that are making a fight
against Funston you will find they
are all sore heads and some of them
have held from two to four terms In
county offices and then asked for
something they did not get and did
of others. But if they had got the
office they wanted Funston would be
one of the best representatives we ever
had and they would have talked
themselves hOarse for him. There is
another class of sore heads that has
not succeeded i'm getting an office.
Some of them have applied to Gov
ernOr Humphrey for Office and did not
get it and of course the governor is
not qualified to fill the position he
holds and those disappointed appli-
cants will see that he is defeated next
time.
1t is we'll known that there are sew
eral gentlemen i'm this congressional
district who are candidates for Con-
gress. They have evidently come to
the conclusion that neither one of
them can defeat Funston alone, so
they work together and hoping to
nominate one of the number and the
rest then look to him for their reward.
But this is rather gauzy and can be
seen through and / think some of
them feel sick already and think they
cannot pull through as they have
called ON DIR. Jones and have held
several consultations with hin-and
some of them quite secret up stairs
south of the park.
Now l wish to say to the farmers
and the labOring men and all others
that are in favor of a good straight,
honorable legislator that will work
and vote for our interest and all other
honorable businessmen, vote for f.
H. Funston, although you may have
differed with him i'm some matters. /
know have but he comes as near my
ideas of right as expect any person
to and 1 wont take any chances by
voting for another person with no
prospect of doing better and a good
prospect of doing worse. We farmers
for quite q number of years have
wanted farmers to represent us and
we have one and let us stay with him
or quit talking about farmers inter-
ests. If he is defeated it will be be-
cause we don't attend to our business
and allow q lawyer to represent US,
which we don't want. We are against
combines and we have one on hands
now to fight, and that is a combine of
lawyers to defeat Funston. And it
is not our interests they are looking
after, but the offices and money that
is in it, and also to down the farm
ers.
Come, every one, to the primary and
vote for Funston, and we will give
him solid delegation from Allen
County. ROBERT Cook.