Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-10-23
A CAREFUL COMPARISON.
How a Democrat Talks to Demo
Gratis.

How a Democrat Talks 20 Demo
Gratis.
From the Dickinson County News.
EDITOR NEWS: Now that our party
has decided to put no county ticket in
the field, what ought we to do and
for whom ought we to vote? We can
not assume a negative attitude in this
ca mpaign and say We do not intend to
vote. Only a coward refuses to vote.
There has never been a time in this
county when a man would have been
justified in staying away from the polls,
unless on an occasion when there was
no contest.
A democrat cannot say he does not
like either of the candidates running
for a particular Office and thus excuse
himself. There is certainly a choice
of evils and of two evils it is our duty
to see that the country gets afflicted
with the lesser. No two men are alike
and Mr.. Niesley is either better or
worse than Mr.. VanDyke, and Mr..
Hurd is either better or worse than Mr..
CranstoD.
The interests of the county are iden-
tical with those Of an individual. If
every citizen would endeavOr to have
the county affairs managed as he would
manage his own, we would not find a
lot of unworthy men running for office.
They would not have the temerity to
attempt it.
At the present time let us as demo-
Gratis, being bound by no party politics,
act as We would were it pure private
matter. To whom would you prefer to
send your children to school? To Mr..
Niesley or Mr.. VanDyke? There can
be but one answer. A look at tie men
will decide you. If not, look at the
record will. Mr.. Niesley came here a
stranger, started in with a one room
school, then received a two-rOOm, then
a four-roOm and is now over ten-roOms,
the largest school in the county. Mr..
VanDyke came here stranger, started
n a four-room school and could not get
it a second gear. Who can doubt what
duty is?
Again, whom do you employ when
misfortune oyertakes you? Not Mr..
Cranston. He has been at the Dickin-
son county bar for over a decade and
you neUcr haze employed him and yOu
1leUer ru. Are not the interests of this
county greater than yours? Are not
the county Interests your interests?
Suppose he should be elected, what
would be the result? Nothing disas-
trous, of course. Our commissioners
have too much sense to permit the i'll
terests of the county to suffer through
the incompetency of any attorney
who1 the people may thrust upon
them.
Then what will they do? Do just
what has been done in this county at
all times when incompetent attorneys
have been elected and that is employ
MIR. Hurd. A neat compliment to the
sagacity of us electors, isn't it?
Then let us learn something by ex-
perfence. Because we have been foolish
once or twice IS no excuse for orr being
fools now. We can just as well en-
ploy Mr.. Hurd as have the commits
sioners do so for US and tn at is just
what they will do. Perhaps they will
not employ Mr.. Hurd but they will GER
tainly employ some competent attorney
to assist Mr.. Cranston if he should be
elected.
Butyou say Mr.. Hurd is railroad |
attorney. Rosh! He is no more rail-
road attorney than he Is farmers at
torney. He has tried 100 cases for |
farmers to one for railroads, and he
doubtless will continue to try cases for
ali classes Of people who engage his
services Ia meritoriOus gases. No one
has ever intimated that Mr.. Hurd, in
the trial of railroad cases, did anything
that was unfair or improper, and no
one believes that be would take rail-
road case where the county had an in
terest, should he be elected comfy at
tOrney, any more than he would take
farmers case under similar circum-
stances. 4 DEMOCRAT