The Globe-republican., 1891-10-22

the mOoS o0SO1S POSsu0ss
| in tho county. and their deliberafions
evolvetl plan which ~ . cunningly
devised expedient, "takes the cake. "
Tn pursuance thereto the two Peoples 8
Party members Of the board Of county
commissioners ut the adjourned ses
sion of the regular meeting Of the
board held lust Saturday changed
the second and third districts SO as
to throw all of the territory Ouside. OF
the city which heret fore constituted
the two western districts into one and
called it the third, while Dodge City
is made the second district. This
ierrymandering cuts off L. r. Miller
from, his district aud turns over into
II. r. Browns district the most pop
ulous of Miller's territory. The Peo-
Ile's Party nominee for the third dis
trict, P. H. Sughrue, still retains his
place, us his home is on claim ad
jacent to the city. Having had the
advantage OF q long campaign already.
the Peoples Party lea.iers think Mr..
tSughrue will have q better chance
| against some new man whom the
Republicans Of the country district
are compelled 10 agree upon at this
Hate hour, than he would have had
against L. r. Miller. whose election
was . foregone conclusion.
The Peoples party vote IN tho new
Third District tsr,itpsY- 10 shout hfty
or sixty less than the republican
strength, but they hope 70 make their
man win because Of tho feet that the
north and south ends Of tho district
are ~ isolated from each other and
no local interests in common to bind
them tgether. that u smart politician
like Snghrue, having already had
ample time to work the north end can
with his shrewd political advisers who
are pulling the strings here in the
city, SO manipulate matters as to pre-
vent harmony among republican far
mers, thus giving the Peoples party
two commissi oners and enabling them
to control the board They have not
much hope of defeating H. R. Brown
in the city, but will do their best to
devise some slick scheme whereby
they may have u fighting chance to
accomplish that also.
Yesterday the chiefs met and put
up Clarence Petty for the city district,
As the Peoples party ticket will only
poll few votes in the city he does
not stand the slightest chance of be
ing elected, but the controlling spirits
have an understanding with the Cox
dynasty from whom they have here
tofore received substantial favors, and
it has been arranged to put man on
who can take some votes from II. r.
Brown while all the fine work will be
turned to the benefit of Mckinney
who voted to give the alliance il share
oi the county patronage last year. Nc
Kinney will get the solid gang vote
He has never known defeat heretofore,
and if Petty could poll any consider
able Eulnber of votes he might sutii
GENTLY divide the opposition to Nc
Kinney to let that urbane gentleman
in after all. While public sentiment
is undoubtedly against Mckinney, the
smoothest workers of the democratic
party are for him, and some of the
Peoples party leaders in the city are
willing to connive at his election. II
will therefore not be without earnes,
effort that his defeat can be made Ger
tain. Petty ought to have better
Judgment than to allow himself to be
used for this purpose. In q county
campaign the personal popularity o'
any man will not carry him through
unless his name be on one Of the old
|party tickets, and after the votes an
countedAr. Petty viii learn that he haa
been used for the purpose Of making
it less impossible to elect Mckinney
Ia. r. Brown win win, however. II
spite Of all the schemes the Cox dy
nasty and the democratic aid society
combined can put up from now til
election day, and he will make one o.
the best commissioners Ford county
ever had.
Thia viii vithout doubt looe shl