Dodge City times., 1891-10-30
THE RING TICKET.

The old Dodge ring has now comp:et
ed its ticket. which is as follows: For
sheriff, C. NJ Beeson of Dodge CITY;
for treasurer, Otto Mueller Of Dodge
City: for register of deeds, H. NJ Bev-
erley of Dodge City; for clerk, R. S.
Crane of Dodge City; for coroner, s.
Jay Crumbine of Dodge City; for sur
veyor, John Sheldon of Dodge City; for
commissioner, A. j. Anthony of Dodge
City.
Are you farmers and other indepen-
dent voters of Ford county going ;o.
elect il? You have done so for the
past ten years, and the old ring expects
confidently that you will do 50 this tim
There are in reality but two tickets in
the field. SO far as the old ring is con
cerned These are the one above d ,niea
aud that Of tie il.lrd party. Does an,
farmer sup,io,c ti,at one "f his fellow
uiierS of the soil will receive vote
from the ring a> against any man Oh the
ticket just named? Is there hope in
your heart that because certain farm
er is On the republican or democratic
ticket, he may receive few votes from
ring republicans or ring democrats? Il
so, You were never in your life more
completely mistaken. The old Dodge
ring knows no politics, when it affects
only county affairs. As proof Of this,
we only have to cite to you the fact that
this city is republican by about 60 ma
jority, and yet Geo. B. Cox received
10 majority when candidate for coun-
ty treasurer on the democratic ticket;
Geo. Potter, democratic nominee for
county clerk, received lis majority over
Sidlow, the republican nominee from the
country, and so on down the list. NJ,
there never has been a farmer elected
to Ford county Office, with one excep-
ton, John Goodwine, and the ring nev-
er has yet been able to understand just
how john slipped in when the ring had
decreed that it should be another man.
The Peoples ticket is now before the
voters of this county. 1t will receive,
undoubtedly, the support Of a certain
Independent element in this city, but its
main strength must be and, we are glad
to say, is developing among the farmers
from whom its candidates are chosen.
This ticket was placed in the field for
the purpose of giving the people a
chance to rid themselves of this old ring
"a ring which has Systematically NOM
mated and elected whomsoever it chose
for the past ten years by holding the
balance of power against the two old
parties.
The republicans throug hout the couu-
ty have voted the republican ticket, and
the democrats have done the same,
while the ring has quietly watched the
struggle between the two, until election
day, when it has cast deciding vote
for those candidates who will either
save or are members of the ring.
1t is by no means always ring men
who are nominated. More often it is
not; but the man who receives the ring
vote is notified what is expected Of him,
il, through its support, he Is landed in
Office, and up to date this landing pro-
cess has never met with one single de-
feat.
We want to ask every farmer this
question, why should you support this
ring ticket? What claim has it upon
you? Certainly not that Of party feal-
ty, when you remember that this old
ring will slaughter any candidate Of any
party who is not member of 1t, and
they will certainly do this, as instance
Potter, Cox and others.
We earnestly ask every farmer to sup
port this new reform party IN this coun-
ty fight, even if they can't help us in
a national contest. We want men in
Office once in the history of the county
who are neither members nor controlled
BY this old rotten ring, but who will
stand pledged to give US an economic
al administration of the county affairs.