The Globe-republican., 1891-11-05
TWO CHIEFS REVIEWED.

last Tuesday. Hitherto lnvinc'Die,
he did not dream it WAS possible that
he could be overthrown in this county,
but e.. NJ. Dcespn proved Yelling
ton worthy of his steel. Never before
in the annals Of ollr COUNTY. from the
red hot days Of early Dodge down to
the present time, has anything Ham
Bell put his shoulder to i'll politics
failed to win. In the early days when
"Might was right" he WIS equal to
any emergency. A. every turn and
through all the changes since those
palmy days of wild and rugged pros
perity his personal proves and the
energy aid skill # his movements,
made H. L. Bell II pow er few cared to
confront aud those who .:iu So paid
the penalty with defeat. Party lines
were not drawn in local affairs during
the early days Of our county's history.
but when national ISSUES come up it
WIS found there Was m.ij orlty Of
about 200 votes i'll av.r'.f the Repub-
lican party. By the time H. B. Bell
felt like going after something good
for himself in the way Of a county
Office, party lines had been drawn
on local affairs, and the Republican
party had control of our municipal
affairs.
Our frieId Bell was democrat,
but he never hesitated OH that nc
count. Joining his forces with George
B. Cox he proceeded to organize for
victory and the two men made cam
paign against the Republican ticket
oyercame the two hundred majority,
and defeated Van Vliet and Peter
Incl, two very popular men. Next
year Bell and Cox consistently sup
ported their party but left others to
lead the fight. The result was a
Republican victory. Two years ago
Mr.. Bell entered the field for re elect
ion. Mr.. Cox was his running mate.
We pitted our strongest and best. but
II. 3. Bell took the field in person.
He Landed his forces with consumate
skill and won the fight Tor the entire
democratic ticket. This year Messrs.
Bell and Cox were both disqualified
from running for re election on
account of Statutory limitation.
Each had trusted deputy, and
upon their shoulders the political
mantles of their employers decended.
H. B. Bel, the invincible commander,
took charge Of the campaign in per
son. The bank failure handicapped
Otto somewhat, but Bsll's popularity
was unimpaired, and with the Ger
man republican friends of the former,
it looked as though there was still
power in The old combination. Al
though the tickle Goddess fortune had
espoused the cause of the heretofore
victorious man of destiny, the new
party scheme was sprung upon the
people. Into it went two prominent
Republicans. one candidate for
Sheriff, the other for treasurer.
Many Republicans were disheartene,l
at the outlook. They knew Mr.. Bell
had never been defeated when he took
hold Of campaign in earnest. They
felt sore over the loss Of taxes by the
bank failure and were willing to d.
anything rather than risk the election
of any one connected with that un
fortunate affair. The wonderful new
party which had so suddenly envelop
ed the State Legislature Of Kansas
and waited into power obscure and
nntried men like Jerry Simpson. IT.
principles were secondary consid
GRAFTON. Most of them neither knew
nor cared what was the ultimate oh
iect of the movement so it offeret
means of breaking the spell the rims
had woven over the destiny of oul
fair young county. They rushed int
the organization with the purpose o
returning again to the old STANDARD
Of Republicanism in 1892 for tn
presidential campaign, but at the tim,
OF holding the convention it had tn