Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-09-04
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r The ramiTica,ions Of the combination
extend even into the stronghold of the
) Peoples party, though the masses of tina
organization are not aware of the fact
and even some al the Candidates on thei
ticket are igno:an, o. the purpose the,
are ma lie 10 serve.
This would be very neat piece of pc
! litical work-if the voters of this count
} were as ignorant as tits presumption i'm
plies. but, unfortunately for our contem
porary. they are not. The Globe furthe
on has this to say of the Times in thu
hope that it will clInch the argument:
The Dodge City Times. though tint
official organ OF the third party has N
very hostile feeling toward the ring thai
has depleted oar treasury The PFopyie
tors Of that paper are " .u-meaning young
men, but the ring has control If the com.
ty printing. and by tn, gracious favor OF
that combination the Times en- Joys gen
erous revenue from the county treasury
for the job printing of Ford county. We
presume the work they do is necessary
and that their charges are not exorbitant.
| Still ii is good living profit and desir-
| able addition TO their business. and the
| boys are not like the NANCY cur that
rends the hand that feeds it. Hence we
cannot expect that paper to attaci, the
Cox dynasty with very much vigor Ia
fact. is d straw to indicate from which
direction the wind blows we call atten-
ton to the last two edi IONS of the Times
wherein are published accounts of the
conventions. one democratic. the other
republican. From rea ding these two re-
ports one would think the boys had re
turned to their former political allegiance
and were once more safely housed within
the democratic fold. In has therefore
devolved upon this paper and the repub
lican party to bear the prunt of this tight
for the people
The Globe. of course. makes the above
insinuations. for they cannot be called
charges, knowing that they are without
foundation. 1t is true the Times is the
official organ of the Fec pies party. true
that W. DO the job work for the county
But il i not true that we have a friend
ly feeling for the ring-that ring which
is composed Of republicans as we'll as
democrats. that ring which elected Mr..
Cox treasurer and that ring which now.
in this campaign, controlled both the old
party conventions and which manipulate
ed the wires 50 that portion OF each of
the old party tickets will be slaughtered
in the interests of its candidates. No,
the Globe cannot or need not expect us
u attack what i; terms the Cox dynasty,
because If there is such an organization
Ii is only an oifshoot 0 the demo repuo
iican combination and We cannot afford
10 lose sight of the goose that LAYS TIL
rotten egg and we shall not This spas
mOdic effort 10 make the lines Of tie caui-
paign run on this single issue will not
prevail This effort to keep under cover
the fountain from which flows the putid
stream that has been a stencil in the nos
triis nj the people. will not succeed. 1t
IS 4 brilliant piece of political work. in
!uct. ,s '."sirsi ate Hort of the ring
Ia avoi Impending ruin gnu little the r.
~ -
rticing Of Geo B. Cox, if. b. it, they al,
saved The Globe seeks to draw the |
Times away from an attack upon the !
republican combination by the in
quoted above. 1t fiirts and |
coque,ies with The Times. 1t flatters II |
little and pleads little, and chuckles us |
under the chin, hut Notwithstanding this. |
we must say, No. AS the Peoples party |
Of this county was started in the interests |
Of reform and as The Times champions
It's cause for this reason, we cannot afford
to run in on the demo-republican side
rack, We must keep the main line, Bro.
Shinn. that leads right into the heart of
The trouble. We must get right down to
The root, not begin at one of the branch
Is. We are sorry, awful sorry. that We
cannot fall in with the scheme, but deep
regard for the peoples interests N axes it
impossible. In regard to the respective
articles on the two old party conventions.
no lengthy comment is necessary. The
slate was SO we'll made in the democratic
it was devoid of interest. 1t
lid manage ID rake enough delegates to
yether to have over half the precincts re
presented. What excited our surprise in
The republican convention, and what in
iuenced US in giving it twice the space
he Globe gave it, was the fact that 1t
had every appearance of being in the last
stages of consumption. Few would rec
ognize the once robust republican party
IF Ford county in the gaunt, emaciated
and cadaverous body that wObbled into
he court house on convention day. 1t
IS small wonder then that The Times felt
called upon to devote unusual space to
his ghost of republicanism. We still
have a veneration for the part the repub-
lean party has played in the past, what
ever our objections to it IN the present.
And it was kindly regard, compassion
lite feeling. a tender recollection for the
weak and brokenhearted thai caused us
10 devote so much space to thing that
IS now numbered among the dead and
gone. The Globe may assert, declare and
affirm that it is thing possessing ANNA
lion, but it must pardon us If we disagree.
We must consider the democratic party |
as living exponent OF ringism, DOODLE
ism and all that is corrupt in Ford coun-
ty politics. We can only regard the re
publican party as Il weak, yet loyal, ad-
junct to this fostering, reeking. sinking
pile of corruption and. consequently. The
Times refuses to fall in with this honey
coated Invitation. The Times has in its