The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-06-13
INv,NCiBLE UNDER HARRISON.

w eek before last INC lUHtS Solcilu
ly arraigned two republicans who are
suspected OF being candidates for OF
fee, and attacked them on the ground
that they were railroad employees, as
if that fact rendered them unworthy
to FIJI a public trust. Last week.
however, that shifty sheet reversed it
self and proudly pointed to the fact
that it supported a railroader last fall.
The PEOPLES party has just cause to
congratulate its members that they
were able t. secure J. c. Baird rs can
di1iite for The important office of
county treasurer, not only because he
was worthy and well qualified, but be-
cause his personal popularity did
mne. to aid the party whose candi
date he was in polling respectable
vote. Without the name of this rail
roader" OH their ticket, the people,
party Of For l county would not have
been gin it, last fall. When rail-
roader is needed to pull them through
a campaign, they are perfectly willing
to make use of him, but when foun.l
in any other party he is denounced as
working for the worst kind of cor
pora.ion." We supported our own
candidate for treasurer last fall be
cacse he was a good man and entitled
to the support of his party. If every
other republican had done likewise he
would have been triumphantly elected.
But in our zeal for party success we
did not denounce Mr.. Baird on the
ground of his occupation nor appeal
to the prejudice which might exist
against his employer, as railroad
corporation. 1t is said call is fair in
love and war" but we do not believe
in extending the axiom to politics.
Hence. believing Mr.. Baird to be an
upright man and worthy citizen, we
did not attempt to detract from the
personal esteem which he has earned
from his neighbnrs by a straightfor-
ward course during the long years
that have whitened his locks and di-
minished the elastic vigor of youth.
We do not know what motive i'm
PEELED BIN t. accept a place on the
peoples party ticket last fall, and act
with them during that campaign, but
we DO know ii was not necessary in
order to secure the Office for which he
was candidate, because the republi
can party would have been glad to
make him their nominee for that Of
fee, and upon our ticket he would
have been electe! against Otto Muel-
Ter by overwhelming odds.
1t is true many good men left the
old party at that time purely on local
grounds. Our county affairs had
:een mismanaged for years.
Faithful republicans became discour-
aged because the old party did not
rally with united front against the en-
emy. True republicans like John w.
Sidlow, c. T. Van Vliet, Gen. La
Fayette Sims, Capt. John L. Fin
ley and others, were sacrificed on the
party altar through republican apathy.
The county lost large amount of
money by loose management, and it
is no wonder a number of individuals
whose pride in national achievements
of the republican party is still undi
minished, temporarily joined the
ranks of the new movement last sea-
son in the cope that relief from local
wrongs might come through the peo-
pies party.
The campaign last fall demon
strated that the new organization
lacked the power to accomplish the
purpose, while the old party shook off
the nightmare of lethargy, elected
several good men, and would have
made clean sweep had the tempo
rarily disaffected ones been with us
as of yore.
With President Harrison as the ma
tional standard bearer, it will be our
own fault if many who temporarily
withdrew last fall do not again fall in
line and place old Ford reliably in the
column