People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02

unimpassioned perusal OF every Republican
voter IN Kansas. We are personally ac-
quainted with Geo. 7, Anthony. We know
his record as citizen and a soldier. We
know MIN TO be bad man. unworthy OF con-
ndehce ana support OF the people OF Kansas
ana one whose election 10 the governOrship
would be disgrace to the state. We believe
his nomination by the Republican party was
a great mistake. We know that the cOnyen-
ton which nominated him was deceived as
70 the character OF the man, and we know
deceived. But we have confidence In the Re-
puDncan party OF Kansas. We believe that
the love OF honesty and purity Is strong
enough In the hearts Of the Republican
masses OF this state to prevent them from
supporting dishonest man, when the proof
Ol MS dishonesty Is shown. Therefore we
submit the following facts not I'm passion
not In the heat OF excitement, not prompted
Dy personal malice but cOOlly, dispassiOn-
ately, and In the interest OF the Republican
party ana It's immortal principles, TO which
we stand unswervingly attached; and we ap-
peal to our brother Republicans throughout
the state, In the name Of the grand old party
Whlch rescued and preserved the country,
ana IN the name Of all the glorious memories
which cluster around 1t, TO read carefully the
1actS which are herewith presented, and TO be
not deceived into casting their votes for a
man whose election would be one OF the sad
dest calamities that could befall the party.
Remember that defeat with honesty and
purity IS grand victory as compared TO sue
cess with dishonesty Ond corruption. Re-
member the humiliation that we have suffer-
ed In the past through the conduct Of corrupt
Ofncers, and elect no more doubtful men.
we prefer the following list Of charges
| against George I. Anthony, and for proofs
sustaining each particular charge we refer
TO accompanying documents.
The documents herewith presented convict
George I. Anthony OF
First-Defrauding his creditors, represent
Ing himself as solvent when he was bank
rupt. Obtaining goods from innocent parties
through such false representations selling the
same and keeping the proceeds; for which
| an unSatlShed Judgment now stands against
him In the district court Of Leavenworth
county Tor over $4,000. (See document No.
| 10)
SecOnd-Defrauding the school fund of the
state OF New York by failing TO pay over
money belonging to said fund, entrusted TO
his hand as loan commissioner In said state.
for which an unsatisfed judgment now stands
against him and his sureties in the Supreme
Court OF the state OF New York. (See docu-
ment No. 81
Third-Defrauding his creditors and evad-
ing the payment Of his honest debts, by put
| sahS PlOpNiNy W tAtiutlOu III
his wife's name. (See the records Of Leaven-
worth county,
FOurth-False swearing by pul licly stat
ing under oath that the property l., mis- wifes
name was bought with the proceeds OF the
sale OF property, real and personal. which she
owned before he married her. (See document
! No. 81
Fifth-HOlding the most lucrative federal
office in Kansas for eight consecutive years,
without devotlng one cent Of the salary
thereof to the payment of his honest debts.
| (Refer to Geo. 7. Anthony
Sixth-Cowardice as an officer in the army,
and cruel and tyranical treatment Of the
men under his command. tSee document
No. A.
,Seventh-Defrauding private soldiers in
the union army by taking several thousands
OF dollars worth OF funds belonging To the men
| OF his company and apprOpriating the same
TO his own use. (See documents Nos 9 and A.
Elghth-Defrauding the friends Of dead
soldier by taking S5 contributed by the men
OF MS company for the purpose OF embalming
the body OF deceased cOmrade, and apprO-
priating the same to his own use, leaving the
dead boys father to pay the bill. )See dOcu-
ments Nos. 2, 3 and l.
Ninth-Publicly uttering a falsehoOd by
denying the charge in the above cOunt(eighth)
and exhibiting TO the people OF LeavenWorth
a bogus receipt for the embalming aforesaid.
(See document No. H.
Tenth-Havlng failed in business several
times under suspicious circumstances, with
seventeen unsatisfed judgments in favor Of
his creditors standing against him In the
courts OF New York. (See document No 81
Eleventh-Treating the soldiers under his
command so cruelty and tyranically that he
was Obliged to leave his native state, after
the war, for fear Of personal violence from
some Of the men he had maltreated (See
documents Nos. 2 and 4.
Twelth-Treachery and swindling by be-
traylng the confidence OF an aged colored
man who had trusted him as a friend, and
swindling him out OF his little home and ev-
erything he possessed, in consequence OF
which the old man Is now compelled, at the
age OF seventy-three years, to earn his living
by daily labor. CSee document No. g.
1t will be observed that these
charges are not ours. They are not
made by the Peoples party. We
know nothing personally as to their
truth or falsehOod, except as we can
judge from the documentary evidence
submitted. The resolutions were
adopted by great mass meeting Of
Republicans Of LeavenwOrth county,
and the charges were formulated.
and the evidence to sustain them Civ
en- to the public by a committee ap-
pointed by that asSemblage of Repub-
licans for the purpose. The several
documents submitted, to which refer
ence is made above, are now in our
possession, consisting of affidavits and
official court records. They are quite
lengthy, but they will be published if
the truth of the charges is called in
question.
1t will be observed that the Repub-
licanS who make these charges assert
that they personally know George T.
Anthony, and know him to be a bad
man; that they know his record as a
citizen and soldier, and they sub
NIT this address for the purpose of in
ducing honest Republicans to decline
to vote for him for responsible official
position. With such a man on the
ticket today we are told it is a clean
ticket and the voters of the state are
asked to stand up for Kansas" by
sustaining it at the polls.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.