Tombstone epitaph., 1892-10-02
A Wilcox Kick.
w LLcox, Sept. 27.

ED. PRosPEcToR - Your endorse nhent of the Peoples party entities yo1 to the commendation of all who regard "pure politics" the important question of the time. The nomination of the best citizens to office and their election without fraud or any corrupt practice, Is the aim oi the party as l understand it, and certainly as a re- form movement, there is great need oi it. In our little town we have re- gently had farce played in the way of precinct nominations by the Dem- ocratic party. The primary was called for the l1th inst to choose delegates to the county convention, and, by an oversight, the call named also the nomination of a justice and constable precinct ticket.
 As is too often the case, the better class of citizens paid little or no at tention to the call, so only few went to the meeting. It was not so with the disorderly class.
 One who monkeys with the law un- der the hallucination that he is law yer; another who has had a large practice before our local bars, and one who keeps a saloon, sells to minors and women without regard to color CT law; still another who rents rooms for le~d purposes inside of the distance established by the board of supervisors conspired and acted together to nom- ipate justice and a constable satiS- factory to themselves and the bummer class of our town. The result of the primary was received with astonisl.- ment.
 NJ 9eting Judge Baker, the present incumbent, 1 interviewed him AS to inside facts, and from him l obtained the following statement:
 But few were present at the p;.nl. ary. Three names were put in nom nation for Justice, During three ui more ballots, without result, the sal. oonist, acting as a whipper in, got to gether q lot of sore-heais, men with ] grieyance-the father Ot one had bo. | fined by the Justice-;he hired rous; about of another had been fined io. fighting and being drum k; anotl , who had been fined for drunkennes. and disorderly conduct; another who had been found guilty of fighting anC abusing d Mexican in the saloonist quarters; another who had come lci revenge on the justice because hi friend, thief, had been sentenced io three months instead of six months and still another, a bummer, who hat been fined by the justice.
 "On the last ballot the lawyer cast his mite with the above seven or eight sore-heads, and a vote of ten nomiE ated an unfit candidate, who also Ina. s private grief to revenge so contempt ible that to comment upon it would be undignifed 4 constable was ther nominated who, if elected, will no raid his own tenants"
 asked the present incumbent if hs intended to oppose the confirmation . of tbis scandalous ticket in the Demo cratic county convention. He an swered, No, Wilcox is not larg enough to be respectable: saloon: drinking men and fast women cal control, and there is neither honor no profit in serving public so indifferen to the best interests of the commun ity."
 Comment on this condition of poll tics would be superhuous. When tn lower classes can be used to vote thei ' revenge for deserved punishmen and stri ke at the best interests of SC ciety through party forms. The tim has arrived when some honest COT servstive forces should be put int : action. Perhaps the Peoples part may be that force.
 ONE OF THE PEoPL