The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-05-26


fact there is absolutely no enthu-i.
asm here at home in his favor, and
his workers can be counted on one.
fingers.
As he himsel: once said To III, in
speaking OF his opposition to a can
didate in former election, hp
Thought the candidate all right,
but was opposed TO the men who
were backing him" Perhaps that
IL so in this ease 10 a certain extent.
with us, yet there are other reasons
why we should oppose Mr.. Carver.
In the first place he is not a strong
man at home. His name on a state
ticket would not bring one single
vote to our aid in Saline county that
would not otherwise be with us, aud
we do know that he would be bitter
| IN fought by some who would other
wise vote the republican ticket. We
do not question his ability as a
lawyer. He IL perfectly capable to
fill the position, yet when Mr.. Gar
ver's new-fOund friend holds him up
as the persOnificatiOn of purity, he
simply displays his own ignorance
OF Saline county history. Mr.. Gar
ver's actions in the past are not
above criticism, and why a man of
his attachments should stoop to
little things for financial gain, when
he must know that in a political
sense they will appear and forever
damn him, is a mystery to many,
yet he has allowed himself to he led
astray in several instances.
Mr.. Carver is not a man to Iningle
with the masses, in fact he has very
little use for what you might call
the people. He is not n man that
labors for the good of his town,
thing in it for him. He is cold
blOOded, selfish man, one that no
community would go wild over, ami
such as will always have bitter enc
mics TO hinder his progress. Since
the organization of this city, we
do It il his name Is on the member
II roll of a single board of trade
Q ke organization, where men give
[ me and money for the good
community without expect
direct reward. Il this the man
tow would have SaIina sacrifice
~ business or political ambition |
: has, so long as he is before the |
people" We take it that you have |
bit off more than you can chew this
time, stranger.
Laying aside the fact that he has
lived entirely within himself. has no
use for the masses, is selfish, and all
that, we still claim that he is not al
ways sincere in politics. Take il for
instance in the city election one
year ago. We listened to an address
he made before a fair-sizei audience
in the Methodist church. He eX-
horted the people to stand by their
candidate for mayor.
He told them IL they elected their
man, aud to use his own words, ''if
was city attorney, I would make
short work OF these joints" His
was elected, he was APP
pointed city attorney. and so far "a
IAN be learned, during the year he
served in that capacity, he swore out
'ne complaint, and that was for the
arrest OF Mr.. Barneck. Yet he
'sved about what others had not
lone i'm this same line, and his new
Ound friend BrisiOw could not find
words mean enough to apply to
'thers who were not Of his kind,
Who had duties TO perform and did /:
hem not, yet not one Of them have
lone so little as Mr.. Carver.
Still, Mr.. BristOw, you may not be
as to our true motive in
Ighting such men as you and yours.
While we are on the Carver matter,
re will go still farther, aud say that
our candidate is tricky, perhaps
ONE would call IL dishonest, but we
Till let you christen il to suit your
elf. In the church that you profess
D be a member of, Mr.. c. Eberhardt
. also q member. You probably ,
now him. For years Mr.. Carver .
Tas the trusted attorney Of Mr..
.berhardt and his business as
Ocistes. For several years they
aid him q yearly salary to look ,
fter their legal matters, and after
ard paid him for such services a.
e rendered the firm. When Mr.
.berhardt built his new house, he
ioved the old buildings to lot just !,
Duth of the corner on Eighth street, !,
'hich he supposed he had ned for
ears. There he prepared neat and !,
home for his aged pa =,
snts, and they lived there for sever
years. Mr.. Carver in the mean
me had discovered a defect in the Y
tie Of this and various other pieces
property in the city and had pur-
hssed the outstanding titles. OF
purse Mr.. Carver went immedi ,teIy
, Mr.. Eberhsrdt and told him about
lie defect in this title, and he ped I
i'm to strsighten it out, as he was !;
Is legal adviser. OF course he did v
OF. instead, he took a witness a
lore nd rendered Mr.. Eberhardt
lei of the improvements he had C
Ia IN the lots At first Mr.. q
: srdt thought he was joking, !"
hen he realized that the man Il
, sd trusted for years was thus de- {,
b stely robbing him he felt deeply ,
urt. In his own words, he said ITO p