The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-05
SILLY TWADDLE
THE aHAPHrCr AWARDED TIE
COUNTY PRfHFIEG--'-EEBE
GRAND KICK

additional dose they administered in
! combination with the medicine lac hal
to take few days previously, should
lave caused the conyulsiOu that fol-
lowed Bat by this time the harrow
ing circumstances of last week have,
no doubt, lost their poignHncy, and he
should Oe better able To consider the
action Of the commissioners in tIie light
/ Of reason and common sense.
The first complaint he makes is that
the majority of the board did not
appoint bitter political antagonist to
take the position of jRnitor, even
/ though his application WAS not made
until some time after the application
Of the person who received the appoint
ment IN other words, the majority
of the board should have absolutely
/ ignored every member of the politi-
cal party that elected them, and the
/ wishes and interests Of the party as IL
whole, and should have selected a man
who bitterly opposed their election,
simply because lie presented IL petition
/ signed by the members Of his own
party, and possibly by few members
Of -tiIe peoples party who did not care
to refuse to Sign to his face, and
! because EIenrOH and a few other POiiti-
clans desired his services as u political
worker during the coming campaign.
/ The Stiffness of such Il howl is only
equalled by the gull Of tle man that
makes it.
| II Hlr. dickson had been elected
as commissioner instead of Mr..
Andrews, does any sane man suppose
that the board would have appointed
q member of the peoples party as jan
itor. If any member of the peoples
party had been fool enough to apply,
the commissioners and Hebe would
have laughed him to scorn and ''made
the weIkin ring with shouts of deri-
SION at the gail of the man. But
now Vhat the tables are turned, they
sqUeal like pig under gate when
they have to take little of their own
medicine. Hebron has always been a
vigorous supporter of the doctrine
that Ito the yictors belong the spOils. -
as long as lie coHld feed with both feet
ia the trough, but now that some Of
the spoils go to the other crowd, he
whines like a baby who has dropped
it's bread and butter in the dirt.
Mr.. Allen was the first, and for
some time the only applicant for the
position. lie was abundantIy qualified
to perform the duties. The people
had sufficient confidence i'll his ability
to give him a large vote for the nOmi-
nation of sheriff in the convention,
and the commissioners had the right
to use their own judgment in
making the appointment.
Hebron says It has been the custom
for the commissioners to appoint the
sherif's jailor as janitor. That may
be true. 1t has been the custom for
two or three men to run the county.
Heretofore the sheriff has been of
the same political party as the major
ity of the board of commissioners, but
now the situation is changed and there
is nothing to hinder the sheriff from
appointing the janitOr as jaiiOr. The
agreement he speaks OF was not made
by the present board. What Oliphant
may have agreed to we know nothing
about and care less. He did not rep
resent the peoples party by any means.
AS matter Of fact, however, Cocker
was not the man the sheriff asked to
have appointed, and Cocker was simply
brought out after they knew that the
man the sheriff wanted could not get
the appointment, in the attempt
to make little cheap political capital.
It was simply one of the old time
schemes with which the people are so
familiar. jack Cummings was the
man the sheriff asked the commission
ers to appoint. on account of his
knowledge of machinery, etc., so we
have been informed. Cocker was only
a bait thrown out to catch suckers.
But ''Hebe'' is not worrying half SO |
much about Cocker as he is about |
the county printing. That is the bone |
that sticks in mis- craw, and it Will 4
give him a great deal OF worry before 4
he gets it OUT. In no way has Hebron 1
exhibited his innate hoggishness to /
such an extent as in tue matter of |
public printing.
In 1886, when the majority of the
board OF commissioners was demo- |
cratic, the county printing was let to
both papers, each paper receiving one
half the fees, and both did the printing. |
This was fair and equitable arrange !
ment, ana convenient to the public. |
but as soon as Boss Hebron appeared |
upon the scene and purchased the
AferclHy, the majority of the board hav- /
ing become republican, by the election /
Of W. L. Burcher, the program was
changed, Hebron, not proposing to 4
allow the democratic paper 70 have
even uaOuthfu;, while he got into the
trough lenEthwise and sw;lled to his 4
hearts content. For three years ne t
had the county printing at full legal /
rates, besides lob work. In 1890. in I