People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-10-28
REPUBLICAN TACTICS.
The Way the Managers
Hope to Garry This
Election.
"The Fool FarmerS.' y
Wichita Daily Drover's News.

Democrats and POpulists in Wich.
ita are constantly in receipt of letters
from other parts of the district asking
if it is fact, as represented by the
Republicans, that odds are being of,
fered in Wichita on Long for con.
gress.
Through the Beacon the recipients
of these letters desire to state that ii
is not fact. While some money is
being offered on Long, it is always d
matter of how great will be Simpson,
majority. No money is being offered
even on Longs election.
Republicans are miSrepreSenting
the sentiment of the people in the
different parts of the district. In
Hutchinson and at other points it i,
confidently asserted that the belief at
Wichita is that Long will be elected
Here they say that at Hutchinson
even money is being bet On Long and
that the Simpson men have given
up the fight. The object is to dis
courage the Simpson people, but il
will not work. The only question
is whether the Medicine Lodge con.
gresSman'S majority will be greater OIL
less than two years ago.
The fact remains nevertheless that
the plutocratS are making the hardest
fight Of all against Simpson, the peO-
pies champion, and plenty of money
will be spent on the young elOcutiOn-
iSt. A man around town, who boasts
that he has no political opinions,
made an interesting talk fora Beacon
reporter. 1t showed the policy out
lined for the defeat of Simpson.
This man said he wanted to place
some money on the winners and was
anxious to get at the facts as to how
the contest stood. He went to re-
liable fusion source and obtained the
estimate already made. 1t showed
that, granting all legitimate Repub-
lican claims, Simpsons majority
could not fall below 5000. 1t also
showed that his gains rendered it
more likely to reach 5000.
Then he went TO the best Republi-
can authority in the city. He sought
the man above all others who ought
to know the condition of the cam
paign and this query was replied to
in substance as follows:
"Chester l. Long has been elected.
1t has been decreed. Simpson must
not be reelected and don't you think
for a moment that the people who
have influence and money are going
to allow j. Here is our poll. 1t
shows gain for Long in several cOun-
ties and losses in the western coun-
ties. Well, the gains according to
our poll are greater than the losses
and with the increased vote ought to
cut Simpsons majority down to 1900
votes. Now, what have we? Simply
a 1000 votes to change. Make it 1000
for sure. The first consideration will
be to find votes which can be changed
by judiciOus treatment. There are
plenty of them. / could buy 5000
votes in this district for $4,000. We
only need 1000. We will 60 to the
packing houses, the stock yards and
the big institutions and pay for them.
Wichita, Hutchinson, Wellington,
Newton, Mcpherson, Dodge City,
Kingman and such towns will furnish
enough votes. In fact we will con.
fine our efforts to Sumner, Sedgwick,
Harper and Reno counties. We will
buy the votes outright. 1t is fail
enough for these fools of farmers are
against US anyway. We do not count
them on our side. Now, the next
thing is to get this money. Three
days before the election we will get a
special fund in Wichita of $500 fol
Long alone. The object of this is
to buy the votes to defeat Simpson
and l tell you, Wichita, as a result,
will give majority for Long. That
is the kind of political work that
counts. If the interested parties had
put up the stuff two years ago, jim
HallOwell would have been elected
But he had to make the fight alone
and was beaten. Money beats speeche:
and big parades. Money makes vote:
and we will have the stuff. Every
banker in this district, except one
and all the railroads are on our side
Now if you want to make some money
bet on our side"
The man around town with the bal
of money was not influenced by the
Republican boss talk. He deter
mined that while the free use o.
money was sure to cut down Simp
sons vote it could not defeat him
He Is betting on Jerry.