The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13
THAT CROW DISH.

The editor of the Judicial depart
nept of the Mercury, who has been
laboring assiduuusIy for the last few
weeks with such a misleading mass of
figures to prove to the unsoplIisticated
that our present judge is the most
economical judge OH earth, doubtless
concluding that statistics are dry read
ing, attempts this week to '.chauge the
feed" by giving his readers dose Of
what he supposes is sciutillatlng wit
and rib-breaking humor. Apparently
not having sufficient imaginative pow
er to conjure up humorous idea of
his own creation he has recourse to
the antiquated and threaaiare "fun
/ nigrapl' of ..eating" crow which has
done duty for so many Years, and with
that AS IL basis for his ideas and a
stimulant to his brain by a misstate
ment of facts and tissue of baseless
assumptions in regard to the GRAPHIC,
| abC loo CSAlNChl q huu1OAOuo pAOdut-
ton which is 10 doubt as diverting to
his mind rs it is devoid OF sense and
fact.
The only basis of reality for this La
bored effort is the fact that the GRA-
! PHO in its first issue after the judicial
convention at Larned criticised the
actions of certain individuals i'll Larn-
ed OH the day of the convention, and
the methods that had been employed
by certain pirties, both in and out of
the peoples party, to bring about the
defeat of the Edwards county candi-
date. While it very properly and just
] Iy criticised what it considered i'm
proper methods, the GRAPHIC did not
in any manner Indicate OF intimate
that it would support the republican
candidate, or would not support the
pOpulist nominee. On the contrary
the name Of Mr.. Hatch was put at the
head of the ticket rs soon us the ticket
was completed, and upon the opening
of the campaign in this county his
candidacy received such mention in
the GRAPHIC MS was considered timely
and proper in the support of the nom-
inees, and although the Mercury calls
tue article we copied last week ''bor-
ruwed tunes,' it may be found that
home made tunes may yet he played
That will not sound any sw eeter to it's
ears. The GRAPHIC has nothing IT,
retract in any altIcle which has APP
peared in its issues, but it does not
! follow that because 1T criticised the
action of certain individuals in COLI
nection with the nomination of the
candidate, that to he consistent it
should necessarily support the Oppos
ing candidate.
1t frequently happens that party
newspapers and party leaders vigor-
ousIy oppose the nomination. Of certain
Candidates, and, after the nominations
art made, crilicise what they consider
the improper methods by which tile
nominations were obtained, aid yet
vigorously work for the election of the
candidates SO nominated. The will Of
the majority OF political party ex-
pressed i'll conventions, even though
induced by improper methods, must
be ubeyed 10y the members of the party,
except III rare Gases, or The party itself
would sOOn be rent IN pieces, and the
objects which brought the members Of
the party together would never be
accomplished.
We can easily conceive Of cases il,
which party newspaper, and party
men would he justified by 1t true party
policy III boiling nomination, and i'll
actively supporting the Oppposing call-
didates, but we do not think this IS
one of those cases. There is room
for "a choice even between the deep
sea and the devil, and i'll this case we
think the sea is infinitely the
safer. We had not intend
ed or desired to enter mo any
controversy over the merits OF de-
merits Of the candidates for the var
iOus offices. but prefer ed to conduct
All impersonal campaign on the poll
tical questions in issue, but if the COLI
trOyersy is forced upon us, we can
give Il number of reasons both polite
al and personal TO the candidates. why
we support Mr.. Hatch as the nominee
of the peoples party rather than
Judge Vandivert rs the republican
candidate.
If our action in supporting Mr..
Hatch may lie compared to eating
crow, there are worse things to di-
gest than crow, and we have not vet
got to the pnipt of publishing articles
against II candidate and then apologies
ing for them afterward, and excusina
ourself by throwing the responsibility
OH the unseen power behind the scenes
Ii we are correctly informed, some OF