The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-27
n PLAINTIFF PLEA.


The Mercury Ut last week makes 4
pathetic appeal to democratic voters
to vote for the republican candidate
for judge, because two years ago the
republicans helped elect two demo
ratio judges, and because the republi-
CANS have also considered tie Office
ilon-partisap wien 1t comes to select
ing between y competent and incOm-
petent judge" We do not think there
.;tre many democrats gullible enough
~ be Influenced by the palpable mis-.
statements and diaphaneOus logic con-
iallIed in the article.
Until Two years ago no democrat WAS
ever elected a judge i'll this state by
the aid Of any considerable number VI
republican votes. Tue idex OF feLub.
licans voting for u democrat for the
Uttice Of judge OIL the ground that ut
was better qualified for the position
tham his republican opponent, would
i,ave been regarded rs the very acme
Ut absurdity.
Bat in 1891 the conditions had
changed. Instead Of beastly ma
lorlty in nearly every county in tue
stale, the leppDiicaus were i'll the Ini
horityr i'll majority Ut the counties,
aud Ill the judicial districts referred
" in the Mercury, they knew they had
liO possible chance to elect their Can.
dldates, the nOpuIists having plural
iLy Which could only he overcome by 4
fusion Of the republicans and demo
Gratis. This hsing the situation, thu
republicans finding that the democrat.
would not support republican candi
dates, concluded to throw their entirt
support to the democratic candidates
la order to defeat the candidates u
the peoples party. TWAS not ques
ton with them of the respective quail
hcations Of the candidates, II Wa
anything to down the peoples party
Instead of the candidates of the PEG
lle's party being Incompetent men
They were able lawyers who had TO
years occupied the bench, and La,
-Geen recognized as able judges. Il
the Usage City district referred to, th,
candidate chosen by the peoples part,
WAS Judge Nicholson, who had beel
Judge Of I,as district for years, ant
whO WAS rhe democratic candidate fO
chief justice Of the state in 1890.
lie WAS incompetent, the democratic
convention that nominated him il
1890 must have been u set OF dolts
The candidate in the Mcpherson, dis
trict, Judge Doster, was also one @
the ablest lawyers in the state VIII
had also been judge of the district fo
! a. number of years, and who had bee
elected to office by republican votes
Ills opponent, Lucien Earle Was
comparatively young lawyer who ha
not had one quarter OF Judge Doster'
experience in tue profession. TIL
'lspublicsns voted against these abb
lawyers simply because they wer
populists and for no other reason
'.yhe democrats will also relnemhs
That after the republicans had electe
u great many county officers through
cut the state with The aid of demo
cratic votes, hardly had the result q
The election become known before tn
republican papers began abusing DEN
Gratis in Iii. same contemptuous ton
employed in tue days of their ascend
ancy.
= TLs Mercury winds up the articl
with n statement which it knows I
bs absolutely untrue. 1t says tn
populist nCminee rs confessed incon
petent, never having had any practic
ut the bar or education in tue law.
.Air. Hatch studied law i number g
wears in the law ONCE Of noted irr
Iiu his native state Of New Hampshire
was admitted To the bar after rigi
denomination. and prxcticsd sever.
i, ears before he came 70 Kansas. III
bias not been in such active practic
since he came to this state Tor tn
reason that he had other business tina,
WAS more remIiierstive. Such grossl
false statements concerning the char
hcnr Ut political oppol,tnt viii NJ
BONG mislssd m intelligent Isople. MA
evlaa, their faltdty b tispuveged vii
sala ,nsA ya,sir las1.rs.