Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-09-29
How Do You Like 1t Democrats and
PODuIiStS?


The WORLD has had something
TO say IN the past respecting the
F'rakes- Saum combination, or to be
more explicit, the Wa-Keeney Land
Office combination with Frakes the
Dighton carpet Dagger, as the chief
mogul. We have published a let
ter from Frake's hired man Friday
IN which he promised that stalwart
democrat, FULLY Scott, a position on
the populist state ticket if he would
only declare for fusion. We pub
lished Scott's manly letter in reply
IN which Frake's Friday was I'M
mercifully castigated for claiming
that he represented democracy, while
at the same time he was basely be-
traying the party into the hands of
its enemies. Of course nobody
doubted the ability of the Land Of
flee combination to deliver the dem
ocratic party to the fusionists or to
give any place on the populist state
ticket to any Of its friends whom
they might wish to thus compli-
ment. Nobody who has even seen
Frakes and his hired man Friday
would ever doubt that the whole
ticket was entirely at their disposal.
But the state ticket being dispos-
ed of according to their suggestions
they cast their statesman-like vision
IN still another Observation-Disclosures
like looking for other political
worlds to conquer and the result
was what will descend into history
as the Frakes-Saum combination.
Briefly stated Frakes pledged the
entire democratic vote to Baker for
Congress, Notwithstanding the
democracy of this district had
nominated an able candidate. In
return the populists of this judicial
district were pledged-some of them
to vote for Saum for district
judge. In other words the populist
from principle and the democrat
from principle were both sold-as
cattle are sold-by this wonderful
and powerful combination.
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But there were few populists in
this judicial district who reserved
the right to control their own
affairs and their own votes and
when the populist convention was
called to nominate a Judge they had
the temerity, the unheard of pre-
sumption, to declare that the
Frakes-Saum combination could not
dictate their nominee and, notwith-
standing the presence in person of
the man Friday, representing the
said Frakes- Saum aggregation, the
convention refused to endorse Mr.
Saum for judge but adjourned with |
out making nomination.
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Since tie adjournment of the
populist convention last Nav the |
Frakes- Saum combination have ex-
erted every influence among the
populists of the district to induce
the committee to call another con-
ventlon for the purpose of endors-
ing Saum. 1t appears that they |
have so far succeeded as to induce |
the chairman to cali the convention
together again and it will meet
some time next week. Whether it
will endorse Mr.. Saum or regularly
nominate a populist depends upon
whether it will be actuated by prin-
ciple or controlled by two or three
democrats in Wa-Keeney in the in
terest of the democratic party. D
Rathbone. of Hays City, populist
lawyer, will be a candidate.
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One night last week the Frakes-
Saum combination held a confer
ence ia the Wa-Keeney land Office
for the purpose of devising ways
and means to secure the endorse
ment Of Mr.. Saum by the populist
judicial convention which will meet
some time next week. The result