People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-13
Purge fhe Party.

lister is an ''amuSin' kuSS." H
claimed to know who wrote "Purg
the Party" and pretended TO give hi
name and when no one questioned hi
opinion, he goes into a rage abou
anonymous communications. An.
invective about Islander and assassin
Of character is mere b0Sh. Will,
every word in the article complained
of goes unquestOned as truth. Thu
truth ISLANDERS no person. The Sian
derer is necessarily liar. If there il
one word of falsehoOd in purge the
Party" the Register, in its new yea
for the cause of the party can point il
out. Or does the Register feel called
upon to defend the conduct Of the
aggrieved parties?
If the Register, or its echo, will
point out one statement in purge
the Party" which is not true a retrac.
ton will be promptly made. The ex.
cHse that the communication was
anonymous is too transportation
there is only one opinion as to who
wrote it and no denial. The idea OF
SEINE people that any raScals who hap
pen to belong to their party must be
defended is erroneous. Better say
with Grant, 'let no guilty man es-
cape"
Another amusing thing is to see
what a tremendous difference it
makes whose OK is gOred. When men
resort to SANDER and vituperation, as
many Of the crowd who are aggrieved
at purge the Party" have done, how
unbecOming it is then to writhe and
,sQuirm when the truth is told about
them.
Again, ones idea of the ludicrous
is touched when the editor of the
Monitor Press invites him to leave
the party or suggests that he is mo
longer a factor in the party" Such a
suggestion from man who, on &C.
count Of his efforts to bend the Re-
publican nominees during the last
campaign, had the contempt of the
entire ticket; a man who, with the
lowest bid for the county printing las
heclaimsl before Republican board,
was unable to get the work; man
who says that any candidate who
puts up his little five dollars" can
get a favorable mention; a man who.
as secretary of the Republican COM
mittee, called the meeting in the Of
flee Of a party who would be offended
If the writer were candidate, is not
a man who should be listened to or
whose advice should be followed.
Touching the statement Of this in
diyidual that l was the author of the
communication from Hunnewell
signed "a Republican and Soldier"
l will say that l knew nothing more
about the authorship of the article
than the editor who knew nothing of
it. But since reading it, l recall
some Of the facts stated therein as
facts.
What | protest against is the ring
rule in my party, and / want to
thank you for giving me space to so
protest. When a scheme is to be
worked, few fellows in Wellington
get together, ring upa snake charmer
at Caldwell, pedagogue at Oxford,
ademagOgue at Belle Plaine and this
ends it.
II you will publish the enclosed
editorial from the Capital, which is
peculiarly applicable to the condition
OF things in this county, shall be
obliged, and wait to hear again from
the crowd. In my next will give
some Of the actual frauds committed
in the Republican conventions.
The editorial is as follows:
CHANGE THE CAUCUS SYSTEM.
The Republican county committee
OF Bourbon county last week suggested
to the Republican primaries that
they discuss some amends to the OBJ
nOxiouS system Of caucus manipula-
tion. The suggestion might well be
extended to the Republicans Of every
county. However convenient the
caucus system is, it is failure in as.
surfing the doing of the will of the
majority Of the party members in a
district, township or ward. The Fort
Scott Monitor says of the resolut ton
of the Bourbon county committee
THE Republican county central com
mittee adopted a resolution request
ing that each primary discuss the ad
visibility Of change in the present
method Of nominating county officers
and electing delegates to congress
ional and state conventions. 1t i:
undeniable that the present system
ofOpen caucuseS, conducted without
any system Of rules and manipulated
by interested politicians Isl fruitful
source of corruption and fraud, anC
a most effective agent very often il
thwarting the known wishes of thu
people. Trace to its source any party
feud that'weakens or neutralizes thu
work of the campaign and in mos
cases its cause will be found to lie il
caucus. A dozen men assemble in ;