Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-22
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NJ. W. Ceeengs' &Rs. % % ses sesDAd
TO kpaS. pasda Il 3 paiNt to Esquire
Of proIasneHs p&Bglistg ef tie county,
as tGsHbether tlsx hse sesD the gen
tieman in aaession, Or - - Shether
they had heart freq Bi0 10 any man
ner, sincs his ressrA from the WerMS
Fair; ilat they SCARED 70 hsFe 40 sntcr
Inati0n on the s~i1ieEt. Several prcmi-
nent pepalists I'D. lsss@sver. solunteer
guesses an1 ssa&emenSa. but. es they
were ifreYelant. and &sse uacompsiren-
taHy ta the snbisst u toe inquiry, l
will nat give awE9s' shat they said,
and tbs mystery far tho iins being,
remained unsoRvea.
The Disappearance os III. Cobus. and
long silence on htx part, yes theme
which continued ts BBxsis I'll Of his old
acquaintanees; especially 20 Hisee dur
ing sI Of this time tvs very life OF the
nation seemed to he &hfastened by
events then transbfriag. eSSk 0Nfy
that, but the adnsiAistfatiess q tie
state of Kansas Also, seeesed to b con
ffonted by eandiGnne rel threatened
its Lease on the afrsiss s9 state. s0n1i-
tons, brought ahont by ths Aft1 and
wiles Of fellows. whss> %athosah vEty
unclean, had througa eeHs bssok ur
crook been able to get iats the peSples
party. In fact holding prAuainent po
sitiops as these feiiovsa did. it seemse
as though they had sgeeazess sitl both
feet.
During all this tins Mr.. Cobna
remained IN seelgsie4 sad silence.
Being the authOr Of q kosk ca >'fss-
nance" why did h8 4as coma toward
and give the people sks benefit OF his
acknowledgement thfs ffpfeftaat uues-
ton? Having once daring the lsgisia-;
tive war ct Topeka, hF the &aVe Of bis
hand so to speak, stslss ned tho isgisla
tive clans into siisnGe. %hx ives hs not
on hand afterwards I'll f1ssa ttse I'd rln
istration of Kans&s 6ak OF the peak Or
two of tro80ie hsretnfaee alinhsd tof
No one knew: aud eTETThsdy gave It
up; which seems % he sill they could
have done usaier the circumstances.
But on Friday ,sstirulag, Mach 18Th.
1894, the Beacon m&ae tta weekly ap-
pearance, and eont&Snea 4 $50 COLUMN
article from the Fan AE Mr.. CohGn !:
''To Fuse or Not to Fs1se. That ID the
Question: So the tnYaker1 Vas snlvsd
at last. NAr. Cehpn way stSt aris atiTs.
but feeling as well as os1iid ba expected
after writing his anti fusion article.
It is q weil 1EiseRH fact that Mr..
Cobun was StF4ng flssssnist two years
ago, whep he WAC 8 SaAHidate Tor the
legislature. What T. fearful struggle
he must have hgsd as4th hsssseIt da ring
the Water and early gpfing. 10 ecu vert
himself into as9 an&f-fasisnist: But he
has wrestled RssBf Ibis fusion devil.
having, no ddp4ss. Macy a dog faia W1th
him, but finally. taftst hearing from
Topeka), be thrsws hisa DIT at Ais back,
to Lap there, 80 Far an his. Coban Ia
concerned, fsE ever utAsk f1f eye.
Mr.. Cobasa opens hi# Arg1n8s ut with
the assertion that ws arg aisaat TO enter
on aEethsk &tsaesrsste Fsslisieal conflict
in Kanass, and aaas ttas question: "Is
the battle @ be Ter priAcipts Or for
spoiiSf'o e 1 we're 70 aasswer this CUES.
ton on behalf OF 8IE, Cobun. mp an
swer would he@sYs with . pre-
ponderane@ in favor IL the latteE.
ME-. Cohsia fapttrer naya: ''4as to wbe
shall fill the, olGfeSas rs q matter Of snines
Importance" 1 asa'a wander at hlr.
Cobun for leeAE8tg ss 1t 81 that iieot.
have been told ttlat I'D A&s his sSe CO
the Office Of osngrgaseisan at tsfEs E, gov
ernor, lieutelssn4 governor. Or repFe-
sentative; FROM which it weaaa sssn
that most any aaft OF ina1as woald DC
for any kind Of aa slace.
Mr.. Cobun says, chat faslna ssiEls ahs
democrats has tsfaaetaE EFeas hesstits-
ton upon the papuistB. Gteat Caesat :
ehostl Mr.. Gohpp, L wal tell you Ut
time when you were very hbfnhas be-
fore being fused apGl. Do sou reuhen-
Der a democratic cetnmittea msstfna
held about tw9 years ago, in tbs eaepth
jury room of the aoslft house, Oh yes
you remember ie VOL; for yea we're il
the court room, your eyes EfSstad ga tha
door leading to the deA9asfatig aRncsAea
and in agonies as 20 the lassaft ar Tia
meeting. You and your strsk8ss tad
for weeks been doing ev9eytkIAg ts
your power to get the daAaeRaas d
''fuse on you"
You were for fusion PagS. MI CO.
bun. You begged for an endorsement
at the hands of the democrats, 90 4
hungry dog would plead for q hafe
The democrats Endorsed you, and nov
you pretend to feel humiliate93 H yet
feel about it that way, how 10 yeH
suppose the democrats, WHO bad tsse
awful dose to take, feel ABOUT its Y@R
did not feel Inundated Mr.. CoAun
Not bit of it. You were the epfy sRi
who got any benefit out of the act
The democrats got nothing out Of it
am sure. You did not even vote fol