People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-13

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publ" is evidence enough Of the arti-
cle's authorship.
1t Is a clear case OF the worn turn
ing" Faurot mas found out that his
sell-Out OF last January, so far from
eleyatiDg him in the eyes OF his fellow.
Republicans, has brought him nothing
but OstraciSm, reprOaches and con-
tempt. He has got tired OF playing
the scapegoat and martyr and wants
company. Having, as he saws, lent
himself 10 a corrupt and nasty deal.
the assumed purpose OF which was
not his own profit, but the election Of
some other fellows 10 the fat offices,
he has grown weary of bearing all the
blame, the cusSings and cavillings
and now wants the people who used
him to pull their official chestnuts
out OF the fire, to step out and take
some Of the punishment too. He
mOurnS over the fact that his great
anxiety to prevent further dissen-
SlOnS in the party has prevented him
shutting off the MOnitOr-Press with a
libel suit, and he has to submit To
seeing a great deal OF IN
pleasant truth told about himself and
his treachery through its columns,
when if the fellows for whom he has
done this dirty work, would only come
70 the rescue, he would he justified
and glorifed before the party and his
fellow citizens in minute.
But Mr.. FauIot-for there is no Dos
sibe reason for surprising "0ne on
the Inside" TO be anyone else-makes
most serious and damaging charges
against the gentlemen who were
elected to Office on the Republican
ticket in this county at the November
election in 1893. He accused them.
not only by inference, but specifically,
Of conniving with the chairman Of
the Democratic central committee
and with his very honorable self, to
purchas" their election by barterin
away the county patronage for Dem
ocratic support. IN OTHER WORDS,
THE DEMOCRATS WERE TO SELL OUT
THEIR CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE HAL
SELL AND SHERIFF CASEY AND TO
ASSIST IN ELECTING THE ENTIRE RE
PUBLICAN TICKET IN EXCHANGE FOR
THE COUNTY PRINTING. AND TO A
MAN UP A TREE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
THAT WAS yXACTLY WHAT WAS
DONE
1t might be as well to say right here
that the Democrats. as a party, were
rs much in ignorance Of any such a
deal as FaurOt describes as were the
general public, and that with the ex-
ception Of tn few leaders who were
into the job, their candidates pOlled
substantially the full party vote.
Just where the bosses who managed
the TT de got their rake-off can better
be told in another chapter.
The REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SUMNER
COUNTY HAS INDEED FALLEN UPON
EVIL TIMES IF 1T BE TRUE
THAT 1T HAS TO RESORT TO SUCH
BASE AND CONTEMPTIBLE JOBBERY
TO ELECT ITS TICKET. We are
satisfied that no honorable Republi.
can will consider elections won by such
dishonest methOdS worth the price
paid. Nor will they knowingly sup
port men for Office that will lend
themselves 70 this kind Of bOOdling.
For this reason there will be no little
inquiry as to how much truth there is
back Of the statements Of the "0ne
on the Inside" article. one man is
named specifically, W. j. Newbod,
present register of deeds, who is de-
clared to have tilked over with Mr..
FaurOt the letailS of the trade and to
have been the bearer Of his (Faurot's)
promise back to Mrs. Herring, the
then publisher of the Standard, that
that paper should be awarded the
county printing for 1894. all this, OF
course, prior to the election in 1893.
Was there any other candidate beside:
NewbOld in the affair, and if so, who:
The public's curiosity has been whet
ted by what has already been diSclOS
ed, and sooner or later the whole
truth must come out. For our part
we are satisfied that injustice will bC
done if all the candidates on the Re
publican ticket that year are held t
be equally implicated in this scandal
Gus affair. We certainly would hate
to see some Of them, whom we know
to be men of strictest prObity anC
honor, so regarded in the public mind
| If Mr.. FaurOt has any sense of de
cency left he will Come out and re
| lieve innocent men of the stigma thu
Cast upon them, by telling the Who'll
thing just as it occurred, who wer
on the inside" with him, whethe
, they were candidates or not, an
whose skirts are clear. If he is salts
. fed the party will endorse what b
did, he ought not to feel any compunC
ton about letting it be known VIII
were associated with him in this yer
patriotic ~ and honorable ~ enter
prise that he seems to feel so prOu
of his participation in.
We can only say with the MOnito
that the Republican party of Sumnt
county has indeed fallen upon ev
times if it be true that it has to T,
sort to such base and contemptibl
jobbery as this to elect its ticket
And ninnn hnAh ,nnr4inn "a thn nnrtr.