People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-10

COinulOn Custom unQef JRelr former
administrations.
These lies are told to keep PoDu-
lists busy answering them so as to
divert the attention of the voters
from the G. o. p's position on the
money and labor questions as well as
their record of thievery 10 the past.
POpuliSts in general should pay no
attention to them, and above all
things not absorb the time of the
present Populist state committee by
writing for personal explanations of
these notorious falsehoOdS. The
committee has all it can handle in
legitimate campaign work, and it
seems to be the aim OF the republi-
cans to consume its time, if possible,
by causing these annoying inquiries
to be made, The republican papers
have lied enough to warrant anyone
in mistrusting anything they may
say.
Here is an editorial from the Sun
day Capital which Shows its author
ity for these charges. Anyone who
would take Jim Legate for author
ity would never vote even the Re-
publican ticket, as he has in the past
exceeded any abuse we ever heard of |
the old political warts, who are Just
now running the G. o. p. campaign.
The Capital says:
'NOw, as to Mr.. Briedenthal, who |
is also excited about the Capitals |
charging that the campaign funds
we're secured, a large part Of them at
east, through the viOlatOrs of the
+aw in the cities where police COM
nisSiOnerS appointed by Gov. Level
ing have control, we would say that
our information in this matter comes
rom an excellent PopuliSt, James f.
Legate, who says that he can prove
what he says"
Here is another from one about as
as old Jim Legate;
There is fellow in Topeka by
he name of j. NJ. Padgett, who is
writing most ScurrilOus stuff about
+, B. Dawes, and it is being printed
n the more disreputable PopuliSt
papers over the state. Padgett was
)nce newspaper man in Clay county
and he libelled a woman, a wife, a
a lady, and the husband, in
stead Of horsewhipping or shooting
the ScOundrel, prosecuted him in the
court. Mr.. Dawes was the lawyer
who conducted the prosecution.
Padgett was found guilty and fined.
tie formed strong dislike for Dawes
then and there. Since going to To-
Deka it has intensified. This is the
secret of the attack"
The above from the Clay Center
Times contains two distinct false.
hoods. The charge that J, NJ. Pad
,ett was convicted of libelling a lady,
woman, a mother or a wife, is the
irst one, which can be proven by the
'Ourt records of Clay county. No
uch a case ever existed except in the
iiminutive brain of this very small
EDITOR. He never formed a StFOug
dislike for Mr.. Dawes on account of
lin conducting prosecution against
lin. We know Mr.. Dawes pretty
veil. He robbed a brother of ours
me time of $500 Insurance policy.
Dawes brought suit for him to recover
| policy from the Oakland Home In
Company of California for the
lbOve amount and interest for more
han year. He settled the case out
,Ourt as he says, but he never has
rendered any statement of the trans
action, although requested time and
again to do so. How much he got
md by what authority he cOmpro-
missed this policy, is a matter he nev-
er has or never would explain. This
S probably one Of the greatest rea-
sons why the writer does not think
Mr.. Dawes worthy to I'll the high
office of attorney general Of the state
IF Kansas. In addition to this Mr..
Dawes is very dirty man, dirtier
little dirtier lawyer and
very dirty liar if he is the Times au-
thority for the above accusation.
The best proof we have to offer
that our opinion Of him is about cor
rect and generally shared in by the
people of his own county is the fact
that he was twice defeated for county
attorney when his party was revel-
ling in a twelve hundred majority |
year after year. This of itself is am
pie proof that what has been said |
about Dawes is not all boSh or fiction, |
from one who has a per-
SOnal dislike for him. Dawes will |
get least votes where he is best |
known.
1t is possible that the Times man
who is the henchman and mouth
piece Of the rOtteneSt political gang
in Kansas iS inst n LITTLE cOur nm