People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-11

hOlOoi pllHOlplC tlldH W lltlU JQ6 pdTGl
on small personal grounds, and to re
sort to defaming character to gratif,
his personal spleen against those VIII,
found him unfit for Office and had hin
removed.
In addition to these there are mel
who have been indicted for embezzle
ment and only escaped prosecution b,
pleading the statute of limitations anC
by paying the money before an amen
ded indictment could be filed. AnC
another, who, rather than stand
trial for attempted bribery. had hi
partner who is also an aspirant), L
pay 81, 700 into the school fund, anC
stands high in the cOunsels Of the ma
chine which seems to be in control O
the party.
That the masses of the voters il
all political parties are in the mair
honest and patriotic. all men agree
but the condition of the republican
party in Sumner county as above de
scribed is a disgrace to the county"
JULY l3, 1894.
ED. VOICE:-The editor of the Rec.
sister is an "amusin' kuSs." HI
claims to know who wrote Purge the
Party" and pretended to give his
name, and when no one questioned his
opinion, he goes into a rage about
anonymous communications. Any in.
vective about SANDER and asSassins OF
character is mere bOSh, while every
word in the article complained of goe,
unquestiOned as truth. The truth
ISLANDERS no pessOn. +
IF the Register or its echo THE
MOnitOr) will point out one Statement
in Purge the Party" which is no
true, retractiOn will be promptly
made. The excuse that the cOmmuni
cation was anonymous is too transpar
ent-fOr there is only one opinion as tC
who wrote it, and no denial.
Again ones sense of the ludicrOu.
is touched when the editor of the Mon
itOr-PreSs invites the writer to leave
the party, or suggests that he is INT
longer factor in the party" Such ;
suggestion from a man who, on ac
count of his efforts to bend the repub
lican nominees during the last cam
paign, had the contempt of the entire
ticket: a man who. with the lowest bic
for the county printing las he claims
before a republican board, was unable
to get the work; a man who says tina
any candidate who puts up his ''littl,
! five dollars" can get a favorable men
tiOn.
What [ protest against is the ring
rule in my party, and l want to thanl
YOU for giving me space to so protest
When a scheme is to be worked, a few
fellows in Wellington get together
ring up snake charmer at Caldwell
pedagOgue at Oxford, a demagogut
at Belle Plaine and this ends it.
1"In my next will give some of tn,
actual frauds committed in republican
conventions"
JULY 20, 1894.
THE first convention which | at
tended was in 1884, and as | was not
delegate or much acquainted at tn,
time, am not able to say how the nom
nations were made, but have a yer,
vivid recollection that some of tn
would-be leaders of the party tOda,
were boilers and made desperate ef
forts to defeat one of the nominees
Hon. John A. Murray.
MY next experience and Observa
tiOn was in the judicial convention o
1SS5-when Judge Isaac G. Reed anC
Judge James A. Ray were candidates
The contest was confined principal,
to Sumner county and was won b,
Reed, whose friends spent thirteeI
hundred dollars to secure his nomina
tiOn. In the third ward of yelling
ton nine men were hired for thre
days at three dollars per day to can
yaSs the ward, for which they receives
in cash eighty-One dollars. 4 numbe
of delegates received as much as on,
hundred dollars for supporting Reed
At Harper Reed lacked one vote of
nomination and l. P. Campbell, now
resident of Wichita, bought a prOx,
of delegate by the name of Neigh
bOrS of Attica, for one hundred dollar
in cash, and he voted for Reed an
nominated him. Most of this none
was paid out by John G. and H. [
Woods.
After Reed was nominated. w 2
Hackney so Manipulated the railrOa
vote in Harper county the Santa F
having a large force in that count
constructing road as to have it cas-
against Reed, and caused his defea-
Hackney was then Santa Fe republ
can"