Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-31

VI mySciis anu DIS 10 the important
cases on docket now will say for the
benefit of all those who are laboring
under the heavy burdens of sacrificing
themselves upon the altar of their
county, as candidates for county attor-
ney, for the sole purpose of relieving
the county of these important cases
now on the docket, to these I will say
that these cases will all be disposed of
in business and legal manner long
before the martyr seats himself in the
chair now occupied by the county
attorney of incompetency.
We notice in another article in the
same paper that the editor refers to
me as gentleman" and that 1 was
a candidate for denomination for the
Office Of county attorney. AS to the
latter We will say, in this he is mis-
taken. 1t is true allowed my name
to be used but had been a candidate
and wanted the nomination l assure
the Colonel, that 1 would have gotten
there with both feet, for defeat was
never written on my banner but
once, and that was by treachery in my
own party TO which l belonged. AS to
the term gentleman" we were sur
prised that this extraordinary cpl
thet would be applied by a republican Il
press to man Of populist persuasion,
but we suppose that this came abou ut
by the report circulated last week that
was no populist, but wish to assur 9
my friends that to this faith 1 still
cling, and ana proud to know that we
advocate the same principles in poll
tics that has been so bravely defended
by our ancestors in every struggle
and conflict that this glorious nation
has had;
Now as 70 the villianous attack
made on me by the Clafin Leader,
last week; I want to say that it is en-
tirely beneath my notice, as find that
the editor of this paper has never con-
tributed one dollar in the way Of taxes
in this county, and if have been an
expense to the county it has not cost
him anything; but if he was worth
anything l would make this article of
more expense to him than / had ever
been to Barton county.
1 have not written this article to
make any personal attack upon Judge
Nimocks as lawyer or otherwise, but
only to use that God given right of
self protection in protecting myself in
the right. But since came to Great
Bend have often wondered why it
was that some of my opponents in the
law business here, with all their
knowledge of the law, and especially
the great constitutional lawyers of
this bar, ever remainedin Great Be nd.
Why not So to Washington D. C.p
where great constitutional questions
involving the minds of the court as to
whether the foot of New York
banker is more detrimental to the
grass than the foot of common laborer
as there they might be benefit to their
country. want to give the republi-
can editors notice that while l was a
candidate for Office 1 put my self
in the position of q target to be shot
at, but l support my family by our
profession and would say to republican
editors to not get over Jealous in the
matter of attempting to build up their
political candidates by attacking my
profession unless you tell the truth.
As to my record, as to the Office in
trusted with me, L am willing at any
time the books should be opened, and
my record as to competency, honesty
and integrity be compared with any of
my republican associates there are or
have been in the court house with US.
Respectfully,
E. L. HoTCHKIss,