People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-01
How to "WOrk" the People.

Andy'S mind has been wholly Occu-
pied with that sort CT thing for the
last 10 years, and while he has been
able TO work" large number of in
ldividlals in the scOunty, when it
come to working" the whole people
he has proven dismal failure.
Twice since Naugle has lived in Well
ingtOn in only four years, Andy has
tried to work the epeOple for an NOM
ination for couty attorney. or course
he failed. He says:
Naugle is the SmOOtheSt Schemer of
the whole pOpulist Outdt-fOr himself
Coming to the town with ,ut dollar,
he has worked the whole pOpuliSt out
tit for personal revenue from the
start. His first racket was contribu-
tiOnS to establish a reform news
paper. Dozens and hundreds of
pOpuliStS in Sumner county were
worked for from sl.OO to $500 in cash.
Then he worked j. W. Chapman for
''divy' of the proceeds of the probate
judges office during his term of office.
! Then in 1892, on the theory of keep
ing his newspaper alive, he took in
the pOpuliSt nomination for probate
Judge. In the meantime he has
bought the Wellington Daily Mail
and the Conway Springs Star news
papers, later selling the Star. He
easily worked his people for a renOmi-
nation this year.
Since he comedies that Naugle has
been a success in working" the
people perhaps Andy might find it
advantageous to take some pointers
from Naugles methods.
When the VOICE was started, no
guarantee or advanced payments
were asked Of any one. Naugle said
to the Alliance committee that he
had confidence in the success of the
movement and Of the enterprise, that
he would put in the plant and take
all the risk of making it a success.
Not a dollar Of advancement was
asked for. Rather than do this he
borrowed money from the Belle
Plaine bank, where notwithstanding
his then recent failure in the goods
business and consequent insolvency,
his credit was good enough to secure
themOney on his own name without
endorsement from any one. The sub
scriptiOn price of the paper was put
at Sl.OO per year-j0 cents less than
any other countypaper, and friends Of
the enterprise were urged to assist in
building pits subscription list. This
: they did sight royalty and it was only
a short time till our list eQualled and
exceeded those of the other county
papers No fund was raised for the
, VOICE other than one dollar subScrip-
tiOns after the paper was started, and
if this was working" the people
Naugle pleads guilty. Wonder if
ANDY would not like to be able to
"wOrk" them in the same way Just
now.
| Then as to working" Judge Chap
man for a'"divy." Judge Chapman
. came voluntarily to Naugle and asked
. him to accept a position with him rs
clerk. Naugle did so and tried to dc
> his duty to all concerned.
Then in 1892, the people saw fit to
j make Naugle their candidate for pro.
/; bate Judge, unsolicited on his part
They elected him and since that time
: he has been PROBATE Judge, nOtwith.
standing Mr.. Richards has bOasted
that he was so skilled in the records
of this county that he could develO[
. things from them which no ordinary
= person could, yet he has signally failed
to find anything in either Naugle',
Y public or private record to his con
= demnation. 1t is not strange, then
y that he easily worked his people fol
a denomination this year. 1t will b'
!, news to Mr.. Cline tina Naugle every
= owned the Conway Star. He nevei
had dollar in it in any way, shap,
4 or form. He does own the VOICE anC
: the Daily Mail, but Nj. Richards vii
d discover ere long that the more news
papers a man owns, the poorer he vii
d be.
u Now, during the past four years
Naugle has been up and down will
the people Of this community, through
4 cyclone and fire and every other vicis
situde that visits the average citizel
\ or community. He has tried to d.
IT bis duty to the public, the community
the individual and to his God. ii,
has not broken faith or contract O
, any kind with anybody. He has pai(
J. all his current liabilities regularly
and voluntarily liquidated nearly al
y the old scores left asa legacy Of hi
l. business failure at Belle Plaine. HI
works hard all the time, wastes d
l. time and treats everybody kindly ant
: courteOusly.
y Right, justice and fairness hay
lie been the rule of his conduct before al
the people, and if, by this means, b
has been able TO work" the people
. then the people have been worked
II Mr.. Richards would adopt some Q
II these methods. the VOICE Onines n