People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-21
BRECKENRIDGE AND OWEN
FORCES READY FOR ACTION
INTENSE BITTERNESS ON BOTH SIDES
1t Matters Not Who Carries the Prima-
rles, the Other VIII BOlt-Breckin.
ridge Fiercely Attacks Owens
Calls Him a Blackguard and
Bully without Character
Women Pray.

the Democratic primaries in this dis
trict to- morrow, it will be surprise
to every one in the state. If the bit
terness which has been aroused by
this contest be ever forgotten it will
be a still greater surprise. No matter
which of the contesting candidates
wins, the followers of the other will
certainly bolt the ticket and do all in
their power to defeat the nominee of
the convention. 1t is question
which is the bitterer-0wens or
Breckinridge-and it is almost certain
that the one of the two who loses
will take the stump against the
victor
Owens was called here from George
town to-day and Owens men from all
parts of the district met him. They
are in secret conference over the man
ifesto from Breckenridge. Grave
trouble is expected.
Women are out all over the district
to-day urging voters on for to-mor-
rows primaries Their presence is
having much to do with preventing
fights They will be in the held
again to- morrow
The ballots have been printed and
distributed, and the election officers
have been notified of their duties
from headquarters, and the checks
have been cashed and the money di-
vided and sent through the district.
The best work on election day on all
sides will be done in this city. The
prospects are that it will be give and
take all day long. There does not
seem to be any chance for fraudulent
voting or false counting as each cam
didate has representative as an
election officer.
The best politicians are behind
Breckenridge and all of the known
methods for votemaking are being
employed by them. They are work
ing as though it was matter of life
and death and concede that the infu-
ences of the women is their greatest
difficulty.
Thirty-fve of the best women in
Lexington met at the opera house
here this morning and decided to in
vite the ministers of the city to meet
with them tomorrow and pray for
the defeat of Breckenridge. They
denounced as untrue the story that
they had withdrawn their support
from Mr. Owens.
Last night Breckenridge added fresh
fuel to the flames by m, king public
a most bitter attack on Owens. in
which he called him a blackguard and
a bully, and declared that his charac-
ter was known in every portion of the
district He preferred give formal
charges against Owens, as follows:
First-It is known to every man in
this district that this candidate for
congress has been a constant. open
and notorious gambler in Louisville,
Chicago and elsewhere; that there are
In Kentucky scores of persons who
have been at the table with him: that
he has played, himself a perfectly
sober man, with young Kentuckians
who were intoxicated at the time
they lost their money; that after the
Chicago convention he remained in
Chicago engaged in his vocation; that
during the worlds fair at Chicago he
was actively engaged in its prosecu-
ton. If any proof of this Is needed it
can be found in every county in this
| district
Second-He had determined to re.
main in Chicago, and SO announced
his determination, and as proof of
this | append the affidavit of Colonel
K. Il. Edmcnson, citizen of Kentucky
of the highest character
Third-His runs of fortune had been
unlucky, and after the late suit had
brought against me, he determined TO
leave Chicago. His hotel and travel
ing expenses were paid by contribu-
lions OF some Kentuckians, and he
knows perfectly well who they were.
and that one of them, at least, be-
longs to a Scott county family of the
highest responsibility. He does not
dare to challenge the proof of this
statement. And the game he plays
is that a ruined gambler of Chicago is
to be sent to congress from the Ash
land district as its typical representa-
tive OF morality, pure living and stain
less honor.
Fourth-He boastingly claimed at
Paris, IN an opening speech, that he
had never been guilty of falsehood.
On various occasions to various per-
sons, he has said that l entered into
bargain or agreement with him, bv
which it was stipulated that if he did
not run for the Fiftieth congress l
would not be a candidate for the
Fltty-frst congress. These statements
were made to various persons in 1886
and lSSS, and at various times since
then. As to the truth of these state
ments | publish letter of Captain 7.
[. Jones, written July 90, then, as.
now, consul of the United States at
Funchal, in which Owens declared
that there was no truth in the report.
The fifth charge was that on No
vember IL. 1892, Owens and Young
woman were forced to leave the Hotel
Kentucky at Louisville after regis
tering as man and wife.
STRICKEN BY CONSUMPTION