Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-09-26

commended its payment were populist.
Poor satisfaction! But l have heard
| an explanation of how that 81 ,46O. 20
was expended, which Is as follows:
"The 20 cents was paid for sandwiches.
the 500. for cigars, and the 81, 400 90
for whisky" possibly you can throw
some light on this expenditure. The
only mystery to me is how they got
awav with so many (?) sandwiches
THERE is not man IN Barber county
who is more deservant or better quail
fed for the Office of clerk of the district
court than Henry Sparks. In his ca
pacity as deputy of that Office he has al
ways been found precise, accurate and
punctual, as well as genial and accom-
modating, and in every way competent
to fill the office; besides he is and has
beena farmer and taxpayer for many
years and deserves the votes of the PEG.
pie. For the republican candidate not
nearly so much can be said. Every
one knows what the business of Lorton
has been for the past number of years
and the admirers of truth and
justice should take second thought be-
fore voting for him in preference to
| Mr.. Sparks.
Your point is not we'll taken when
you say that the agriculture college
and normal school fund were not ap-
propriated on account of all error by
the legislature of 1891. There was no
error about it. The amount came over
as republican deficiency bill, and of
course, it augmented the popullst ex-
penditures just that much. and lessen
ed the republican expenditures just
that much. But what about all those
other items under republican defcien-
cy bills which you failed to explain?
You seem to have had some incanta-
tion of the brain relative to certain
patent figuring machine. Possibly upon
examination, you might find that it is
only wheel in your own head. At
least it appears that any figuring ma
chine or even blind man could figure
better than you have done on your first
attempt. 1 do not wish to discourage
you, however, for the old verse runs:
| IF you don't first succeed, try, try
| again."
With all your explanations in regard
to state printing, you don't dare deny
the fact that the state printer bill was
a populist measure framed by the pop
| ulists ways and means committee of
the populist house of 1891. Neither can
you disguise the fact that the republic
can extravaganza on state printing
helped very materially TO thin the re-
| publican ranks in the campaign of 1890.
The credit for reduction on state print
ing belongs to the populists and you
know it.
When you say the secretary of the
peoples party state central committee
Is ''salaried employe of the state"
you give expression to "whopper"
sure. Wien Mr.. Semple was elected
secretary he Immediately resigned his
position IN the bank con missioner's of.
ice. and is in the employ and under the
pay of the committee.
You feign ignorance on many politi-
cal matters relative to this campaign,
but suspect that it's only your poor
memory, and, in the language of Jim
Legate, you forgot" But allow me
to suggest that you may get your mem
DRY frightened up considerably before
this campaign is over.
But. Mr.. Troutman, you seem to wor-
ry and wall and shed great drops be-
cause / am treasurer of the populist
state central committee and also draw
salary from the state at the same
time. In the first place, Mr.. Troutman
possibly it is not lucrative position to
be treasurer of said committee as the
| republican committee. Then, when
you consider that in 1881 the republicans
paid for extra clerk hire in secretary
of states Office S4OO,55, and for 1892,
$465.O0, while under populist rule there
has not been paid one dollar for EXTRA
clerk hire, possibly you are just little
mistaken about me neglecting my du-
| ties. Then, Mr.. Troutman there are about
1853 900 voters in Kansas in 1892 who by
their ballots said that the populist
should look into the way republicans
have been doing business In Kansas for
the last 30years. You see, then, that
| am right in the line of duty, even if !
| do use time belonging to the state.
which do not to the detriment of the
office. But Mr.. Troutman, you know
we pops are used to hard work, and we
don'tstop att hours day, the time re-
i quired by the state, but devote some of
| dur extra lours outside ia dig up the
mighty things of which you and your
party officials are guilty. And then,
YOU know, these are hard times and if
1 should act on the good advice of Mr..
Wilder, treasurer of the Santa Fe and
do SIPS worth of work for so cents, L
| presume you would not object
Concluded next week.