The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-10-30

| When wiz the Populisss OF this ceun-
| ty see that they are being led around
by the nose by a few congliving politi-
clans? When viii i begin TO blossom
on their minds shat Rufe Cone is al
ways bobbing up. not for some other
/ man. not in eihe interest OF some other
| candidate. Tot in 1de interest of the
/ Pcpulist party. but N the interest Of
Rufe Cone simply. singly and alone?
/ When VIII the ihOusi,t occur TO them
( THAT there are other men in the PopuliSt
/ party more competent I'd I'LL public
( Office than Rufe Cone and the men he
J dictates. year after year in the courty
/ conventions? When will they realize
! thar the PcpJlist party was not organic
ed in Sedgw3ck couuty solely for the
/ benefit Of Cone and his crowd? When
VIII they understands that they are be-
ing banboozf5d every year into plsc-
ing Rufe Cone with his wealth. his fine
clothes and big diamonds into some new
snap?
VIII Il be this year, The conscie4a-
! tious POpuESr- voter win want 10 study
the ticket he intends 10 vote before he
says ne is still a friend OF Popuiism.
Rufe Cone has been continually In Of
flee. He has grown ricn from the pub
lie purse, drawing fees from remuner-
astive offices. Last year ne could have
said he had had enough But no. He
steps into the county convention and
again carries off the nomination for the
best Office in the county.
And Dave Dale. Possessing all the
comforts OF life. 50 Opulenf he could lay
aside df1e cares and struggles of work
and retire 10 an estate 10 live at ease.
well-fed, well-ciOthed. wellIhoused Dave
ThlNs.
why should he be called out TO make
the run for the Office OF judge? Were
there no other candidate in the Popu-
list party but ne? Did the rule which
applied IN Cones case. that the man
who has held a good thing must have II
again, hold good in his case too?
And anOither man, Busch. on the Pop
uhst ticket Why should he have been
given the nomination for the county
treasurer? He is still county officer.
He is still feasting on an official salary.
Was il necessary for the PopuliSts to
prepare another feast for him before
(he had finished the one they had pre-
pared for him previously? Were there
no other Pcpufists workers competent
70 run for county treasurer or not? And
II there Were. why were they turned
down for tsne sake Of placing in Office
a man who is already at the public CRIB
And that man. Little on the Populist
Ilckcl- N4lal Is ne VilSre Tor. Every
PopufSt in this county knows why he
is there. He is the friend of another
Populisit leader, one of the Cone crowd,
and that PopuliSt leader secured him
that nomination, and II Mr.. Little is
elected, that Populist leader will run
Mr.. Iittle's Office for Trim and take half
of Mr.. Lii1le's official salary.
This is the PopuESt gang" 1t runs
the Popuflt party IN this county. Sc
curing the nonlnations for themselves,
they only allow the regular Popuhsts
one single privjlege-the privilege of
coming out and voting for them
When VIII the Populists begin TO see
the bunco game? When VIII men like
Judge Babb and Nicholas Bird and Mr..
Sankey, every one of whom would have
made besiter candidates than Dave Dale
when will the PopuliSts who wanted to
run for sheriff and who would have
made better candidates than Diamond
Rufe Cone, when viii the PopuliSts
VINO wanted the nomination for treas
urer aud were turned down for Busch.
already an office, when will the men
nsho are being baInboozled. come to
their senses and turn the Cone gang
down?