People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-11-07
Results of the Election.
Wellington Daily Mail.

III may require the 0tflclal count TO
determine who is to be sheriff, regis
ter OF deeds and county commissioner
from the Third district. Billy Maddy
is elected county treasurer by a
majority so large that no one has
figured it out since last night. Chas.
Sadler is reelected county clerk by a
good safe majority. 0ryille Smith is
his own successor as county surveyor.
Michael Huffman will be our next
coroner. If any of the Republican
candidates are defeated they are D.
A, Lewis for sheriff, D. c. Millard for
register of deeds and D. U. Ball for
commissioner.
Mr.. Ball had an uphill fight from
the start, with a natural majority
against him, and his defeat would
not surprise anyone, although at this
time there is a good fair show OF his
election.
Dave Lewis and Dick Millard may
not be defeated, but if they pull
through it will be by margins so close
as 70 be decidedly uncomfortable.
The danger Of Lewis defeat has been
talked very generally for some time
past. but Millard's fall-dOwn seems
to surprise many. OF course every
other man you meet has an eXpla.
nation for it all. And we believe the
time has come when a few plain
words On the results Of this election
may do much future good in Sumner
county politics.
If Dick Millard and Dave Lewis are
defeated, their defeat cannot be at.
tributed to a repudiatiOn Of the Re
publican party as party. One Of
the strongest influences that lead
TO this result was the fact that these
two men formed a combination Of
forces and virtually controlled the
late Republican county convention
Their friends not only nominated
them and dictated the policy Of
the convention, but few of theil
most prominent manipulatOrS at
tempted to spring a dark horse or
convention day and defeat Chas
Sadler for county clerk although
there had been no voluntary candi
date against him. And through il
all their work was so "coarse" thai
every tyrO in politics could see just
what they were doing and attempting
to do. The consequence was that
every man who went out Of that con.
ventlOn defeated, charged his defeat
up to Millard, Lewis and theil
manipulators. Several of the candi
dates AID many more Of their friend:
left the coventiOn "sore," they re,
mained "sore," talked "sore" and
voted sore"
1t makes no difference whether
Lewis and Millard are defeated Oh
elected so far as learning lesson
from their decreased vote goes. In
the past the practice Of combining
trading and swapping in county con
ventiOns has been very prevalent
We have done our share OF it on be-
half Of others, butsin 1894 when We
wentbef ore the convention oursell
for a nomination, we had.seen enough
Of the handwriting on the wall tC
absolutely refuse to enter into any
sort OF combination, deal or trade
The vote just cast for Lewis aud Mil
lard shows the danger Of such prac-
ticeS We hope that each one Of
them will pull through this time, but
for the future We hope to see the rule
very firmly established in Sumner
county that any man who secures his
nomination by combinations, deals OF
trades shall, for that reason alone, be
hopelessly defeated.
But there were other powerful In
fiuences that initiated against Mil.
lard in particular. He was made the
scape-goat for John W. Haughey's
supposed political misdolngs. Last
January Haughey and ]. g. o. Morse
agreed to submit to a committee Sc.
lected by Them the question as To
which Of the two, Haughey or Morse,
should receive the endorsement OF
the Republicans Of this city for a
position under the state administra-
tiOn. Millard and Sadler we're mem.
bers Of that committee; Millard voted
for Haughey; Sadler for Morse.
Morse won the decision OF the COM
mittee and afterwards Sadler went to
Topeka in his behalf while Haughey
was nevertheless a candidate for in-
surance commissioner. Haughey was
defeated early in the day by the ap-
pOintment Of Geo. T. Anthony. 1t is
generally understood that from that
time on he and his particular support
ers devoted their energies to an at
tempt to defeat Morse. He is credit.
ed with having openly declared that
Sadler should 60 down in defeat if he
was an annlicant for q cacand tarn,