People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-10
COmDarISOns Seem to be Odlous:

the Popullst county platform calling
the attention of the taxpayers to the
enormous increase of expenditures
under Republican administration
seems TO have somewhat unstrung
the nerves OF Neighbor Andy, who
has, within a year past, become the
We nurse Of his party. He is as
faithful to his trust as any mother
ever was to her child-as long as
there is anything in sight for Andy.
His Daily Mail Monday contained
an article six columns in lehgth-
with a promise of another INSTALL
ment of the serial-trying to ex-
plain away the apparent increase OF
expense.
The VOICE would suggest right
here that the sudden dropping Of
the county's expenditures from an
average Of S5S,lS7.lS for three years
preceding the incoming Of the par
tial Populist administration in 1891
to an average Of S47,992.O6 for
three years, Gel '99 and 1897, dur
ing which the Populists had a repre-
sentative on the board, and their
immediate and sudden rise again to
S56.476.Sl in 1894, when the Repub-
lican party regained control, will re-
quire several more columns of the
Mail to make entirely clear to the
satisfaction of the average taxpayer.
1t is coincidence (?) that will
scarcely be passed without breath
of suspicion of either incompetency
or extravaganza.
"Bro. Richards" pen carries an
air of self-con6dence equaled by
few, even though they be cyclists.
One would impulsively think when
he had spoken that the discussion
had ended-that there remained
nothing more to be said. When one
gets better acquainted with him how.
ever, he finds that instead of hi:
being VIM. E. Gladstone, he j.
more of a Roswell G. Horr-al
bluff. One can always judge Of the
size of the job he has on hand by
the magnitude Of the gall he exhib
its and the amount of vociferatinl
he does about somebody having
lied.
The VOICE is very glad indeed
that "Bro. Richards" has prepared
and published the table Of expendi
lures of the county. We reproduc,
it elsewhere in today's paper will
his full comments, reserving tn,
right to soften them down.a little
where they most need it, in this edi
torial. We shall furnish him tn,
type Of this editorial, free Of ex
pense, and ask him to return tn,
favor, if such he may call it, b,
printing this in his paper. In thi
way may the people have both side
and judge for themselves as to truth
We are very sorry indeed tina
"Bro. Richards" entertains so poo
an opinion of the motives and verac
ity Of the editor Of this paper. Ii
period Of nearly twenty years 0
active editorial experience we hav
never published a statement Of GU
own that we did not believe to b.
true. That we have erred often W
do not deny, but whenever show
our error, and convinced of it, n,
one has ever been more ready t,
make full correction and restitution
than we. Yet, to listen to "Bro
Richards" vociferations we are al
most frightened into the belief tina
We are a "mean, contemplate ant
villainous liar" the like Of whicl
there is 'no other on earth, or il
hell" But we comfort ourselve
) with the thought that we will hav
congenial company here on earth a
long as Andy lives, and after he die.
thank the good Lord, though W
come to the parting of the way:
there will be our equal in the mex
werld that he mentions.
In the first place "Bro. Richards
says the $4,000 Populist averag
is a myth. Well, let US see. G
course the resolution deals in roun
numbers; we had not the exact fe