Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-10-30

1HE Medicine Lodge CreSSet, that
sheet which made itself notorious
by attempting to stigmatize everybody
IN the county who refused to masticate
the rot Of Its editor and his wall street
bosses, took another spasm last week.
Not content with its cowardly, lying
and altogether unwarranted statements
intended to reflect personally upon US,
it comes out in it's issue of last week
charging Messrs. Gaddie and Wilson,
two of the very best citizens Of Barber
county with being incompetent to do
clerical business. This lie was called
forth by one of our last weeks truths.
We stated that E. G. Davis, republican
candidate for county clerk, was known
to be incompetent to fill the office, not
in clerical work and penmanship alone,
but in every conceivable respect. This
much has been toll us by men who
know Davis better than the editor who
is in cahOots with DR.. Miller and other
gold magnat0s. On the contrary, we
are willing, as the CresSet suggests.
that the records be examined at
the county clerks Office and that a
specimen of writing of Messrs. Gaddie
and Wilson be seen. Some men cannot
write as smoothly and symmetrically as
others, but that does not decide mans
ability. However we are willing to
put Gaddie against DAYS. in that re-
spect. If superior penmanship is what
IS to elect man, Horney had better
step out instanter. These petty insln
uations have always been the hobby of
the Cresset when speaking of candi-
dates of opposing political faith and
yet many of those which it once would
have had people believe were unable to
write at all, are among the best pen
men of the county. OF course, it is
hardly to be expected that man who
has not done much writing for a num-
Der of years in the past on account of
his close application to work on his
farm, can write as smoothly as though
he had been in constant practice. Let
Lutte AXline go out on the farm and
devote himself to manual labor tor 10
never happen) and see how his writing
will look at the end of the 18th year
There are many men right here in the
Lodge today who are among the best
Informed who are poor writers; SO that,
admitting that Gaddie and Davis can
not write as good hand as men like
Josh Jones and Frank Lewis,it does not
prove they are not competent men for
the Offices OF county clerk and register
of deeds. When we speak of man as
being incompetent to I'LL an office, we
don't refer to his penmanship alone.
For instance, when we say that Os-
borne is not competent to ill the Office
of coroner that Walton is notcompetent
to fill the office of surveyor. that Davis
is not competent TO fill the Office of
county clerk. We do not base our state
ment on poor penmanship alone. In
the case of Osborne, he is not doctor
and doctor is required to fill that of
fee: in the case of Walton, he is not a
surveyor, and a surveyor is required to
Gil that Office; in the case of Davis, be
is unable to do the business of the coun-
ty clerk 8 Office: slow in movement, gen
orally uninformed. no penman. and at
the age where he is past the possibility
OF overcoming these defects. If the
Cresset editor is half as bright as he
claims to be, with these hints. he VIII
be able to determine what incompetent
cy Is. AS we have often SAID before,
Gresset lies make populiss votes; we
are sorry only because 1t has but one
more chance before the election.