Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-31

AhN "HA manu- q ShoiSc "Ss"|S" ~"
sets Of candidates and two DISTINCTIVE
ideas. What are they
On the one side is q clean, straigh
honorable party with regularly nom
mated candidates from Judge TO com
missioner and township officers. !
Is party Of 81 years Of good govern
ment, party Of free speech, FREE
press, honest financial methods ant
able craftsmanship. 1t is stronger
the nation over than ever and viii
without doubt sweep the country
next year and elect overwhelmingly
the congress and president. This II
the Republican party and 1t has LIST
Of candidates against whom not 0
word OF criticism can truthiully be
uttered. They represent something
stand for something, have party as
their sponsor which isopen and above
board. In short, they are honestly
before the people.
What have we on the other sideP
An oilice-grabbing scramble.
Take the candidate for Judge. He
used to be a Republican, tried to get
the nomination, but couldn't. Some
time during the past year he Topped
and managed to get the Pop nomina-
ton in a convention Of three out oil
the four counties of the district
Marion not being represented. he
has voted the Pop ticket at most only
once and never lifted a hand for the
party
Take the county ticket. It was
conceived in iniquity by a gang OF
town ixers. The county had moth
ing to say about it. One Pop paper
threatened to expose the methods
What happenedP 1t was mysterious
ly bought by the men figuring on be-
ing candidates and closed up. So the
Pops went on without any convention
and nominated two Democrats, An
lerson and Robson, on the ticket
.long with couple Abilene men who
nave no love for the party whatever
The Monitor had declared such a
nomination "political idiocy,' but
t was hushed up. The News came
,ut and crowed over getting "two
rood Democrats" on the Pop ticket.
The Monitor came out and declared
hat Anderson and Robson were good
md holy Pops from Popville.
Then the scramble commenced.
Anderson ran one year ago on a
straight Democratic ticket, bringing
.bout the defeat Of the Pop candidate.
de sneered at Populism, called it
nonsense" ''idiocy" and CLAP
loodlc." Now he started out on a
our of the county claiming to be
low Pop, now Democrat. He
bought nobody would find it out. A
cading Pop was so sure about it
hat he declared last week that II
George would say he was n Demo-
rat his name should come off the
ticket. Yet all the time the News
as been growing because "two good
have slid into the Pop
amp
Same way with Robson. He has
lown hot and cold, been one OF the |
oys or gone to church as occasion
,emed to demand, and so well is his |
laracter known that a formidable
loyement began in his own neighbor-
bod with such Pop leaders as 7. D.
,nes, M. Dilling, c. c. Sherwood
I'd Others at the head, to put up an
dependent candidate for sheriff, all
'claring that they could not sup
,rt Robson with respect to them
Ives.
And this great spectacular combin-
ion Of political monstrosities has
ne forth to exhibit itself. The
diences have been slim, the APP
ause wanting. The fusion has been
izzle and the very name has be-
me laughing stock and by-word
I'M one end Of Dickinson county to
Q other. The ticket represents