People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-07
Here's Your "RinQ."

TITUS your King"
There is so much "hot stuff" in the
South Haven New Era article concern
ing the county printing that we can't
help reproducing it. Say, Charley,
while you have your coat of turn on
the light on that election deal of lS93l
Concerning the printing we quote;
Now let us see as to whom and
what the board awarded the work.
The first thing that is noticeable is
the fact that a combine" carried off
this luscious plum. Three Republi-
can editors, insensible to the dangers
OF future punishment, and seemingly
without conception of the magnitude
and intensity of the wave OF anti
combine, antitrust, antimonopoly
sentiment that has been sweeping
over this land for the past few years,
and fearing to stand each in his own
strength alone, and make a fair open
fight for what he desired, entered
into collision with each other and
formed an obnoxious combine, plot
led, planned and schemed, log-roll-
ed, wire-pulled and button-holed to
gain their ends and down the other
fellows; and as a reward for this
merltorious course have their names
wrlttea on the pay roll of Sumner
county to the tune Of from $4,000 to
$4,000. This is the work of he men
who are managing the affairs of the
people of Sumner county, with the
fine Italian hand of the ring polite.
ian plainly manifested in the ma
nipuIation of the wires that operate
the puppets, causing them to cut
groteSque and unseemingly antics
when dignity and common-sense is
expected, and Jones, the fool tax
payer, footS the expense of this
Gin business; this single ex-
hibition costing something like
$1,000.
This combine of the Mail, News
and Register, like all other COM
bines, was formed for the purpose Of
knocking out all legitimate opposi-
ton that might arise against it, by a
Capitalization of the power and in
Auence Of the three to one end, and
after accomplishing their purpose
by impressing the men with whom
they had to deal with the belief that
they colldnot afford to go in opposl-
ton to their wishes if they ever
hoped to again appear before the
public asking for favor or hoped to
WELD any influence in assisting any
friends candidacy for office, they
would then divide the spoils. Just
that far it was bull-dozing scheme,
and Mr.. Espy in going in opposition
to such work, by voting against it,
certainly deserves public commenda-
ton, even if his vote was lost. On
the street it was said that the COM
missioners would not dare to 90 in
opposition to the combine in award
ing the printing. In his plea before
the board the editor Of the Mail
claimed that the publicity which the
combine could give the legal adver.
Using was such as no other bid un-
der consideration could afford; and
that alone should be sufficient
grouds to entitle them to the print
ing. The logical conclusion from
which statement is, that no publisher
in the county engaged in legitimate
Newspaper business, no matter how
capable, how worthy, or how general
the circulation of his publication, so
that if fell short of the combined
three, could hope to successfully
compete with them, and, therefore
such publishers would of necessity
be compelled to abandon all hope
OF securing such work, or else enter
into A combine of ora,,.r r,aor;,,,J.