People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-11

/ NV ''NAOO ucledteu, tDdJ MI. FaurOt
replied that he hoped the Standard
would continue to pursue the same
course as he was very anxious to see
the Republican ticket elected: that
he then stated to Faurot that there
was liable TO be trouble over the
printing of the official ballots and if
there was some of the Democrats
VINO wanted the Standard to turn
loose and fight the Republican ticket
and favor fusion with the Populists:
that Mr. FaurOt replied that he did
not think they would regret it, if the
Standard continued to pursue its pres
ent course; that he then said to Mr..
Faurot that all he could do for them
would be in connection with the
county printing and that Mr. Faurot
repeated the statement that be did
not believe they would regret It. if
the Standard continued its present
course Of supporting the straight
Democratic ticket. Mr.. Stewart testi-
fed that from these remarks he in
ferred that Mr.. Faurot would in all
probability vote for the Standard to
have the county printing; that at a
later date, at the October session of
the board of county commissioners he
thought, he called Mr.. Faurot's atten-
ton to the fact that the Stanard was
still pursuing the same course to
which Mr.. FaurOt replied that he was
glad to see it and didn't think they
would regret doing so; that Mr.. Eau
rot never at any time made him any
promise that he would vote to give
the county printing to the Standard
and that up TO the time the vote was
taken he had no assurance that he
would do so except what he inferred
from these conversations and from
the statement which Mr.. FaurOt had
made TO him previously on different
occasions thatuhe would never vote to
give the county printing to the
Monitor-PreSs as long as Campbell &
Hood owned it: that he thought he
had told the substance of the first
conversation to Geo. r. Pitts, but out
side of that had never communicated
them to anyone; that a short time
prior TO the election the parties NAM
ed in Mr.. Griffith'S evidence met in
his office; that he did not know the
purpose of the meeting until he was
asked for the use Of his Office and as
soon as the parties arrived he told
Mr.. Griffith that he had been doing
and should continue to do anything
he could for his election; that the
meeting did not last long and there
was not much said; the Democrats
present asked Mr.. Griffith what the
chances of the Standard would be for
the county printing if he should be
elected commissioner. Mr.. Griffith
told them he would not make any
promises whatever and after talking
over the matter awhile Mr.. Griffith
and his Republican friends left; that
the board of county commissioners
organized on January s, 1894, and dur
ing the day the members held a con-
sultation over the bids for the county
printing aud during that consulta-
tion he became satisfied from what
Mr.. Faurot said he would vote for the
Standard; that he called Mr.. Griffith
to the chair to preside and made the
motion to accept the standards bid:
he and Faurot voted for the motion
and Griffith against it.
Capt. F. H. Gilmore was the smart
Aleck" witness Of the day. He seem.
ed to think that he had played very
smooth, cute game and evidently
wanted to impress everybody with
that idea. He testified that he was
the editor Of the Standard during the
campaign Of 1893 and controlled its ed
itorial and political policy; that the
Standard started out to support only
the straight Democratic ticket, con-
sisting Of three nominees, and never
at any time had any idea Of doing any,
thing else, but when the Monitor
Press ''hogged us out Of the official
ballots, which we're rightfully ours"
he ''let it be intimated" to W.J.New-
bold that there was excellent mate
rial for a political editorial in the
facts that his opponent on the Popu-
list ticket, W. NJ. Jackson, was form
erly good Democrat, was a worthy
but unfortunate cripple and the Dem
ocrats had no candidate for register,
and let it be further intimated that a
fight once opened would eventually
involve the whole ticket. The cap
tain went on to explain that he just
let this "be intimated" for the sole
purpose Of soaring the Republican
nominees. ''Did you scare them?'
asked Harry Woods. "You bet your
life we did," answered the captain,
and he looked as though he thought