Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-04-22
THE MURRAY-AxL1NE howl.

going up frOTo republican headquarters
because a populist paper has been made
the official paper of the county in which
it is published, but it is just what has
been expected and something which is
natural occurrence. It is very easy
for republican paper to say that this
amount or that amount could have been
sayed to the county had an uncalled
for republican bid been accepted, but
1T is very remarkable that these same
republican papers never make a propo-
sltion to save this amount of money to
the county when the board of county
commissioners happens to be OF a re-
publican complexion. Under a repub-
lican board, the Cresset was made the
Official paper OF Barber county, and un-
der populist board the INDEX was
made the official paper of Barber coun.
ty. The law defines what the official
paper is and what it shall receive for its
services and it would be just as con-
sistent for the commissioners to call
for bids when vacant Office is to be
filled as it is for them to put the print
ing business up at auction. The re-
publican scheme IS this: When there
is republican board, give the work to
the republican paper at legal rates, but
when there is populist board put it
up at auction and sell 1t to the lowest
bidder. The popuIists tried this scheme
several times and it resulted in flooring
and Gripping nearly all of the populist
papers In the state and the republican
party accomplished its purpose. By
living fat while the republican party
was in power the republican papers
could we'll afford to do the work at an
unreasonably low figure in order to
keep the work from the Populist pa
pers and thus play game of freeze
OUT" and when this was accomplished
put the screws to the taxpayers, take
everything in sight and whoop it I'D
for the gold standard and beat the
common people. The foregoing is an
outline of republican tactics and no
Populist can afford to become confused
by this cry of Saving money to the
taxpayers!"
Now let us see what there is in this
money saving proposition and whether
or not it is sincere. On last Wednes-
day when the INDEX was designated
the official paper, Commissioner MUIR
ray jumped to his feet and brayed and
beloved. snorted and cavorted and
made longeared animal in general of
himself. His abuse upon Commission
ers Wyer and Walker was outrageous
and indecent and every word he uttered
had hypocrite on its every syllable.
Jim Murray! he is the man who, after
over two years of service as commits
sioner of Barber county, proposes to
save money to the county. Jim Muir
ray! the man who less than a year ago
did all he could to shoulder a high.
officer under the name of as
sistant county attorney, on Barber
county, he is the man who now wants
to save Barber county by either compel.
ing the BARBER COUNTY INDEX to do
work for nothing or close doors. Jim
the man who at several differ
emit meetings of the board was in such
a condition that he delayed the busi-
ness of the board as much as two DAYS
at time when taxpayers were here
on expense from distant parts of the
county, thus increasing the expense of
the county and individuals because he
didn't have the moral courage to re-
strain himself, he is the man who now
asks that Barber county shall help to
build up and sustain the Medicine
Lodge Cresset only to satisfy his own
selfish political aspirations. And this
is the kind of man that is represent
ing the people of this, the first COM
missioner district of Barber county.
We have nothing to say in condemna-
tion of Murray, the individual, but
Murray, the demagogue and shyster,
and Murray, the dirt Singer, is COM
modify that needs to be halted in his
reckless way. Neither the Cresset nor
Mr.. Murray has any desire to save Bar.
Der county one single copper. They
want to build up the republican party
and Axline's resources, and the plan
selectedis that of destroying the Peo-
ples.party papers for the benefit Of the
republican papers. If Street Jones had
been elected instead of Mr.. Walker,
the Cresset would have been designat-
ed the official paper. The same thing
was done when Stranathan and Muir
ray constituted the majority of the
board and IL was done with Murray's
approval and sanction and without the
least murmur on his part. Even last
spring Murray did not enter an OBJ
lection to giving the printing at legal
rates because he and his republican
allies fully expected to elect a repub-
lican commissioner from the third dis
trict. But they failed and hence it is
proposed to deprive this paper of any
patronage. The Cresset gets support
from other sources most of which
comes from quarters far from Barber
county, and some from merchants in
the city who are too partisan to patron
lze the INDEX, and it could we'll afford
to do the work for nothing if by so do
ing 1t could financially ruin this paper.
We have given plain statement of
facts in what we have said in relation
to this matter. Personally we gain or