Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13

NOhohU ny IbO u uUR0 duu al appear
from Mrs. Sparks, wife of the deceas-
ed clerk, he would not have changed
his decision in the matter. The fact
that Mrs. Sparks desired the appoint
ment of Lands had more influence
with Judge Mckay than anything else,
and all, excluding such fellows as Nc
Neal and Axline, will agree that it
was the duty of the Judge to act in
| accordance with the wishes of Mrs.
Sparks. We are not attempting to
apologize for Judge Mckay; he is a
man with such record that needs no
apology and from our knowledge of
the man we know that anyone seeking
an Office for the emoluments thereof
would receive at his hands no consider.
alton. But in justice to all parties
concerned we repeat that Harry Lands
was not an aspirant for the appoint
ment. That he refused when the mat
ter was first presented can be proved
by County Superintendent Shell, Coun-
ty Clerk Gaddie and others who were
present at the time and place of the con-
versation and this is sufficient to give
the lie to all Tom McNeal has said in
the matter.
The money that Lands Will get out
of the office Will only amount to trifle,
if anything. He will be out his ex-
penses for the few months he holds,
and will make little more when the
F1n lnv in 10 80; I
Sparks, jr., as deputy, which was right
and proper, and any sane man can
readily see that there is not a sufficient
amount of business done in the clerks
office at this time to make a great
| amount of money in a few months.
The statement that Mr.. Lands held
| some public Office for the past nine
years is correct, but out of all those
years he held a good paying Office only
one year. During the four years that
he was state senator he lost money-a
fact which all will admit His salary
in four years was less than $500. Now
If anyone can get any satisfaction by
bowling "he was at the public crib"
let him howl, he is only showing his
own littleness. That part of the above
squib which says lit is now announced
in the popullst paper that he will be
candidate for clerk of the district court"
is also plain blunt lie. Wehave new
er even limited at such a thing and we
don't believe that Mr.. Lands ever gave
anybody the privilege of making such
statement. Mr.. Lands has never
asked the Peoples party for any nom-
ination. Mr.. McNeal has directly and
indirectly asked all parties.
1t comes with very poor grace for an
office-seeker like Tom McNeal to try to
lover the standing of man like Mr..
Lands. We referred to McNeal. the
office seeker, once before and the old
shyster wrote us personal letter and
tried his powers on all the slang and
vulgarity he could find in the English
language but it availed nothing; and
the fact still stands that he was dis
gruntled Office seeker of Barber county,
was standing candidate for any Of
flee in any convention and by some
chance he finally succeeded in com.
handing nomination for county at
torney, but was badly defeated when
other candidates were elected on his
ticket. For five long years he was nos.
ing around for nomination and when
at last he got what he was after (prob-
ably not exactly what he was after,
but. like the old maid, Lord, any
thing,'') he was overwhelmingly de-
feated when the people got an opportun-
ity to pass judgment on this old blather,
skits. So it was thatMcNeal woke up on
an eventful November morning and dis
covered the people knew it long before)
that he was WORKOUT politician and
an nffice- seeker without the least shad.
ow of hope; and a few months later
he packed his grip and left for Tope.
ka, leaving his debts behind, and is
now the pot singer for the most venaI
and corrupt administration that ever
disgraced the state of Kansas. This is
brief and true description of the foul.
mouthed demagogue that is necessarily
attacking our best men. 1t is time thai
he is looking at his own record and then
perhaps he will confne himself to the
truth when speaking of others.