Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-10-28
THE STATE TICKET .

| port. 1t IS ticket composed
ed of the best men of the state-men
who were chosen from among the com
mon people who understand the condi-
ton of the people and who know how
to guard the interests of the state gen
orally.
IL the state had been raked with a
tine-toOth comb no better man for the
Office of governor could have been
found than Hon. John w. Leedy, of
| COffey county. Mr.. Leedy is man pc
culiarly fitted to that position. lie is a
man OF Judgment, man of honesty, "a
man Of morals. Always broad minded
and liberal, yet sturdy and aggressive.
In Leedy there is nothing yaclllating.
Wien elected he will not be
controlled by demagogues, shysters and
pie hunters. 1t will be GovernorLeedy
not Governor Leland, Governor Bris-
tow or Governor somebody else. There
will be no Determinations IN favor of
individuals and localities. Governor
Leedy, beiLg a man of the people,
| stands for equal rights to all, special
privileges TO none. You can use your
right of suffrage to no better advantage
than to vote for John w. Leedy.
For Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, the Populists and democrats Of
fer candidate whose legal ability is
second to none in state. That man is
Judge Frank Doster. He is recognized
by tue whole legal fraternity, regard
less OF politics, as one of the most
thorough add most learned lawyers Of
the west. He is nOt-a corporation law
yer, but constitutional lawyer. He
viii not make laws on the bench but
will interpret them. The poor man
will have an equal chance in his court
with the rich man. DOSter is a man
in the full sense of the word and with
him on the bench the people of Kansas
can rest assured that they will have a
chief justice for whom no apology must
be made and whose decisions will be
used by the courts throughout the ma.
ton. Vote for DOster and purity on
the bench.
For Attorney General we haYe that
brilliant graduate from Ann Arbor,
Hon. l.. G. Boyle, of Fort Scott, man
whose legal and oratorical attachments
are so far superior to his opponent and
present incumbent that there ought to
be no heSitancy IN making choice
Boyle is clean, upright, intelligent
man and ought to be elected. Vote for
| him.
Prof. VIM. Stryker, of Barton county,
candidate for state superintendent, is a
man of excellent educational qualifca-
tiOns. His whole life has been devoted
to school work and there is not a man
in the state who is more familiar with
our public school system than is he.
With Prof. Stryker in the state super
intendent's office our public schools.
the best institutions of our state, will
be improved and the younger genera
ton will reap the benefit. About a
month and half ago Prof Stryker
made speech in our city and his gen
tlemanly bearing, his fine flow of Ian
guage and his talents in dealing with
political and economic questions were
manifested in high degree. Vote for
him, you will meyer regret it.
For Congressman-at-la we have
that man, among men, Hon. j. D. Bot
kin. We have no fears of being con-
tradicted when we say that there is no
more able man in the state to discharge
| Init Of
kin has heretofore and, to some extent,
is yet engaged in the ministry profeS
sion. In this calling he has labOred fol
reformation among men in this world
so that they could better prepare TO,
the one to come. He is none Of thOse
who believes that all the injustice in
this world should be tolerated merely
because there is hope of better one in
the future and his voice has always
been raised against the usurers and ex
tortioners and oppressors of his coun
try. He has always beensln sympathy
with the oppressed and downtroddel
and when occupying seat in the ma.
tlonal congress he will do his part t
AS'N'O - WV pCOpIC dIu a SUI
ferlng race. He has the ability, he has
the heart, he has the will. He will be
a credit to our state and as statesmen
his services will be invaluable to the
whole nation. Vote for Hon. J. D
Botkin for congressman at-large.
The remaining portion of the ticket
A. NJ. Harvey, for lieutenant governor
w. +. Bush for secretary of state, w
II. Hefisblower for treasurer, and w
IL. Morris for auditor, are equally coed
men, though the positions which the,
are called upon to fill are not as respon
sible. 1t Is important, however, thai
the entire Peoples party state ticket be
elected. Its candidates are as goot
men as can be found in any state anC
the principles back of it must prevail
or the people will be doomed.
Vote this ticket. You owe it to your
self as an American citizen. You owe
it to your fellow citizen as a neighbol
and brother; you owe 1t to your
family as their guardian and protector
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TIE republicans in the southend are
making an effort to insinuate that F
I. Patton, while treasurer of his schoo
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