Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-02
HEAD, OF REPUBLICAN COUNTY COM
MITTEE MAKES FINAL PLEA.
ILLUSTRATES HOW TO VOTE.
HIS REASONS FOR VOTING REGULAR
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
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the following address:
To the Voters of Wyandotte County.
Your attention is called to the Repub-
lican ticket. which will be found in the
frs. column on the left hand side of the
official ballot. We wish to remind you:
First-That yoI must make across CX)
in the square in front of the name of each
candidate for presidential elector that you
find in the first column only. Unless you
do this you will not have voted for Nc
KInley and Hobart, the candidates of your
choice.
Second-That you must make a cross
CS) in the square in front of each candi-
date for a state Office, whose names are
in the first column only. including the
names of r. W. Blue, ]. P. Harris and
Abijah Wells. all of Which names are to
be found on the official ballot below the
electors and above the county ticket. I'm
less you make a cross in front of. these
names in the first column you will not have
voted the Republican state ticket.
2HIrd-That you must not make a cross
in front of each name on the county ticket,
for the reason that there are two Repub-
lican candidates each for senator, for pro-
bats judge, for clerk of the district court,
for county superintendent, for representa-
tive in the Tenth district and for county
commissioner. You can vote for only one
candidate for each of these Offices. II you
mark both names Of candidates for the
same Office your vote is lost on that office.
Remember. therefore, when IN the booth,
to mark cross CX) in front of only one
candidate to off thox
find in the first column, and vote for none
other. The names Of those before whom a
cross should be marked are as follows: For
senator, E. S. W. Drought; for county at
torrey, S. c. Miller: for probate judge, ].
p. Angle; for clerk Of district court, T. T.
Hoffman; for county superintendent, NJ.
M. Hiatt; for representative. Ninth district,
]. s. Edwards: Tenth district, J. K. Cub
bison: Eleventh district, B. L. Stine, and
for county commissioner, C. P. Denison.
II the Republican party has heretofore
received your support and you wish to
again aid the party by your vote, we be-
heve that upon investigation you will vote
for the county candidates only whose
names We have given above.
We believe further that IL you wish TO
aid the Republican party you will support
our candidates only. for the reasons here
given, II not for the many others that
might be named, as follows:
Ffrst-Because our candidates are all Re-
publicans who are competent men and
have assisted the party in making the
national. state and county campaigns while
their Republican opponents have not
Second-Because they have been twice
nominated, the last time being at an all
day primary election, held September 12,
1886, at which the Republicans OF the coun-
ty voted and expressed the wish that they
should be the Republican candidates.
Thrd-Because all matters of difference
between our candidates ard the opposing
faction were agreed to be settled by said
primary election held September y, 1896.
which agreement was lived up to in letter
and spirit by our candidates, but which
was wilfully violated by the opposing
faction.
Fourth-Because the opposing faction can
by no possibility elect any one of their
number, but might, through neglect of the
voters. receive votes enough to cause the
election of a Popocrat, that might cause
the election OF a PETER or a Simpson to the
United States senate
The condition of affairs in the political
situation in the Republican party in this
county that makes this address necessary
was brought about by the nomination of
two Republican county tickets, the refusal
of the opposition faction to submit 10 the
decision Of the all-day primary. as agreed
upon, and for the further reason that the
Judge of the court of common pleas, in
effect, ordered all the names of Republic
an candidates to be printed in one column,
under the Republican state ticket. We have
done all In our power, and so have the
county candidates on our ticket. to bring
about party unity, and single ticket, but
our efforts have been unsuccessful. You
must now make another decision, which
We hope will be final, but which our fac
tional opponents. in a circular. intimate
will not be final, but will be contested in
the courts
We believe that this one reason alone
should convince you to vote the ticket
whose candidates are willing to abide by
the verdict of the people.
In a circular sent out by the opposing
faction. over the name of L. W. Keplinger.
chairman, statement is made that the
opposing ticket was declared to be the
regular Republican ticket by the supreme
court. This circular must evidently have
been issued without Mr.. Keplinger's knowl-
edge. he was an attorney in the case
and knew that the supreme court decided
nothing of the kind. The legality or reg
ularity of either ticket. as representing the
Republican party in this county. was never
brought in question. The supreme court
simply decided that the opposition ticket
should be placed on the official ballot un-
der the head of Republican ticket Only
this. and nothing more. Judge Johnston
dissented even from this decision. We be-
lieye that this falsehood alone, so freely
circulated by them. should influence you to
vote for our county candidates only.
We ask you, finally. to consider the inter-
ests of the Republican party locally, as
well as in the state and nation. and to
rive our county candidates that support to