People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-21

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master, did all he could for our sue
cess last year, knowing that Republi-
can efforts were being made to have
him fired" on that account, while
MI. Pitts was our candidate for
presidential elector, and worked faith
fully to carry Bryan and free silver
to victory, tU the great discontinue
Of the editors Of the Mail and Mon
itor-Press.
A part Of the plan OF their cam
paign has been to make Dopulists be-
lleve that there was close intimacy
existing between the editor Of the
VOICE and Pitts and Hackney, aud
that by this means the politics Of the
county was being manipulated. The
first effort was to connect John T.
Stewart with the campaign and show
that he was in control, but the VOICE
so completely turned the tables two
weeks ago, that Stewards name has
been dropped out Of the fight. We
have Stewards word for it that Rich
ards claimed that the "Squibs" in
the Star connecting him with the
campaign were inserted in the paper
while he was out OF town. This was
false, but his silence since shows that
Stewart'S effort at pulling the quicker
string" was successful. Since then
the "shlbbOleth" has been "Pitts and
Hackney" but in this they 'wil be
equally as unfortunate as with
Stewart. 1t is charged that the
editor Of the VOICE is under Obliga-
tiUns to them because they stood
boldly for him when he was a Candi-
date for state printer, aud that he
does not dare 60 contrary to their
wishes.
Such talk will co for a disreputa-
able political hireling to use in a
campaign, out it certainly will not
''cut much ice" with the people, Who
Of our readers do not know thai the
VOICE made as valiant fight for the
election Of Ed. Hackney TO the legis-
laJure as Hackney and his friends
made for the election Of the writer TO
the office of state printer. ANDY
might get some pointers on this matter
from his twin brother, Jim Lawrence,
who yet carries "frOg in his throat"
over the matter.) We should like to
inquire If hOnorS are not even. Why
should we be under more obligations to
Hackney and his friends than to Henry
Harbaugh and his friends, and others
We nightmare who worked justas hard
and faithfully for US in that contest.
Such talk is twaddle. The VOICE is
under obligations to no one in our
party or in the Democratic party
more thar another. The only candi-
date we felt interested sufficiently TO
oppose in the POpuliSt nominating
convention this fall was warmly
champiOned Oy ,HacKney-and he was
defeated. The files of the Monitor
Press will show that twO-thirds and
more of Mr.. Pitts legal notices 20 to
that paper rather than the VOICE.
We do not know why; that is his bust
ness; but why should the clap.trap
about the editor Of this paper being
under obligations TO Pitts and Hack
ney be kept up-except for political
purposes. Those who want TO take
stock in it can do so, if they desire.
But what We have said concerning
Pitts and Hackney, is SAID solely from
a sense Of fairness. In this way and
from the fact that they are each of
them free silver Bryan Democrats,
ard from the further fact that they
are and have ever been in favor of
"fusiOn" OF all political forces think
ing alike on important questions,
their names have been chosen as the
slogan" and the idea advanced by
night as well as by day that the eec-
tion Of our ticket this year means "a
Pitts and Hackney victory" As we'll
might they say it would be John
Doe and Richard Roe victoly.
In either event the election OF our,
ticket would be victory for the prin-
ciples it epresents-Our principles
nothing more, nothing less, ire
spectiye Of who votes for or against it
Every voter who believes in the
principles which our ticket represents,
should support it at the polls, and not
permit any dust which may be thrown
in his eyes by the Republican machine
to detract and divert his attention
from the real issue, which is, shall we
have our county offices filled with
men who not only believe with US.
rather than against US, on the vital
questions of the day, and who will
aid US with their money and infu-
ence in the great congressional and
state contest next year rather than do |
everything they can against US, but
will also sustain our record for honesty
and economy in the administration of
county affairs.