People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-27
Richards & Long, Pie Purveyors.

ty, it is said, have been handed over
to Andy Richards. and as a result
Chester Longs boom is going down in
| Sumner county like bag of lead from
the top of a seventeen story building.
Wichita Eagle.
The above clipping from the Wich-
tia Eagle, published without COM
ment in last weeks issue Of the "MOni-
| tOr-Press," is 1.-THE most unkind cut OF
ALL" By It's publication without
comment, the Monitor. Press lends the
silent and oppressive emphasis of its
influence to the diSapplOval of the
way official hash" is dished out in
Washington. This quiet, yet unmis-
taxable evidence of friction in the
machinery Of local Republican politics
aroused our journalistic curiosity, and
Investigation diSclOSes that it is hard
to tell just which is the head of local
RepublCanism, Andy Richards or the
balance Of the party When an cleo
tiOn is at hand and votes are needed,
Andy Richards sounds the "tOcsin" OF
Republicanism and the balance OF the
party fall in" and help him pull
his CheStnutS from the fire, and then
when election is over he never con-
suits their wishes any more until the
heat Of the campaign is On-then TAX
ing advantage Of their partisan pref
udice, the dose is repeated.
A cursOry view of the local appoint
mentS of pOStmaSters thus far serves
only to confirm the truth of these re-
marks. Ia the appointment Of post
master at Perth, the Republican GEN.
trial committee extended its indOrse-
ment to one Of the faithful Republic
cans in that vicinity, but it didn't
happen to fall on the shoulders OF
one IF the members OF the political
firm Of Richards & Long; hence it was
no 60. Emory Jacobs was the local
representative of the firm above men.
toned in Downs township and Sc
cured the plum and the choice OF the
central committee got init" Then
in the appointment Of postmaster at
Mayfeld the central committee In
making its Endorsement happened to
get outside Of the firm Of Richards &
Long, and Ted Simmons who repre-
SCENTS the firm 10 Osborn township and
will secure for Richards whatever tue !
drm wants out there, was appointed |
and the rest Of the party got nit
and the central committee got a Sec
Ond scoop.
The central committee then cast |
about for post master at MillertOn,
and finally decided on a man to whom
it gave its papers Of commend alton but
10 and behold they were again outside
the political bailiwick OF Richards &
Long. No Republican could be found |
suitable to the firm, hence it con-
ceived the idea Of appointing a free
silver Republican who committed the
political "crime' last year Of voting
for Bryan. Thus did the firm in
dulge in the missionary WORK Of try
ing to reclaim an "erring son." So
the central committee got init again
and were sCoOped third time.
But no sOOuer than this ap-
pointment was announced did the
facts find their way to Washington |
aud the firm Of Richards & Long we're
called to account. The matter was
referred TO Richards, the Sumner
county manipulation of the company's
business, who made a special triI of
investigation to MillertOn, the result |
of which was that this appointment
was withdrawn and another of the
Richards & Long persuasion substi-
tuted.
So it is evident that all Republl-
cans who would enter in at the door
of official place in Sumner county
must leave all hope behind unless they
bear the brands required by the rules
Of business adopted by the political
partnership composed Of A. A. Rich
ards and Chester |. Long.
In view OF these instances and 9th
ers which might be named, it does
seem that Andy Richards embOdies all
Of the Republican party in this county
and that wherever the party crosses
Andy's idea OF things, that the party
not Andy-must step aside.
Richards, being the member Of the
firm Of Richards & Long, managing the
Sumner county branch Of the COM
pany's business, evidently reflects the
wishes and desires OF the other mem.
. Der Of the firm; and as the acts OF one
{ partner binds the firm, we conclude
that the Richards end Of the party is
the chief end. This is not Dews TO US.
The VOICE has recognized that Rich
' ards and Richardson is all that there
is to the Republican party Of Sumner
county and has proceeded upon that
theory. But we have gone to this
, length in order that the few who may
not already realize it, may become
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