Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-10-20
70 raz ' oTEEs OF BARBER COUNTY.
HAzELroN. Kan. Oct. 10 ,ee

1AZELTON. Kan, Oct. 10, 'S6.
EDS. INDEX: lake this opportuni-
ty of giving you short history of one
Oh the candidates Oh one of our county
tlcketS-the Hon. W. G. Afford. He
mas undertaken TO write up several of
the candidates on the Populist ticket.
saving that they are public property.
ana, II he is right, is he not also public
property? Whether my conclusion is
right or wrong. L shall use him as such.
he has gone down into the lowest dirty
business any man can be guilty of-the
bull business. But L ala not the least
surprised for have known him for II
years and all this time he has been in
just such low down business.
The last one of his tricks was in the
case or FolletJ vs.. Case. Afford was
Foiiett's attorney. He got Follett into
trouble and then had to get Noble, of
Medicine Lodge. to get him out. But
before Mr.. Noble succeeded. MFR. AL
ford had to use some more of his logic
case appealed from the justice court to
the district court, and put up $500
worth of property to secure a bond of
SloO. w. G. saw that this was going to
down BIN, and he jumped on the wit
Dess stand and swore that the bond
wasn't worth cent. Any man who is
acquainted with the parties to this ac-
ton knows that this was base lie, but
that is Affords size. Case was COM
PEELED to increase his bond, and he
added the name of your humble sery-
ant. Now the gentleman goes on the
stand and swears that am not worth
dollar, that all l have IS in Mrs. Dun
bars name. l am very glad that Mrs.
ID. has SO much property in her name:
and would it not be happy to contem-
plate if Mrs. Afford would also have
something in her name? But, unfortu-
nate for her, all she has to her credit IS
house full of children and a wise (?)
man-One that is capable of getting a
client into trouble but who can't get
him out. If Rockefeller or Vanderbilt
had been on Cases bond Afford would
have done the same thing. ne is no re-
specter of persons. He would sink any
friend he has to carry out his point; he
wouldn't mind swearing falsely if by so
doing he could accomplish what he un-
dertakes.
Now, gentlemen. if you want a man
who has no principles. vote for ". C..
Afford; il you want man who will I'M
dertake suit for you, and you need
any swearing to put 1t through, take
Afford; if you want a man who has
committed offenses that should send
him to the penltentiary. take Afford.
Perhaps. as have mentioned these of
lenses, had better make one of them
little palmer. The people of Barber
county doubtless remember, that a GER
tain citizen of Barber county, some
years ago, lost six head Of steers. w.
e. didn't get the cattle, but be got $500
for settling the BUSINESS [ can ex-
plain this matter more fully later. if
necessary. think this is almost as
bad as the Creighton case for the ex.
PLANTATION OF which Mr. Afford was so
mild in thanking Mr.. Creighton, in a
recent issue of the Hazelton Express.
| Now that have opened the cam
[ palgn for w. g., perhaps he can reply.
l don't like to NEEDLE with mans af-
fairs, but when he makes himself SO
public like to give the people a few
sketches OF him in my poor, feeble way
| | am neither q scholar nor a naWsnaner
correspondent. but if w. c. Afford un-
dertakes to besmirch any more of the
Populist candidates am prepared to
meet him. Respectfully,
w. .. H. DUNBAR.