People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-01-28

my "Nu nS'Si
once be beguiled"-it was not so bad
crime after all. That the money
received from this office was not
squandered in Expensive modes Of
living" the records ofSumner county
will show. Some of it went in vol.
untary liquidation Of honest debts,
over and above which every dollar
went-not into real estate, not into
gambling and drinking, not into
rlotous living, not into improbable
speculation-but into furnishing and
Strengthening the VOICE with the
best newspaper plant in the county,
which we own and control free from
mortgage, and free from anybody's
strings.
The fourth charge that che made
a good thing out of the cyclone by
getting more cash donations than his
whole outfit was worth before the
cyclone" is good "goak." A few
months before the cyclone we bought
from the Wellington National Bank
who had it in soak" the Bowles job
printing plant, which invoiced about
$4,000. We got "snap" in it at a
reduced figure. We added this to
our already fairl' equipped plant and
the cyclone came along and swept
the whole thing away. The VOICE
had no insurance. We got $3.50 from
the general relief fund. A Republi-
can paper suffered the same loss, had
s., 900 insurance and in addition to
that received the same amount $3.50
from the general relief fund. This
was unfair, of course, but the VOICE
never kicked. In fact the VOICE has
never been a kicker at anything.
Loyal friends Of the VOICE, of which
it has many in the county, went to
work and raised various amounts
throughout the county, in sums Of 81
50, So and IS, aggregating enough
to double the original $3.50, with
which new plant was purchased for
the VOICE, leaving balance hang
ing over to be paid-and it has been
paid. All OF these amounts, which
were highly appreciated at the time,
were credited on subscription and
other work and have been returned
to the donors dollar for dollar. So
much for the cyclone fake.
The next charge is that "the bust
ness men were worked last fall for
much more than enough to make his
campaign daily success" That
campaign daily seems to stick in our
neighbours craw. 1t brings up un.
pleasant recollections of the "bloody"
past. The daily VOICE was printed
at cents week-one half the Mails
rates-and its advertising patrons re-
ceived double the circulation of the
Mail for one-half its rates. If peo-
pie who patronized it got worked
then the Mail is doubly working"
the people. We were working for
the cause then-not to make money
and We did not get quite even on
the daily.
Now as to the general charge that
che never struck lick for his party
without expecting and receiving very
ample cash remuneration therefor
it is only necessary to refer to the
various chairmen and secretaries oil
the county committee to prove thai
the VOICE has never shirked any de.
mand upon it for work, no matter
how expensive, at all times taking
the risk of an empty treasury at the
end Of campaign. 10 only one OF
two years since 1890 has it ever re.
ceived any money whatever for cam.
paign JOB printing. Besides this the
editor of the VOICE has never failed
to throw in his 95 cents or $l.OO Oh
whatever was necessary in money tc
make up every fund to be raised a
success.
! We have used this space for ex,