People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-03
Practical Referendum,

One of the cardinal principles of the
Peoples party was given a trial last Sat
urday and has proven itself to be right in
practice as well as in theory. The Peo-
pies party has low! these many years de-
handed that United States senators be
elected by direct vote Of the people and
have demanded that the people have the
right to vote on the adoption Of laws. If
this is government by the people the
principle is right. Taking this principle
as basis for their action, the county
central committee decided to give to the
voters of the party at large the right to
select the county candidates. Wisely
and rightly did they act.
Last Saturday the voters of the Peoples
and Democratic parties met in their vari-
GUS townships, voted directly for and
nominated one of the strongest tickets
ever put before a people for election.
The ticket speaks for itself. Here it is;
Treasurer, ]. P. Winner.
Clerk, w. f. Wood.
Register of Deeds, W. NJ. Jackson.
Sheriff, {. {. Shaver.
Surveyor, G. c. Stayton.
Coroner, J. G. Reid
High School Trustees. A. 4 c c. 4 Ga inI5e.
Commissioner Ist District, J, F. Gooch.
This ticket was nominated without the
midnight deals and schemes attendant
upon delegate convention. No trades
and no promises unfulflled. The voters
at large did it and they can always be
trusted. The opposition is scared. All
that they have so far been able to say is
that the ticket was nominated by trick,
a scheme concocted by the "Pitts-Hack-
ney-Naugle gang" They state that the
ticket was nominated by the large vote
in the cities of Wellington and Caldwell
but this statement is simply on a par
with their other statements. If YOU will
examine the table found elsewhere in
this issue you will find that deducting
the votes cast in Wellington and Cald-
we'll will not change the result. The
ticket is the choice Of the country pre-
cincts as well as the cities.
Come to Wellington any day between
now and next Tuesday, stand on the
street corners for half day with your
ears open and you will hear of more
trades, schemes and tricks than is
dreamed Of in your philosophy. Here
and there is Republican would-be poll
tician outside of Wellington who thinks
he has some influence with his party and
announces himself as candidate for
some Office. He labors on. He tries to
secure trades with other candidates to in
SIRE his nomination. Ere long he learns
that the Boss" Of Sumner county Re-
publican politics has long ago named the
ticket to be endorsed and ratified bv the
Republican delegate convention ON the
Sti inst. The Republican party of Don
iphan county is no more absolutely con-
trolled by Cy Leland than are Sumner
county Republicans by Boss Richards. "
A goodly number Of self respecting Re-
pu5hcans would overthrow the rule of
this disreputable Boss" and have deter
mined to make an effort next Tuesday,
but they will fail. He has them BY the
nape Of the neck and they cannot bulge
His ticket will be nominated.
Compare this one man rule with tie
expressed wish of the voters recorded at
the primaries last Saturday. You cannot
help but be pleased with the result.
Every man on the ticket nominated
last Saturday is entitled to the hearty
and enthusiastic support of every Popu- |
list and Democrat in the county. Let us
put our shoulders to the wheel and do !
our whole duty by electing every man on |
the ticket and thus be assured of having
competent and efficient officers for anoth-
er two years and not such incompetent
and disqualified officers as W. H. Over.
hotter whom Boss Richards admits
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