Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

| Cherokee COuntys Democruttc Cnndiuute
for the Fusion Nomination for Congress-
man From the Third District.
One day people plant potatoes
and the next day wish they hadn't.
The Republicans endorsement of
Marshall Gill is timely. The Re.
publican does not deny that Mr..
Gill mas made q good marshall
Il oDly goes after Mr.. Gill because
he differs with il politically. But
because Mr.. Gill holds different
political views from the Republi-
can IL no reason he should not be
reelected. This thing of dragging
politics into city campaigns should
not be tolerated and we do not be-
lieve il will be.
The Republican says "another
kick which has been registered
against Willis, the city clerk, 10
TINT his office has been upstairs,
where people have been compelled
to climb pair of stairs when they
wanted to register. There are some
old people in town who are not
physicaliy able to climb pair of
atairs." OF course, the editor of the
Republican knows the registration
books have been kept down stairs
in Daniels * Eastham's real estate
Office, but he isn't fair enough to
tell the facts. The Republican edi-
tor registered down stairs. He
didn't have to climb stairs. Will
he please tell the people so!.
The Cooper Drug Company al
Joplin has one of the finest stores
we have ever seen anywhere. Mr..
Price. the manager, had all of the
old counters. shelving and fixtures
torn out and has replaced every.
thing with new and up.to-date
furniture. The shelving is all
fronted with sliding glass doors.
Ten long all-glass show cases have
been added and oxidized stand
tables, stools and chairs are stat.
ioned at convenient places all over
the room. Mr.. Price has put in
5000 soda fountain. which, we be-
lieve. is the finest one in this Sec
ton of the country. But best of all
is this: They are doing rushing
business and winning the conf
dence of the people. The Cooper
Drug Company is easily in the lead
10 Joplin.
ED. NEws:-I have always under
stood that being a Republican
meant believing in certain political
principles, and I have not hest.
tated to vote with my party when
those principles were in question;
but, at the coming city election, we
are asked to vote q certain ticket
because Il 10 labeled Republican,"
and yet not a man in the party will
say il represents anything that 10
binding on any Republican. II has
come to q pretty pass when few
men can dub q ticket "Republican"
and then make our voting Il test
of Republicanism! I think I am as
faithful a member of my party as
any other man when IL comes to a
proper test aud 4 proper time, but !
shall not give my support to such
an unnecessary and ill.advised de-
pa arture, as this 10 from our prac-
tice in this city of having non-par-
tisan elections. We want the best
men we can find in the city to fill
our Offices, and think VIC have not
so many of them that we can con-
fine ourselves to one party. / have
never yet in city elections paid any |
to the csndidate's politi.
cal faith, and when I look back
over the city's history and recall
the fact that every dollar of our in
on this city was placed
there under a Republican admins
Il mean our city authori-
ties at these times happened to be
Republicans-please remember
what happened two years ago,
when debt of $l6,500 was saddled
onto us) I see nothing in that his
tory TO cause me to change my st.
titude of voting TO put into Office
good men, be they Republicans or
What has gone srniss
the past year to cause these
guardians of our
10 ask US to "vote for
the party" and put our city under
partisan controll When has there
been a more peaceable or iaw.abid-
ing Year, Where 70 there criticismsr
trust ! have herein sufficiently
excused and justified myself in
doing what / am going to do, viz:
Vote for the man and not for the
heading at the top of the ticket, and
| think I am moro loyal to party
han those who are trying to whip
The voters into line,
REPUBLICAN,,
who beliaves In freedom.