Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-25
THE BIG FouR's SLATE.

What Is popularity known as the re-
publican central committee, but what
IN fact is merely a small coterie Of po-
litical autocrats, met In the Cresset Of
flee i'll this city on Saturday, together
with several of their tools and TRUSTEES,
and liked August 18th as their day for
formally making their slate matter of
publicity. Tho slate at this time reads
as follows:
Representative, w. e. Miliar; clerk
OF the district court, II. E. Glenn; pro.
bate judge, Lew Frame; county super.
intsndent, Ernest Taylor; county attOr-
ney, Sam Griffin; commissioner, George
Nay.
OF course this does not imply that
there is not an abundant supply of can
didates. The woods are literally filed
with them, but the powers that be have
smiled on those above mentioned and
they will receive their reward il they
are careful to keep their department up
to the present standard and continue to
follow the dlctations of their party
bosses. Should any of them fall from
grace. their political heads will drop
and another maverick will be taken
from among the hungry herd and brand
ed and initiated.
Sam Stewart is an active candidate
for representative and would make a
stronger candidate than Billie Millar,
but he is nowhere In IL because he is
in6nnQn6nnt ~,
good standing with those who confer
nominations. But il he should be
nominated the opposition would find it
difficult to keep Populist and demo-
crat votes away from him on account
of his personal popularity.
Glenn will have no opposition for dis
trict clerk. He has done all that tool
can do and no task is too humiliating
for him to perform. He delights in
serving his masters.
There is lots of timber for probate
judge. The candidates are A. B. Boob
or, L. q. Greever and Lew Frame, the
latter residing in Elm Mills township.
Mr.. BoOher never was In the race be-
cause he did not support Hugh Rankin
last tall. The gang is laying for him
and they will hit him whenever his head
comes up. The medicine makers re-
gard his candidacy as joke. At first
they were inclined to smile on Tom
Greever, but it was argued that he Is
Haberlein's candidate and it would
never do to even show Oscar second
hand courtesy. Then when Frank
Read decided to get out of Glenn's way,
they said Kiowa had more than she de-
served and Thomas hung high and dry
and it was decided to throw this place
to the country and Frame is the man.
There isn't anything IN that Office any
way and the towns could do without it
in order to keep the country republi-
cans behind the chuck wagon.
The fellows who would like to be
county superintendent are Ernest Tay-
Tor, Sam Robinson, Clark Rackley and
Mr.. Lake Of Sharon. Taylor will land
easily because he was in the Philip
pines. Robinson is regarded as crank
and democrat and Rackley, they say,
Is weak because his father was badly
defeated four years ago. Lake is a
good man but he has never submitted
to training and he is looked upon as q
poor political acrobat. He Is inclined
to have opinions Of his own and hence
is incapacitated to run for once on the
the republican ticket.
There are many who want to turn
Sam Griffin down on account OF his in
competency and bad breaks generally.
but the Big 4 are for him and he will be
renominated. Some of the more stub
born ones want to nominate Fred Ellis
If he fails to receive the senatorial
nomination, but Fred 10 not willing.
Even the bosses admit that Griffin will
be load but he has always obeyed and
they insist on rewarding their tools.
The only qualifications required to Sc
cure q republican nomination In Bar
Der county under the present regime
is to have no opinions OF your own aud
To do as sou are told.
There was some disposition to turn
down old man Nay for commissioner.
He is too stubborn to suit tho bosses.
1t is not charged that he is not obedi-
ent in the end. but it is sometimes
necessary to take the old man into a
private room and administer iron clad
instructions, and this feature is not
liked They want man who needs nc
attention. Mr.. Nay Is in more danger
of being wiped off the slate than any
other. However, the time is a month
off and he may make satisfactory
amends so that he will have unequivo
cal assurance before ratification day.
OSCAR HABERLEIN is pleading fol
that brand OF harmony which will ad.