The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22
City Election.

AS the time for the city election ap-
proaches people are beginning to
manifest Interest in the question of
candidates for places to be filled the
first Monday in April. AS we an
nOupced last week the citizens caucus
placed list of those they wanted as
candidates before the people as the re-
suit OF their caucus. Two of those
suggested declined to run, making it
necessary for the committee to find
others to take the places.
The ticket as finally completed is M.
Schnatterly, mayor; Messrs. Sellers,
Crow, Merryman, Rummell and Ba-
CON councilmeu. and Mr.. Loso for
police judge.
This is non-partisan ticket made
up of good men and should commend
itself to all good citizens who desire
to see our city affairs divorced from
politics. The independent republic
| ans and the fusionists have been la
boring to this end for years and nat
urally feel pleased at the outcome of
this movement. When our city affairs
are run for the benefit of the CITY in
stead of for the benefit of some politi-
cal ring there is hope for improvement
in local conditions.
The republicans have nominated a
| ticket as follows: Hoffman, mayor:
Tubbs, Merryman, S. Misner, L. Will
son and P. Carter, councilmen; and
Donnell, police judge.
The story of this whole movement
as we gather it on the street is rather
funny and shows how our astute poll
ticians sometimes overreach them
; eslves. 1t runs in this way:
When the people who are interested
N q No n,,fio =; ;..ly
agitating the question of putting up
to see what would become of it, The
fusionists took the consistent posi-
tiOn that if ticket was nominated
from all parties. and good men select
ed. they would not put up ticket.
When the ticket was nominated they
expressed themselves as satisfied, and
when vacancies occurred encouraged
and assisted the committee in filling
up the ticket. This is also true of a
large number of the republicans who
believe in decency in our city aft airs.
When the result of the caucus was
! reported to our republican boss he ex-
pressed himself as satisfied with the
, ticket prorided the parties named occept-
ed. 1t seems to be the general opinion
that he then made it his busindss to
jump onto the people who had par
ticipated in the meeting with a view to
breaking up the ticket. He and two
| of his lieutenants are reported to
! have informed the chairman of the
citizens caucus that "he was not q
good republican etc. for participating
in the citizens movement. When sew
! eral vacancies han been made on the
! ticket by this method of build ozing he
had the committee informed that if
they would fill up the ticket giving the
republicans the mayor and three
councilmen there would be no repub.
lican ticket put mp. There was little
delay in complying with the orders of
the boss. so a republican caucus was
called with the result as stated above
The details of these street stories may
not be exactly correct but we believe
they are substantially SO.
The funny thing about this whole
proposition is to watch the fellows
who have forced the republican party
! into the attitude of fighting the
churches all take to cover and deny
their responsibility in the matter. If
| they keep this up on election day their
candidates won't get corporai's 8
guard to vote for them.
The Graphic has always advocated
nominating candidates tor city Offices