The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-05
THE ELECTION.

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day, according to program.
The battle was holly contested,
The fight was between ID M. Kennedy
and John f. Roe for mayor. Over
1900 votes were cast, much the largest
vote Chanute has ever polled.
Mr.. Kennedy was nominated by the
Law ana Order League and Mr.. r, e
ny the others. Kennedy is a strong
Republican and Roe stiff Democrat,
The Democrats of the city very gen
orally lined up for Roe and likewise
many Republicans.
AD effort was made to keep politics
out of the fight, but it would creep in.
1t is very hard indeed to induce the
average mossback Democrat to vote
for Republican when there is Dem
ocrat against him, no matter what the
issues may be. The Republicans of
the town were simply taken in, chew
ed up and spit out, by the Democrats.
Served them right.
A party that has no more nerve than
the Republican party of Chanute has
shown this spring deserves to be rele-
gated to the rear
The issue before the people was wet
or dry, and the vets won, led by Mr..
hoe. by majority of 81.
The TIMES has always advocated
straight Republican ticket and shall
continue to do so. 1t is absurd to say
that the party which gave to Kansas
the prohibitory law cannot be trusted
to enforce it. Had the Republicans
nominated good party ticket, the
same would have been elected over
whelmingly. Now, the Democrats
claim the victory and will run the
city government-andt they ought to.
Let us just note few things about
this election which must be edifying
to Republicans, especially to those
who opposed mixing politics in city
I fairs:
There is Col. Dora Herod, an active
Republican. He chose, though claim
ing to be a strict temperance advo-
cate, to cast his lot with the vets.
The Law and Order people generally
voted against him, as did likewise the
Democrats.
Lenny Lyen is Republican and
prohibitOnist. Yet the cohorts Of re-
form Oh the Democratic side sat down
on him hard for reelection to the Of.
flee of treasurer of the school board,
and elected G. N. Lindsay, monde
script as regards politics.
In the Second ward Pierce Harmon,
a Republican, was beaten, and beaten
badly, for reelection to the council,
by Jim Orr, Pop with Democratic
preclivities.
In the Third ward John Gray,
Pop, was reelected to the council over
S. Baughman, radical Republican.
In the Second ward Roscoe Ander-
son, a strong Democrat, was elected
member of the school board over Mr..
Griffin, a Republican.
1t seems to us the Republicans of
Chanute might learn a lesson or two
from these results.
First, we now know what we should
have known before, that the average
Democrat will talk loud Of law and or
der and reform and then vote for the
Democratic candidate, no matter
which side he is on.
Second, the Republican party has
always been the party of law and or
der and reform and progress, and we
can bring about these desired reform
atlons within our own ranks.
We hope our weakened brethren,
who were afraid to nominate a
straight ticket, will study the results
of the election and see what they got
out of it. Notice the smile on the
faces of these good Democrats, who
for years have urged us to keep poll
tics out OF city affairs. What easy
victims Republicans are. They seem
as innocent as lambs being led to the
slaughter.
Like the foolish minnOw, the Re
publicans of Chanute are easily caught
on a pin hook.
Rev. Hawkins has gone to Edna to
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