Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-09-26
AN OLD SOLDIERS ROAST.
The Lansing, Kansas. News. Published
by an Old Soldier, Roasts Stanley.

publicans of Kansas have been
to the old soldier, the following
from the Lansing News will be
read with interest. The News is
a republican paper mind you,
and one that has heretofore wore
the bosses collar. 1t says:
Governor Stanley has turned
down more applications for posi-
tions from old soldiers than any
governor of Kansas, not except
ing Lewelling or Leedy, and we
challenge proof to the contrary.
There are fewer old soldiers at
the State Prison and other State
institutions and on the several
State boards. The records will
bear out this assertion. There
are sixteen more employees con-
nected with the State House force
now than there were in 1890,
and there are nineteen less old
comrades employed now on the
State House force. Take the
prison, for instance; in making
his first appointment Stanley ap-
pointed a warden. deputy, clerk,
doctor, mine superintendent, four
engineers, pitt boss, shipping
clerk, captain of the guard, store
keeper and superintendent OF
clothing, all the good places and
not one comrade among them.
When Stanley was forced to re-
move many of them for lncompe-
tency and dishonesty, did he give
the old comrades a show? No,
he did not appoint one in a good
place. What few are at the
prison are guards, doing the
hardest work and receiving the
smallest pay. 1t was the same
at the prison during the Morrill,
administration, which, it will be
remembered, was a Leland ad-
minislration. Show us one ap-
pointment of an old soldier that
either Stanley, Long, Leland or
Albaugh has secured a place for
outside of the State. Recently
there were nine places offered to
Kansas in the Indian Territory.
Leland was asked to name two;
and Burton two; Leland did
not reccomend an old soldier,
neither did Long, Burton one.
Two got places. Leland and
Albaugh protested against the
appointment of one of the old
soldiers. Leland has secured in
the Indian Territory eight places
and not one old soldier among
them.
Iceland has secured five places
for his relatives and none of them
a soldier. Leland has influence
with Bristow. Look over the
appointments made by Bristow
and see how many of them are
old soldiers. Leland has knock
ed and protested against the ap-
pointment and nominations of
more old soldiers than he has
supported in the past eig hit years
as has Albaugh. We don't like
to mention these things, but it
is time to expose a lot of fellows
who are claiming to be the friends
of the old soldiers, and at the
same time are fighting and lying
about the men who have proved
they are the friends of our old
comrades. The old soldiers
know who their friends are, and
the people of the State cannot
be misled by Leland's organs or
the false statements sent out
from the headquarters of the Lee
land-Stan ley-L ong fac tion at
Topeka. His friends do not ex-
pect decent treatment or fair
play from Stanley, Long or Le-
land, and they can lie and try to
secure popular favor through
their organs by false pretense,
but the people are on to their
double dealing. We would sug
gest to the liars and knockers it
may be better policy to play fair
instead of lying and knocking,
or the truth may be told of GER
tain leaders, which will do them
more harm than the lies sent out
by Leland's Crazy-Snake band
at Topeka"
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