The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-07

The republicans realized that they
were up against a hard proposition
and were consequently at disadvan-
tage.
! No one knows what Knisley's ma
jority is as the parties reporting from
the various townships were evidently
ashamed to tell, it was so large.
| The result would have been quite
| different had it not been that some of
the best republican workers were sore
for various reasons aud either did
nothing or worked for the fusion
candidates.
| Moletor was another of the sur
prises, as the republicans seemed to
think he was surely beaten; but he
, kept steadily at his campaign, carry
| ing water on only one shoulder, and
demonstrated that it was the best way
to campaign 10y getting good major
ity.
Wilson and 'Bisset, the only two re-
| publicaLs elected, owe their success to
the young crowd who rallied to their
support. They will follow men who
have made records to be proud of
and it will keep them busy to main
tain the high standard already es-
tablished.
| Blanchard did not susprise anyone,
as we all knew it before ii happened.
There was a good man up against
him, but the people of this county
are SO accustomed to seeing Blanch-
ard in the court house that they real
ly could not face the idea of missing
him in their visits.
| Reeder did some nice quiet work
and made it count and was assisted
in obtaining the result somewhat by
the over-confidence of his adversary.
4 He will make a good officer. He is
another one of the young crowd and
the boys seem tc have hung together
pretty we'll, as is demonstrated by the
result.
Tatum owes his success partly to
the iniudicious work of some of his
opponents, and the result proves our
theory that it pays to be decent in
politics. Many votes were cast for
Tatum as a protest against the means
, employed 10 defeat him. He is pretty
smooth himself and would have beeu
elected any way.
w. D. Erwin's election was never
: in doubt but to make it more certain
2 ne attended strictly to business dur
| ing the campaign and did not over
look any of his old friends, many o
whom voted for him regardless o
, politics; in fact. the whole county
{ election seems to have been withou
/ much regard to party lines.
Russell was marked up by the re
publicaRs for sure defeat, but the op
position neglected to reckon with hi
: friends wa1o stood SO loyaaly by him
l and with the republican opposition t,
his adversary. 1t was q shame tn
way the l<tter was slaughtered in tn
house of his friends and there viii
doubtless come a day of reckonin,
for some Of them.
" Dyer had one of the hoktest fight
In the campaign. He has been count,
attorney so long that many peopl
think they have grievances and s,
made an effort to get even by Workin,
for his opponent. Fortunately som,
of the republicans in this county VIII,
have been plea sed with his course a
prosecutor came to his assistanc
with their votes and pulled hin
through by narrow margin.
II Dave Gibson was the greatest sur
! prise in the whole campaign. He re
oeived the largest vote in proportiof
to the number cast in his home pre-
cinct ever cast for any candidate il
this county, SO out of total of 100
He did almost as we'll in Wayne
His opponent, who is highly esteemed
in his home township, cut Mr. Glib
sons majority down to about 10. a
near as we have been able to as
certain.
Sturdevant was marked for slaugh
ter by the opposition and it looket
as though he would lose, but th
young fellows on the other side of tn
river came to the rescue and his hom
people piled up a majority in hi
favor that was almost too large t.
look we'll, but when he got onto tn,
north side of the river he found us
: for them all, as the result is uncom
fortably close. His opponent wa