Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-11-02
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The township boards of HazeltOn aud
Cedar have been for some time mixed
up over working the line road, but
last week they held joint meeting and
fixed up the matter. Peace now reigns.
IL. IL. Brown is building a barn on
lots owned by your correspondent and
will try aud keep his stock warm this
winter.
w. a. Newkirk was among the can
didates here last week. He is going to
make fine race in this township.
The Mackey lumber yard is being
moved from Corwin to HaZeltOn.
Some of our good republican brethren
are circulating the report that the DEM
ocrats are trading some of their candi-
dates IN tie interest of representative.
Now this is just a campaign lie made
of whole cloth. The democrats don't
have to trade to elect man on their
ticket.
BY the time this gets into print we
Will be getting our mail brought to our
door. We won't care much about the
weather any more.
The State Bank has got it's cement
walk down.
A new hardware store is coming our
way, so we learned last week.
Ed. Goodan has made arrangements
to locate in Anthony and engage in
business.
Frank Lanes death was a great
shock to his many warm friends
IN this community.
b. l.. Bennett is building fine barn
on his property south of town. The
work was started Monday.
The next probate judge, HomerHast-
ings,is getting acquainted with the peo'
pie in this locality this week.
| Only few days are left for the peO-
pie to decide for whom they will cast
their votes on the Sth, and when we
stop to think of the grave charges made
against the present republican state
officers by republicans, and then re-
member that all of them except one is
up for another term, and when we re-
member that the whole outfit are en-
dorsing the administration anC haven't
the courage to come out against their
dishonesty simply because they are re-
publicans, and when we remember that
they are standing up for Senator Bur.
ton after he was found guilty of fraud
by republican court, after thinking OF
all these things and the great amount
of money that has been taken from the
school fund of the state by these men
and still more perhaps to follow, il
doesn't seem that anyone could for q
moment think Of but one way to vote
Yet there are few republicans thai
will no doubt vote the ticket regardless
of what has been done by the officials
The great majority of the republicans
are honest and want good government
Then why not lay party aside for one
day and vote for good government. We
all know we can't expect 1t if we vote
for the same outfit that is already
guilty of wrong. 1t would be folly tC
return them and expect them to reform
themselves after we had by our votes
said we have full confidence in them
There IS but one thing to do: vote fol
what we really want. If want rascals
I in office, vote for men that have beer
found to be rascals; if we want honest
men in office let us vote for men who
are honest as far as we have been able
to find out and it they turn out to be nc
, better than the present outfit, then We
) must turn them out; but we can't hope
for better things by sending the same
rotten crowd back for another term
Next Tuesday, the Sth, will tell wheth
er a majority of the people are ready tC
endorse dishonesty or not, and we shall
never believe they will until the last
vote is counted.