Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-01-05
After Us Again.

LYMAN MatteSon who edits th'
HE.ALD Of this, city, for an aSSucln
tiOn II political malcontentS, has bee'
Wrl, lug letters 10 men In The county,
VIM he feels 1t IS safe " do 50 will
asKing them to circulate petition "
remembrance In their neighborhOnn,
against the appointment Of John Y
Royce for any place under Mr.. Hoch
administration. One of these Letters
has been shown US, so that we are mo-
guessing At IL at all. /"
Dispatch.
The above ID the Introductory sen
tences Of a half column editorial u
last weeks Dispatch In which Royc
following his usual vindictive style
bellttles his opponents and attempts
To prove his own position as absolute
dictator with reference to diStribu'
ton OF patronage under the new ad-
ministrAtion. He inSinuates that hi
10 sit" and that the recommendation
or remonStrance Of any one else vii
have no weight with the new govern
or Now, az every one knows, the OPP
position to Royce ID no one man atfalr
1t ID not confined to Phillips count,
or the Sixth district but is found H.
every section Of the state. 1t is mol
personal but is opposed to the kind u
politics and princl pies, or better, lacA
VI principle, which he represents. Hh
crowd of would-be dictatOrs has beep
dsposed and Royce presumeS upon
personal friendship" to assert thai
whatever position he desires under
the new administration should be Civ
en- him, Notwithstanding his own I'M
popularity and defeat Of his crowd.
His simulated endorsement Of the Re-
publican comfy ticket cost the defeat
of seven OF the thirteen candidates In
the recent election. His attempted
bosslsm led to a similar result twU
years ago. In the face VI these facts,
Royce, formerly Democrat, assumes
that no good true Republican Is en-
titled to counsel under the HOch ad-
miniStrAtion but that he who has
been personal friend" Of the Gov
ernor, who has held the PhilIipSburk
postotfice, the best paying position III
Phillips county for six years with a
lease for at least TWO more years, who
has had the best the county could give
In the way OF pie" and not satisfied
with the amount to which he was
morally and legally entitled, in one
year drew at least twenty-five per
cent. more than was allowable under
his contract, In order to tighten his
grip in state and county politics he
demands the best appointment to be
made by the governor, that his wife
or one Of his lieutenants may succeed
him in the postoffice which he cannot
expect To hold foreTer.
{ Still In view Ut these facts, he won
derS that any one dare oppose him.
To rational being the wonder Is that
any one dare support him.
Now, as to the letters, Lyman Mat
teson desires to state that he has
written some to residents VI the coun-
ty, asking them how they felt in re-
gard to the appointment OF Royce.
Each man addressed responded that
he Is opposed to the appointment Of
Royce to any position Of profit or trust
10 Kansas. Probably Royce will be
glad to learn this fact. No one, how
ever, has been asked to circulate a pc
tition OF remonStrance as 1t has been
known that such action is unneces-
Sary, as Royce will not receive any APP
pOintment that he can AFFORD to accept.