Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

Last weeks Independent said w
supposed that all his old neighbors
and friends would be glad TO know
that he had tried to right the wrong
of former years. We made na editor
fal comment on the matters" No, you
made no editorial comment, but with
over your article, and set il in the
largest type in the office .'Were
you afraid your readers wouldn't see
it?" lyon say you are not hireling,
and then go on to say what conSti-
tutes hireling. If you are not a
hireling why did you have to go and
see your democratic brethern when
you were confronted with the fact
that you misrepresented our republi-
can candidate for representative on
the school land question? You said
you would go and see your committee
and they agreed to retract. and your
next issue was of more vilianous in
tent than the former article Your
committee agreed to retract and they
no doubt instructed you to misrepre-
sent things worse than before. If you
are no hireling why did you not say
good word>for your candidate for reg
lister of deeds the last issue OF your
paper before election? When you
were asked why you treated her thus
did you not saw you were instructed
to do so? Who made YOU attack our
representative and lie about him?
Who instructed you to not mention
the name of your candidate for regis
ter of deeds? If you are not a hire
ling who is your boss? Let your read
ers know. You say you bought the
Independent from Mr.. Thompson. If
so why is it that five or six democrats
say they own an interest in it. Just
last week your sheriff told a FREUD of
ours he had an interest in it. The
truth of the matter is Baker is the
tool of a lot of fellows who think
they run the democratic party of
Trego county, and whatever they say
is law and gospel with him. The
sooner he breaks the chain that
binds him the better. After this
Baker when you come into a commun-
ity and try to besmirch the character
of person think before you leap
Your whole article on this printing
deal was to gain something financial
lY by attacking US and calling US a
thief. As to you owing SO and so you
acknowledge it like little man. We
haye nothing more to say on this
questionit is up toy you. We didn't tell
half we knew, but let you down easy
Say, Baker. be honest, isn't this the
flrst democratic paper you ever had
anything to do with? Don't your
past record show that you were re-
publican up to the time you came to
wa-Keeney? Didn't you change your
political coat for mere pittance? Be
honest Baker isn't this your past
record? Giye your readers to under
stand you are only democrat for
the dollars there are in it.
During the late campaign ex-Judge
J. III. Reeder was criticised from one
end of the county to the other on his
decisions in school land cases. The
opposition used this school land busi-
ness as a club to gam votes and so
effectively was it used that Judge
Reeder was defeated by 9majority.
Last Saturday the supreme court
affirmed the decision of the district
court of Trego county in the case of
Burgess VS.. Hixson. This is one of
the most important deeission handed
down in years and shows conclusively
that Judge Reeder is an able lawyer
and sound jurist despite the fact
that lot of fellows said he was play
ing to the galleries. Honor to whom
honor is due.
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