Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-05-28
ANOTHER SOLDIER ON LELAND
Tells Why the Old Soldiers
Owe Leland Nothing.
To the Editor of the Capital.

the old soldiers on the ground that
he is one of them and claims to
have done great things for them in
the state. If one takes the pains to
investigate his political actions in
the past twenty years and ascertain
the facts l think it will be found
that Mr.. Leland has been very
prominent in fighting old soldiers
candidates for various offices. Ac.
Cording to my best recollection he
has opposed the various old soldiers
hereafter mentioned using all of his
personal influence and that of his
machine whenever it was in power
against them.
Leland fought the nomination OF
Farmer A. w. Smith for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor
and then after he was nominated il
he received his support at all it was
given in only such way that Le-
land might be able to prove by
some henchman that he had said a
few words in his favor and thus save
Leland's reputation for not boiling
and yet not help Smith.
Then again he fought against
Coburn. another old soldier who
was at the time a candidate for the
nomination for Governor. Not
content with having helped defeat
Coburn for the nomination for Gov
ernor he followed it up with fight
in the House of Representative up
on any appropriation being made to
allow this able man to carry out his
good work as Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture.
Captain John Seaton, another
worthy old soldier, has been a can
didate for various Offices In. the
state of Kansas, and especially for
the nomination for Governor and
always We find Apple Jack Cy
against him. Leland opposed the
nomination for Governor of H. B.
Miller another old soldier. And in
order to help discredit him made an
attack on him l believe in the
House of Representatives.
Then we find Judge Case Brode-
rick, an old soldier, ably represen-
ting the first Kansas district in
Congress. Regardless of the fact
that Broderick was an old soldier
Leland manipulated the combina-
ton against Mr.. Broderick for re-
nomination and defeated him.
Next we find another old soldier,
Dick Blue representing Kansas as
Congressman at large. This was
not to Leland's liking so according
to his usual actions he led the fight
against him and defeated him with
his tool from Baileyville.
Again we find him dong all in his
power to defeat Judge A. w. Ben
son, another old soldier who was a
candidate for the United States
Senate, even preferring to support
an enemy of long standing and
Immediately thereafter was reward
ed for his action by having re-
lative appointed to a good federal
lob in the territory, this relative
having been a resident of the terri
tory only very short time perhaps
ten days at the time the appoint
ment was made. We find Leland
is always ready to praise the old
soldier and say that the positions
should be given to him when the
man to receive the position is
Leland; at other times he makes it
a point to defeat them.
Doubtless there are many other
instances where Leland has fought
the old soldiers and there are many
old soldiers who can doubtless re-
call such instances.
1t would seem to an ordinary
citizen that Mr.. Leland has had
enough of the good fat political jobs