The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-24
). Phone s28, Street No. III w. n9ain.
What Your Vote Means

A vote for Cyrus Leland for the re-
publican nomination for governor is
a vote against the grandstand element
In Kansas politics. He Is not making
noisy, bustery campaign and nobody
ever expected he would. Leland Is
just d common farmer-Terchaot, who
views public matters Ia a common
sense sort of way. He has had remar
kable success in his campaign this
year, and the progress he has MADE
indicates that large portion Of the
republican voters would like to have
an administration of the Leland or
der.-Seth Wells, in Erie Record.
Leland is making as grandstand
campaign with as much noise and
buster and abuse as he can. lie If
handicapped In his noise and bluster
because he has but one issue to offer
the voter the perpetuation of the
political machine for pie purposes,
and the peIpetuation of the machine
with all its ramifications in every
town, county, hamlet and township
is pretty naaseous to sugar-coat sufi
ciently for the voter to like it. Nj
| Wells may induce himself to belieye
that the majority OF the people want
machine administration with man
at the helm who has had thirty or
fifty years experience running the
machine, but Mr.. Wells desires and
| fond hopes surely do not represent the
will Of the free-minded, able bodied
voter. Mr.. Wells may, In fact, be
lieve that the voters of Neosho count!
want the local and county machine
maintained aud perpetuated bad
enough to vote for any candidate thai
the machine places up for nomination
but the voters will probably not agree
with him. Mr. Wells may imagine
that the voters desire him as county
boss, go between to represent Neo-
sho county at the Topeka hea 1quar-
ters of the machine. But Mr.. Wells
is mistaken. Mr. Wells aud his sub
serVient lieutenants over the county
aud the whole caboodle Of pie e.huntiDg
machine controlling bosses are going
to receive most stinRing rebuke at
the primary this time. The death
knell OF the grasping, threat ening
rule or ruin machine that has domi-
mated the party for the last year OF
two has been sounded
"What does Leland administra
tion mean TO Chanute?"
1t means, dear voter, that the ap-
pointige jobs for Neosho county at the
hands CT the governor and the mach
Inc higher up are absolutely controlled
by Parks Helmlck and G. 8. Nation,
with an additional partner in Seth
Wells, Of Erie, when Erie's interests
are even indirectly concerned.
1t means that not an appointment !
can be or will be made that does not
come from Helmick. Nation and
Wells, or receive their approval or
endorsement.
1t means, as a matter Of fact, that
G. S. Nation will take the first ap-
puintive job In sight, as in the city
court case. And it means that Park
Helmick will take the second. Then
the other jobs, il there are any, will
be apportioned where they will do the
most good and help to mair tain the
strangle hold these two pie-hunter-
will then have on the party in Cha
mute.
Does the voter want another rugged
~ scheme like the city court palmed
of on the taxpayer merely to provide
a fat job for Nation or Helmlck, or
some other pie hunter?
How has Seth Wells been able to
prevent Chanute from getting what
she wanted? How could he get
chance to remodel Chanute's schemes?
Merely through the subserviency of
Parks Helmick and G. S. Nation and
Postmaster Cavaness, who. though
temporarily posing as Chanute's poll
tical custodians, pay tribute first to
the Erie bunch.
Is it the voters desire to endorse
the pie hunting job of political con-
troll that Helmlck, Nation and Cavan
ess have pulled off here the last twu
days.
That's precisely what you are doing
when you vote the Leland adminis-
jration into office.
Is Ohauute so anxious to vim ,icate
delmick, Nation and Cavaness?
The election OF Leland means the
Of the political machine
lad the endorsement of il. 1t mean.