Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-13
BOOK OF COMPARISONS.

and Democratic candidates has been
issued by Henderson Martin, chair
lman Of the Democratic State Central
committee. The chapter is issued
In response to a statement by Chair
man. ]. N. Dolly of the Republican
committee. in which Dolly declares
that he Is going to deal in compare
Spns in the. coming campaign.
Chairman Martin opens the Book
Of Comparisoap with a chapter on
Stubs and Judge Thompson, eandi-
dates for United States Senator He
declares he .isa not personally &C.
quainted with the manner in which
the Kansas executive has filled his
position, buto quotes from John S.
Dawson, attorne%general who in an
open letter published last January,
made a number of sensational charges
against the Governor.
Dolly says the Republicans have
stayed on the job Martin would like
to know which job Stubs has stayed
pu-that of boosting the Third-term-
ers, of getting himself nominated for
United States Senator, or of holding
the office of Governor.
81 see that Dolly says he is going
10 deal in comparisons during this
campaign" Chairman Martin says.
HE says he is going to compare the
Republican candidates with their
Democratic opponents, and he talks
like he will use strong-armed meth
DDS If we refuse to take part in thes
i. comparisons. He speaks with such de-
termination that l suppose we might
as we'll consider the discussion closed
and begin to compare"
Dolly says the Republican candi.
g dates have stayed on the job. Well
Jets see about that. Suppose we
take, the case of Stubs. What par.
ttcular job is it that Stubs has stay.
ed on? He has had three jobs that
We know of. He has had the job Of
boosting Roosevelt and third-termers
i be has had the job of getting him.
8 ELF nominated as United States sen.
atof and lastly, he has had the job
of holding the office Of Governor
g When Dolly says Stubs stayed Oh
the job, which of these three particu
Oar jobs does he mean? l can hard
ly believe that he means the job o.
governor.
Ihavea not had much chance tt
know how Stubs has filled the of
fice of Governor, but John Dawson
has been Acknowledgement for two
years. He has been intimately as
sociAted with Stubs, and Dawson
fought to know what kind of Gov
ernor Stubs has made. Mr.. Dawson
has expressed his opinion publicly VI
on this matter a number of times
For instance, on the 2Srd day of Jan
uary of this year, Mr.. Dawson spok
his mind very freely, and among 9th
er things, he charged GoyernO
Stupbs as follows:
Those Dawson Charges.
q First. You have encouraged joint
iStS and saloon keepers, and hav
aided and abetted them to escap
enlistment by forewarning them @
prosecutions in ConcOrdia, Kansa
City, Wichita and elsewhere.
Second. Within the last few day
you have forewarned the bridge trus
of projected prosecution, and hav
given it a chance TO get under cove
and conceal its crimes.
o. "Third. You have willfully concea
ed crimes and criminals by withhold
ing evidence and Information in you
possession from the county attorney
Of Cloud, Atchison, Leavenworth, W
2ndOtte,. Crawford, Cherokee an
Sedgwick counties.
. Fourth. You have flagrantly N
elected your public duties at ever
turn and loafed around the city {
Lawrence for several months.
Fifth. For. many weeks togethe
you have loafed IN your Office hatcl
ing political mischief against Stat
0 and federal officers, and for lon
spaces Of time you have continuous
y neglected the duties Of your offic
namely: your duty to examine th
state treasury, to meet with the e,
ecutive council, to sign patents
school lands and notaries' commit
sions.
Sixth. That for two ysars-yOu