Show ELECTION CONTEST THE long ong looked for has come the county commissioners geddes Christo pherson and roberts have dilly dallied along in the canvassing and certification of the returns of the late election hoping and praying that some power human or divine would intercede and save the people of their county irom the dire effects of an illegal election the patriotism of henry of washington of jefferson and of lincoln is but a shadow in comparison to the patriotism of these men they say that they love the peo people pie more than the people love themselves yea they are so saintly that they have improved upon the biblical injunction love thy neighbor as thyself and have actually reached such a stage stage of perfection that they verily love their neighbors Orb better thau than thern them selves our oar coustaut constant prayer I 1 is save us from uch such friendel friend sl st the people saw the mistake that had bad been made very soon after these men w were put into office the people have condemned their official acts acta from the beginning anclam and at the hurled them from opportunity fu first at power with such a thump that theia theix heads have been in a 6 ever evee im since i ce no MW men in m the iii history his story tozy of this county have edw justly and severely criticized criticised no men man have hare ever beffie becom p imaney jk more incompetent men ever filled an office of public trust no set of me men n ever before manifested such 1 supreme gall and never before in the history of popular govern government mei it have men cintr in benched trenched themselves in the public pubic crib and refused to get out after an overwhelm overwhelming in command comres of a free people eap exp expressed res 8 ed at the ballot box if such things are to conti continue nue for I 1 two more long years then is not a republican government in this county at least a delusion and a farce if these men are to continue in office after january 1st ast 1897 then we can no longer say that a public office is a public trust but on the contrary we must declare it to be nothing but a private snap has not the popular wu wll said that these men must get out what men ever met with greater defeat it if the election law is invalid who made it so why of course the last republican legislature incompetency is the source from whence these evils sprung why these men as to see that a valid law was enacted as they are to see that it is overthrown no matter what the result of this contest may be the people of this county have had to pay and that dearly for all this republican incompetency wanton extravagance and tomfoolery tom torn foolery and remember know to whose account it belongs county clerk stanton must also receive a due recognition for the prominent part he has taken or failed to take in this unprecedented farce he was the right bower to the county commissioners and the law made it his duty to issue certificates of election to the persons who received the highest number of votes as certified to by the county commissioners ners has he done it no he laid back on his oars waiting to see which way the wind would blow his chief forte is in doing nothing three weeks only until the newly elected officers are expected to take their seats and yet no certificates came to them they grew impatient and one or two essayed to ask the wily stanton why they were not forthcoming only y to be met with a refusal or an evasive answer think of hes a public servant and we are honored as being his paymasters and bosses and that is the way he serves us Is there another people on the face of this green earth who have a spark of freedom burning within their breasts that would stand such treatment he a public servant dont torture the english language into such a debased meaning he forbids it my countrymen he forbids it whittemore should not be slighted for it was he who furnished the tableaux for this dramatic farce the people of course would be delighted to have hima hed his lustre over the criminals of this county for two more years the republican legislature passed the illegal election law and the people peo ale of this county voted aa a they did in order that such juch a bless ing might come to them in disguise turn tam them outa |