White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-11-02
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1t exeites some degree of pity, as we'll
as q great degree Of disgust, to see man
in the condition known as Office hungry.
In fact, it is . passion which amounts to
disease-a monomania. He is perpet-
ually seeking and clamoring for Office
no matter how great or small, so that il
is an ofice--and such men are usually the
least deserving of Office, and the least cs-
pable Of holding it.
We have such q monomaniac in this
County. whose name we have had occa-
sion to frequently mention, within few
weeks pasta. Larzelere. We do not
notice him thus often. because he is such
9 formidable giant. for the opposite
is the case; but he has managed
to make more noise on less ability than
any msn in the County; and ip his pres
ent grand charge he is followed by a
swarm of small fry who hope to ride in
to Office under cover of the dust he raises,
or who expect to accomplish schemes of
revenge which they have been nursing for
year past. tt.lot q sa
Some celebrated men have possessed
strange antipathies. One had an antipa-
thy to cats; another was thrown into con-
wilson's at the sight of q mouse; and an
other could not endure the smell of burnt
rsgs. Mr.. Larzslero also has an uncon-
querable antipathy-it is an antipatby to
earning his living by work. Owning one
of the best farms in the County, Tor
which. BY proper attention. could be made
one of the best. and handy to q good
market. he has been constantly spending
his time seeking Office, aud complaining
that he needed it to support his family.
He has been grabbing for the position of
Lieutenant Governor, member of the Leg
islature. County Com issioner. places in
the army-anything that is called an Of
6ce. While other farmers are working
hard. making living and paying their
taxes. Larzelere complains that he cannot
make a living on his farm, but must have
little offices, and live on the taxes that
other farmers pay. The Office of Com
missioner pays considerably less than q
hundred dollars a year. yet Larzelere
must have it to support his family. when
he cannot do it from his farm. A mem
Der of tpe Legislature. by strict economy.
may be able to bring home as much
money as he started out with /; yet Mr..
Larzelere needs the position. as means
of supporting his family, inasmuch as
his stubborn farm will not do it, without
bestowing disagreeable monual labor up
on it.
During the years when the vote of the
County was so close that City votes gen.
orally decided it, Mr.. Larzelere, although
a source OF weakness to the ticket, was
always candidate, and the party had to
take him, or submit to q rumpus that
would insure defeat. So incurable was
his monomania of office-hunger, that.
while holding lucrative position in the
army, early in the year 1864. year be-
fore be was mustered out. he commenced
laying the triggers to step into Office as
soon as he reached home; and almost
every man Of any prominence in the
County, received letters from him, noti-
flying them that he intended to be can
didate for the Legislature-as much as to
say, Larzelere is going to run. therefore
let all men beware of coming on the
track. However, he held on to his Office
in the army until last Spring and the
first intimation we had of his return
home, was the word that he had set about
organizing the party" Coming home.
ne found affairs in good condition, and
he officers faithful. and giving satisfac-
short, there was no room for
Larzelere. His first move was to COM
nence slandering the Republican County
'fficers, to make the people think them .
'et Of swindlers, and thereby induce them
o cast them aside and take him and his
et. In this work be has been warmly
seconded by a little knot Of upstarts, who
we're thirsting for revenge on certain Of
icers. but were disheartened by the pros
rect, until Larzelere's raid came as q
3od-send to them. Larzelere gave them
be pitch, and now they are bowling on
he same key. ESQ,
During all the time that Larzslere wac
bsent from the County, there was but
ne party here. he has but recently re-
urned. and has already laid the founda-
ion for two parties, by raising the cry
gainst some Of the truest Republicans in
be County. and giving the Democrats
round to bring the charge of extravs-
ance and corruption against Republican
fficials. Such charges, although with
ut foundation, they can nevertheless
rove by Lsrzelere & Co., who claim to
IN the organization. esay, out upon
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