White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-08
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
Thursday, 3: November s, 1866
The ResuIt, i'm Thi. District
Psrker's majority,

IL VIC "ey Ju"So uoh tuo Pfoieesioos
and arguments Of Mr.. Parker, in the va
rious crowds and localities in which be
electioneered. we may set bis politics
down as Radical Republican, Conserva-
tive. Free State. Pro-Slavery, State
Rights Democrat. The objects he has
pledged himself to accomplish in the
Legislature are, law to produce emf
grafton and law to impose a heavy
tax ON the lands heId by spectators. and
q light tax on the lands -of residents
notwithstanding tire constitutional pro-
hibition against such law.
To come down to the merits of the
case. the result is purely the work of
spite, having its origin. as nearly as we
can ascertain, as follows: 1t is said that
Immediately after the conclusion of q
certain exciting trial at the last term of
our Court, few men. who imagined that
the awful Influence of their presence had
controlled the verdict, met together, and
resolved that. as this trial was a splendid
hobby on which to make capital, they
would run the ensuing election upon it !;
and that j. P. johnson should be one of
the State Senators. while certain artist
in swine should go to the House from
this District. In their anxiety, they over.
reached themselves. by outraging the
rights ofthose supposed to be unfavora-
bic to them, in the Township Conven-
tion. The consequence was. an influence
was brought to bear which effectually
played out both the would-be Senator
and his right bower, his man Friday.
They then devoted tbemse exclusively
to the work Of revenge; bu. as they could
fud no available man of their own set,
they resolved to unite with another ele.
ment, and take up candidate belonging
to it. These two elements have hitherto
been on ,hroat-cutting terms with each
other-but what won't men do for re.
vsDge? VIM. R. Parker was brought
ont. His chief hackers openly declared
that be was utterly unfit for the position,
and many of them even said they would
almost as soon vote for q niger but
they were determined to vote for him, in
order to beat Col. Keith with the poorest
timber they could find. Acting from
such motives, and in the face of such sd-
missions, argument and reason were alike
wasted upon these men. They have &C.
complished their revenge. They think
they have humiliated Col. Keith and his
friends; but the verdict of the disinter-
estsd public will be, that they have hu-
initiated themselves; and if they have
not hatched out chicken that will come
home to roost to their full satisfaction,
we are not good at guessing.
This result cannot be blamed upon
Highland or Iowa Point. Highland did
fully as well as was expected, under the
circumstances. and Iowa Point did very
we'll but White Cloud precinct could
have changed the result. It was a pub.
lie boast that the object was to beat
White Cloud; yet enough White Cloud
men joined in the warfare. and contribu-
ted to the result, either by voting for
Parker or refusing to vote at all, to have
given decided majority for Keith. The
various reasons for SO doing. we will not
attempt to state-they are generally of
SO silly a character, that we are ashamed
to let the public know them.
The perpetrators Of this "good joke"
mostly call themselves Radical Republi.
cans. We congratulate them upon elec.
ting man who. in this contest, has pro-
fessed all shades of political belief, in or.
der to secure votes and we also con.
gta.ulate them upon their part in this
work, in using arguments against Col.
Keith. which any man calling himself q
Republican ought to have been ashamed
to use-pandering to Pro-Slavery and
Copperhead sentiment. and urging against
Keith that he was an Abolitionist, and
in favor Of negro equality. This is cal.
culated to inspire confidence in Republi-
can principles, and give them strength
We likewise congratulate them upon
having Representative who. If be has
ever SO strong desire to work for the
interests of the District, possesses the
ability to do nothing at ell. except to
vote-and even in the matter of voting |
right. his principal supporters offered no.
Thing more encouraging than that the
other members from the County could
watch him, and tell him how to vote
Considering that there are two United
States Senators to be elected, and Con-
stitutional Amendment to be ratified. this
District will be in an enviabls 6x, if the
man who tells him how to vote should
not be right. However. We hope and |
believe that Mr.. Parker will 60 all right.
But there is nothing so bad bat that it
might have been worse, and 10 misfor |