The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-08-18
BACKBONE.

If this charge could be sustained It would,
of course, be serious one. and ought to
beat him or any other man for so impor-
tant a position. But we believe an ex
animation of the Governors course will
prove that be has the necessary amount Of
frmness, judgement and decision of char
acter for the position he now occupies.
When cattle stealing was at its hight,
winter before last, just after the Cover
nor's Inauguration, and when he was us
ing all his influence to put stop to that
Legitimate traffic, gentleman who now
opposes the Governor bitterly, solicited
bis aid i'm getting relative Of his releas
ed who had been arrested. The Govern
or had the backbone to teli,Ihe gentleman
who has a hump on his nose) that even
if it was bis 1.-THE Governors own broth
er he would not interfere to get him re-
leased, and informed thsgenileman that
be could do nothing for him. These two
gentlemen, both of whom were interest
ed in a drove of stolen cattle decided
that the Governor lacked backbone.
Last winter a scheme was on foot to
get a Canadian appointed Emigration
Agent. for the purpose of aiding a GER
tain land spsculating interest. The Gov
ernor did not think this position ought to
be made to .subservs private interests,
and informed the gentlemen that he could
not appoint Canadian, who had never
been naturalized, to so important posi-
ton. Immediately these gentlemen went
to work and helped to defeat the bill pro-
viding for the appointment of such an
agent, and then raised the howl that it
was the Governors vacillation that de-
feated the bill. The Governor had the
backbone to say be would not be party
to this scheme, and so be is denounced by
them as not having any backbone. -.
A lot of lazy shysters who have for
years made their living from ''small jobs"
about the Capital, such as getting CON
tracts for copying State documents at
800 per month and sub letting the job
At $50 per month"; thereby pocketiug a
clean $50 per month without SO much as
the scratch of pen, amounting annually
to hundreds of dollars. have been kicked
out by the Governor, and sre busy howl
ing. che is weak" che is vacillating;'
che has no backbone" etc. The Gov
ernor, with the aid of Auditor Swallow
and others, has lately trapped a lot of
skin tlints, aud spoiled some OF their lit
tie games of bleeding the State Treasury.
And he had the backbone to inform them
their services were needed no more. One
of them is swearing that his mighty in
fuence will be against Crawford in this
campaign, because he was not awarded
the contract for doing the stone work on
the State capital, when his bid was forty
per cent. higher than that of his success
full competitors. The Governor had not
the backbone" he thinks, TO favor bis
bid, but helped give it to a responsible
outsider. These "supes" are swearing
the Governor shall not have the delega
ton from Shawnee county.
, But the greatest display of the want OIL
''baekbone," these gentlemen of elephan
, tine intellects and backbones tell US, wa
! 10 the appointment of U. S. Senator
. The Governor had the b sckbone To dis
/ regard all their threats OF political an
initiation. offers Of political support
and large sums of money, aud aPpoin
just whom he thought best. He appoint
: ed man who did not belong to any Q
: the ''political rings" of the State. and
man without money-one who was 60
J. an aspirant, and did not know he wal
thought of for. the place until his com
t mission was handed to him. Some o
the papers would like to make the peopl
believe that the Commission was offered e
> several different gentlemen. when there i
not a word of Truth in 1t. The Govsrno
o was bsseigedr with full rooms of striker
: for different men, but not one of then
! had promise. Jim Blunt followed hin
to his home in Anderson county be
fore General Lane was yet dead, and trie,
to get asPrOmise for the position, and al
though be offered to place on deposi
r $50. 900 for the use of Governor Crsw
: ford. TO secure his re election, the Gov
+ ernOr promptly informed him that b
. could not give him the required promise
e Blunt undoubtedly thinks ,he Goveruo
a has very weak spinal column. a7p
We might menliOnso her items in which
i The Governor exhibited a degree of stiff
ness 10 the spinal marrow sufficient 70
the position he now occupies, but thes
are enough for the present. We want i
! DISTINCTLY understood that We are not the
:. GovernOf's champion. he never having
asked ne for our support or ia,imste,
= that he would ike 10 have US defend hin
: against these OF any other charges, bu
knowing many of the statements apaius
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