White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-10-11

BAmUEL A. klNGMANs
,E.Is.ta of A,cb;son
An Answer-With Particulars.
As the time is approaching for th,
meeting of the County Convention, vi
take this opportunity to reply to th'
many inquiries as to whether We are {
candidate for the State Senate. Our re
ply is, we are not. A statement of on
reasons, will require some space.
The wirs-pulling. packing and combi
ming process now going on, is one which
we cannot enter into, in its present shape
Ali aspirants profess to be Lee men, bu
The hard work will really be done for I
candidate for the other vacancy in th'
United States Senate. On one side
men who have been devoted partissns o
Gen. Ewing, and who would o-day vot'
for him If there were the slightest cbsnct
for bis election to the United States Sen
ate, are using all their exertions to con
trol the Convention. No inducemeni
could make rs vote for a member of the
Legislature whom we suspected Of having
The slightest leaning in favor of Ewing
No political Convention can bind us to
do it and we should not, even If we de.
sired Office, place our name before q
Convention which might select such men
for us to support. or compel us to exhibit
bad faith by boiling its action.
Very probably the Convention will
not nominate any Ewing msn-ws do
not believe it will, il be is known to be
sneh. But the other party in the Con-
vsntion are going in on the Carney issre
1--WE hear it freely stated that the nomi-
nees will either be pledged in Conven-
tion, or chosen with the understanding
that they are call right" Candidates
for the House, avowed Carney men. are
already on the track. While we upheld
Gov. Carney's Administration, and were
in favor Of him on past issues, we can.
not, with the present lights before Us,
support msu who are pledged to vote for
him for United States Senator. The
business is entirely too risky. and we.
for one, do not feel like hazarding it.
Let us see how it looks.
- To commence with, Csrney's business
partners have all been ultra Democrats.
It msy be said that business and politics
are different matters. Usually they are
but Csrney's heaviest business trsnsac-
tions have been intimately connected
with politics and his business partners.
while possessing his political secrets. have
been active workers in organizing oppo-
sition to the party to which those secrets
belonged. This is certainly lsaky po-
sition for a party leader to occupy.
But to return to politics. aside from
business. Early last January. Carney
united with Lane in obtaining indorse-
ments Of Johnson's Administration and
policy. Lsne stood BY the President in
his worst acts, and during that time it
was, generally understood that he was
using his influence in favor of Carney for
the Senate. Carney was active in hav-
ing certain Republicans turned out Of Of
ere, and especial friends of his own put
10 their places. Postmaster Mcdowell
was one Of his pets. and was made Post
master for his benefit. Carney and Lane
undertook to control the Federal patron.
age in, Kansas, to the double end of elect.
ing Carney to the Senate. and giving the
State into the hands of the President.
The later sppointees in the State are
mostly Democrats, and warm friends Of
Carney. .lss
This Lsavenworth Times is owned BY
Carney, the editor salarisd by him, and
the tone Of the paper directed BY him.
The Times sustained the Presidents ve-
toes and his drunken harangues. justified
Lane in his betrayal of the people Of
Kansas, and threw its whole weight to
break down the Radical party and build
up johnson party. Of late. it pretends
to be Radical but the reader who has
been familiar with its course. cannot fail
20 see that It is only pretence.
u From the time Of the veto Of the Civil
/. Rights Bill until within . few days past,
We watched closely for some expression
from Carney. by which We could know
how he really stood: but We watched in
vain. We inquired Of every person
whom We thought likely to know any
thing about it. and most Of them gave On