White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-17

secured the Railroad, instead of Atchi-
SOD. Yet we are told that We muse elect
a Leayenworth man, and the very Leav-
man through whose duplicity
we were sold ont, SO that we may have
United States Senator favorable to our
local interests!
At the session Of 1854, another hitch
was had at the Henderson Amend dment.
1t was too late to do any good. and the
passage of a resolution in our favor was
only hollow mockery. Gov. Carney
and the Leavenworth members knew this,
yet the members were again stiffiy op-
posed to us. But Carney prevailed upon
just enough Of them to vote with us to
carry the resolution. as sort of sugar
tit, to get the Northern Tier mem bers
into favorable humor to vote for him.
self for United States Senstor-the time
it was forced upon him, against his will
At the same time, be had full under
standing with the Atehison members
doubtless having many lsngh together
over the cheap bait with which he had
caught the Northern suckers.
Again. last Winter. the Northern Tier
sought to obtain share of certain public
lands. for Railroad purposes. Leaveu-
worth again led the opposition. most
venomously. Every Leavenwor,h mem.
ber opposed it from first to last. (excep'
Maj. Foote, of the Senate. who is gen.
tIeman. and thinks for himself. missing
meals and losing sleep to do so. The
gambler and outlaw, Jennison. whom
Carney tried to force into the present
Legislature. in his interest, and who il
now at Topeka lobbying for him. wa'
then a member, and endeavcfed to defeat
the bill by means of rowdyism, and had
the effrontery to stigmstize the Northern
members as thieves. As a last resort, /.
motion was made to exclude the North
ern Tier from the benefits of the bill, Civ
ing the land to other sections; and fo
this motion the Leavenworth member
voted. with single exception. Yet W
must elect Leavenworth man to tn
Senate, for the sake of our local interests
There are other weighty reasons VIII!
Carney snould not be elected, If the un
welcome truth must be told. He bss no
the ability or moral character to be
credit to the State. Within the last tw
years. he has deteriorated sadly in tn
scale of morality. He is Incorporate il
his habits, and when "in his cups" ex
poses himself and his friends, betrays Sc
crets, and makes himself ridiculous in tn
extreme. He seeks to accomplish hi
ends by means Of corruption and fraud
and does not hesitate to betray friend
if be can thereby gain some temporar
advantage in another quarter. He ha
no regard for law or virtue, when the
stand in the way of his desires. At tb
last Mayors election in Leavenworth, b
imported over one thousand illegal vo
tsrs, to insure his own election. He ha
in bis employ the lowest gamblers, rough
and pimps, with whom he associates OF
terms of intimacy. Whenever he aspire
to public position. he surrounds himself
in his headquarters. with jugs and bot
ties, where his adherents may drink AM
carouse. until they are in q sufficient.
abject condition for his use. Even now
at Topeka, his headquarters are said t,
be one vast doggery and gambling den
His liquors flow freely. and he is th
presiding genius of the orgies. Tb
black-leg. Jennison. whose election t.
the Legislature be failed to secure, is q
Topeka in his interest. and has q gam
bling device in operation. designed ii
some manner to influence the Senatoria
election. This, and much more fully q
bad, which is enough to outrage an
halfcivilized community. is carried OF
openly in Kansas. in the interest of
candidate for the United States Senate
and who by this means has acquired for
midable strength.
| We have endeavored to show why q,
Northern Tier member, or decent maj
from any section, cah consistently vot
for Carney. If elected. he will be con
stant disgrace to the State: and thos
who vote for him. will repent the act il
sack.cloth and ashes.
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