The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-08-28

We publish elsewhere the proceed
ings of the Grant Club of Americas at
their meeting of last Saturday night.
The Americas Republicans are wide
awake, and, as will be seen, have left off
generaliZing and gone into particulars
are discussing men as well as measures.
AS usual, when personal matters are
preached, more or less fire was evoked
but the good cause has not suffered
thereby, and will not.
The Club, it will be observed, in
structed against Mr.. Carney, for Gov
ernor, and Mr.. Swallow for State Au-
ditor; but did not make expression of
its favor for any office. Mr.. Maxson,
who was present, and who had an
nounced himself as candidate for Del
egate to the Republican State Conven-
ton, is reported to us as at first saving
that Mr.. Carney was his second choice
| for Governor; but afterward, in the
course of the discussion which his can
didacy evoked, and in view of the man.
ifest nti-Carney feeling of his audience
he stated that he was down on Carney,
with vengeance, and had been ever
since the Carney Fraud of four years
ago; and as for Mr.. Swallow, why he
had been opposed TO that gentleman in
every possible way ever since he (Swal-
low was Treasurer of Lyon county.
OF course great allowance must be
made for the excited state of Mr. Max
sons mind consequent upon the oppo-
sition to him manifested at this meet
ing. Mr.. NJ. has long enjoyed the rep
utation of running" his District, and
has usually had matters his own way,
and the small fry have had to stand
around. We judge of the excited con-
dition of Mr.. Maxson's mind, by his
forgetfulness. We find by reference to
page 163 of the Journal of the Senate
of the Kansas Legislature, in 1866, at
the time of the election of United States
Senators, that Senators Cooper, Fos-
ter, Haas, MANSON. Mcfarland, Rog-
ers, Scott, Veale and Wood" voted for
THOMAS CARNEY for United States Sen
atOr!
We also remember that at the Repub-
lican. State Convention two years Ago,
Mr.. Swallow was unanimously nomi-
mated for State Auditor, Mr.. Maxson
being delegate, and voting for Mr..
Swallow along with the rest. Whether
he had forgotten, at that time, his life
long enmity to Mr.. Swallow, and the
grave charges he had peddled over the
county against him, we do not know
but he seemed to enjoy it as well as any
of them.
In view of these facts the Radical Re-
Ipuhlicans of Americas did well to in
struct Mr.. Maxson against both Carney
; and. Swallow. 1t is we'll understood
that Mr.. Maxson is a warm personal and
political friend of Mr.. Carney's, and de-
sir2s his nomination. This is quite ma
turAl, as Carney has given MaxsOn at
least one lucrative appointment, besides
doing him many other favors; and as
MaxsOn has come to depend mainly up
on politics for his livelihood, it is natur-
al that he should look for more of the
same sort in the future. As to whether
Mir. Maxson can be trusted to go against
his own interests, we express no opinion.
We may say, further, that we give no
currency 10 the rumors set afioat to the
; effect that Mr.. Maxsop avowed his in
tention of supporting Mr.. Chase for
President in case he should be nominal
|, ed by the Democrats at New Y DIRK. We
beg to assure the persons who think
/ they heard him say SO, that they are
mistaken. We would believe them on
any other possible point-but on this,
i necer. Mr.. Maxson is consistent in ev-
erything but his Carney-SwallOw plat
form. That he Swallows at Topeka and
vomits out at home.
We know, well, that majority OF
the Republicans of the Americas Dis.