The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-06

/ he will be turned out' and instead. of
asking the people to elect him TO Office.
begs of them not to "turn him OUT SO
piteoQsly thae it Utmost seems as if they
would be unable to resist the appeal.
we can think Of no other argument
flat he can use during the present CAM
I paign, than that be hates TO be turned
out, for his prosperity is so noticeable a
feature that the old plea of inability to
work and poverty will be a bare faced
! imposition, and he has held the office as
long as any one man ever need expect.
In fact we quite agree with Uncle Tom
.4iIat his having proven good man for
the place is no reason A'hy he should
always occupy it, but as to turning him
over to make room for Bancroft that is
quite another matter. Had the statute
been framed with view to Keep one
SET of men always in office, and making
the change only from one Office to an
other his plan might have been as he
thinks it splendid, but unfortunately
(for him) it had quite another object in
view. AS for Bancroft being a good
anu VIC ndNC ruO
word to say i'll dispute of that assertion,
but allowing that to be true is far from
proving that there are no other men in
the county who equal him In penman-
ship aud possibly gentility. Lord Ches-
terfield's views would differ from those
of a man who ''earns his bread by the
sweat ofhis brow" and as the latter is the
class which has the most dealings with
the Register his ideas would perhaps
govern. We presume that the. test of
gentility which would stand question:
ings with regard to legality of fees and
attention to those requiring information
concerning property would be generally
satisfactory. Then he thinks the pres
ent officers shonld be kept in because
they have been III office so long that
they will not make good faIzners. 1t is
possible THAT If they were turned out
now, they might learn farming, or some
other honest business, whereas if they
hold office a few more years the most
of them will be too old to learn and will
become 96k1Ohgh rye incapable Of at
tending to Office duties when they viii
be indeed objects. of pity. That sounds,
like the last appeal. When a man has.
held Office so long as to incapacitate
him for any other business it is high
time, that some man, take the
place with a mind strong enough to re-
tain a recollection of past duties while
attending to the present. They have
indeed occupied their positions for, SO
long that the memory, does not retain
events that took place before their
election,
Then there is one thing certain viz /:
I'VE do not want to elect any more
producers while there are so many con-
sumers." We know of no reason why
these honorable gentlemen who have
for, so long a time been acting as COM
,sumers. may not now act as producers.
The open air is healthy, exercise is con-
say while cOnYersing with the honest
.yeOman, Gust before election.l ''The
farmer is man of all others to be most
envied," why not go IMP. Be a nice, in
dustrious, peaceable citizen. You will
not be ".bOred" so much by the opposi-
ton during ''OHr elections.
A few of the many acres lately pur-
chased can; be nicely improved with the
fees so hardly earned, (and you, will
have a much better start than many of
the prod1eers), and see how you like
the business you SO coolly prescribe for
others. ~ E.. t..fss.
We know very little of Armstrong
but can see no reason why a man who
has been so good a soldier, and whose
farm shows for itself his industry,
should be abused for Republicanism.
If it be ''small capital" other men have
entered upon more important positions
than sheriff with less capital.
MIR. Editor, / will now leave my
is'hints1 and Suggestions" to the tender
mereies of a discerning public, and may
at some future time allow you the BEN
eft of other thoughts, if these are
sufficiently appreciated. LEGREE. 3.