The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-19
OUR REASONS FOR OPPOSING MR..
CLARKE.

gross, because we did not consider him |
fit to occupy the place.
We oppose him again, and propose to
give our reasons for doing so briefly.
We are not actuated by personal hatred
or personal motives of any kind. We
have no private ends to further nor no
griefs to avenge. We have never ask |
ed him for personal favors, and will
have none to ask of him or the person
that shall succeed him in Congress. We
are actuated solely from what we con-
slider the best welfare of the people of
Kansas.
We oppose him because we think he
has already been honored far beyond
his deserts. We do not believe he has
been so valuable to the party or to the
State that he should be sent again to
the House of Representatives, and by
reason of a fresh endorsement, to the
Senate.
We oppose him because he has done
comparatively nothing for the benefit
of his constituents. While he has made
loud professions of friendship for the
settlers, he has really accomplished
nothing in their behalf, and close ex-
animation of his record will show he
has supported many of the most infa-
nous schemes to give the public do
main to monopolists and spectators.
Although the agitation of the Neutral
land question has been before Congress
for several terms, and although the set
tiers have been at the expense of keep
ing lobbyists at Washington, Clarke has
never done anything for them but prom
Use. He has done nothing of practi-
cal nature for them. He has done moth
ing for the settlers ON the Sac and Fox
and Kaw Reserves. He has done moth
ing for the settlers on the Black Bob
lands in johnson county, except to at
tempt to steal their valuable homes, for
ring composed of Blunt, Irwin, Tay-
Tor & Co. Even the bill for the opening
of the Usage Reserve, for which SO
much credit is claimed for him by his
strikers, is shorn of benefits to the set
tiers by provision which leaves it al
together for Indians themselves to de-
eide whether they will go south or not
He has done nothing for public i'm
provements. Every other western State
has secured large appropriations fol
custom houses, post-offices, etc. Kan
sas has not received cent.
A bill has twice passed the Senate ma
king an appropriation to pay the Price
| Raid Claims. 1t has as often been de.
feated in the House. Mr.. Clarke said il
, the legislature of Kansas would assume
} these claims, amounting to 100000
Congress would pay them. 1t has mo-
done so, and no reason can be assigned
: for the failure except the inefficiency o
our Congressman. He does not ever
. offer reasonable excuse for his failure
; to get justice done to a large number o
} his constituents in this matter. SINH
lar claims to the am Mount of millions o
dollars have been paid to other States
l He has done nothing to secure tn,
A: payment of the Quantrell raid claims.
r He has done nothing to secure TIT
: payment by the Government of on
|, bonded war debt of 100000, upol
, |
, presses so much love and consideration
just now, are annually paying interes
to the amaunt of $4,000.
We are opposed to him because h
tries to build himself up by DRAWN.
, around him a set of men who are actu
, ated by no other motive than offic,
! seeking. No man can get an Office from
: Clarke unless he is willing to bow thu
, knee to him, and becomes a member o
3 his ring. OF course there are a few ex
: captions to this rule, and we do no
3 wish to be understood as saying tina
:. everybody that supports him is an ofic
= seeker. But his policy is and has beel
to strengthen himself by giving offic
only to those who will sink their owl
: manhood and become a mere tool 70
him. We are opposed to any man TO
office who pursues this policy. We ar
opposed to any man for Office who
not willing to give appointments to me
who will represent the people, irrespect
i've of the amount of mean work the
are wanted to do for the person fror
whom they procure the Office. In 9th
er words, we are opposed to any ma
:, for position who seeks to build himsel
up by farming out appointments that h
, may control. Honesty, ability and meri
are the only qualifications for offic
whico we recognize.
: We oppose him because he come
from town which has had a Sena
tor ever since the State was organized
: and the member of Congress ever
term but one. Other portions of tn
State should have share of the politi
cal honors.
g We oppose him because we believe hir
O to be corrupt. He may not be guilty G
f all the charges of this nature agains
. him, but he is known to have speculat
! ed from his position in Congress to sue
an extent as ought to drive every good
= pure and honest man in the State froI
q his support. 1t will not do to say he
as honest as some of those who seek
defeat him. Every dishonest ma
should be driven from Office. We be
lievc Mr.. Clarke's record, in the way c
peculation in office is black enough t
appall any decent man, if it could b
brought to the light of the world. HuT
" dreds of thousands of dollars hav
been dishonesty boarded by the corruI
% ring with which he trains in Washing
, ton, and he has shared the spoils wit
them. OF course it is hard to get aft
y davits, because the parties whom h
has fleeced refuse to make them, fearin
Il he may be in a position to injure ther
u hereafter. Receipts and drafts are
&c existence, we have no doubt, TO sho'
" where a portion of his dishonest gain
have GENE from. No man can max
u the fortune he is reputed to be the pol
SCISSOR of out of the legitimate salary {
e Congressman in five years. If ii
e railroad companies which have fee
him would they could tell a damagin
story for his purity. 1t is well enoug
:. for his organs to raise the cry of ''rai
road ring" on his opponents, but theI
80 has never been a more abject tool fC
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