The Leavenworth weekly times., 1870-09-08

delesate-.
No proxies will be admitted 10 said convention.
The locai district committees Of the several coun
ties or districts are requested TO sufficient
notice 10 he given of the time place and Of
the election Of Delegates and alternates, in their
.pective counties. r. r. ELDER, Chairman.
n. N. MURDOCH, Secretary.
... CLOSING UP.
The meetings which will elect the dele
cate- to the State Convention will be held
day after tomorrow. The time is short, and
We do not regret its brevity. The questions
TO be voted upon, and the scoundrels to be
,.I,elved, have hong been talked about. There
is no need of longer discussing these matters.
The reiurns which have come in from the
COUNTIES which have already held their pri-
mary meetings are sufficiently decisive. They
prove that we have not been false prophet;
That the days Of the swindling Clarke are
over, and that the rule Of the rotten ring is
at an end. The numbers, the enthusiasm
snd the firm conviction of success are all On
the right side-the side of reform and pOliti-
cal revolution.
1t has been a peculiar and unique cam
raign-like none that has preceded it or is
ever likely to follow it. On Clarke's side it
has been an effort by him to go again to Con-
gress, and, on the strength of that endorse
me,s, 70 the Senate. Success was to give
him long years of power, and was to keep
his faction in the federal Offices which they
now hold, and which they proposed to keep
for an indefinite series Of years. The prin-
ciral supporter Of Clarke has been John
Speer, and the reason that he worked for
Clarke was that he was robber, and Clarke
had KEEP, him out of Jail. There is no bond
which binds lad men together so firmly as
community in crime. Clarke shared in
Sleer's stealings, and he has helped for six
years to cover up the crime. Had it not
been for Supervisor Mari, the full extent Of
this crime would probably never have been
known. His investigation revealed it, and
the rrcss Of Kansas has spread before the
people every fact il could ascertain. Clarke
has covered up this crime, the Black Bob
crime, and dozens Of others. In his speeches
he has never tried TO meet these questions
before the public. Every issue in which the
PEOPLE were deeply interested he has lodged,
and Clarkes stump speeches have been made
up of personal abuse.
\ wise man would not have pursued such
a course. 4 shrewd politician would not
have permitted convicted thief, fcrscr and
rurierer 10 have edited his principal news
PAPER But Mr.. Clarke is neither honest
nor wise. ''Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad" There has never been
more foolisi, and weak campaign than the
cne which Clarke has conducted to its close
and TO disastrous defeat. He had the Or
panization, the patronage, the prestige Of
heing in Office, and Of former endorsement,
hut he has acted ON the defensive all through;
has stood at bay, and has seen his own forces
iemoralized without the power Of forming
them anew, and again leading them to battle.
And the wretcl,ed Spear has all along been
wri,hing in agony. He shrieks and foams;
for he cannot shake of the vision Of the Pen
i.entiary. Sreer has worked for the outside
Of jail; for personal liberty and freedom.
The CRATES and heavy doors and clanking
keys alarm him. Anything bat that" he
says: 'Carke or Imprisonment. And this
trembling creature is editing Clarke organ
conducting the campaign! He raves like a
madman, and 'has become the worst whiskey
g,,zzler in the State. Just now this right
hover Of ofClrke-his brother knave-is trying
10 make il appear that Clarke will
carry the Convention. lie claims nearly all
cf the delegates, and, in the next line, says,
Work, work, work." 1t is too late. No
sl,asmcdic newspaper paragraphs can save
Clarke and Sleer. No typographical ar
ranSsmen. Of an article can change the result
Italics and capital letters have lost their
charm. There is death in the case, and dis
aster in the alphabet. 1t is useless to tell
Slecr to he calm, or Clarke TO possess his
rcason. 4 mad cause can only have crazy
conductors, and il is even possible that
Clarke's folly will force him to 60 before the
Convention, and not acknowledge his defeat
until he sees and hears himself voted down.
On the part Of the people We have no fault
10 find with the conduct Of the campaign.
There has been no leadership and no organi-
zation-no more than lot Of honest farmers
have who turn out to pursue horse-thicf
Honest work has been done, done freely,
gladly, manfully, and without pay. Not
many public meetings have been held, and
there has been no systematic fight. The
hrunt of the hastle has been borne by honest
and fearless nswspapers, and the people have
everywhere given their hearty endorsement.
Four-fifihs Of the newspapers are right, but
more than ninetcntlls Of the people are
sound and true, and they only needed that
The truth should he made known. The pro-
iessional politicians are generally in Office,
and their opposition was expected and inevit- |
able. They will begin to change very soon,
and will all profess to be right before the
Convention meets. There will be general |
ou;pouring Of the people At Topeka on the
eighth of September. The honest masses
will he there in their strength and their
power, and the bright day for Kansas will be |
welcomed, as it ought to be, by the rejoicings
Of the people.