The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-20

would not vote for Clarke, even Il ne |
should get the nomination. Ihey |
were not especially favorable to any
other particular man, but they were
onnosed to Mr.. Clarke, and they were
dafermined to defeat him By fair
means or foul. On the morning pre-
vfious to the assembling of the Con-
vention. the Kansas State Record.
which mas been Mr.. Clarke's
most implacable and INSCRIPTIONS
enemy, stated that Senator Po4lle.
ron had said in the hearing OF
a Kansas editor that he came here
to secure Clarke's nomination, and ne
expected to do it with money, and 1t
urged the Republican delegates
earnestly and pathetically TO steer
clear of Pomeroy orshis creatures. Tor
fear their moral courage would not be
able to stand out against his capaVat-
inc logic. I expressed astonishment
in the presence of O prominent Demo
cratic lawyer with whom was A
conversation, that Mr. Pomeroy
should make such an assertion pup
Iicly. .sOh," be replied, Kansas
people mean business. II grocer
wishes to purchase Irish potatoes, ne
notifies the public of the fact ana
those who have Irish potatoes to sell
know exactly where TO 60. sMI.
PomerOy only acts upon this pElncI-
ple." Notwlth standing the tremen-
dous efforts that have been made
against Mr.. Clarke throughout the,
State and the almost universal
opinion that there Is something
rotteni in Denmark, On the first
ballot, which was ezra voce. he re-
eeived n ont Of the 1913 votes OF the
Convention. the remainder being d.
vided amoag hisatight competitors,
Judge Lowe, who was nominated on
the first regular ballot By delegates
changing their votes previous to the
acknowledgements of the result on this
Informal ballot, only receiving %
votess The quiet aud graceful acquI-
essence Of the Clarke men, who came
into the Convention pretty conhdent
Of suecess, IN theHesult was the most
noticeabla feature of, the. whole pro-
ceedings. There was not single ex-
preston of Dissatisfaction or even dis
appointment made, but every fellow
wheeled regularly into line and
marched gallantly up to the support
of the successful man. Whether they
acted on the principle of the negro
delegate who mounted chair and
swinging his arms In the air, said
"Wheelin' into line and rising on the
wheels of success. / change my vote
from Sidney Clarke to Judge ID. i.
Lowe / am unable to say. though
surely no considerations could have
been more plausible. 4 am Informed
that IN the anti Clarke caucus held
Just previous 10 the evening session
in which Mr.. Clarke was beaten,
while trying to unite upon some
compromise candidate out Of the
eight. indications of a general row
grew SO threatening that an adjourn
MEET, without settlement CT
anything, was carried to avert it.
The Clarke men were beaten IN the
organization Of the Convention. All
of the officers thereof were his bitter
enemies. The seats of great ma
jority Of the delegates were contested,
but the Committee on Credentials.
appointed By the Chairman of the
Convention, had not a single friend
TO Clarke on il, and, Of course. as /
overheard a rejoicing anti Clarke
delegate say. the Clarke contestants
hadn' smell Of chance.
If any of your readers wish to
know what dreadful Wickedness Mr.
Clarke has been guilty of during the
six years that he has been the sole
Representative" Ia Congress from this
State, / can only answer that he is
charged with all sorts Of eussedness.
To what extent he is guilty, God only
knows. There can at least one thing
be said IN favor Of the much abused
Mr.. CiArke, and that is, he has some
of the very meanest men in Kansas
for his bitterest foes. The senior pro
prietor OF the Kansas State Record,
who took the benefit Of the bankrupt
law. while his wife held his 10000
or more dollars worth of properly,
and against whom much evil is cur
rently spoken IN the most respectable
circles, has persistently charged Mr..
Clarke with dishonesty And so on.
One thing, however, as settled. DIR.
Clarke, last night, toward the wee
sma' hours. was quietly placed IN his
political tomb, aud his exuIttnt enc
mics piled the dirt, spadeful after
spadeful, upon his last, long resting
place. laehrymose manifestations
were decansly suppressed. Judge ID.
II. Lowe is thus : writes up By the
Record:
Judge .. T. Lows-the man whose good
representative orathis new depaVtnre''-
was born In Oneida County, New York, In
1872, and Is therelore now torty-eight years
Ohio, where he resided until 1861 He grad
mated In the Law Department OF Ctncin-
natl College In 1917, aud was successful
practitioner At the Cincinnati bar for
WE'VE years-dve years OF which time lie
retarvof the Interior In President Lincoln's
first Cabinet. In 1851, he removed to KAN
sas, and At once took q position among
he was chosen TO the state Senate, where
he served for two years. Upon the OTgans
1zation Of the Sixth Judicial District, in
1867. he was appointed Judge OF the same
by Governor Crawford. r. He was after
wards regularly elected TO the position by
the unanimous vote of tie d strict, and
has occupied 10 ever since. He has re-
sided at Mound City until q few IL onths
since, when herennoyed to IT. Scott. which
fs now Fhis home. Judge Lowe was an
original A bolftionist and q member ofthe
party, and has been identified with the
Old Liberty Republican party from the
time of its original formation. He is q
man of solid abilities. and or unquest1oned
and unquestionable integrity. His nom
fIOr to the people of the state; and we
predict that they Will elect him oy q larger
majority than has ever been obtained by
any other candidate go
How many months will elapse
before the present vociterOus friends
of Judge Lowe will "change 'front.'
time alone, &C., but he VIII. find that
using his Influence for one out of the
Eve hundred or more applicants for
every Office, over which he Isl supposed
to exercise the remotest ghost OF q
control, will not be past the smooth.
est thing in the world, and if each of
the 499 or moro Disappointed ones
don't get mad, call him q rogue and
accuse him of having improper mo