The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26

DO anything Tor "Dread and butter"
The U. S. Ass. is one of this kind. Any
thing for Office with him. We don't
know whether Mr.. Walker ever told
Mr.. Maxson what he is represented to
have told him, in the above paragraph,
or not. All we do know is that it is
misrepresentation. We may have said
that we would use our influence for
Judge Lowe, and that is all we ever
said We never claimed we could con-
troll the delegates from any part of the
State. On the contrary, we have re-
peatedly said we could not do SO. We
never claimed that we could carry them
for ourself. We only said we had re-
ceived much encouragement from the
people ofthe Southwest TO become can
didate for Congress. We do not know
whether we shall have delegate or not.
We have scarcely been out of Lyon
county to see about the matter. We
have, from the first, tried to unite the
anti-Clarke strength on Judge Lowe.
We have done more work for him than
for ourself. Every fair man that we
have talked to about Congressman will
sustain us in this statement. We care
great deal more for Clarke's defeat than
we do for any success for ourself. We
have just as good right to use our in
fiuence for Judge Lowe as the 'court
house rat" has to use his for Clarke.
He gets paid for his influence and
for telling lies about Clarke's oppo-
nents, and we get nothing for support
ing our man. If we should be a candi-
date, and find we could not be success
full, what crime will we commit, or who
will we deceive or defraud if we do
what we can for another man? Will the
"court house rat" tell us? This story
is gotten up to convey wrong i'm
preston in the minds of the public.
What is honorable enough in itself is
sought to be twisted into another direc-
ton, in regular demagogue and pettifog
style, to create prejudice against US.
That's all, and if the Ass. can make any
body believe such stuff he will chuckle
over their gullibility. 1t will take bet
ter evidence than his word to convince
any one who knows him that we are
acting in way to deceive the people.
There are certain few in this locality
bad just now about "Jake Stotler." In
Clarke's organ lately the people
were told that he could not carry del
egate except in Lyon county, and that
would be out of courtesy or local friend
ship. Why do these gentlemen, with
two or three little papers, say so much
against US if we will carry no delegates !?
Why not let US alone, if we are only
going to get three or four delegates out
ofcompliment? We don't know how
many we will have. In fact, we are not
as we'll posted as the aforesaid papers,
who seem to know who the people will
support, and can say we don't know
whether we sh Ill have any or not. But
this we do say: If the delegates to the
State Convention from the Southwest
and elsewhere, should nominate
us for Congressman we give the troubled
Clarke clique hereabouts fair notice that
there will be vacancy in the editorial
staff of The News. Like Mr.. Pepper
age, we can "be driven, bowling, into
Congress" We have made no combi-
nations or done anything else that we
shall be ashamed of after the contest is
over, or that is in the least dishonorable.
We are running on our merits if we
have any. We don't ask any favors OF
the Clarke clique here or elsewhere. II
the people in this section of the State
want to make an effort to nominate a
man here, and select US as their candi-
date, they can do SO. Ifthey don't there
is no harm done. Is there any crime in
this, that should be denounced in pa.
per that a few months ago favored us
so Justify for Representative in the
Legislature, and afterwards for Speaker
of the House? On the other hand, if said
delegates think the interests of the
country demand the services of some
other patriotic citizen, we will SLEEP
sweetly and calmly on the night of the
Sth of September, and shall not pull
down a notch less on the standard Fair
banks scales. We are willing to stay
here, which we know will be highly
gratifying to the aforesaid Clarke clique
We like it here tolerably well. And We
hope hereafter, as we'll as now, to b.
found opposing all corruptionists, tools
dead-beats and claquers.
Here is another extract from the same
communication, from the court house
rat:
ssWhen the Usage swindle was about to b.
perpetrated, Stotler, as an editor, never RAISED
his voice against this abOminable fraud, 81
long as he thought IL cOnld be made effective
| by putting in y condition to give to the Law
renee and EmpOria Railroad one million acres
but was willing to stand the outrageous COB
ble IL the settlers lost all rights thereby.
That is another lie. We fought the
Usage treaty from beginning to ending
in its original shape. Our files viii
show this. We are of the opinion tha
, our record is almost as clear as Clarke:
on this treaty business, and on all ques
tons affecting the interests of settlers
We afterwards took the position that i
the Usage land was to be gobbled by
railroad companies, as seemed imminen
f at one time, we wanted our roads, tn,
> Lawrence and Emporia, and the A, T
& S. F., to get their share. If we ar,
not mistaken the Assessor occupied
, the same position, aud Mr.. Clarke a
, one time agreed TO support the treaty il
that shape. John Speer went to Wash
ington from Lawrence as a lobbyist Il
work for it's ratification, aud Empori'
sent Governor Eskridge on the sam,
, mission. We are of the opinion
that the less the Clarke clique sa!
about treaties and land gobbles, tn,
E better they will be off.
There are several other statements
Z made by the court house rat in his com
: munica Iion, equally false and ridicu
: lous with those above alluded to
which we have not time to notice. w
are glad to say we are not indebted t.
1.-THE author for any aTbuilding up" W
i have received at the hands of the PEG
r pie here, and to the grand flourish VIII
: which he asks the question, How
e that for high? ?" as though somebod
: were aaaihiieted, we will say 1t is bet
1 ter for low. he is much better caIcula
y tad for l1iavin0 low than high, and ma