White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-09

in enooarasement Of the ticket that was nomin.
ated, from the day Of the Convention until the
election. On tho contraEy, they did an in their
power to discourage q. Whils some did this by
sallenly hanging baek. othcn did it BY talk and
work against the ticket. Not ono Of them ever
saiA good word for the ticket. Without posi-
lively saying il in wosds an impression was cans
I'd to prevail that there wuald be IN independent
ticket in the 6eld, with CAMPBELL for Treasurer.
This hope pseventsd hsny Campbell men from
falling in with tAe regular ticket; it tended to
keep the vacillatiag II doahs, and prejudice them
against the. ticket; and Il elsted tho Democracy
with hope that their time for sacces had come.
CAMrsE1L and his friends zero sullen, and Bit
ter, and vicious, and their constant endesvor ap-
peared 70 be, to create the impression that .
mine would be sprung at the last moment, that
no one expected. Some Of his leading hackers
made it convsnisnt to shove out the very day be-
fore the election; bat so@e, we are happy to say,
could not be sold out, and voted the straight tick
ct.
The principal bitterness was against the Re
publican candidate for Sheriff. They could not
hope to make successful fight against the whole
ticket, 30 they singled out the Sheriff as their vic
tim, and made their whole effort against him.
They wanted to teach White Cloud lesson.
Her delegation had been pledged to CAMPBELL,
but the contract could not he carried ont. Had
this delegation gone for CAMPBELL, he would
have beeh nominated. With the Doniphan dele
gates who pledged themselves for TRACY in order
to be elected and betray him, and the Burr Oak
ers who were % saeily bembooxlod, White Cloud
would have made tAem safs Therefore, the
White Cloud man wae selected for their victim.
CAlaPDsI&- WAS On ,ths constant 60 throughout
the County, until the day Of the election The Of
fee be held, aAardsd him good ground for the
prstence that he wns on business. Although he
repeatedly pledged 6irsnpport to the whole tick
ct, it was evident hs was up to mischief; aud
MARTIN and his friends asserted that CAMPBELL
had pledged him his support, aud that he would
clcctioneer for him in the lower part Of tine Coun
ty. He undoubtedly kept faith with MARTIN.
At the same time, - pretext for his bad feeling,
he claimed that some person At White Cloud had
written him letter, saying that MAQUnxEN and
some Of his friends had circulated islanders against
him. This was villainously false; but he insist
ed upon believing it; and refused to give his au-
thority, or allow any chance to disprove the
statements. He may have been 20 informed-he
knows best. CAMPBELL's brother, at Highland
treated it - personal indignity, when Repub-
lcan would tell him he intended to vote for the
Republican candidate for Sheriff.
As . last and conclusive evidence that his hand
was in the conspiracy against the candidate for
Sheriff, let us look at his strongholds. At High
Republican majority is from Is to 30, still MAR
TIN beats MAQUnxEN about that number-show-
ing that some 30 Republicans scratched MAQUIL-
KEN, and voted for MARTIN. At Troy, another
CAMPBELL fortress, the returns shows that so Re-
publicsns scratched MAQUILKEN, and voted for
MARTIN. At Doniphan, where "Pony T" Low and
his fellows run the machine, the Republican vote
is about IS. Ofthese, Is voted for MAQUILKEN-
the other 60 voted for MARTIN. At other pre-
cincta, the scratching was lighter, proportioned
to the calibre of the men who engineered the
work. If fMERRI1T had remained on the track, as
an independent candidate, probably they could
have induced many Republicans to vote for him,
who could not be led by the nose over to the De-
lhhsOAoOyS oehu SAASOAAAAEN WOulu udt0 D60n uODe
for; hut when MERRITr saw how the thing was
running, he refused to he made tool for the
purpose of electing Democrat, and withdrew
from the race.
Such is q true history of this whole business,
from beginning to end. We want the Republi-
cans Of Doniphan County to read it, and pass
their own Judgment upon . set of men who will
set to'work to break down the party when they
cannot use it for their own exclusive benefit. Had
they succeeded, they might have snapped their
fingers, and claimed that tlFcy were sustained by
. majority of the people. But they have failed,
and are fiat on their backs. They have dishonor-
ed themselves, and arc repudiated by the party.
True, their tricks have had the effect of defeating
two Republican candidates for the Legislature,
which they probably did not intend; but the
great object Of their treachery is stupendous
failure. II.
We are in favor Of Conventions, and Of support
ing regularly nominated tickets. We do not claim
to control anybody, and may be able to influence
but few; but this little operation has been played
once two often, and we want it distinctly under
stood, that if any of the rig leaders in this move
ment are ever nominated upon . Republican tick
Ut in this County, the White Cloud Chief bolts the
nomination.