White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
Thursday, ;: !: a.: August 3, 1871.
"The Free State Fathers-Where are
They!"
We have Just been thinking over the long array
Of good old names that used to greet our eye in
the proceedings of Free State Conventions and
Legislatures, in the days when the whole party
was united and enthusiastic in fighting the Pro
Slavery element, AMI when it required the utmost
vigilance to prevent the Free State majority from
being overwhelmed by the power of Government
patronage. But few of the old familiar names
from 1856 to 1861, ever come to the surface now.
Some are retirod some have gone away, and some
are dead; while few got scared, weakened
down, and snesked back into the Democratic
ranks, when the Free State party took the name
Republican, and became part of the national
party Of that name.
In Doniphan, We used to have Gen. John Bayless,
A. Low, Harris Stratton. Robert }. Porter, Bcnjar
min Harding, Ed Russell, 7. A. Osborn. Albert L.
Lee, d. w. wilder, George T. Hough, Al. Selover,
and many Others Porter is dead; Strstton desert
ID to the Democracy, and went We know not
whittier; Lee is South; Bayiess and Hough return
ed 10 the East; Russell and Osborn are in Leav-
enworth; Wilder is in Fort Scott; Larzelere, Hard
ing and Selover are residing at wathcna; Brock is
on his farm in Barr-Ook; and Low has but lately
got out of politics.
Atchison used to give ms Caleb May, Parilec
Butler, DIR. Irwin, X. A. Van Wrinkle, John N.
Price, and DR.. Grimes. Price is still in politics;
Irwin is dead; May is in Southern Kansas; and
Grimes Butler and Van Wrinkle are all, we believe,
living quietly in the County.
From Brown, we used to hear Of II. K. Dutton,
e. N. Morrill,, E. L. Pound, w. w. Guthrie, s'sd
Oryille Root Pound is dead; Dutton il in Chi
caro; Root is in California; Morrill, is banking in
Hiawaths; and Guthrie is practicing law 1t Atch-
ison, and running stock farm below Iowa Point.
Nemaha used to present the familiar names Of
George Graham, r. U. Torrey, Sam Lappin, and
Morton Cave. Torrey and Cave are dead; Gra-
ham and Lappin still reside at Seneca, and fire.
4uently figure in politics.
In Marshall, the names with which we were
most familiar, were Swearingen, Vail, and Audi
They are all, we believe, still in the County, in
retiracy.
In Leayenworth we nscd to have Marcus J.
Parrott, Thomas Ewing, Jr., James L. Mcdowell,
Robert Crozier, Henry J. Adams, Scott Anthony,
A. C. Wilder, John P. Hattcrscheidt, and host of
others. Of these, Ewing and Mcdowell have
sloughed off to the Democracy; Parrott is taking
life easy; Anthony is, we believe, in Colombo;
Crozier is banking; Hattcrscheidt has foreign
appointment; Cart. Wilder is in Rochester, N. Y;
and Adams is dead.
Wyandotte's most prominent men werc w. Y.
Roberts, now dead; J. P. Root, now Minister to
and fra1 Of
State Agricultural Society.
Jefferson sent up DR.. Buckmaster, George S.
Hillyer, R. S. Crosby, and Jo. Speer. They are all
still in the County, making but little noise in pol
itics, except Spcer, who will subside when be
Prominent men in jackson, were Judge HOog-
hnd, Martin Anderson, and Golden Silvers. An
derson resides in Topeka; Sivers is County Com
missioner of Shawnee County; and Hoogland, We
believe, is still in jackson.
Pottawatom had Dr.. L. r. Palmer and Father
Wells, who are both remaining quiet.
Noted men in Riley, were A. j. Mead and DR..
Robinson, afterwards Secretary of State. Robin
son is dead, and Mead long ago went over hope
lessly to Democracy.
Douglas, in those days. was the head centre, and
had q host of leading men, among whom We may
mention Gen. Lane, Charles Robinson, Gorge
w. Brown, C. W. Babcock, Martin +. Conway,
James Blood, G. w. Deitzler, s. C. Pomeroy, John
Speer, Josiah Miller, r. S. Elliott, Judge G. w.
Smith, Judge Wakefield, and many others. Lane
and Judge Miller are dead; Brown is played out;
Babcock is Surveyor General of Kansas; Elliott
is Industrial Agent of the Kansas Pacific Railway;
and the balance are still operating about Law
renee, except Pomeroy, who, We believe is detec-
tive, trying to find out where they have hidden |
the Savior. Conway is probably selling peanuts |
somewhere.
In Shawnee, the leading men used to be Col. c. |
X. Holiday Chester Thomas, DIR. Jas Fletcher, |
Dan. Horne, E. G. and w. w. Ross Loring Farms |
worth, and number of others. Fletcher is late |
ly dead; the Rosses are scattered, Especially |
E. G. y and the balance speculating in better
business than politics.
OF the johnson County men, Ed. Nash is, or was |
not long ago, in Chicago; John T. Burris is still
in johnson; and Jas +. Legate is in Lcarenworth |
lis soon to address a colored meeting and is |
waiting for his commission as Governor of Pata- |
yonia.
Miami used to send up b. F. Simpson, G. A. |
,olton, W. w. Updegraf, and Uncle Abe Ellis,
who are all still there, engaged more or Less in |
politics. Old Ossawatomie Brown was also in |
Miami, but he had q way of his own. His soul
s now marching
Linn County had Col. Broadhcad, Montgomery,
Jennison, and Asa Hairgrovc. Jennison is gamb-
ing in Leavenworth Broadhcad is yet active in
Linn, Montgomery is quiet, and Ilairgrovc, after
'erving as State Auditor, went to tho Southern
,order of the State.
The principal Free State man of Bourbon-or
he most noisy one-was DIR. Danford. He has
,layed himself out, and gone to California.
Franklin County had such men as w. W. H.
lawrence, Joel X. Goodin, and James Hanway.
lawrence is speculating and bobbing around;
1snway is still moving along; Gooiin deserted
he standard, and has been bobbing back and
orth in politics ever since.
Anderson County rejoiced in James @. Blunt,
n. Gilpatrick, and Billy Spriggs. Blunt is TAX
ng care of the Indians. Gilpatrick is silent, and
priggs is raising fancy hogs.
DR.. Jonn W. Scott used to be one Of the lca,lng
zen of Allen, and still is.
Usage was the residence of old Judge Schuyler,
tho is now quiet; and of james M. Winchell,
ald to be the best parliamentarian in the State,
ovr residing somevbere i'm the East |