The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-07-19


as it may, we say to the Liberals.
with q large degree of exultation,
go away with your Webbs, Man
loves and such trash, SO long az our
lines can be strengthened by the adj
dition of such Websterian broWs
as that of w. d. Walker.
CoNsIsrENcY.-The Southwest,
new Liberal paper at Humboldt,
Kansas, is edited by one Smith, who,
we believe, was Republican MEM
Der of the last Legislature. The
Southwest is a blatant sheet. The
Humboldt Union is showing up
this recent convert in good style.
1t seems he came home frem the
Legislature Republican candidate
for Congress, and we remember to
have heard his name mentioned
as such during the session.
One OF the first things he did after
returning to his constituents was to
publish q Congressional card. This
he did no longer ago than the 22d
day of March last. In this card he
shattered the Liberals in loud terms,
and took the most unequivOcal Re-
publican grounds. We are left to |
draw our own conclusions as to |
whether Smith was honest in March |
or whether he is honest now. We
find in the last Union some extracts |
from his Congressional card, and
publish the following. It is not
very consistent with Smiths pres
ent scriblings in the Southwest, to
say the least:
$50 far as I have been able to
learn, the men who have assumed
the leadership of the new party are
no better than the men against
whom their deadliest shafts are aim
ed, and there would be nothing
gained 6y turning out one set Of
there's to put IN q still htIngrter and
more cGdGVerOus set. /, for one,
shall therefore seek for publication
and reform inside and not outside of
the good old laurel-crowned and
historic Republican party. AS to
my being q candidate for Congress,
/ should regard IL very great hon
or to receive the nomination at the
hands of the Republican State Con-
ventio1, believing, as ! do, that that
Convention will represent the hon
est, hberty-loving masses of the
State"
, A WESTERN MAN.-Considerable
effort is being make to have one of
the nominees for Congress from the
West, but from present appearances
we fear the effort will turn out
about like those heretofore made to
get "Neosho Valley man." The
candidates will be numerous. From
what we hear there is likely to be
such q bitter opposition to each
: other, among them, that each will
: prefer a man from some other Sec
ton, if he cannot himself be sue
cessful. This is about the calibre
of most of the asprants. There are
q few fellows mentioned who are
in no way fit for the place, among
whom VIC may name Sam Strickler,
s. D. Houston, E. j. Jenkins and
others whose names do not occur to
US. They are clever fellows, and
we haYe not a thing against
them personally. Houston is a man
of meagre abilities, and a regular
weather-cock politically. Strickler
is little better. Jenkins will not
do at all. Our notion is that the
West could do much better by unit
ing on either Col Phillips, John Ii.
Edwards or George Martin. We
should like to vote for Martin, and
believe his nomination would be a
strong one. Edwards is good
speaker and an out-and-out Repub-
lican. Col. Phillips has thousands
of friends all over the State who
would delight to support him. If
} the West would succeed they must
present a united front and a good
: man. We have no use for q man
} who, like Stricken, was on the
fence during the fight of two years
ago-who is actuated by no higher
motive than his own little selfish
ambition. Or if none of these men
will suit, we suggest j. X. Wright,
of Junction City. There is a man
we should delight to support for
any Office. There is not dishonest
hair in his head, and he is not afraid
TO take position on any and all
occasions.
i SAUSAGE CovER.-Among the re-
cent converts to the Democratic
Observation-Disclosures Grant par
ty of Kansas is W. G. Webb, super
intendant of the Kansas insurance
department. Knowing something
of this chaps history we are not
surprised that he turns his coat.
He has done that frequently, if we
are correctly informed. 1t has not
been long, according to report
since he edited Copperhepd paper
in Pennsylvania. He also, at one
time, edited an Abolition paper in
the same State. In Wisconsin he
cut something of figure in politics.
When he was chief clerk of the
Assembly in that State, according
to the journal of the Legislative
proceedings, he altered an appro-
priation bill, by which little opera
ton he made thirty dollars. When
q member of the same body, and
chairman of the committee on en-
rolled bills, he substituted one bill
for another. For these slight of
fenses he was turned out of the
Wisconsin Legislature-or rather,
was pressed so hard that he resign
ed before the vote ousting him
was taken. If anybody doubts |
these statements let them look up
the journal for the Assembly of
1858. Since coming to Kansas his
distinguishing feauture has been q |
'nose" for Office. AS q member of |
the Legislature he worked through
q bill creating q new judicial dis
trict, then got the appointment of
judge. That's his idea of modesty.
Having a good deal OF shrewdness
he smelt the insurance department
with q salary of $4,000 affair of, so
he resigned his judgeship and came
back to the Legislature and engin-
eered the insurance bill. Governor
Harvey wanted till the Senate went