The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-10
KANSAS NOTES.
Political. Personal and otherwise.

Pic mics have broken out in
Lawrence.
Burlington is now going
through the paper mill fever.
Kansas has spent 5000 trying
to get up necktie festival in honor
of DR.. Medlicott.
The Atchison Champion called
the delegates to the Liberal conven-
ton "swashjiggers."
The Wichita Vidette calls Sol
Miller the "Mephitis Amercianus."
We suppose Sol. knows what that is.
Web Wilder is a good fiddler,
and we are glad to hear that he is
going to take his violin to Gilmore's
jubilee.
Sam. Crawford was absent at
the Cincinnati convention a whole
week and this part of the State did
not tilt up.
Hammond has finished up. Fort
Scott and is now at Paola. A large
number of conversions were made
at Fit. Scott, among whom were a
good many lawyers and doctors.
-SwAsHJIGGER.-Speaking of ma
nure reminds us that Gov. Crawford
has resortcd TO Democratic paper
for defence, and filed a couple of
its columns with an attempt TO ex-
plain that he is not what everybody
knows him to be-a vain, brainless,
inflated nothing.-[White Cloud
Chief.
"A fellow in Topeka boasts of
belonging to eleven different secret
societies, and expects to join some
more. He is ambitious of having
the biggest funeral in the country
when he dies, and will join the Sc
cret Liberal society this fall for
practice.
"A PERSONAL WoRD.-EX-Gov
S. j. Crawford, of Emporia. in an
"open letter" in the Emporia Ledger
of last week, takes occasion to
make personal insinuations regard
ing our political action relating TO
the late Senatorial election. We
wish to inform the gentleman that
we have some letters in our posses
SION, written by the aforesaid Sam
uel j. Crawford, which we propose
to publish for the general informa-
ton of the public in due time. Said
letters were written to us during
the late Senatorial canvass, and con-
tain some statements which will
prove Samuel j. Crawford to be
not only a.corrupt politician, but n
We did not commence
this fight, but will endeavor to be
in at the close.-[E ldorado Times.
And here is what the Chetopa
Advance has TO say: "Gov. Sam.
Crawford, the latest accession TO
carries with him but
little strength. He is regarded as
iefunct politician who has already
far more than the measure
of his merits. He recently address,
ed an open letter to Jake Stotler, of
The News, accusing Jake by indirect
of divers political ofFens-
IS. He ought TO know that Stotler
gave him the only prominence and
strength he had in the last Senatorial
,ontes. and gratitude should have
closed his mouth. The News an
'wers his letter in a way that raises
Telts on the back of the ex-Gov-
ernor. That farm which the Gov
srnor got from the X. P. II. II. is
altogether too large for even his ex-
to get around"
CARNEY ON CALDwELL.-The
correspondent of the
Times and Chronicle
the following concerning
he Caldwell investigation:
Ex-Governor Carney, of Kansas,
who was one of Mr.. CaldwelPs
backstays during the con-
lest in Kansas which resulted in his
election to the senate, has, for some
reason, fallen out with
Mr.. Caldwell, and now proposes to
ell what he knows about buying
~ :. d.. A-z.y ...s
Mr, Sidney Clarke has in his pos
session aTletter written him by Gov.
Carney, which he proposes to read
20 the Senate committee il they ever
commence the investigation. In
his letter Gov. Carney says that it
s within his own personal knowl-
EDGE that Mr.. Caldwell paid large
sums of money to members of the
legislature for their votes !; and that
Mr.. Caldwell said to him frequently
hat he would secure the Senator
hip If it cost him q quarter of
million dollars that to his own
Mr.. Caldwell paid Jas.
3. Legate, State Senator, the sum
Of one thousand dollars for his vote,
md that Mr.. Caldwell frequently
said to him that he had bought four
teen others at q cost ranging from
one thousand to twenty-five humid
red dollars each. Gov. Carney fur
Their says that Mr.. Caldwell under
stands full we'll that he Carney is
perfectly familiar with all his trans
actions in buying up the legislature,
and that he is ready TO come to
and substantiate all the
in tho letfaP uudar oath