The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-06-07

contend with, p-oslaverv rnfra;ns
hn. t H. o.at demagogues TO fight;
IT, ne' CIR lost heart or gave up.
sa..o :, saved by courage, per-
soI se and faith. Major Plumb
ee of the experience in Kansas
, ar. Mcmillan, the largest cattle
.ealer in Ohio. He Travelled all
/ over the State but never found one
man who was not contented with
Kansas and did not believe in its
soil, climate and institutions. After
his long journey, Mr.. NJ. told
Plumb he had never before seen
such confidence, faith and hopeful
ness, and that such people could
not be defeated by any human pow
er.
We must omit the mention of
many things we saw at Emporia,
but cannot leave out the fact that
Ruggles & Plumb have a law libra
ry which it was a delight 10 look
over. 1t cost $4,000, and there are
only two better in the State. CIough
: 81 Wheat, of Leayenworth, have the
/ best one, which cost $4,000, and
/ Thatcher s. Banks, OF Lawrence,
have the second in value. In pre-
, pairing brief on the herd law last
year, Plumb found in Coke's report
(the set in this library the only de-
cision which defined precisely the
Z meaning of general and special
' laws, as the words are used in ouI
l constitution. Perhaps we ought MOI
: to mention this fact, but we read
|, the case there reported, and it wal
v SO clear and satisfactory that We
. cannot refrain from calling 6tten
ton to it. The editor triumph
} over the man and lawyer in making
. this disclosure, but if all our lega
y friends will study Coke we shall b.
? justified for the breach of conf
IS denee.
n From the first, Emporia has hai
r men of genuine character and fore,
l. to sustain and advance her charac
4 ter and interests. Maj. E. p. Ban
- croft, member of the first Stat
Senate and a good soldier durini
y the war, G. V. Eskridge, recent
7, Lieut.. Governor, and now a stron
a. candidate for Governor, Jacob Stot
D. Ter, of the News, often a Speaker c
oil tae House and now q Senator, p.
in Plumb, the founder of the New
q Ex-Governor Samuel j. Crawford,
- leading Liberal Republican, and GU
u Governor for two terms, ex-Audit
n or Swallow, Robert NJ. Ruggles, tn
u first Judge of this district and til
c. founder of the Emporia Ledge
II. Judge Bailey, Judge watson, th
ur instructors in the Normal Schoo
Id and many first-class business mel
ba They would have good town any
where, and here they had ever
Nc natural advantage in their favor.
s. Our old friend E. P. Bancroft ha
40 asked US TO be his guest andwe gladl
it accepted the invitation. No man
u Kansas lives more pleasantly or be
ter deserves his good fortune. i
he built the best business block her
,o Bancroft Hall, and the hall is OF
of the largest and best in Il
West. The editors used it for the
u Convention and were all delighte
Tn with its convenience, capacity al
In beauty. Maj. Bancroft is a person
IS: lfication of public spirit and mani
ut, ness, is q leader in all improvement
al and has done more to advertise En-
i'll poria and call attention to its adval
10. tages than any other citizen. A su
e ViYor of the Territorial war, of Il
y, y: war of the Rebellion, and of Il
vi Lawrence Massacre, he is still your
W and vigorous, and we believe
IN thoroughly in the good sense al
rs. sterling virtues of the people
in Kansas as to feel that the time WI
IL come when such men, though n
q politicians, will be called upon
represent and guide the interests
our young commonwealth.