White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14
The .Liberal Republican" Leaders.

T0e AlOef8A BkcR0UuCoo CoSs
A call has been issued, signed by certain men,
styling themselves Republicans, asking all mem
bers Of the party who opposed to certain abus-
% which sore-heads lovo to recount, to meet at
Topeka ON the 10th of April, to appoint Delegates
10 the Cincinnati Convention. If any persons
have feared that this bolt would seriously damage
the Republican party, that fear will be disPei'ed
nv the knowledge that most of these men have
been chronically opposing the Republican party,
for the past ten years, and supporting boiling
tickets; and some of them have been such JoSAHs
to the parties they acted with, as to invariably
bring shipwreck upon them. Let rs take
glance at the list.
First and foremost comes the great discoverer
OF the Commercial Element" " in Kansas politics,
MARCUS ]. PARRoTr, who has come down TO us
from the ante-sorehead era, bringing certain ira
ditions of eloquence and popularity, TO winch the
"old settlers occasionally love to allnde, when
tbey become rarrulous upon early days. We
first knew PARRorT in Ohio, twenty -one years
aqo fresh from an Eastern law school, and zeal
ous desciple of yALIANDIGHAM, the God OF Ohio
Democracy But when the kansas-Nebraska Bill
was passed, PARROT had the first and only attack
of foresight which he ever experiencetl-he saw
that opposition to that measure was to be the
winning card, and he came to Kansas, as an Anti
Slavery man. He was elected Delegate to Con-
gress; and when the Constitution was adopted,
(having been beaten for Delegate to the Consri-
tutional Convention, he unanimously yielded the
Congressional nomination to another, for the pur-
pose of going up higher, to the Senate. But he
was beaten, even after invoking the 81 commercial
element" in his behalf, and beaten through the
mulishness of his own friends. From that day,
he has had the dyspepsia. Because Of his spite
against Gen. LANE, he became candidate for
Congress, in 1852, against the Republican nominee,
and of course was badly "snolled.' In 1864, there
were two Republican tickets in the field, and he
was placed on one of them, a Presidential Elec-
tor Both parties being in favor of LINCOLN, the
other faction accepted PARROTTAs theircandidate,
But he could not resist the temptation to make
an of himself and succeeded i'm creating a
strong belief that he might betray LINCOLN, in
order to spite LANE, after he was elected. The
result was that another man was picked mp, ON
the eve of the election, by whom PARROTT
beaten! In 1866, he made the ronnds of the State,
to doctor up his chances for the Senate; but not
being able to convince the people that he was not
dead, he gave il mp in disgust About this time,
having inherited one fortune and married another,
he left this "demnition vulgar country" and went
to reside in Paris, where the caught him, and
caused him to embrace the first opportunity to get
back home Here, to vary his monOtOnous life,
he ran for the Legislature, and was beaten, as
ual. He is setting foot another Of his
grand movements to purify the State.
E. G. Ross is another of these Liberal Republi-
can leaders. Taken from obscurity by man who
should never have been taken from obscurity, and
placed in the Senate of the United States, he sue
ceeded, by five years hard labor, in establishing
high reputation a nonentity He had a vote,
which Tom EWING controlled and specuated up
on. He did gain transient notoriety by the |
manner iu which EWING and PERRY FULLER vot-
ed him on the impeachment Of ANDY JOHNSON;
but even that fame did not long keep him above |
his natural level. He told GRANT to go to h-n" |
which GRANT stubbornly refused to do then he |
came home to make a race for reelection and got
about half a dozen vo.es-and not one of them. |
when elected was known to be for him. And he
is sick over the corruptness of the Republican
party.
s. n. WooD. SAM. won't enjoy health when he
gets with majority. He was an Abolitionist,
until A5oltionism trinmphed; then it didn't suit
him, and he went to kicking over the traces. He
bolts whenever ie has half chance, and gets
beat whenever the people have half an hours no
tice that he is on the track. In the Legislature,
several years ago, he had Judicial District made
for his especial benefit, and then was beaten for
Judge. Last year, he was a candidate for the
Legislature, without opposition; but the people
happened to hear Of it, half an hour before the
polls closed, and turned out and beat him. He
bOlted LINCOLN, in 1864, and is now intent on in
f1icting the same damage upon GRANT.
s. A. RIGGS. SAM. is a smart fellow, but his
health depends upon having something to butt
against He is always spelling for a fight: and
Democrats don't answer his purpose-he mnst
fight Republicans We believe he has been a
bolter almost every year since he has been in the
State He was for Ross, and it was through his ,
IuPerhuman exertions that the half dozen votes
we're gathered together in the Legislature in favor
# that celebrated representative of obscurity ,
f. when RIGGs gets to Heaven, he should find ,
LANE and SID. CLARKE there, 1--WE are only sup !
'osing case,) he would get up holt on the spot
The Liberal movement is a matter of recreation
With him. We suppose he is one of the men whom n
hoss intends to take to the Cincinnati Copyeu- 4
lion. il
N A. ADAMS is principally known as a specu,a. +
'or IN Government contracts, and as an adn,irer Il
u Ross. of course, he sees the necessity for n Il
'horough cleansing up of things
A. IHoMAN was chosen State Auditor. M n rec. y
ignition of the Republican Germans of Kansas :,
VOW he imagines that he carries the German vot.
4 the State in his breeches pocket, and must do h
. ScHuRz does. They will both find ont their E
mistake in due time
II. c. HAAS bolted the Republican ticket in
eavenworth, two years ago, and was elected to d
he Senate by the aid of Democratic votes He ia ii
J the same company still. CT
N. s. ROBINSON was an Indian Agent, and wa. a in
ctim to GRANTS Quaker policy OF course. 4, II
es the need Of change in the Administration.
G. c. PREscOTr-he writes his middle name i, r,
ll-was clerk in the late Legislature. He in
npiy stands for somebody else. pr
w. B. HUTCHINSON publishes paper called the or
dsffe at Wichita. The Republicans hav wing TAX M
steps to establish live organ there, il leaves
n at liberty to organize the Liberal movement.
d take his drinks regularly. "o
'koRaE TArBER, we believe, pnblishes q Ger. ae
N paper somewhere; and We suppose THoxaS wi
HAAS are subscribers. so
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