The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-18
THOMAS 4. OSBORN.

| 1HUMAS A. USbUhN.
The republican party of Kansas
nominated the Hon. Thomas A.
Osborn as the next governor of
Kansas. He was nominated over
two as good men as the state
boasts, whose records are unim-
peachable. He was nominated
fairly by q majority of a very
large convention, which majority
were well acquainted with his po-
litical and personal history from
territorial times up to the hour
when the honor was conferred.
Gov. Osborn's home is at Leaven-
worth, the once metropolis of the
far west. In Leayenworth lives a
man by the name of D. r, An
thony, who, since the earliest his
tory of the state, has been stand
ing candidate for any and all posi-
tions within the gift of his town
or state. This Anthony is man
of not only unbounded ambition
but of the strongest prejudices anu
dircst hates. His whole career is
marked with spirit Of rule or
ruin. Being wealthy and unscrup-
ulous he has both ruled and ruin
ed. He has not only ruined the
happiness of homes and the politi-
cal fortunes of many of his good
neighbors, but he has done more
by creating discussions and car
rying everything with a high hand
to run Leavenworth than all other
things combined. In every in
stance where the state has shown
a willingness to- concede Leaven-
worth important positions or adj
vantages this man has invariably
made an insane fight against the
protfered good unless in some way
he is to be the honored man or
the direct recipient of the advan-
tages offered. -. -i ~" a
There were two conventions of
the party of the state, held at the
same hour. Before one of these
conventions this man was a can
didate for congress. Because he
failed, and because OF his insane
envy that fellow townsman
should be honored before him, he
is now trying to defeat the repub-
lican party of this state by making
an onslaught upon the head of
the ticket. This man Anthony
owns the Leavenworth Times,
once the leading paper of the
state He has ruined it, also;
ruined its circulation, its influence
and even its responsibility. This
paper he fills with spleen and
charges of corruption against the
republican nominee. Knowing
we'll and personally for the past
twelve or fourteen years both of
these men, and knowing too that
there are at least sixteen thousand
voters in this portion of the state,
who knew nothing of either of
these men, we write thus explic-
ity.
Among other thiRgs he charges
that Gov. Osborn received $500
from j. J. Ingalls, to get Judge
Delahay TO make a certain order
in the L. S. district court.
This Mr. Ingalls, denies in toto.
Mr.. ingalls, is looked upon and
considered one Of the purest men
of the state, as he is high minded
and truthful. Tire personal ami
mas of the Times articles is so
evidentto older citizens that they
have no effect, but should a copy
of the paper fall into the hands of
a man who knew nothing of the
circumstances of Mr.. Anthony's
I. fight, the influence might be bad.
We have known Mr.. Osborn in
timately for many years, and have
always regarded him as a gentle
man and as n man of the purest
principles. He started 81 in life
a poor boy in Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, where he learned
the art of printing. He worked at
the case and attended the ALE
ghany College until he graduated.
He afterwards studied law at
| Meadville, where he was admitted
to practice in 1857, when he came
to Lawrence, Kansas. He remOv
ed from there to Doniphan coun-
ty, and was elected to the first
state senate. When Lieutenant
Governor Root went into the army
he was elected presiding officer of
that body. In 1862 he was elect
ed lieutenant governor. In the
spring of 1864 he was appointed
u. s. marshal, by the great Lin
coin, without any application for.
the place, and even without his
knowledge. He was removed in
1867 by Andrew johnson because
he refused to turn traitor to the
republican party. This is Mr.
Osborn's political history in a few
dates and facts. He has always
been uncompromisingly q repub-
| lican, and was nominated as such,
and no personal fight can make
him anything else. No man in
the state has a better record. In
tellectually he is strong man.
The masses ofthe people will not
support a man they believe to be
corrupt, whatever his adaptability
may be, but we pit the record of
Osborn against that of any man in
Kansas or elsewhere. He will not
run behind his ticket in this por-
ton of the state, but will be our
future governor, and as such we
entertain no fears for the success
of his Observation-Disclosures
Eagle. -5.-.