The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-09-13
OUR CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.

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OUR CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
There never has been q ticket
nominated in this State that we
could more cheerfully support than
that put in the field by the Lawrence
convention last week. We recog-
nize in D. P. Lowe, VIM. A. Phil
las and S. A. Cobb three of the
best men in the State. We believe
them all to be thoroughly and
scrupulously honest in politics, as
well as in everything else. They
are all among the ablest men in the
State. They are all thoroughly de-
voted to Kansas and her political,
moral and material interests. If we
look at sectional interests, they are
as favorably located as ticket could
haye been made. The West, South,
North and East are represented.
At the same time these gentlemen
are all broad-brained and broad
gagged enough not to be biased by
the prejudices of locality to such an
extent as to blind them to the inter-
ests of the whole state.
Judge David P. Lowe, as our
readers know, has been our Repre-
sentative in Congress for the last
two years, and has given eminent
satisfaction to all sections. AS
Representative he is able, impartial,
and highly respectable. He has
been, in the National legislature, q
credit to Kansas, and it is not sur
prising at all that the people de-
mand his denomination, and that the
convention endorsed him on the
first ballot. Before he went to Con-
gress he was for long time on the
bench in his district, and was once
State Senator. In all these posi-
lions he was the same able, pure
and answering public servant that
he has been in Washington. lie is
man the people have trusted, and
one in whom they have never been
fooled. They will show their ap-
probation of him, by giving him
majority OF twenty-five thousand
votes at the November election.
Col. VIM. A. Phillips came to
Kansas, we believe, in 1855. He
was the correspondent of the New
York Tribune. He had been on the
editorial staff of that paper. His
letters in behalf of freedom in Kan
sas were very damaging to the slav-
cry party. He was an efficient actor
in the scenes of that early day. He
wrote and published Il book enti-
tied the Conquest of Kansas"
which did o noble work for the
cause of freedom. No man in
Kansas did more, with his pen, and
by active labor, to save Kansas from
the minions of slavery than Col.
Phillips. During the war he was
brave soldier, and active in enlist
ing the Indians south of us on the
side OF the government. lie was
Colonel, and was in command for
some time at FIT. Gibson. Here he
did gallant and efficient service.
The only elective Office he has held,
we believe, was that of member of
the lower house of our legisture in
1866. He is q forcible speaker, an
able DICTATOR, and thoroughly devot-
ed to the interests of Kansas and
the Republican party. And above
all, we believe him to be incorrupt-
ible. In all his public acts, we have
never heard him accused of a lack
of strict integrity. His private life
is spotless. He will represent the
highest standard of moral purity.
Perhaps no man in Kansas has q
better stored mind, or a clearer in
tellect than VIM. A. Phillips. We
are glad that he, too, was nominal
ed on the first ballot. This was but
a Just tribute to one who had done
so much valuable service for his
State, and proof that the convention
was determined to give the Repub-
licans the purest and best men. He
will be triumphantly elected, and
will ablyand faithfully discharge the
duties of the high trust reposed in
BIN. The older settlers of the State
are particularly gratified to have
him on the ticket because they
know him, believe in him and trust
him.
Colonel Stephen a. Cobb, the
youngest man on the ticket has
served one term in the State Senate
and two in the House, at the last of
which-1S72-he was the speaker.
He Is q graduate of Boston Univer-
sity. In every position he has
shown ability, integrity and thor
ough devotion to the interests of
Kansas and the principles of the
Republican party. He served with
distinction and honor during the
late war. He is an able lawyer, q
forcible speaker, and an untiring
worker. In point of energy we
know of none superior to him
among our public men. He is pc
culiarly the representative of the
bold, young, go-ahead spirit of
Kansas. Mr.. Cobb triumphed in
the convention, over some good
men, and we do not hesitate to say
that the delegates made the best
choice from the number of contest
ants. We take particular pleasure
in supporting him because he is one
of the kind of men we believe in.
OF course he will be elected, and
we predict viii make good Con-
gresham.
With this tickeLwe go into the
field with only one regret, and that
! IL that we have practically nothing