The Leavenworth weekly times., 1873-10-23
LENAPE VIEW OFTHE FARM.
ERS' CONVENTION.
The Farmers OF the 2jth District
Nominate.

2he adult population OF Lenape have beeI
diverted by the perusai OF the report o! shs
Farmers and Workingmen's proceedings =,
High Prairie. have heard few rsgrssl
expressed that this locality was Lot then and
there represented, although some of the pro.
ceedinss NEE, our appreciation. We admire,
for sxsmpie, the bcld stand and refornatory
spirit indicated by that resolution in favor Of
4 reduction OF taxes snd an honest admins.
tration OF Affairs" When men are vrou2h,
up to the pitch o: dem,udinS a reduction ol
taxes, ii ia evident that something ''hss got
TO be DONE" and then, it is cheering to
know that farmers and workingmen are op.
posed to monopoly, professional politicians
and office seekers, believing that Office should
| seek the man, and not man the Office" We
have none OF the disreputsbie class known
although believe there are those among our
citizens, (modesty forbids ms to particular
i1e) who would manage to be 1t home when
ever office takes notion to leave the streets
the metropolis TO visit this pSrt OF the coun-
y in search OF incumbents Tor Ia. places. /
think may 10 further, and say inas there
are those among as vino would not, under
tte circumstances. object to beirg vigorously
hunted for.
But whats the ue, alter all, Of m king
such an ado over the election OF county Off
cers Eject whom We may, it il .'ot to be
supposed that the Sheriff, Clerk, Treasurer,
&c, will not tske all the sa!ary, perquisi,es
aud stealings that tie laws allow Ihem,
Wba. is needed is modification OF he laws
relating TO official duties and salaries; hence
the importance OF sending men to the Legis-
lature who can he depended upon to attend
to that kind of business.
The farmers and workiugmen demand. d
the repeal Of the law exempting mortgage.
from taxation, thereby evincing degre. OF
astutenes not 10 be exhibited on every
uiaing occasion. The farmer who borrows
money, and mortgages hi, land ss security, |
would have tie security taxed, never dream
ing that the capitalist who loaned the money |
would be likely to tuck On" two or three |
more per cent. to Offset the taxation, ami
then such taxation would benefi, the ''sen-
eral Golfers" only, though the added per |
centage would he taken exclu ,iveiy iron, III. /
pocket of the farmer borrower. But ther.
Is somehow q reiorma,ory ring in the resolu
tion referred to, and thar, We presume, Wa.
what the occasion demanded.
IL 10 to be regretted that 60 much go, d |
work Was after all Brought to Dauxht by ne
adoption of resolution to rescind. Some
thing surely ought to have ben accom-
plished in the way of publication and re-
TO Compensate for the material
damage which the Industrial interests OF III.
must have suffered by the an-
renee of 60 many ha'd working men ut ii is
which the nomination OF iick.t
Of ''noDe bat honeet and cipshe men" wou 4
have asved the Repub. lean and Demo
cratic parties of the country much trouble in
he sane direction.
They have been following the new DEPART
ire to practical results in tie 25.iI Repln:,-
AN District fongsnoxis, Sherman, Reno
ind S!rabger) Of this county. A party COM
posed of farLaers heretofore connected viii.
10Th of the political parties, met a, Reno on a,
he 18th inst, by delegates from the several
ownships, to nominate candidate. for III.
legislature and County Board OF Commis
loDers. Messrs. Z. W. Lawrence, Z. Z
Duncan, Il. Taylor and Messrs. Stanton,
sexton and Hoi.ing-wo,th wanted to 90 10
he Legislature. and Me-srs. Phinnessey. :
Henderson aud Pickens con- :
essed ambition to get into the County
Soard. DR.. c. W. Lawrence, of Reno, wa ,
for the Re- sentative. and Jane, :,
'ickeDs, of Sherman, for Commissioner
Both these gentlemen are old settlers, and,
= they are nominees Of the farmers party,
obody, Of course. will doubt theiI
ones,y or capacity. Il is probable that the !
Democrats and Republicans of the Disiric 4,
ill unite upon sn opposition ticket; TOR :
fter all. there is chance that these gentle :.
,en do not enboiy all the fitness for these
ositions, and all the honesty the 1is,ric; can :,
oast Of; and il is possible tina, the Farmers n
convention did not rePresent all the political =
.n;iment OF the district.
Oar place has lately been vi-i:ed by mem A
ere Of heavy business firm, in Kansas City !,
hey represent business a. dull, and the :,
pneral prospects at the great railroad center !,
: no means encouraging. Ii these gentle n
len are seeking a rew location they will ;,
I'd good and cheap building lots an. gre., g
os,ibiiilies of Improvement at Lenap,.
LESAPs, Oc'. ls, 1873. IA. Z. -