The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-12-04
The Governor an Owner in the
Commonwealth.
The Pretty Man Must Do as He
is Ordered.
TOPEKA, Dec. |, 1873.

ToPEKA, Dec. |, 1873.
Ediisr Times:
The establishment with which the people
Of the State received the news of the appoint
ment of Judge Crozier to the vacant Senator
ship, has somewhat opened the eyes Of the
Commonwealth, and that remarkable flourish.
ing and trimming sheet, has almost settled
down to the conviction, although it does not
utter the fact, that Gov. Osborn has selected
the man Of all Others whom the people do
not want.
When the Governor arrived from Leaven.
worth, on the eventful Saturday night of the
23l ult., and announced that ne had
BARGAINED THE APPoINTNENT AWAY
% Bob Croz;er, an immediate kitchen cabinet
convensd in the editorial room of the Com
monuealth. The usually serene and ssraphic
Capt. King s,roked his luxuriant moustache,
raised his index finger and emphatically told
the Governor that while the moon continued
to shine upon the grange he would be I'M
able to rid himself of the odium of that ap-
pointment. "No Republican paper in the
State" says the disappointed and irate Cap
tain, "would dare support it," The Gov
erncr unhesitatingly declared that nothing
could change his action. and no matter who
it disappointed, or who opposed il, be in
tended to adhere TO the same. Now, the
Commonwealth, it happens, was under pecn-
liar obligations TO the Governor, and they
are thusly explained: About the time Prouty
abdicated the throne of the institution, it
was announced in large primer italic letters
on one page, and two-line Nonpareil on the
other,
"BY HENRY KING"
The Governor, un 1oubtedly took prominent
pecuniary interest in the paper. The large
and attractive display Of king" At the
head of the paper was no indication that
he owned dollar of its material, snd, in
fact, it is not altogether demonstrated that
he owns any of it yet, and thus the reader
may readily understand Why the Common
wedhh carefully, but very ambiguously, en-
dorsed the Governors new appointment.
But it was not until long after the dingy
hour of IL M, (midnight), and not until
the telegraph operator threatened TO close
the Office, old the disappointed and
sESArE-slcK EDITOR
and news agent conclude to proclaim the
fact of Croziers appointment through the
Commonwealth, and over the wires to the
Associated Press and to the people Of the
State and Union. How matters have been
arranged since do not know, but am in
clined to strongly gueas, from the fact that
Sunday mornings Commonwealth contained
over two columns of objections Of the press
of the State, and not one line OF comment,
other than sort OF cowardly evasion OF the
issue by qnibbling 18th The editor oil HE
TINES over . very patent fact. j. will, no
the kaneas pres may say IN ind'gnaton and
disgust At the appointment and leave the
fact of Its own demoraliz alton over the mat
ter, . conjecture. 1t will never ATTEMPT TO
extricate itself from its unPleasant dilema,
hut will trim its sails anew to sail along
With the popular current That the editor
Of the Commonwealth is unhappy requires no
expert in physiology to detect. The tele
gram sent out from Leayenvor.h. which
mentioned the TACT OF the Commonwealth being
the only daily paper in the State that in
dorsed the appointment. which the display
line Of the telegraph claimed - . com
plimsnt," was not written by any response
bic person, hut simply BY the gentleman,
Who writes busines pufis and far-reached
private Il h utterly lgn0rsd by the editor.
1t will be remembered, some time last Sep
tember, about the time that King grev to the
dimensions OF display line in the Common:
sceo,th, It Wae rather autnonuveiy announced
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