The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-25
From the Topeka Commonwealth
col. P. B. PLUMB.

There ara those in the state who
hold, not without reason, that Kan
sasis to be regenerated and her pol
itics purified only by the TRANSMISSION
of new blood; that all men who
haYe been prominent candidates for
everything and anything for the last
ten years should be shelYed and
new men, unknown to conventions
and ca4cuses, brought forward to
fill the ranks. AS Senator Ingalls,
expressed it, when congratulated
upon his election, it is time to have
ga new deal all around" The argu-
ment against this is, that those only
are prominent who naturally de-
serve to be; and to be mentioned in
connection with position and as
piring to it argues eligibility. A
"neW DEAL" too, may turn out more
disastrously than trusting to our
present hands," or, to pursue the
metaphor into technicalities, it may
afford an opportunity to "raise a
cold deck" that will lead to our ut
ter undoing, We hardly thought 8
new man could be suggested for the
senatorship that would not naturally
fall into the long and frightening
line of candidates to forlornly wait
for lightning to play about his hat.
The Wichita Beacon, however, has
pnearthed candidate that compels q
good word from US, as his name will
also from our contemporaries. The
Beacon says in an article called out
by the Leavenw orth Commercials
highly imaginary portrait of sem
at0r:
''In view of the above truths, we
are led to announce Col. p. b. Plumb,
of Emporia, as the man most likely
to fill the bill. A hraYe soldier and
a high minded, honest and capable
lawyer, he should be particularly
dear to HeaYenWorth, as having
helped, in great measure, to save
her from fire and pillage, while act
ing as MOonlight's Lieut.. Colonel of
the old Eleventh Kansas, during the
Price raid. Give us Col. Plumb,
boys, drop politics and let us send
one soldier statesman to congress,
to show the east that we have as
broad heads and brave hearts in re-
serve as the oldest state can boast"
We can heartily join hands with
the Beacon in this handsome send
off of Col. Plumb, although it will
be accepted by him as a pure COM
pliment. It is not likely that Col.
Plumb will lose moments sleep
about the senatorship, or that cali
from a majority of the newspapers
of the state would induce him to set
about the necessary preliminaries.
If he gould have the office for the
asking he would veg his soul ezish
questionlngs like Corinlanuss ben
urged to sue for the cOnsulshf and
would inquire whether the game
were worth the candle, and in the
end would lay never pipe.
This is our estimate of Col. Plumb,
and we think those who know him
best will admit that it is not an ex-
aggerated one. he preferred to
win at his own profession, and
wonld not allow himself to be di-
verted by the siren voice of politics.
This oontinea0e has grown into q
habit with him, and we doubt
whether he could SO master his aver
sion to the trade of politics as to go
into the scramble even as a contin-
gent candidate. But that shall not
preclude our saying of him what we
believe. Col. Plumb is one of the
clearest-headed men in Kansas.
Thoroughly self reliant, of cool
judgment and strong convictions, he
would be an affirmative representa-
live in the senate, one who would
compel the respect and regard of
those who came in contact with him.
He possesses indomitable energy,by
virtne Of which, added to certain
briiliancy of talent, he has worked
himself up from the printing case
to he an admittedly leading member
of the Kansas bar, and has acq uired
an independence that has enabled
him to partially give up the practice
of bis profession, to devote his time
to business and manufacturing en-
terprises that he has Inaugural. ed.
But there is little likelihood that
the senatorial maggot will get to
working in his brain, and we are
that in this gratuitous tes-
limonial to his worth and fitness we
arc in no way calling up spirit to
veK the sonls of the rank and file of
aspirants. At the same time we
could ask for no better man in the
United States senate than P. B.
Plumb, and we might be disappoint-
ed if we hoped for one half so good.