The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
THE EDITORS AND T'EgEs
POLITICIANS.

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prominent figure in the late State
convention. There were present as
delegates Col. John q Martin, of the
tho Atchison Champion; +. e..
Adams, of tho Waterville Tele-
graph; w. w. Creighton, of the
Leavenworth Times; Z. a. Was
ser, of the Girard Press; A. w. Gift
ford, of the Parsons Surprise w.
L. McElroy, of the Humboldt Union
T. Dwight Thachor, of the Law
renee Journal; w. T. Chalfant, OF
the Burlingame Chronicle; w. w.
Sain, of the Neosho Falls Post: J.
S. Gilmore, of the the Fredonia Cit
izen; James j. Chatham, of the
CofTevville Courier; S. G.. Mead, OF
the Eureka Herald; N. L. Prentiss,
of the Junction City Union; r. b.
Murdoch, of the Eldorado Times
James Kelley, of the Winfield
Courier; G. NJ. Scott, of the Arkan-
sas getty Traveller "a j. w. Hart, of
the Solomon City Newspaper; j.
ii. Folks, OF the Wellington Press,
and II. c. Ashbaugh, of the New
ton Kansan. Nineteen in all.
About half of them, we under
stand, will bolt the ticket, or at
least portion OF it, aud the other
half are not surprisingly enthusiast
/ tic in its support. 1t is the custom
for the politicians to six up" tick
ct, and then ask the press boys 10
come in and do the work and elect
it. The papers, with honest inten-
tons, promise the people that there
shall be reform "within tho party"
and the politicians kick these prom
ises to the wind. The editor must
look to the people for his support,
and the politicians, or ''tickct fix
ers" tell him he must support men
for Office which the people don't
want. No wonder the editors be-
gin to kick. Their promises TO tho
people are made as thin as air by
AAIC ttClApiA ttIEltN ALlEs NEL IL tslS
editor dares 10 raise his voice against
the Irregular ticket" he must be
branded as bolter, and bounded
out of the party and community.
We want n free press, and the poll
ticians arc making it free as fact as
possible. We are not in favor of
nflstAs.- =,
not what we plead for. What we
do want is u party that will give rs
ticket, eUeT.y time, that all can con-
scicntiously recommend to the peo-
pie. This is all the Republican press
of Kansas asks. No party can long
CT afford to give less. We arc aware
that it would be hard 10 suit all
newspaper men. 1t would not be
hard though to make a ticket against
which no charges of wrong-doi
could justly lodge. The people
know when an editor is actuatcd by
personal spite. a man who does
not rise above such motives is not
Az ~ ~SHAoSh "a SWSiailCE, Slltl ndo
little influence.
If half the editors we have named
above have fully concluded they
will not support the Republican
State ticket, or any part of it, they
will make trouble. We don't know
but that there is much truth in what
a prominent editor uttered the 9TH
er day. In talking over this matter
he said the best thing that could
happen to the Republican party
would be a sound thrashing. That
would straighten it out. We should
regret very much to sec the Repub-
lican party beaten in Kansas, but
worse things could befall the coun-
try than that. The politicians must
not blame the Republican papers
too much if they conclude to stick
by their friends and supporters, the
people, rather than to obey the de-
mands of the "ticket fixers."