The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-02-05
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Yesterday the Legislature broushtthe pro
lopged Senatorial cont Isl to an abrupt ter
minat:on BY the election Of Ex-Governor
James NJ. Harvey to the Office Of U. 8. Sen
aior, and to-day the ploiters, manipulation
and troubled correspondents are at rest. Ih'
contest which ended yesterday on the frs
ballot of the day and sixth ballot Of the ses
sion, differed in many respects from all Pre-
ceains conte-ts for U. S, Senator, in Kansas.
The Senator was elected without the corrup'
use OF mouey-at lea-t many Of the old cor
rup:ioni.t., as we'll as other observers, make
a frank confession to that extent, and since
none dissent from the statement, it may b
accepted a. true. We know that many
welI-di-po.ed persons will attribute this aP'
probation o. virtue 10 the scarcity Of money.
and ia the process Of reasoning. go back to
the panic, and the irflexibility of the currency
as compared with the de1ibility Of human con.
science, bu, We have assembled the moral lad
der one step higher than the multitude, and
honestly ascribe the purity Of the contest to
an awakening sense of morality in the minds
Of the people, and the presence in Topeka OF
a larger body of incorruptible Legislators
than usually assemble there. However, in
writing this down a. our honest judgment,
We do not dispute the proposition touching
the scarcity Of money.
The choice of E1-Gov. Harvey did not
OCCASION much surprise ID those some
what posted in the adrcit movements of pol.
iiic.ans, but it must be confessed that the
Combinations which secured the requisite
number Of votes u elect him, were consum-
mated sooner than We anticipated. The
general breaking way from individual and
local favorites commenced Saturday night !;
vet, even considering the vast amount Of hard
work that a christian politician can perform
on the Sabbath day, the election yesterday
was unexpected.
The election Of Gov. Harvey in any light it
may be viewed must be accepted as Repub-
lican triumph, and withal generous Re
publican concession TO the expressed wishes
of the farmer; for whatever else may be said
o! the new Senator as public man no one
can call in question his steadlast loyalty to
the party. We therefore apprehend, that
the opposition newspapers will set up fear
full howl about the potency of the "Admin-
ring" lash. and strive by the display
Of alIiterative head lines to impair Mr.. Har-
vey's usefulness ins,he Senate, because en-
inent Republican Senators and Representa-
lives together with leading Federal Office
holders accepted him as their candidate and
elected him.
The Rapu5licans Of the Kansas Legisla-
lure readily perceived that the great mass of
Kansans preferred The election of a farmer,
md the leaders Of the party ready to respect
he will of the people, made known in pub
ic and private speeches their unreserved
willingness 10 forego individual preferences
md local obligations, to secure the election
# candidate in the closest sympathy with
he agricultural classes, provided that candi-
late was one whose fidelity II the Republic
an party could rot be disputed.
james NJ. Harvey is so we'll known that
, is hardly worth while to dwell upon his
,ersonal his.ory. He Is plain spoken farm.
r, of Riley county, who served the State in
be army, in the Legislature, and four years
8 Governor, being elected u the last
AIMED Office in 1868, and reelected
, 1870. He was a candidate for Senator
lat winter, and received respectable vote
n the first ballet, but was not placed in NOM
nation the second day. Gov. Harvey was
o, the ab,est candidate before the Legisla.
Ire, vet he has more ability than many who
ERE his competitors. We frankly confess
nat he was net our frst choice for U. S.
nator, but stree the Legislature, in its pa
ent wisdom, l. Is deemed it best to entrust
i'm with the great responsibilities Of that
flee, we cheer. y accept the result. and
romise to DO what we can, in our humble
'ay, t, uphold and strengthen him go long
> he remains true to the State and to the
eople. 1t seems to US that this tearing
own process-ihis thing of destroying men
. soon as they are promoted, and impairing
neir future usefulness has gone far enough.