The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-07
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cOr'lanee with our rule TO give all
hearing. aEd not out of any DISPOSE
ton TO oppose Mr.. MaxsOn, AS we are
not fighting him. Mr.. Randolph
thinks the matter of importance 10
the Patrons, and we give him a
chance TO present the matter, mere
ly remarking that those interested
must fight il out.
CONFIDENTIAL TO PATRONS.
Believing that the office should seek
the man, and that we need a gentle
man OF culture and experience in leg
islatIon, OF more than the average abil-
tty and high personal character, and a
man who is thoroughly eonversant
With the wants of the southwest, do
hereby request HoN. p. B. MAxsoN, OF
Lyon county, Kansas, to allow his
name 70 be used as a candidate for
Congress In the Third District of Kan
sas.
VIM. Downing, Morris county,
James Coffin, /"
Horace Hurley, {"
leo. w. Coffin, 60
w. w. Homer, 80
VIM. Ramsey, Parkerville,
>: K. Holmes, Chase county,
Hewitt Craik,
w. G. Patten, g
w. 1. +. Harden, Lyon county,
Robt. NJ. Mcmillan, Lyon comfy,
w. j. Combs, Hartford,
Charles u. Paine, Lyon county,
w. v. Phillips, Chase county,
WIN. Martindale, Sem from Green
wood county,
O. = fsonEIf,, T1,o,, no,,n.
j. L. Williams, Lyon county,
w. ii. Proctor, Greenwood county,
DIR. l.. j. Cunkle A"
d. }. Owen, Neosho Falls,
J.. o. Priest, Center, Lyon county,
John II. Cowan, Fremont, Lyon Co.
l.. u. Anderson, I"
w. +. Holmes,
). n. Hills. Usage county,
Il. A. Downs, Usage county,
DIR. J. A. Washburn, Maple Grove,
Usage county,
John Marsden, RIchview, Usage Co.,
G. A. Eberhardt, Mission Creek,
w baunsee county.
And many others, representing
prominent farmers from six counties,
who believe In thus selecting q true
man, and to stick to him regardless of
any party action; and we know of no
better way than of thus privately and
confidentially recommending a fit man
on whom we can all unite.
Mr. EDITOR :-Haying heard OF
this secret circular in the hands of
w. VIM. Jay, of this city, thought
1t become me, as a Patron, to know
what it was and what it meant; SO
1 went to the secretary of the Lake
side Grange, j. A. Newlin, and he
was kind enough to let me have q
copy of it, that I might expose it
and its signers to the world, and ar
raign them before the rank and file,
Gas they are almost all officers,) OF
the Patrons of Husbandry, for their
consideration. ask them if the
order was calculated thus to be pros.
tituted to so vile purpose; if Ell
Their in the constitution, bylaws OF
secret workings of the order, they
can find any justification of this act
If it is not political circular / new
err saw one. This is = thing
with which the Grange has nothing
to do, and these men arc aware OF
this fact. They either presume up
ON our ignorance or do it reek-
lessly. This emanates from the
hand of the would-be leader of the
order in this part of the State, and
was printed upon the order of w.
s. Hanna and handed out for distri-
button. If this is not disreputsble
act and detrimental to the best inter-
of the order, then am not a COM
petent jdpge. II this had not
pnrported TO be a confidential cir
cular to Patrons of Husbandry, it
would not appear so bad but con-
slider it beneath the dignity of man
even if ne las already committed
himself to the Republican party, q
thing which he virtually denies in
his circnlar,) by his own speech
made at the court honse at the Or
ganization of the Reform party, and
also asserting in the circular that the
Office should seek the man and not
the man the office. 1t is the lowest
kind of Office-seeking when q man,
the master of a Grange, will have a
circular struck at his own instiga-
ton, and peddled about through the
Secretary of his Grange, an order
which disavows politics entirely,
and whose work and teachings are
entirely opposed to it. These men
who signed this know that what L
state is correct; and I hope that
things are in such shape that they
can explain or give satisfactory rea-
sons for their actions. l do not
think they will be justified by their
Oranges, as the action is without
precedent and is such a subversion
of the objects of the order az tends
to its destruction.
I W RANnoT