The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-02

1.-The farmers of Eagle town
ship, Sedgwick county, Kansas,
held mass meeting at Eagle Cen
ire on Monday evening, Dec. 22nd,
1873, being convened according to
previous notice. Mr.. B. G. Smith,
one of the oldest settlers in the
Arkansas valley and one of the
most extensive farmers IN Sedg-
wick county, was elected chair
man, and D. w. Hazen secretary.
The meeting was addressed by
several citizens during the alb
sence of the committee on resolu-
tions, who upon their return re-
ported the following resolutions
which were adopted unanimously !"
WHEREAS, 1t is apparent to all
that the time has come in the his
tory of our country, when our
people should rise en- nlaSSe to re-
affirm anew the principles enun-
ciated in our first declaration of
independence, and should, in the
just exercise of their sovereign
power, confront, punish and, if
needed, destroy the conspirators,
who under the guise Of chartered
corporations seek by the use OF
money and shameless intrigue to
consumate in our days, what the
brutal soldiery of the despot, aid
ed by the tomahawk of the merci-
less savage, failed to accomplish
in the days eff our revolutionary
fathers; and
WHEREAS. 1t is 3 melancholy
fact that in no State of our Union
more than in our own Kansas has
thc full purpose of these enemies
of republicanism been more bold.
~ avowed, their power more thor
oughly developed, and the ruinous
effects of their ascendency been
more clearly demonstrated; and
WHEREAS, The late appointment
of q notorious hireling of two
railroad corporations co represent
the SOC, 600 people of the State OF
Kansas in the Senate of the Unit,
ed States, an appointment made
by our present executive in utter
defiance of the popular viii, IS
plainly expressed in the late cleo.
lions, is fresh and damning evi.
dence to our people of the worth.
lessness of their old political lead
ers and their slavish subsection 70
the dictation of selfish and AFRO
CANT monopolies; therefore be II
Res0Ived, That We herewith de.
nounce the late action-of Govern
or Osborn in the appointment Of
Robert Crozier to represent OuI
State in the Senate of the United
States as unrepublican, unmanly
and unjust; that by this act he in.
suited the whole country, stultifi
ed his own manhood, degraded biz
high Office, and humiliatsd every
honest man in Kansas;
Resolved, That rs old and tried
republicans we appeal to the grea
republican party, as anti-monopo
lists, we appeal to every reformeI
il the State, as young men, We cal
on Young Kansas" to ''falI in
and advance aid US to crush tn,
hydra hsadrJ monster Of railroad
monopoly aud political corruption
that has been strangling our STATE
since her birth;
ReSoEcsd, That in order to brin.
this Issue fairly between the PEG
pie on the one side, and the enc
mies of republic8nism on the 9th
er. we herewith call on Col. M. d
Murdoch to be our standard beSG
er, and kToViR9 him to be a tyG
apostle If the peoples creed, Y
here and now nominate him 70
United States Senator;
Resolved, That in thus bringsn
Col. Murdoch before our 6ello'
citizens, and through them befor
their representatives we simpl
say that as q representative, -
reformer, and as an able, homes
: and fearless man, he will be ii
= worthy compeer OF the Hon. Jn'
j. Ingalls,, and this for Kansas
enough;
ResoEued, That copies of Il
above be forwarded for publicatic
Z to the Topeka CommonwealtI
u Lsavenworth Call, Atchison Chan
3 pion, Fort Scott Monitor, EAPozI
P NEWS, the Wichita Beacon, and
IL the wichita Eagle, and that eve
Il newspaper in Kansas favorable
% the triumph of honesty and ma
" hood over corruption and mono
s. oily be requested to give II spa
in their eolumns3 sAfJa3M
Signed,
is b. oSNrrH, Chairnan-
Is D. W. HAzEN, Secretary.
t. Sure way to turn peoples hea