The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-11-26

For foms days pei the II. Scoat Nosisr
tas been assuliisg Gov. OsAors in - ~
called for End contsaptisls Vsy. We lean
that just before thess ssaulN beRaR, III.
Water, che principal 0vner of the Nos;is,
nade pilsriosee TO Tcpsks, ard laHorsd
esaduo'e'y, bat unsucoeasfully, With The
Governor, to 81 the sppDintnent Of judge
10 The Fort Scott district. II maS b that
these sassnles ard that pilsrinaee hsvo 40
connection vith each other, Int the coinci-
dencs lobks little singular to coy the least.
Topeka Commonwealth
In the first lace, Mr.. Water, i MT only
not "the principal owner Of ahe Masi.or,"
the psFer or the cf6ce. In tire second plsce,
our ..sssaul's" uIoa Gov. Oborn beaan. O.
the Commonwealth know, previous to The
Safe convention. We opposed his romi-
nation 10 tie strongest terms. from no mer-
cenary or unyer;by motive. but because We
considered Vim 6O,rurt man. Al.
Ter the nomination. that ~ In
fiueuce Of TIE MoniiOr. however inem-
siderable it might Re. might not initiate
in the least ssai.st the Republican cau.e,
We said Lo,hirg atoat Gov Osborn. I'm.
Dediattly afer the eisetiOr, and b~:ose Mr..
Waters or any one e!se couid have "ulsde
pilgrimage 70 T.p.ka." th;. PAPER ex-
pressed itself very plainly Oh the result,
at.ributirg the deft u Of Col. Cobb TO the
fact that Gov. O-born headed the 5 ate
ticket. We do no; know whether Mr. Wa
ters made a pilgrimage to Topeka or
rO', and do not care-;t is none OF our la,si-
ness. This We Go brow, that the MONITORS
opposition to Gov. Osborn springs from u
desire to brand public corruption and dis
honesty wherever found, especially in the
Republic IN party, whose continued su-
prema-y, honorabIy maintaiIcd, the Moni-
tor will ever labor for-and to sasiet in ele-
waiting, If possible, the standard Of Repub-
licanism in IA, sis. So long As such men
as Osborn, and such papers "A the
Commonwealth, paid to 90 his dir
ty work, are allowed any ioA fence 10 the
Republican parry. there can be change e.
the better. Thonas A. Osborns rascsli,ies
are too we'll known to need recounting here.
There ia not verse man In the State TO-DAY
than our Governor. II the Pomeroy trial
had proceeded h. would have bsen shown
up in his true light on certain pointe But
the trial did not proceed; and II the Osborn
ling had nothing TO do with tie "con,inu-
ance, great many honest FOULS are woe
fully deceived. Nav fats sIe icing devel-
oped in regard to the record of Osborn,
which will in due time be msde public. from
authority that cannot be quest Toned. We be-
lieve, and are free to say, that Osborn
as Governor is . disgrace TO the State of
X ansss, although elected by the Republican
party. During the campaign the Common
realM occupied the debasinz position Of
mouthpiete to the q vernon. 1t labored
hard to secure the S at, printing. and will
no doub, be rewarded. Its proprietor Ia.
gently s:srted bank in Topeka, under
very mysterious circumstaI css, his paper be.
ing under proits. q searly every bank in
the city. And thi, u the paper that charges
the Monitor vith aGaul,ing Gov. Osborn
iron merely pessonal motives.-E. Scott
Monitor.
1.-The Commonwealth really desire to aid
O'Sers, it had better net inn ues he me-
tive, II others. Ostorn i elected Governor
Of Ksssas, and the victor, can afford to b.
DssnaRimoue