The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-27
CongressionaI Convention.

The Convention lie over, and Col. Phillips has
carried the day. On temporary organization, the
Phillips party succeeded by three majority, when
the other candidates, seeing the inevitable, with
drew from the contest, and Phillips was nomi-
mated by reclamation. We say, saw the newt
able; for, although there was an actual majority
of delegates who were chosen in opposition to
Phillips, yet portion of them went into resu-
lar business of sby.terng playing of, and selling
out, which discouraged the opposition from con-
timing the contest. The way the Convention
was carried on, was Disgrace to the party By
means of money and profuse promises Of office,
delegates were carried for Philips, their way to
the Convention was paid, and doubtless many OF
them got something extra. Fedraf ofice-holders,
appointed through the influence of Phillips, were
there in force from all the District, aud con-
trolled the Convention. But we suppose they
would have done the same for any other man, un-
der similar circumstances. Men who we're cleo
ted to vote against Phillips, and were known to
be professedly in favor of Judge Price, engaged
in the meanest kind of sbystering, and played to
Phillips hand from the start. In the Western
Counties, where the .lrouth and the grasshoppers
had utterly discouraged the people they let the
~ W duu
and strikers went in and controlled the choice
of delegates Some of the Delegates from that
region looked as If the grasshoppers had left as
little of them as their crops; and one look at
them was sufficient to convince one that $50 a
dozen would buy enough of them to make ma
jority in the Convention. The man who had the
means to buy, came ont ahead. Col. Phillips is
going to have a nice job on his hands, after the
election. He has promssed two positions in Land
Offices to about dozen or two men; and when
they come for their pay, it will keep both him
self and his man Mohler busy Matching lies to
pacify them.
Judge Price made gallant fight. Without
official patronage; without money to buy sup
port; betrayed by miserable bypoerites, who
voluntarily proffered their support, and were
sent With that understanding, he wonld still, on
a test vote, have come within five votes of Phil
lips strength Another thing that crippled him
badly, was the result in Atchison County. He
had assurances of the entire vote of that County,
and would have got it, on final vote; but Mr..
Guthrie came on the track, and those delegates
were instructed to vote for him, and their in
fuence to secure his nomination. 1t took so
many votes from Prices positive strength, and
had a very damaging effect upon the weak-kneed
and vacillating, who were ready to mite with
the strong crowd. We have no doubt that this
was just what was intended. But Judge Price
comes out without blemisb, and to-day could
excite more enthusiasm in any part of the Dis
trict, than the man who received the nomina-
ton.
While decidedly objecting to the means en-
ployed to secure the nomination of Phillips, we
have but little objection to his course in Con-
gress, and none to his record as Republican.
We shall, of course, support his election, and
trust that the scenes at the Convention have not
disgusted sufficient number of Republicans to
endanger his success.