The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-10-22
The Congressional Question

Dwight Thacher and Capt. J. g. Blob
Ter, came in off from the range on Satur-
day the l7tb, and put in their appear
ance at the Methodist church in this city
in the evening, according .appoint-
ment. The crowd was a respectable one
as to numbers and otherwise. Anthony
opened the bali. In hi speech he seem
cd to place great stress on what he
called facts and afiidavits; his remarks
were quite lengthy and void ofinterest,
! for the people know all about Col. W.
A. Phillips, record in this county, with
ont any ventilation on the part of such
man as Anthony. Indeed they know
something that even Anthony and most
of the people IN the district don't know.
However there were some few things
that he, Anthony, forgot to mention. He
told how the Col. voted on some of the
amendments TO the repeal of tho Salary
Grab, but forgot to tell how that Col.
Cobb voted yea on the main question as
il was passed, and how that Col. w. A.
| Phillips, and Lowe, one Of the fathers of
the salary grab measure, voted nay. 1
wish however to do the Col. justice, and
will not charge him here with voting in
tentionally against the repeal Of the sal
airy grab, although he did really vote
against the bill as passed, and it certain
ly was very unfortunate vote for the
Colonel. Recollect Cobb voted yea, while
Phillips and Lowe voted nay (See Nc
Pherson Hand Book, page 30.
Anthony told about the Colonel being
one of the correspondents for years of
the New York Tribune and about his
being selected as one of the members 10
deliver eulogy on Summers death,
whose last dying words were =" look out
for my civil rights BILL" Bat Anthony
forgot 10 tell the audience when that bill
came up in the House of Congress, this
same Col. w. A. Phillips, the pretended
great friend of Sumner, from bleeding
Kansas, shirks the vote. 6. A. Cobb
voted for the bin. And in u great meas;
ure are these weak minded Republicans
like Phillips, responsible for the present
troubles al the South 10y not standing up
like honest Republicans for that bill
which should be the pride and glory OF
The Republican party, and thus showing
The South that they mean business
Anthony forgot to tell the people that
4 the year 1861 he, himself, shot II
poor innocent man in cold blood when
he was trying TO get out Of his way, and
by that dastardly act, left widow and
children at the mercy of a cold and friend
less world. lie forgot to tell them that
he was postmaster at Leavenworlh; tina,
he got his appointment through Phillips
and that was where he got his fodder,
(Which accounts for his great anxiety
for the ColonoD. Anthony forgot to ex-
plain the bill that Phillips introduced in
Congress TO grant the Central branch
railroad 8,000,000 acres of land, and thus
take 1000, 600 acres in Kansas and Ne
braska out ofthe reach OF actual settlers
Il" a scheme of public plumber"
The fact is Anthony's looks are against
him andhis record being known by many
of our citizens to be very bad, he failed to
make favorable impression. He for
got TO call for the sentiment Of the meet |
ing at the church, for well he knew that
at least one-half were for Green-indica- |
ted by the stamping when Green entered |
the church. He said that Green would |
not get any votes In the district, except |
here in Salina. ] suppose he tells the
same lie every place. Next came the
ilIustnous Hon. T. Dwight Thacher
who made Il very lengthy and patriotic
speech, but again like Anthony he for
got TO tell the people that he was also
one of the pap-suckers of Col. w. A.
Phillips, and that he was also getting his
fodder through Phillips in the shape of
Government printing. But the most
important thing that Thacher forgot TO
tell the tax payers of this county, was
that he was the same identical Thacher
who did some time in In March, A. D.,
1873, give letter of recommendation to
one most notorious rascal, BRAN Cutler,
directed to certain company in this
county known as the Republican, Salna
and Arkansas Railway Company, organ
lzed for the purpose of building north
and south rail road through this county
and TO which company bonds were voted
in the the latter part of the year 1871,
and of which company Col. W. A. Phil
lips was Secretary, and member with i
others who arc his particular political
friends at this time.
The result was that this extensive rail /
road contractor and friend of the Hon.
L. Dwight Thatcher, made q feint to-
wards building the road with a few
shovels full Of dirt aloRg the lire, and
then through the treachery or stupidity
of the company he, or somebody else,
got away with $4,000 Saline county
bonds. Many others with myself did in
sist at the time on the company requir-
ing a bond of Cutler that he would go on
and complete the road before he should /
receive the first $50 bonds but this
booted at the idea and would
not exact one. and the consequence is
that the tax payers of the county have
got TO pay this $50, 900 with interest for
so years TO come, and some Of the most
prominent actors in this most infamous
bond swindle are the men that are today
Col. Phillips, and advocating his
claims before the people. ask in Gods
name are they the class of men that the
people should longer support; are we
slaves that we should longer knuckle TO
these fine haired gentlemen and allow
what little we have left after the grass
hoppers have nearly cleaned us out 10 be
eaten up with taxes imposed upon us by
these fellows 4 little wheat is all we