The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-06
WHAT THEY SAT- ABaur THE SgSAs
TOR.

The daily pal RS have had their :
say about the Senator elect. The c
Commonwealth says: {
Governor Harvey is republican !.
whose devotion to the republican
party and its principles dates from |
the lime the party had an existence,
aud he has never been known to
finch or faiter for an instant, even
when living in the old pike" dis
trict of Illinois, where to be any
thing but the rankest and dirtiest
democrat was not only TO stifie
every hope of political preferment,
but even to invite personal re-
pruach and open scorn and insult.
a man who learned his republican
ism in such school IS that may be
safely trusted to stand by it to the
end. There is no stronger aud mere
consistent republican in Kansas to-
day than James NJ. HarVey.-Com
wealth.
Nor BRILLIANT BUT SOUND
Senator Harvey is not a brilliant |
man, but he is a man of good, |
sound, common sense-one who |
will act with discretion aud with
just regard for all the interests
committed to his charge.-Law-
| renee Journal.
! Gov. Harvey is solid, substan-
tial, practical man. who is person.
ally respected by all who know
him for his many sterling qualities
of head and heart.-Atchison
Champion.
| Honesty more than brilliancy
was in demand among the members
of the present legislature. Gov
eruor Harvey's reputation for sterl-
ing Honesty stood for something.
1t could not be gain-said, and
therefore he is Senator. He is rep
resented as a reform Republican.
We have full faith that he will
work for the best interest of Kan
sas.-Lawrence Tribune.
Personally, Mr.. Harvey is genial,
whole-souled and clever. His face
is not particularly handsome, nor
his form the embodiment of all the
manly graces, but his countenance
is open aud manly. and he is q
friend upon whom you cSn count
all the time. He is yet compare
lively young man, being between
; | y
Leavenworth Commercial.
The legislature of the State of
Kansas on the sixth vote, yesterday,
elected Ex-Governor James n.
+ Harvey to serve in the United States
. Senate during the unexpired term
of Alexander Caldwell. Governor
Harvey is too we'll known to Kansas
: people to need any extended intro
a ductiop, though a brief review OF
=. his public career is,interesting just
now in view of his latest elevation.
Governor Harvey was born in the
n State OF Virginia and removed in
| early life to Adams county, Illinois
where he was reared a farmer. He
studied civil engineering, and serv-
i ed one term as deputy surveyor oil
Adams county. He came to Kansas
. in 1857. and began farming, which
he has followed as regular occu
Il patton eyer since. He served in the
=. army during the war of the rebel
lion, as captain of the 10Th Kansas
regiment of volunteers.
v In 1869 he was nominated fol-
a Governor on the Republican tickle
and wac elected BY large majority
Is He was re-nominated for the SECOND
10 term in 1870, was again elected, anC
at the expiration OF that term re
turned 10 his farm in Riley county
h and last summer filled a contract a.
e government surveyor in the west
l. ern part of the State. Governor
% Harvey was originally Wing, bu
became a pronounced Republican
1t as soon as that party was organized
aud has been an unfiinching adher
i. ent to Republican principles eye
since.
e The new Senator is not a brillian
IL man nor fluent and ready orator
y though he is possessed of qualitic
IF more in demand just now becaus
somewhat rarer. He is in the hes
sense of tie term a safe man. H
J. subjects all his actions to deIiberaI
e. judgment and, as a result, seldom
makes a mistake. 1t is not the de
- liberation of weakness, however
d for the Governor is known to b.
N very "set in his way when once hi
IS mind is made up to the perform
ance of an official act. While it i
o known that his common sense
u which in him serves for more dis
20 tinguished qualities, can be implic
n lily trusted to keep him from tn,
Se commission of mistakes, it ma,
- truly be said of him that he Ia
never been even suspected of an.
70 dishonesty either in public or pri
- vate life. In q word. he is honest
" prudent, practical and self-contain
II ed.
Of Governor Harvey is a pTaclica
e farmer, and is in sincere and sensi
Al BILE sympathy with all legitimate anC
practical reform measures. But b,
u will never be found aiding or com
l. forting set of political shysters il
getting up third party. He is a
he always has been, an uncomprom
Using Republican, and will be found
lie ever acting with that party during
% his Senatorial term. He has Away
0. raised his voice and exerted his in
- fiuence against the corruptions tina
;, have existed in Kansas politics
j. His election is a recognition of tn,
n services he has rendered in purify
ing the State and the existence of ;
strong popular sentiment agains
Z public rascaiity. The election o
Governor Harvey will be signa
/. for the cessation of the unlimited
!. abuse that has been heaped upol
the State and its politics, and tht
. principal endeaVors of his brie
IS Senatorial term will be directed Il
+ giving the State a more respectabl,
name and a more healthy record
among the now scornful sisterhood