The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-05
For the Leavenworth Times,l
THE STATE HoRrIULTcURiL SOCIETY

EDrTcR TrMEs: In my article OF the loth
inst. I said that Capt. Anthony had been
the secnet as well az the avowed enemy,
of the State Horticultural Society since
1869 to the present time, frequently going
ont of his way to bring his hostility %
hear against it. In confirmation Of the
above statement / give among many Others
tine following facts:
The fourth annual meeting Of the State
Society was held at Manhattan, Riley
county. At this meeting Capt. Anthony
did not make his appearance until the sec
ond day, arriving at Manhattan on the
previous night train. The morning after
his arrival he sought and had an interview
with G. c. Bracket, Secretary of the So,
cieiy. At this interview he offered to MI
Bracket the position of horticultural edi-
tor OF the Kansas Ftuuaer, telling him he
could have all the space he wished for hor.
ticultural purposes. Mr.. Bracket peremp-
torily refused the bait. He then consulted
with Mr.. Bracket in regard to the course
he should take with the letter OF ex-Presi-
dent Tanner, written TO Gen. Larimer, State
Senator from Leavenworth county. This
letter, he stated, charged him with the mis-
application OF part Of the money appropri-
ated by the Legislature for the purpose OF
making a show of the Kansas fruits al
Philadelphia in 1869. His next move wa.
to control the choice of President at the
election which was to come off at 2 O'Clock
Pm.
Through one Of his friends, he had S. T.
Kelsey put in nomination for the presiden-
cy. Mr.. Kelsey, seeing that his defeat was
certain, refused TO let his name be used for
that purpose. Failing at every effort, thus
far, he determined to thrust the letter of a
prominent farmer, already alluded to, upon
the attention Of the society at night. This
whole affair of the letter was introduced in
the following manner: Immediately upon
the meeting being opened for business,
Prof. Kelsey asked leave of the Chair TO
make personal explanation. The Chair
replied that If the explanation had refer
ence to the business done before the society
during the present session, it would be in
order for him TO do 80, but If it had no re-
lation to the business OF that meeting, it
would not be in order. Prof. Kelsey seemed
TO hesitate, and said he would like to have
the privilege TO make his statement. lin
this condition of things, Rev. DIR. Sternberg,
of Fl. Harker, made a motion that Mr. K
be allowed TO make his statement) Mr.
Kelsey then went on to say that he and his
Trend, Capt. Anthony, had been charged
with the misapplication Of money placed
in their hands BY the Legislature, and tina
Capt. Anthony had then in his hands, the
letter of Mr.. Tanner, in which this charge
was made. He hoped that Capt. Anthony
would step forward and read it. Where
upon, Capt Anthony came forward, letter
, in hand, and read it, commenting upon it
in that style of virulence fer which he is 80
noted.
During these comments, Mr.. Tanner got an
amount of abusive epithets applied to him
which, if true, would have made him be-
meath even the contempt of all honorable
men. We certainly have not, in long
life, heard more abusive epithe.s applied to
any man than those applied by Capt. An
thony on this occasion TO Mr.. Tanner. So
perfectly unenviable, and at the same time
notifying to his friends, was the course of
Capt. Anthony upon this occasion, tina I Dr.
Sternberg, the same gentleman who pro-
cured the right for Prof. Kelsy and Capt
Anthony to make their statement, that he
presented and moved the adoption OF a
resolution, that this society had nothing TO
do with the personal quarrel between ex-
President Tanner and Capt. Anthony. The
motion was put and carried in the afiirma-
tive almost unanimously. This carried
Capt. Anthony TO his seat, with the re-
mainder of his pent up wrath. Also, as
further manifestation of the modification of
the friends of Capt. Anthony, they, through
Prof. Nudge, moved that no part Of the af-
fair between Capt. Anthony and ex-Presi-
dent Tanner, should be put upon the records
OF the society, which motion prevailed.
Hence, the reason why this affair does not
appear in our transactions and why it has
uever before become public.
Now, for the reason of all these efforts on |
the part Of Capt. Anthony. His motto in
this case, as in all Others is TO "yUle or ruin"
If Capt. Anthony had been a hearty |
member of the society, one would think he |
would have been on hand at the opening of |
the session with bis reporter, that he might |
have had all the business transacted taken |
down, for the columns of his paper.
But he failed to appear till the second |
day; but ii seems he had no interest in the |
meeting until the day OF the election for |
President. If he could have seduced Mr.. |
Bracket from his allegiance to the society
by making him horticultural editor of the |
Farmer, he would have made long stride |
toward controlling the scciety's business,
and shaping il TO suit himself. And If, add
ed to the secretary, he could procure the
election OF Prof. Kelsey TO the Presidency,
then he would have almost complete con-
troll OF the whole organization.
Failing signallv in both these points, his
next effort was, 10 throw this letter of ex-
President Tanner in as bomb-shell at night
and burst the society into fragments, which
could never again be brought into success
1ui operation.
Defeated in all of these schemes he then
fell upon the plan of preventing If nossibla
our society from getting an INSTRUMENTATION
from the Legislature al their next session
He accordingly, lobbied the Legislature a
great part of the winter. either m his own
person, or in the person of his friend.
whom he had duped into the support of bis
project of Organizing a hoard
of immigration. with himself as President
and the home office at Leayenwortb
To carry out these empty schemes he cot
the Legislature to allow s. 600 Then 10
pull the wool over the ewes of the IerisIa.
ture, he insisted upon an additional appro-
priation of 81. 500 to enable This new organ.
Ization to make show of the .GR,crITr-
RAJ products of the State at the var;ops i'm
dustrial institutions East. This last mar, 81
the appropriation was 80 aaroi,Iv m,n
aged that many of the members ,bonab,
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