The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
The United States seua,orship.

j nf papers u hh'tsas nave tuniiirhred dis
cnssing the S-natorship-or, at least. that portion
of il opposed to the election of Gov. Osborn.
The only interest they seem ia have in the office.
is to prevent the Governor frnm getting it. This
a class Of papers entirely ignore the merits aud
d-iBsrits of other candidates, speak highly o
them all, and then proceed to To pick out and
denounce the errors and indi~cretions committed
by the Governor auring his lifetime. He is nc
cused Of being political trickster of the jim
Lane -scbool. IL makes us lsugh right out.
when We see this objection made by editors wh h".
during Jim Lanes time, would have shut off their
own wind if they had Thought their bres'bng
was Offcnsive to Jim LanrD 1t is said that lir
has been known to get drunk and several 9th
er charges are msde equally FATAL in the eyes OF
the fault finders
1t is unfortunate that Gov. Osborn is not per
feet; that be possesses faults and even vices Pc
culiar to the generality of mankind. But he has
been active and prominent for years, and ha'
necessarily made enemies. He has made many
during his two terms Governor, by frarIessI,
doing his duty, regardless of the schemes or i'm
agiuary claims Of ambitious individuals. In hi
numerous sppointmenis he has failed to discov
er the ovrrrhado~ing merits of certain men OF
shocked at the bare possibility of Kansas bein,
disgrsced by chasing man of such bad morals
- Gov Osiorn to the United States Senate
Not less than two OF three of the editors who
now denouncing him, had their eyes open to hi
utter worthlesrness by his refusal TO appoir'
them to . Vacancy in the office for which he l.
now q prominent candidate But while bring.
ing before the public or magnifying every fault
or vice of Gov. Osborn, and indiscrmnat-l,
praising his several competitors, they charitaby
conceal their faui:~ Ii they should apply u
them tho same test they do TO Gov. Osborn, they
could not find the one-tenth part Of the publ,
good that any one Of them has ever done, Will,
they could state that one of them drinks as mn, b
whiskry every day as wonld keep the Governor
drunk whole week; that another one was kick
ed out of q gentleman's house for making dir
honorable proposals to his wife, while on social
visit; and that another has been accused of AL
offence which amounted TO cowardce and treas
combined. But it is'not our purpose to make
charges.
Among the many candidates for the Senator
ship. Senator Harvey. Judge Sears, Col
Plumb. Col. Phillips, W. L. Sin"ns, Judge Still
Gngs, and nnmb-r of oihers-al good men, in
for the position than Gov. Osborn-a maturity of
them not NJ well qualified.
Col. Phillips has just been reelected to Con-
grexs, and shonld he content To stay there. II.
is acquainted with the routine of bn.iness car
be mere useful in the House than in the Senate !;
and he has mo claim to the latter position.
Senator Harvey has been mere fgure-head IL
the Senate; is c"nceitcd and stubborn, eAc-pt a.
the very time. hen he shonld be- 50, and il of nn
force. II Kansus wants two Senators, she mus.
have another man than Harvey.
Judge Sears is an able man. but he has been
ralroad attorney The greater part of the tim
during his residence in Kansas; and it is qrr>.
fionable whether the large proportion of peopl,
OF Kansas who have been for years struggle,
with railroad corporations for the titles to thri
honrs will consent TO be represented by such
person.
Col. Plumb has taken but little interest in pol
itcs, for some years past, bnt has devoted hi
energies to getting rich. He belonged to tina
class of officers in the army who believed thai
all the military genius aud craftsmanship at
Kansas were concentrated in Tom Ewing. Th.
people of Kansas had a taste of !. man of thi
class in the Senate. aud are not hungry for an
who went astray with Greeley; and the peopl.
Of Kansas have repeatedly indicated, in mn,r
emphatic manner, that they were not yet read,
TO place such men in Office.
w. L. Simons, from his locality, standing and
lity, would perhaps be the most available man
of all the opponents of Gov. Osborn.
The candidacy of Judge Stillings is probably
designed for any other purpose than to divide
L~avrnworth County, aud thus deprive Gov
Osborn Of the prestige Of united home support.
Ever since Kansas has bren State, Lcay.n
wor'h has been clamoring for Senator, and ha.
b~en doing more than all the balance Of th.
State combined to deprive herself of a Senator.
We believe Gov. Osborn to he the leading can
didste far the position, aud the one likely I.
succeed, unless . combination can be eff-ct,,,
against him. To begin with, the Governor 10 a
sscoesssl man. He has succeeded in obtaining
every position TO which he has seriously aspirsd.
He 10 m active worker, aud = man calculated Z,
draw around himself active friends. A pushing
successful man 10 what Kansas wants in th,
Senate. Every move that he has made, while
Governor, in the interest of the State, has been
signal success. We sketched the most promi-
nent of these, in an article few weeks ago
Kansas up0n the retirement of Gov. Osborn, is a
wholly different State fr"m Kansas upon his
coming into the Office. Our standing aud pr"s-
perify have Increased in remarkable degree;
aud it has been manly through the watchfnlness
and ability sf the Gsveruor.
The charges have been made against Gov. o.
born, that he Is a trickster, thief, and = plum
dcFeF -bst 10 has net and ea,, ssss BE- sh..s,.
VIII re he has trickrti stolen or plundered the
State of Kansas ont of single dollar o.: the con
trary. be has saved her Thousands of dollars. Ia
was hs who brought John Francis 10 the STATE
Treasurcr's ofice, when Hayes was forced 10 r--
sign; he favored the reelection Of Francis in |
preferences To Lappin; aud the moment Lappin's
Integrity was suspected he forced him TO resiyn |
and again placed Francis in the office-al Of
which has been endorsed by the people. Ia
every "fhcial transaction, his conduct has been
IN Keeping with the above. What better claim
has any man established to the United States
Senatorshp than Gov. 0sb"rnf
STRAY LAw.-The Kansas papers are again agi-
tsting the repeal of the stray law ADVERTISING |
m"uop'a.. 1t is that much space wasted. The |
law will not be repealed. The publisher of tb,.
n