The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-07
EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY, APRIL Z, 1876.


In the course of brilliant { =?
editorial on Hon. John Il. Goodin
(who all Kansas ackno Wedges t.
be a good enough M. CD the Gar
nett Journal takes occasion to pas
entirely beyond its line of duty OIL
business to abuse the member iron
the Sd Congressional district, Hon
w. X. Brown. The Journals de
Tense of Goodin is well enough fol
a dem ocratic paper, but the vile in,
nundoes flung at Mr.. Brown, all tC
help out its defense of Mr.. Goodin
is not only out of all good taste but
beyond deceDcy. We quote the
following:
SIN Browns district in the house
ths other day he (Goodin) got al
act through for the re-appraisement
and sale of the Kaw Lands, near
Council Grove"
Now the facts are, Goodin, as q
member of the committee to which
The bill spoken of by the Journal
was referred, reported faVorably
upon it, and upon a very stirring
advocacy of the bill by Mr.. Brown,
and owing to his earnest work In
it's behalf, the bill passed. Again
the Journal says:
"Brown figures as a very small
cypher."
Brown Is not remarkable for hav-
ing made any buncombe speeches or
figured extensively in the Congress
sional Record as a "gasbag." What
he has done is real work, and the
business of "clacking" for the edifi-
cation Of those in the gallery is left
by him for plenty who are there
with more tongue than brains. We
suppose Congress is. something like
the Kansas House of REPRESENTA-
tives. The ready tongued wiAd-
bags fill the records with gaseous
uothingwhile the silent mbeFs are
busily delving and working for the
peoples good. The Journal has the
further i'll taste to say "the third
district sent q nonentity to Con-
gress." The third district did not
send a man to vote for and advocate
the amnesty of q traitor, or to op-
pose the laudable purpose of aiding
our common country to celebrate
with due pomp and consequences the
centennial anniversary OF American
liberty. Mr.. Brown was not ex-
pected to make political speeches
upor the currency question, tariff,
ETC., but to aid in any Just measure
Tor the general good and especially
To advocate and vote for any legis-
lation that would benefit the west
and especially our own State. He
has succeeded so admirably in doing
his duty that he will doubtless be
the candidate of his party for re-
election next fall. Mr.. Brown may
not have gained any political ceie-
brity but he has made friends of his
constituents by always being found
ready 10 assist them. Goodin being
n democrat was placed second on q
very important committee, but had
the member from his district been a
republican he would have been sec
Ond or forty-second on any commit
tee of importance. A House like
the present one, made up largely of
ex-rebel soldiers, could not be ex-
pected to shove any but its own
kind forward. 1t matters not how
brilliant member may be, if he can
have no chance TO show his talent, he
may never be known to possess any.
Fortunate it Is, indeed, for John II.
Goodin that he is a member of q
democratic House, else he might sit
in Congress until doomsday before
he could have a chance to spread
himself all over the Congressional
Record as the Journal says he now
does. GOodin sends the Record to
the Journal man with his piece
marked.-Council Grove Republi-
can