The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-08-24
s,.,e Convention and Ticket.

was the largest ever held in the State-number-
ing 256 delegates. The statement published in
several Democratic papers, that t was an mp
roarious mob, characterized by hooting, bawliBg,
aud quarrelling, is without the slightest founda-
tion in truth. Such large body is necessarily
unwieldy and noisy, but the noise was simply of
q character inseparable from such q crowd. We
did not hear harsh or nnkind word during the
entire Convention, nor in the outside caucnsing.
Ii would be utterly impossible for Convention
to be more good-natured and harmonious. The
only real fault of the Convention was that it
was inclined to go pell-mel like flock Of sheep,
in the nomination of some Of the candidates,
without regard to Justice to men or the good Of
the s tate. Some of the nominations were very
good, some passablc, and some that should not
have been made.
George T. Anthony as nominated for Govern
or, contrary to the expectations of almost every
person. The universal q uestion has since been,
how did that happeni He had good strength to
begin on, and two other candidates, when they
found they could not win, turned their strength
to him, to circumvent rivals who, they thought,
had taken votes that they ought to have had.
Anthony's friends adroitly used the Centennial,
and took to him all the credit for the grand sue
cess Of the Kansas exhibition. We have been
spoken to about one Thousand times, since the
nomination, as if it were a special calamity upon
us, and the question asked, what we would do
about it We shall support it, Of course. We
do not think that little personal difficulty with
Capt. Anthony, two years and half ago, is of
sufficient Importance to the Republican party of
4, - 10 ata ,naGa p,iSa
ble He is man of nndoubted ability, of great
firmness and will, an earnest r epublican, and
will make an able Governor. He is not person.
ally popular, and will lose largely among a GER
tain class of citizens, while we do not think he
will retrieve the loss from any other class There
has been persistent effort to ALLEVIATE the class
spoken of from the Republican party, and we do
think the Convention should have endeavOred
TO reassure rather than ALLEVIATE them. But An
thony will be elected by large majority.
NJ. ]. Salter was re-nominated for Lieutenant
Governor. He is good man, and the only Lien.
tenant Governor that has ever been re-nomina-
ted in Kansas.
For Secretary of State, Thomas H. Cavanaugh
was re-nominated by large majority. He has
made good officer, and deserved it.
For Auditor, to the surprise of everybody, D.
w. Wilder was defeated. Undoubtedly the con-
fdence of his friends in his denomination was
fatal to him. They omitted the necessary efforts
in his behalf, while his opponents were steadily
at work. p. /. BOnebrake, of Topeka, is the
nominee. He is most excellent man, and will
make good officer. But the State needed Mr..
Wilder in that position. He ferretted out and
exposed practices and omissions that had existed
for years, that were detrimental to the public
interests and only during the last two years
have the laws governing the State officers been
fully complied with. He has been a searching,
pains taking, labOrious officer, and during his
two terms has given more information to the
people relative to the affairs of the State Gov
ernment than all other officers since Kansas has
been a State. The foolish cry of "third term
has deprived Kansas of an able officer.
John Francis was re-nOminated for State Treas
urer by acclamation. The Convention could not
have done otherwise, had it tried.
For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
David ]. Brewer was nominated by large ma
iority. deserved tribute to an able and up
right officer.
For Attorney General Col. Willard Davis was
uOuludlCu. dppcdIs " oC very MUM VI
gentleman but are thinking that before his
two years have expired, a majority of the dele
gates will wish they had voted for Price.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction, Al
len B. Lemon, of COwley County, was nominated
by a large majority over Gen. John Fraser. This
result we regard as but little less than a calami-
ty to the educational interests of the State. Gen.
Fraser is a ripe scholar and firstelass officer,
while we shall be agaeeably surprised if his sue
cessful competitor comes anywhere near the
scale of competency. If he does, he will deceive
both his manner and looks. Gen. Fraser was de-
feated because of the school bond frauds of last
Winter. The expression of the delegates was,
that officers so negectful of that important fund
should be rebuked. They defeated Attorney
General Randolph upon the same ground, but
Secretary Cavanaugh. We ven
ture to say, that under the circumstances, the
abest men in the State would have been taken
in aud it is unjust to repudiate men for an oc-
currence like that, which they regretted as much
as any citizen could. We further venture to |
say, that Mr.. Willard Davis and Mr.. Allen B. |
Lemon would not only have been deceived by |
the same fraud but would not have detected it |
to this day.
For Presidential Electors, we have Hon. W.
l.. Simons, of Neosho, DR.. Vernon, of Lincoln, |
Thos. II. Hughes, of Marshall, w. A. johnson, of |
and r. W. P. Muse, of Harvey. While |
we have no doubt these men will all faithfully |
discharge the duties of the position, there was |
evidently but little care observed in their selec-
ton. We have always thought that men of the |
first standing and ability should be chosen for |
of wellknown reputation, able to |
work equally well on the stump or in the coun-
Gil. Of the number, only Simons and johnson |
fill the bill, while the selection of the others
ates much dissatisfaction-in fact, it is openly |
asserted that one of them is q regular "dead |
Leat." Kansas certainly has good men who |
could have been chosen, without taking those |
who offer their services TO candidates at any sum |
from S. to $50; or shysters who constantly |
up for office, but who are rejected because they |
are regarded as wholly unreliable; men who |
gain subsistence by "beating" all with whom |
they come in contact.
We have endeavored to speak of the ticket |
Just as we see it, While honest men, of good |
habits. should always be selected for Office, We
have always opposed making church or tenn
perance society of the party. By this test, |