The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-02

can be nominated, viz, JAS. =. Hor-
ton. He would command the re-
spsct of the whole State. But Bas-
sett is about az likely to be nomina-
ted for president as he is governor.
And his candidacy for the Cincin-
natl nomination would be no more
absurd than his candidacy Cor gov
ernor.-Atchison Champion.
Our article on Bassett has been
endorsed and favorably commented
upon by nearly all the older papers
Of the State. 1t is only the new
ones, who do not know his record,
that are endorsing him. Besides
what the papers have said we have
received congratulations on the arti
Gle by the score, by letter and per-
sonally, and from no region does
the commentators of our treat
ment Of this case of Office seeking,
como more heartily or numerously
than from Bsssett's judicial district.
A prominent gentleman from that
district writes US the following:
81 have just read your "scorcher'
on Bassett, and l cannot help COM
plimenting you on your bold and |
truthful statements. You could |
have truthfully said that he is about |
the only Judge in the State who has |
served one or even two years, who |
has not made himself really popu-
lar with the bar, jurors, witnesses |
and litigants. But Of all the Judg- |
90 or public officers l have known |
In Kansas he is the most unpopular, |
and justly so. He cannot get one |
quarter Of the Repu blican votes of |
this county for anything. His POM
p0us, overbearing and dlctatorial
way has lost him all respect. The
law on statute book 1860 "fxing the
prison bounds" was lobied through
the Territorial legislature for his
benefit. OF all men he Is the last TO
be Governor. Excuse this
hasty letter. But your article pleas
e. our PEOPLE highly"
It was not pleasant duty for us
10 expose Bassett. Ne do not rel
ish such jobs. But remembering
his success before the judicial con-
Vention of eight years ago, in his
district; and knowing that he was
traversing every quarter of the
State begging votes for governor,
and that many of our papers were
publishing complimentary notices
of him without either knowing the
man or his record, and knowing
that he had boastingly and pomp-
ously said that he proposed to put
In every day electioneering till the /
time of the State convention, we
thought 1t was time to open on him. .
We have just about como to the
conclusion to quit supporting men ,
for the leading positions in the !
State, whose record is such that the :
work of the campaign must consist
In explaining away their thieving :
and r&scallY transactions. We are :
about done the humiliating work of .
begging people to vote for a scoun- )
drel simply because he has the back !
ing Of Republican nomination. ,
and II the Republicans nomi-
nate Bassett, or anybody else ,
OF his sort, they ought to be
Boundly beaten at the polls this
fall. 1t was only in the interest of
the State and party that we wrote
that article. We have seen so many
mistakes made by State conventions
that we desired to add our little in
huence in the way of preventative.
And If we have injured Bassett's
chances for governor we are glad of
It, and feel paid.
1t will be observed that neither
BaSsett or his friends have made
any reply to the article. We are of
the opinion they cannot answer the
charges we made. The article call
ed out some other facts which are
In our possession, or reach, but we
shall not use them unless necessary.
AT the time we wrote our first arti-
Gle we believed the fellow had some
strength, but from present indica-
tions we do not believe he has. In
fact, any citizen who knows him I
recognizes the fact that he does not
possess Q single recommendation
for the Office which his impuAence
AMI cheek prompts him to be can
dldAte for. He admits that he must
leaYe the bench because he cannot
again be elected. Having settled
upon the profession of office-seek-
ing for . livelihood, he naturally
wants to go upward In the scale.
He never bad any business by which
he could earn Q living that we have {
ever heard of. And from the day /
he swindled the Leavenworth ferry
man out Of his hard earned money,
till now, he has lived of the public .
in some shape. He is likely to be
one of the "outs," from the shape
Of things, next January, so he makes
q strike for another pull at the pub
lie crib. We rather guess the chances
are that he will step upon the bar
rem banks of salt river next winter
minus an office.
We close this article with an ex. :.
tract from State exchange, prints ,
ed, ~ will be seen, some years ago, {
which bears political Significance
that IL Of some importance,a and also
throws some light on Bassett's won
derful military record just now. I
We think the article came from the
old Manhattan Radical:
THE BRAvE2-A soldiers p con-
Yention was held in Lawrence the 1
other day, to elect delegates to the (
LeaYenworth soldiers convention, Z
which Is to send delegates to the I
johnson soldiers convention in :
Cleveland. The list of delegates /
chosen are all soldiers, c0mDlissG- /
sSes and QstGSternlGsters, with enc
or two exceptions. Col. o. A. Bss> Ii
sett presided at the meeting. No