The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-09

rate although it only covers some three
years Of the history Of the Boss Hog OF the
West The sketch Is given in the form OF
an interview, is seven columns long, and Is
lively, entertaining and instructive from be
ginning to end. We think thousands OF
the voters Of Kansas will read it, and that |
their verdict will be: I'VE want no more |
of the b. h. in ours"
Mr.. Crawford is truthful and unseliish
man who has proved his good will to the
State BY wears of honest and enthusiastic
work. His statement is made cody and
calmly and for the public good, and it Will
have an abiding influence wherever 1t Is
read. We think Crawford was the hrst
man to give George T. a public reputation,
through the old Kansas Former, and ne
could paint much more unpleasant PIC
ture if he used all the colors and factr at
his command. This statement Will
enough, and the reserves will not be called
into action.
1t is the photograph Of hog-we must
repeat the word for there is no other that
meets the case-of creature selfish to the
last degree, who claims for himself the
work done by others, who wants to have 1t
appear that there is no other man IN the
State, and who cannot allow any public
document to go before the people unless It
is plastered all over with the name OF
| George I. Anthony, Governor" His van
| ity Is childish, sickening, disgusting.
In regard to the recent appointment TO
| Paris, We copy the following:
When was doing the work of Messrs. An
thony and Gray, for they were salaried Off
GERS and should have written the report, the
/ Governor was eonspiring to strike me secret
biow wherever he could. MIR. Gray is sick,
and for the sake of peace and quie. allows
himself to be drawn into measures that his
| heart does not sanction.
He was used for the designs OF Baker and
the Governor. There never was time when
there was the least prospect of his going &c
| France. That was settled when We were In
| Philadelphia in 1876. The damp air of that
| city-and Paris Is equally as damp-was too
| much for him. II is doubtful IL he could hav,
| lived there a month longer. He has asthmi
| and Assesses of the lungs. How, in such ,
| condition, could he cross the ocean? TIT
| Governor knows of this infirmity, and ye
l continues to heap work on him.
He had not been able TO walk from hi
| house TO his office, about four blocks, for
long time prior to his appointment, and dur
ing the three months 1 spent with him in H.
| winter. never once within my knowledge Wa
he able to walk that distance. How could h
discharge the duties Of commissioner aroun'
| the extensive grounds of the Paris Exposition
i II he hal been a well man h, could not nav
| gone. Every reason which he gives
his letter to Mr.. Kelly for rendering his resis
| nation as Commissioner to Paris existed q
| the time of his appointment, and Governc
Anthony knew 1t. His office was behind
| hand with its work. Eighteen hundred az
| seventy-elght had arrived, and his agricultI
| raj report for 1876 was no, out. The Philade
r phia Exposition OF 1876 was past and gon
: and the report of the Kansas Centennial Mai
4 ayers, when 1873 had arrived was not
i print Mir. Gray had no time to write up Il
e report OF the Philadelphia display. How
e | ,ossibly. could he leave his sgricultur,
o work to write.uP the Paris Exposition:
i was absurd to thing fit. Governor Anth
l. nv knew it to be 50, and has adroitly maj
aged TO turn the appointment over, as douh
less was INTENDED in the beginning, to ma
against whose appointment the State OF kal
sas would have risen up, As one man, II II
y | Governor had condescended to let them kno
| there was a vacancy.
$, The position accorded To Mr.. Gray, and no
N given to Mr.. Baker by stealth, was Won {
le | Kansas by the Centennial display. IL VI
h | announced with a flourish in the COmDlO
+ ueanh that the first appointment of Commi
t. sioner was that of Mr.. Gray. Kansas, |
N reason of her agricultural display, had pre-
in edepce over Massachusetts, New York, al
the other states. That was a high comp
ment and should have been appreciated
l hainy honored accordingly. II would ha
been natural and human that Governor y
Se thony, knowing the condition OF MIR. Gray
u, health, and of the overwoik In ms ONE
I'd sbould have selected for Mr. Gray's place
" | the first instance, or as MS successor III .
a next, some one Of his colleagues on L
nj Centennial Board. The people oil
State seem disposed 10 accord great cree
lit In the efforts or the Centennial Manage
but the President of the Board of Manag,
H.. haa not stopped to compliment any OF tho
gentlemen by nomination l" fafis- pisl
garding the rule of civil service reform
-, which the Republican party Is eohhihitteu'
has gone outside of the number oil those &c
tlemen acquainted with exhioitioh l'lfs' Fl"
has taken men entirely inexperienced
1t must he remembere' wheh we spe"h
ey .ne "o'e.n, 10 - -, o,,h..I
ny ega,ion in Congress in favor Of Mr.. Gray.
- was the Governor who nominated Mr.. Bal
~ and Mr.. Myers to the Honorary CommissiC
Ok erships, and If any member of the Centenn
p Board has been honored with a comPlim'
r., =, of even a tender of either position, ha
u not heart Of it. The special duty assign
y, to Mr.. Gray. and upon his resignation I"
~ Baker, is that of an agricultural expert.
" Is required to write up for the American TO