The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-09-19
i A BIatherskite on the Rampage.

born in Germany, to Germany's discredit, to as
sume that he controls the German vote of the
State, and to 20 to work to speculate on the
strength of it. In the first place, the Democrat
ic State Committee insults the German voters of
the State, by nominating a German for Office,
for the expressed purpose of catching the Ger
man; vote-as if Germans who are opposed 10
the Democratic party can be bought to vote the
ticket by nominating countryman for an Of
flee that doesn't amount to anything. Then
comes mercenary shyster, who has become no.
torious for his cheek and assumption, Ed.
Fleischer by name, who offers another insult,
by making public proclamation that Republi-
can Germans care SO little for their principles
that they will vote against the candidate OF
their party because he does not drink beer, but
is a temperance man. This Fleischer, on his
own authority, has called State Convention Of
Germans, to organize German crusade against
Col. st. John, because he is q temperance man.
The Democrats pat him on the back, and tell
him what mighty man he is, and what good
work he is DOING while the crazy fool really i'm
agines that he owns the German vote of the
State, and that it will 60 just as he tells it to.
This fellow Fleischer's status among the Ger
in utter contempt by a large majority of respec-
table Germans who know him. His capital, for
years, has been his pretended influence with the
Germans. He once demanded a nomination for
the Legislature in the strongest German and
strongest Republican ward of Atchison, on the
plea that the Germans demanded to be recog-
nized. He received the nomination, but was
defeated in the midst of his countrymen. He
had the cheek to aspire to the Lieutenant-Gov-
crnorship on the Republican ticket, as repre-
sentative German, but the proposition was re-
ceived with such derision, that even he saw the
point and withdrew" Now be has the impu-
dence to call the Germans of the State together,
to tell them how they should vote.
1t is easy to foresee the result of this Fleischer
crusade. The Democrats will encourage it, and
many German Democrats will attend, together
with few merchantable whelps like Fleischer !;
but Republican Germans will treat it with ST.
lent contempt, unless they take notion to
turn out in force, and kick Fleischer out of the
meeting. The Republican Germans are Repub-
licans from principle, and are not owned nor
run by any man, especially such an unprincipled
one as Fleischer. One prominent character
istic of the Germans is their love of freedom.
While they ask the privilege of drinking their
beer and wine, they do not prescribe other men
for not drinking, and will not abandon their
party because some of its candidates are tenn
perance men. The Democratic nomination of
George Ummethun and the whiskey plank in
the Democratic platform are bats that will not
catch German Republican votes, even with the
assistance of the mighty Ed. Fleischer.
NAME While Blaine was up in the North.
west, making hard money speeches, his own
State came within an ace of passing into the
hands of the Greenbackers. We notice that the
Democrats are growing quite Justify over the
election; but what they have to crow over, We
can't see. They hardly figure as scattering in
the election, and have elected so few members Of
the Legislature that they are merley q balance
ofpower in one branch of the Legislature. They
have played second fiddle to the Greenbackers,
and the two Congressman carried against the
Republicans are Greenbackers. There is no cleo
tion of United States Senator by this Legisla-
ture. There has been choice for Governor by
the people. According to the Constitution of
Maine, the House will have to send to the Senate
the names of the two candidates for Governor
who received the highest vote. This will be the
Republican and the Greenback candidates. As
the Senate is Republican, the Republican Gov
ernor will be chosen.
The platform of the Greenback party of Maine
did not endorse Communism, Nationalism, or
"fiat" money. 1t is just about such a platform
as the Republicans of Kansas have put forth
SO that, in fact, hard money Maine has advanced
to the standard of Republican Kansas.
II Those fellows who are bowling about Re.
publicans speaking friendly of Grant, and quot
ing Grants hard money views as something
dreadful, had better bear few things in mind.
lst There is no mention of Grsnt in the Repub-
lcan platform, where the financial views Of the
party are set forth. 2d. Individual Republicans
have q right to admire Grant, and they need not
be ashamed of it. Sd. Grant is not yet nomnat-
ed as the next Republican cand idate fot Presi-
dent. 4th. The Republican Convention that
nominates o candidate for President, will ex-
press itself, in its platform, on the money ques-
tion, and that will he the sentiment of the party,
and not the individual views of some member
of the party. 5th The Republican party holds
that there are few other things that concern
the country besides the money question, and
will have an eye to them, as well as to the cur
rency, leaving one-idead men to play on that
single string. In view of the foregoing several
facts, those fellows had better not howl them
selves crazy because Republicans see fit to think
and speak well of Grant.
= The Kansas City Times has already en-
ployed corps of able bodied slanderers to black
en- the characters of the Republican candidates
in Kansas They have commenced on Col. st.
John, but will attend to all the candidates in
due time. However, the abuse of the Kansas
City Tsmes never makes any perceptible differ
ence in Republican majorities in Kansas. Be-
sides, the organ of the James boys, of the State
Treasury plunderers, and Of border outlawry
generally, has about as much as it can attend to
at home, if properly looked after.
F Chrome Sharp, Of the Ottawa Repsblicas,
after returning home from the State Conven-
tion, where his master, Anthony, was fattened
ont, sat down aud penned melancholy article
about the tomato crop being injured. But the
Chrome crop was injured more than the tomato
crop.