The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-15
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GOV. ANTHONY AND THE CEN
TENSEsL.
We COPY the following from late Fun

tion oil Geo. L. Anthony- Inc language
we give in italics betrays It's origin.
Engine power" is a Geo. T. ism.
But the egotism is the smallest part.
The statements are the furthest from the
truth. Gov. Anthony has tried 10 ignore
his colleagues in the Centennial work. He
sent editors of Anthony papers and not his
colleagues to Paris. In his message,
towards its conclusion, he robs
them OF the credit Of their
labors at the Philadelphia Exposition and
gives it to his Board of Agriculture, neTer
once mentioning the Centennial Board.
"To him we owe the success" &c. Why,
bless your soul, Geo. I. was not at the Cen
tennial ten days during the whole seven
and half months required TO prepare and
conclude the work. He had his duties as
L. S Collector, and his canvas for Cover
nor to occupy him. There were members
of the Board who devoted their entire time
and thoughts to the Centennial work, from
the beginning TO its close. Is it fair to
credit tolthe by-play Of his leisure hou-s
the results of the devoted and continuous
service Of those members who really had
charge of the display.
success of the Kansas building" &c
We know whereof We speak, when we state
that the project of a separate exhibit and
OF separate building was NOT de suggestion
of George r. Anthony. 1t involved depar'
ture from the rules of classification adopted
by the National Commission. II took in
fuence to secure the privilege of making
this departure. Geo. I. Anthony did no
have that influence and did not secure thi.
permission for Kansas TO make her display
in her own way. These are facts wei
known among the members Of the Stat,
Board.
ellis was the brain that planned" &c
The truth is that the idea OF State exhibits
originated with the United States Com
mission OF which John A. Martin and Geo.
A. Crawford, and no, George T. Anthony
were members.
In December, 1873, Commissioners Mar.
tin and Crawford addressed letter to Gov.
ernor Osborn in favor Of State Board tc
assist them in making a State display
Governor Osborn alludes to it il in his
message, in January, 1874. (See page 20l
of Centennial Report.) George T. Anthony
had, as yet, nothing to do with the Cen,
81 Il
ready been engaged in the work for two
years or more.
1t required constant effort during the
whole session OF 1874 to procure the pas
sage oil the bill creating the State Board.
1t only passed in Committee OF the Whole
in the House, by one majority, and in the
Senate in its closing hours. But Il hsd no
help from George z. Anthony. We doubt Il
lie knew such bill was pending or had
passed. He was at Leavenworth, not To-
peka. The agency by which the law was
secured is utterly ignored by the Eatyprise.
That the gentlemen who originated the
law had designs upon the Board of Agri-
culture, of which Geo. T. Anthony was
president, and Alfred Gray secretary, may
lie inferred from Section 4, as follows:
''The State Board of Centennial Mana
gers Tor this State, shall occupy the rooms
in the capitol building now occupied by the
State Board OF Agriculture, with the Board
OF Agriculture, jointly"
Mr.. Crawford, in his interview" states
that he spoke to Gov. Osborn in behalf oil
the appointment of these two representa-
tives Of the Board of Agriculture, Messrs.
Anthony and Gray. On the 30th of March,
1874, Anthony was commissioned a member
OF the State Board. So instead OF having
planned" for Others, it had all been
planned" thus far for him BY the Com
missioners who. were nearly three years
. ahead OF him in the Centennial work.
The Centennial Report does not show who
made the several motions, and who fur
nished business and originated ideas among
the members in their several meetings. We
hear that the other members were as faith
fnl in their attendance as Geo. T. Anthony.
and an examination OF the records will
show that Geo. 7. Anthony did not originate
more than his due proportion of measures.
q Ii is accorded TO Governor Anthony, that
in the business of the meetings and in the
outside work Of preparation for display,
he did his reasonable share. lie worked
as the rest worked.
But he has had the advantage IN this,
that he has received the credit of the work
OF his colleagues. On the nomination of
Mr.. Crawford he was made President, and
sent twice to Philadelphia before the build
ing was erected. The worked planned by
the members had generally to go before the
public in the shape of circulars signed by
the President and Secretary. So, for sew
eral years his name was almost constantly
before the public, signed to circulars con-
corning the Centennial, This made him
Governor. And now that the published
report does not indiyidualize, does notl
state who made this motion or that, the
Governor can continue to claim, through
his friends, that he was 'old Centennial
himself, in boots and broadcloth.
The collection of the products OF 1875.
were made by members of whom George
I. was not one. With these the Kansas
triumph was mainly won.
The collecting for 1s76, was assigned to
several members of the State Board. Geo. |
I. Anthony had become a candidate for
nomination OF Governor, and he consent |
ed to canvass portion OF northern Kan
sas for products.
Ia language similar to that of the "En- |
terprise, THE Governor, in his message, p.
"a, when he thinking OF himself anu Civ
ing to the Board OF Agriculture the credit
Of the work Of the Centennial managers, |
said: -
1t wss the "boldness of conception mot
the oszeo1sl, "the daring of purpose mot
the min<Fals), "the intelligent and artistic |
arrangement" mot the wood of Kansas)
that" shed so broad alight," etc, and "made
thsvictory of Kansas National HONOR
(The reader can look up the message and |
finish the bungling and ungramatical SEN
tence for himself.
:. And the Mmhattan Editor says that he
was shat train, that will, thai engine pow
err
: We turn now to the title psge of the
Centennial Ror,ort and 70 {,rJ aIy.crx