The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-30
THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
How 10 Build Up the Republican
Party in kansas-(;ive Us a Lave
Man and a Live Platform.

Party in kansas-(:ive Us q Lave
Man and q Live Platform.
CorToNwooD FALLS, KAN, May rs. 8.
EDITOR TINES: = read you paper with
much interest. Ii seems to me that you
are right in opposing the denomination of
George 7. Anthony for governor. There
has been a revolution in this State on the
financial question. Our whole congress
ional delegation are now for greenbacks.
One OF our Senators was elected as
greenback nan. Senator ingalls, is in
favor of repeating the resumption law, OF
abolishing the National Banks, and sub
shutting greenbacks. Ingalls, is right, We
need no rotten corporations to furnish mon
ey for the people; no middle-men to do
what the government can do better than
the banks.
The State Republican convention this
wear must sound the hey note for 1850. Ii
must he in harmony. with hepeople. There
nust he no deception, no lodging of the
| only issue Of the day. | take ii, that if the
state Republican convention is true TO the
people this fall, it will declare in unequivi-
cal terms Tor
LIST. The repeal OF the Resumption Law,
and demand that the gold and silver, now
being boarded 10 redeem greenbacks should
be used to redeem bonds, and this coin re-
stored TO the circulation Of the country.
The repeal of the National Banking Law
and the substitution Of greenbacks rs the
only paper money Of the country inter
changeable with $50 bonds.
md. A National bond drawing low rate
of interest, say 3.65-interest and principal
payable in coin, these bonds payable in for
~ yeaIs in coin, in legal tenders, or green
backs at the option OF the holders; these
greenbacks receivable at par for all debts
and obligations due The government, and
thus made equal to coin. The platform
should demand that our 4, A., and q per
cent. bonds be called in, paid off and can
celIed, and our whole national debt convert
ed into 3.65 bond saving $40, 100000 a
wear in interest; these bonds should and
would be purchased and held by our own
people and the interest kept in the country.
i've must then have that kind of foreign
policy, that will keep the balances OF trade
| in our favor; We must, in a word, as a na-
ton. as a state, as counties, towns. cities, as
a people and as individuals procure and
sell more than We buy, if We would pros
per and increase in wealth. What is true
of he individual in this respect is true OF
the Nation, but our financial policy should be
sach as To bring our foreign debts home,
and SlO0, 000, 900 in interest, drained from
our country every year, should be kept al
home among our own people; Sl5O,OOO, 900
TO S2j0,O00,000 should come to US every
wear to pay for the products OF this country
more than We buy; this kind Of a policy
would add 81 ,000, 000, 600 to our circulating
medium in four years. This policy would
soon give US As much money as the people
of France-ss0 per capita or s., 800 900, 900
for fifty million Of people, not in deprecia-
ted currency, but in gold, silver or green
backs remoneiized and as good as gold.
| We must labor to stimulate our industries,
develop our agricultural and mineral re-
sources we should encourage, by every rea-
sonable means, The building ii the South
ern. also the Northern Pacific railroads We
must extend the Atchison, Topeka n Santa
Fe from Wichita to Polo Pinto, Texas,
there connecting with the Southern Pacific
we should have a branch from La Pinto,
Colorado, via Santa Fe, to East Yuma, Ari-
IONA. The A. L. 4 5. +. should penetrate
the grand canon OF the Arkansas, up the
South Fork, over Marshall Pass, down the
Gunnison, via Salt Lake and the body OF
Smoke river, connecting with the Northern
Pacific on the Columbia, thence 10 Puget's
Sound, and by steamers to Asia and the old
world. We should improve the Mississippi
river and other great arteries Of Interstate
commerce: We should then not only recon-
Gle, but cement and make over the greatest
and strongest government in the world.
We must teach our people to love Re-
publican institutions, respect the ballot and
the voice of the majority. There must be
no tampering with the ballot if our gov
eminent is TO live in the future. We must
be less partisan, have less partisan legisla-
ton. be more patriotic and display more
real craftsmanship. We must rid our
selves of mere place hunters, the Office
should seek the man, and our public officers
must be men who will work for .ne public
good instead of personal aggrandizement,
economy in all public expenditures, a re-
duction of taxation and the burdens on the
industries of the country. Such should be
the unequivical position and platform Of
the next Republican State Convention Of
Kansas.
Will George T. Anthony stand, start or
run on such platform? if he will | can
swallow him, cheese and all. should be
glad to know that he has experienced a
change of heart.-But he is more in SYM
pathy with the producing classes''-that he
has some sympathy for the debtor class
Alittle over two years ago Anthony
made speech to the Republican club of
Topeka, the Legislature was in session,
Representative Hall was crowded, l shall
never forget that speech and when he said
Il have no sympathy with this clamOr Of
the debtor class for more money, my blood
ran cold and shudder seemed to run over
the audience, it was cold, hsartless speech
Two years ago Geo. T. Anthony attended
political meeting in Lawrence. The Re
publicans had to overcome a majority OF
loo. Col. Cobb, of Wyando:te, spoke an
hour. Col. S. n. Wood, Of Chase, spoke
another on the Greenback question, and the
audience cheered after cheer. Col. Wood
had been sen, for, and spoke by special re-
quest, as u.eenback Republican; the
gieat effort was to win Greenback votes to
the Republican ticket or IN other words TO
win back the Greenback Republicans to
the Republican party. Geo. T. Anthony
was called out, and snubbed the Greenback
men. snubbed both speeches, and throwing
cold water, by asking the audience TO rise
above the groveling question Of finance.
At temperance meeting held in the Pres
byterian church last winter, in Topeka, he
ridiculed the dollar of the dadies," the old
silver dollar OF Az! grains Of silver,
and said what the people wanted was not
more money but less lager beer.
Now, can Anthony stand on q live peo-
pies platform? II, however, We are TO
have hard money national bank, bond
holder, money-loaning, oloody shirt, Eliza
Pinkston PLATFORM platform that would
rise above the growing" question Of
finance, Anthony is just the man Tor a can
didate, and on snch platform l am for
him, and then may the whole craft sink TO
perditiou. But if We can have q live plat
form, candidate in full sympathy with
the quiet producing glasses; with . candi-
date that has sympathy for the unfortunate
debtor class, As we'll - for the rich and
opulent, We can sweep this State a. it was
never swept before. We can bring the
Greenback- Republicans back into the Re
publican party, and carry every county in
the State, and roll up . clear $1,000.
The Democratic party in Kansas, with |
out the Liberal Republican or Greenback |
Republican vote, ID mere bagatelle. 1t
Is for Kansas to sound the key note that Is |
to ruin the next Presidential election. But
Mr. TnH did it never occur to you ihat !