The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-09-07
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oil Thev o.me. nav s.v And th.v oo,ou.r.d-
: In their mipd,a AZ. II ~. m. ola ga .to
over ae,in. tn last .hall be- Art and the a,
= shali BE- last. Tbur.aav evening Marin ros..
r ID misht and eat down mon Anthonr And .
Friday morning Anthony not "a h aute,ons
this sort Of thing. rose IN hia misht "a 81 dov
upon Martin. he l.nrhs bess vino l.usha La
and for \ oornse Geo T Anthony certainly d
:, eyinoe peculisrities NOT ex,esly healthfnl q
: those who for a few brief hours YER. so hil.r;o,
nj his taxing Of. He ofIeavenvorth so v.r,ou
] " .lludexi tn In connection With the book .
, crook Of his p.s,l orr.n v.s particularly ;ub
liant. So suocessfnl h.s h. hen In his uolitic,
{ ventures. 90 certain the nomination Of The ms
honore<, nv his ,uuport. thar . brr.k in the -,
. t.inrv of his victories ma NOT To be Thought n
hence the videaprr.d errtlenee accorded his n,
, sert;ons He knev that Gen r could mot carr
!, tan orh,s men In 81 John. that in fact. he voul
be deserted to . man the moment he vithdre,
his name from the eontest and In substsntistio
of this the air In the immediate vicinity of thj
famed sser erom Ieavenworth became hesy
I laden with FIRE and birthstone. The chairman 9
the State COMMITTEES ably echoed the thunde
/ from the bix man of Iesvenworth mail bass
while the hero Of the W.mero sortie upon Wa
baunsee's entreuchments exultsutly cried GU
twas he who killed cock robin.
Thus joy refined supreme in the camp of tn
1 faithful and ali went ss merry a a marriage bel
for awhile. And what of the body of Anthem,
i -prepsred 30 neatly for burial? There is n
questioning the fact that somehow or other ON
of the legs Of the body Aforesaid administered ,
kick-through the adjournment Thursday nigh
upon an exceedingly tender center of the Martin
anatomy, - it were, and it has been said tina
somebody will enjoy meals standing for som,
time to come
At any rate that kick appeared to have q won
derful vitalizing effect upon the alleged corpse
| for Immediately upon delivering 1t all persons O
the supposed defunct sprang into action, and tn.
resurrection, strange to say was the beginning Of
the end
To Union Hall was the watchword, but Union
Hall was in possession Of the colored brethren,
and then the word WAS Anthony men to Repre-.
sentative Hall, aud the St. John men to the Ofict
of the Secretary of State. Though the hour was
late, though every delegate had for upwards Of
twelve long hours, sat sweltering in the breath
poisoned atmosphere of the Convention chamber,
though they had marched down from the Capitol
to Union Hall, they returned to q man, and Geo.
T. Anthony strobe into Representative Hall with
hundred men at his back An animated, Wig
orous, powerful corpse, truly He yielded to
the inevitable, Yes: and in his very yielding was
a strength that most men fail in acquiring even
at the very zenith of proudest triumphs. There
is no denying, no gxiusaying, that standing
there before his hundred friends-meu who wer.
ss u single man, and that Geo. 7. Authopy-he.
WAS iuestimably stronger than wben. two Years
before he had proudly bowed his head for yicto.
ries wreath II true that nothing succeeds like
SUCCESS. IL is Equally true that notbinv shows
more uueouiyocslly the mettle of the man than
his bearing when first exposed to the stern real
ity of crushed homes Ifev.r man did rise above
and tr;umpban,ls look down on his own defeat
Geo. T. Anthony did on Thursday night. and in
the very act he slew bis victor before the first
breath of exult,t;on cou,d csca,e his Inns
In that caucus were men who had sworn IN
triumph or die in their trscks. men wbo 1--we tho
Apthopv hammer ~ th. axnon.,t Of ,r;n.;,,l.
NOT pelr. WIN had acterm;,.d N % down q,
down il ppst be-u,;tb th.;rco,,rs av;n, Me-
,;,da,s E,,ston R.,,;s p;,l..r,o, r;n,.,.
Sbarne Rsddep R;cb,.r Ang.lI r,n,lr.r "a
:, hos, of o,b.rs M liz. cs,;,re u,ho r.h.,,.n,,v
declared they would never consent tn Aatbonv,s
withdrawal. let alone sunnort;,p another man
And Anthony. the icicle. the mass of frozen
ic. .ptbonv the selfish the b.nyhtr and IN.
man of no more kindness of henri than Womb
a stone. talked and reasoned with
the.e resolu,e. faithful adberents until they SAW
beyond him To the principle involved and one
after npother they sfDod nm indicating their re-
solve To go tn " ,yobn. Then the word ,,assed
down To the Secretarv,s Office. and ,oon the doors
few back upon their hinges and there entered
St John and his s,estifast followers. The scene
wus one dramatic in the extreme. for ss St. John
advanced. the Autbouy men broke into cheers for
him. which were no sooner ended than the ST.
ohm men broke into cheers for Anthony. Tbe
two cbieftans clasped hand, and the walls of
Hall fairly shook with the COM
bined cries of the united clans.
Tn. fat thus wen, forth ANTHONY in r.ssinp
to St. John the answering feslty of men tried
and true. in the yery act saved st John the main
and modification Of disclosed treaeberv in his !
own camp. and made him governor of Kansss.
Rpt another ballot bef,re simmer that s.me even.
inc and st John would have been betrnved
among bis own followers. When the hell wether |
n Cow,ev tinkled his little hell two other coun-
lies were m rollow that b.llot but annie. II tn
,.v that otbe hest laid nlans Of mice and menu
won can't most alwavs teuu
NOT until the final moment of defeat most
from the fact Of its beinp forced upon
be very brink of victory. would the Martin men
the danger Eighteen Antbonv
,h.r s,;d had deserted the c.ucus had
,.cIsr.d ,h.n,ssIyes traitors To solemn nleipes.
ma ,ror,d vo,. ,,r Oh. man from Atch;sor And
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