The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-06-27
Throwing or The Mask.

We have repeatedly warned Republicans who
were inclined to wander of after q separate
Grenbrsck party, that the movement was being
encouraged by Democrats, in order to use il to
assist in electipg the Democratic ticket; and
we have quoted the advice of the Troy Bmlletis,
that Democrats should encourage Republicans
to join the Greenback party, but should them-
selves vote the Democratic ticket Almost every
move they make, leaves prints Of cloven
foot. At their meeting ihe other day in the
First Representative District, the proceedings
of which We publish in another column there
was scarcely an attempt to disguise the makeup
and design of the whole business. study of
these proceedings is interesting.
In the first place, A. J. Mowry was Secretary
Of the meeting-s political dead-beat and out
cast, who has been kicked out Of the Repnb-
lican party, and who has become so completely
bankrupt in influence, as well as in everything
else, that when running as an independent Re-
publican, he cannot command enough votes to
make any preceptible change in the count. Now
he is Greenbacker-a party, by the way, that
is becoming refuge for Republicans and Dem-
ocrats who have lost their grip, and are politi-
cally played ont. Mowry's boast has been, that
he carried the colored vote. We presume he
has taken the contract to assist in defeating the
Republican ticket, by carrying the colored vote
into this new auxiliary of the Democratic party,
the Grenback movement. But he has got SO
low down, that he has lost the respect of whites
and blacks alike.
Then, we find the name of DR.. G.. s. Hopkins
at the head of the list of delegates. This is so
transparent, that we imagine the DIR. must
laugh heartily over it himself. He is the most
bitter and uncompromising Democrat in Doni-
phan County. He is the author Of the commu-
nications 90 frequently appearing in the Bulletin
so intensely Rebel in sentiment that even Dem.
ocrats apologized for them. These are the COM
munications abusing the Free State pioneers of
Kansas, denouncing Union soldiers as murderers
and robbers, and asserting that the men who
upheld the Union cause were the aggressors and
the rebels. Only last week, one of his articles
appeared in the Bulletin, defaming the Republi-
cans, and rejoicing in the prospect of Democrat.
ic ascendency in the Government
Does any one believe that such man has any
interest in the Greenback party, further than to
make 1t q means of assisting the Democracy
Isn't he proper person to cntice Republicans,
and Union soldiers, at that, from the Republican
party, and lead them into trap designed to de.
feat the partyf
The whole report Of the proceeding of that
meeting 10 q broad farce. The officers whose
names are signed to IL will not have seen it uu-
til they read it in the CAief. The report is the
composition of DR.. Hopkins, and was copied by
W. D. Rippey's book-keeper, another uncompro-
missing Democrat. A colered man, who couldn't
make speech IL he were to try, is reputed as
having delivered an eloquent address, in which
hs expressed his sentiments in DIR. Hopkins
STYLE And notice another feature These
Greenback meetings usually denounce the fnan-
ciai record Of both the old political parties; but
tins one expends all its denuncistion upon the
Republican party, not even incidentally referring
to the Democratic party and its financial record.
1t is just such TRADE as . most violent Demo- |
crat would deliver himself of. In fact, Dr. Hon. |
kins became 80 excited with his work, that he |
forgot he was Greenbacker for the occasion, |
and imagined that he was writing commune |
cation for the Bulletin. The assertion that tho |
persons present showed % determination to |
make the Grenback party at least the dictator |
Of success" in the coming election. exposes the |
whole thing. 1t is not expected that the |
Greenback party can succeed, but it is ex- |
peeted that it can be made use of by the Dem
ocrats to help them to success. If DR.. Hopkins |
attends the Emporis Convention, we presume |
be viii be one of the foremost in favor of sep
arate Greenback ticket, in the hope of lesseniug
the Republican vote; then he will come home, /
and vote the Democratic ticket
This farce is becoming SO thin, that by elec-
lion time the Greenhack ticket will receive
about the same paltry vote that it has in the
past. Sensible Republicans will stick to their
ticket, like the Democrats intend to do, leaving
few impracticables and sore-heads to tote the
movement