The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-11
AT LARGE-HALLOWELL AND
CRAWFORD.


A few days ago Samuel J. Crawford,
of Topeka, came out with lOng-winded
manifesto in the Daily Commonwealth,
announcing himself as candidate for
congress at large, in Kansas. His prop
osition was laughed at by most people,
as they considered it entirely of the Null
berry Sellers character, the dream Of a
man whose ambition ran beyond his
brains. There were some good points
in his article, and the usual number of
falsehoods about the financial history of
the country commonly emitted by
men of his stripe. The proposition was
akin to the White Hair message, and the
ex-Governor's celebrated expedient in
transmitting the States money from
New York to Topeka by procuring
large bills and having them sewed up
securely in his shirt tail. Crawford ex-
pected the announcement would sweep
the State like prairie fire, and that he,
like the celebrated Pepperege, would be
driven bowling into congress. But it
didn't go that way. But few of the pa
pers paid any attention to it, and only
three or four endorsed it. 1t was stat
ed by some papers that it would at least
help him in presenting his claims
against the general government for the
state and individuals. In fact, the prop
osition fell fiat 1t was deemed entirely
improper, and that there was no law for
such course; that if elected he could
not be admitted, and therefore little at
tention was paid to the matter.
But now it turns out that the whole
thing may be Democratic trick. We
may remark that it puzzled us not lit
tie to find a reason for his support by
some of the Republicans. Sam is to all
intents Democrat, and ran as their can
didate for congress in this district two
years ago. No man says meaner or
falser things about the Republican party
than he has been saying for several
years, in fact ever since his defeat as Il
Republican candidate for the senate, in
1871. The state central committee say
in their address to the Republicans of
Kansas, that it has come to their knowl-
edge that a movement is on foot in sew
eral of the states for the election of con-
gressmen at large, in addition to the
number allowed by law, and this Craw-
ford movement is part of their plan 1t
is believed that the next presidential
election will be a close one, and that
there are strong probabilities that it may
have to be decided in the house of rep
resentatives. The Democrats are ex-
pecting to carry the second COMPRESSION
al district, and then if they could slip
Sam Crawford in, this state would stand
tie politically, in which case its Re
publican electoral vote would not be
counted. That is very nice trick, but
it will hardly work with the Republi-
cans of Kansas. OF course, a Republi-
can if elected will not be apt to get a
seat in congress, but it will not do in this
emergency to allow a Democrat to be
elected from Kansas. Let the Republi-
cans see to this.
The Republican state central commit
tee, deeming it an important matter, have
placed upon the ticket for congress
man at large, Hon ]. r. Hallowell, of
Cherokee county. Col. HallOwell is a
man for whom every Kansas Republican
can safely cast his vote. He has bril-
liant war record, is a man of fine abili-
ties, and of excellent personal character.
He is now a state senator, in which
body he has good record, and is one OF
the ablest speakers in the state. We
gladly endorse this action of the COM
mittee, believing it to be sound and SEN
sible policy to elect Republicans to i'm
portant offices, and from a personal
knowledge of the two men can recon-
mend Col. Hallowell to our readers as
far superior in qualifications to his op-