The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-08
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A glance at the returns elsewhere given
will show that there was general cut
ting and slashing all round. There was
three-cornered fight, and not much at
tention was paid to nominations. For
instance, Lynn, for county attorney, on
both Democratic and Greenback tickets,
gets 1,O14, while Elliott, on both tickets
for Probate Judge, runs lib behird
Lynn. Bro. Mitchell, Greenbacker, runs
up to 730, while Humphrey, on the same
ticket, for sheriff, fell down to near 500.
Democratic votes are as tickle as any
other. Butcher, for Register, received 379;
Stowell drops down to 800, and the in
nOcent and simon pure Greenlee gets left
with paltry 1876. The opinion has al
ready been expressed that this gentle
mans ambitions were only used as a
blind, the party massing their strength
on johnson, independent Republican.
On the Republican ticket, J. B. Moon
was badly used. This is accounted for
from the fact that Mr.. johnson, indie
pendent Republican, and good man,
ran into him heavily. Moon, however,
came out all right, to the great satisfac-
ton of his large army of friends.
One of the worst results of the election,
in political view, is the defeat of Cum
bingham for representative. 1t will be
something a little odd to have a man
holding other than Republican views in
the legislature from Emporia. We set
Mr.. Watson down as a Democratic
Greenbacker, and he will, we suppose,
vote against the Republican party
in the approaching senatorial con-
test For one, we much regret this.
The people elected him with their eyes
open, though, and must stand whatever
course he may choose to pursue in this,
at this time, very important matter.
While saying this we desire also to say
that Mr.. Watson is one of our most es-
Unable citizens, and that he will not do
anything that he does not believe per
fectly right and proper. He has lived
here from boyhoOd, and is thoroughly
identified with the interests of the city.
He is now serving his second term as
mayor, having been elected without OPP
position last spring. There is no use
now to point out the mistakes that led
to this result. The contest for the Re
publican nomination between Messrs.
Cunningham and Eskridge was close,
and the result unsatisfactory to the lat
ter gentleman. He threw all his person
al influence in the scale against the Re
publican nominee, and it is claimed by
some that this was sufficient to elect
Watson, who is personally very popular.
This is but one of several explanations
furnished for the result, which was not
altogether unlocked for. But this bad
news from the Emporia district is in
part offset by the overwhelming major
ity of the sturdy Republican and good
man, John 10y, in the north district,
over P. B. Maxson.
No one is surprised at the result
on register of deeds. The balance of the
county ticket is, under the circumstan-
ces, elected by good majorities. The
most strenuous efforts were made to de-
feat at least portion of it. Messrs. Kel-
lOgg, Frederick, Sedgwick and Wharton
were handsomely endorsed, and may
well feel proud of their triumph.
Mr.. Mitchell received more votes than
we had supposed he would in this coun-
ty. His canvass was strong one, and
he has the power to impress his follow
ers with his own views, no matter how
erroneous they are. We were of opin-
iOn-he would not count over $50 votes in
the county. He, though, on the other
hand, is disappointed. He undoubtedly
expected to carry the county. His
friends so stated privately and in print
On the whole the Greenback vote was
considerably larger than the best posted
Republicans had looked for. Had the
election been a month earlier they might
have made pretty "clean sweep"
Now, we have to say in closing, that il
is our conviction that the Republican
party deserved the cutting and
slashing" it received at the hands
of it's members. The convention per
sisted in committing certain inexcusa
BILE blunders which were pointed out and
protested against before they were made
They should have been avoided. Many
delegates seemed to have no other mis-
sion in the convention than to pay person
al debts, and to confer personal favors
They lost sight of the good of the party
and seemed to care nothing about this
if their personal ends were accomplish
ed. 1t was run too much on the "dicker
ing" system. Many Republicans felt thai
the result would be disastrous, and it is re
ally wonder it was not more so. Hun
dreds of good Republicans were disgust
} ed, and expressed this in their votes
The returns seem to warn US that tn
time has come in Lyon county when
) nomination is not equivalent to an cleo
ton. We ought to remember this in tn
future.