The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-02-26
The M achinery at work.

The Republican State Central Committee met
ut Topeka, last week, TO fix upon time for hold
ing Q State Convention to sslec. delegates to the
Chicago Convention. The hints We gave last
week about scheme of Senator Iugalls, through
his laeqsys and Office holders, to carry the State
for Ora Mt, were fully justified by the develop
ments there male. For weeks, the newspapers
in favor of Grant have been insisting upon late
Convention. The fight was made upon this
point In order to afford all the time possible for
the Office holders to manipulate and fix things
to defeat the will of majority Of the people
On the morning of the day Of meeting. the Com
pon,eealth gave the Committee instructions to
adopt resolution approving tho accquittsl OF
Ingalls,; and Mr. Baker, the editor Of that pa
per, Was busy button holing members in favor OF
the proposition. But majority Of the Commit
tee sat down it, saying that ss the Ingalls,
business Was settled. it should be dropped, and
not thrust into politics any more. Seeing the
temper of the Committee on this subject, In
gals strikers dropped it.
But the movement for late Convention was
not dropped so readily. A large majority Of the
Committee are Blaine men. But the oface-hold-
ers had been on the alert, and had secured prox-
les Of several of those Blaine Committeeman
who could not be present. J. R. Hallowell, In
CALLS United States District Attorney, had ono
or two; but one of them, getting wind of the
game that was up, made his appearance. and
spoiled that proxy. johnson, Halo Wells dspd-
~, had another but the member found out in
time the trick that WAS being att empt-d, and
countermanded the proxy to Johnson, giving it
to q reliable Blaine man. At least one Blaine
Committeeman was msre presented by proxy.
Another noticeable feature were the many In
gals partissns. principally offics-hoders or eI-
pectants, who were on hand. clamoring for late
Convention. Some Of these, who have hereto
fore been strongly for Blaine, were assisting in
the work. J. C. Wilson, . member of the Com
mittes, who holds the Office Of Clerk of the Unit
ed States District Court by favor of Ingalls, and
who figures not very creditably in the reports
of the Ingalls, investigation, read to . number
of the members of the Committee . letter from
Ingalls,, dated four days before the meeting Of
the Committee, advising late Convention
His argument was, that great changes were TAX
ing place, and would continue to take place in
the next few weeks, and Kansas should not COM
NIT herself by an early Convention, but should
hold herself in position to fall in line for the
winning man. In other words time should be
given him, through bis strikers, to throttle the
sentiment of Kansas, aud enable him to hand
over the delegates to Grant, after the manner OF
Cameron and Conkling One or two Blaine
Committeeman had pledged themselves to these
men in favor of . late Convention, before they
saw through the trap, and they kept their word.
The time asked for was in May-but sever
al weeks previous to the Chicago Convention,
when every other State could have appointed
delegates, and the voice of Kansas for Blaine
could have no influence. But an early Conven-
tion carried the day, by vote Of to 6. The
date fixed upon, was March 3lst. The real SEN
timent of the Committee, with an understand
ing of the question, and without misrepresenta-
tion by proxies, would have been about II to 4.
This should be sufficient warning to the
friends of Blaine all over the State, to wake up,
and allow no more trifing. Let every Blaine
man 20 to work, and do bis work himself, not
trust it to Office holders and shysters No effort
will be spared by political wire-puiiers to con-
troll the vote of Kansas, to use it to secure pat
ronags and plnnder and unless the people speak
and act for themselves and put their foot own
on all such schemes, they will be sold ont.