The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-29
Armor Replles.

Armor Replies.
To The Emporfa Eescs-
notice an editorial In TIE DAILY NEWS
Of the 18th inst, 20 the effect that THE NEWS
IS s.surpTised'' because my option Of the Hon.
G, v. Eskrikge sixteen years ago does not
agree with my opinion Of him to-day. For
ported Eskridge and opposed him. Now
support him and TEE NEWS opposes him;
therefore. when TIE NEWS throws stone at
| me does it not also strike itself 9 biowf
TIE NEEs has changed; our senators In
oSgrsSs hags CHANGED r on me me nnsneI Rs1 and
stance. this party hal tsoft' money plank
NEWS tell where that plank Is -dayf And
| the grand old Republican party" tas The
planks of the platform il made in its begin
ming
changed; Senator Plumb has changed; the
| great epubiican party has changed; and
should be q matter OF .surprtse" II the I'm
| deRsigT I'd, following In the wake OF Such H.
lustrit 5 COM any, had changed some alsoa
But the main point Of this article-Esk
ridge xteen years ago, and Eskridge to day.
Now, -niie admit taAt kSkridge may have
DO re me things when q member OF the leg
| islatu with which was not in sympathy
then EOw, this much may. think. be fairly
| said o. him: That he never sold his vote
nor al mpied anything in the legislature on
purely selhsh grounds, What nc SAD OF 0id
backed him: and think can now name
some Eh0 are now abusing him who then
| supported him. Eskridge Of sixteen years
| ago was an ambitions and daring young
| man. Eskrfdge OF to-day IS \ dlEnihed. in
, teillgent temperate and honorable citizen;
/ a statesman OF no mean standing, . 1orcible
and puogent writer, (as THE NEWS very we'll
knoWs.) and unsurpassed in southern Kanses
| n a public speaker. with a cools clear head
/ and his known energy, he seldom undertakes
| anything he fails 70 accomplish, thus making
Could send TO the legisiatars at this time
Allow me 20 ailude somewhat in Diet III TO
Eskridge in this emergency. and .'let us Ees-
| son together" Il is hardly worth while for
| us to go to Alabama TO look after the frauds
down thefe-we may find them nearer nome,
/ l think. For Instance, there Is quite a wide
| spread sentiment Throughout the county that
| the stock am bond matter was mismanaged,
| and so Etst likes me the old board must have
| thought themselves II this superstition l.
NOT correct. why did the board employ one Of
70 the county. TO go down TO New York and
/ Boston TO look mp Tor suppreSsl the facts In
! the caSaI Whereas, IL the board had fur
| nish ID the facts and figures, showing. for in
| stance, how many shares OF stock in the first
place. bow many had been scids what they
BROUGHT. how many bonds had been taken up
with the proceeds Of the stock. everybody
would have been satisfied Il is so plain a
| done the figuring. And when = sort III indig
nation meeting OF the people was held ask
ting i' none e" com@itsee Of the pespIe sp-
Piled. hrSt to the county attorney and then TO
the states attorney, TO compel the board 10
/
| board put on record resolution TO have the
| whole case dismissed saying. as 1t were,
themselves hens above the people who elected
| them And very well remember, on one oc-
casion, how The NEWS jubil4ntly exclaimed,
| "rhe county board on top" showing as plain
| as could be that TUX NEWS was in sympathy
! with the board.
Now. Eskridge is very DESTROYS to have
ness there BEL brought to light, and in order
to give him a commanding position. now
airport him for the legislature.
The second reason why support Eskridge
at this time Is this: Some years ago, when
| Messrs Gillett and Kellogg were in the leg
islatuTe these gentlemen got an act through
the legislature taking the power to sell the
| the stock referred to entirely out OF the hands
the Ia law and where in my NH iudSmene Il pro ~
erly belonged. placing the power TO sell the
same in the hands of three person From the
| long line of troubles which followed in the
wake of this act, one seems justified in con-
Guiding that all such vicious sort of legisla-
is utterly opposed TO all such special legisla-
tion.
Another reason why I support Eskridge
now Is this: The state owns and manages an
Agricultural College and State University,
also State Normal school, except $4,000.
build said school house Now held 1t to be
| self-evident that the state has no right In
~ - ssss nSt,tTsion fnr which sn9ie
| county is taxed to build. Eskridge. II elected
TO the legislature hopes to be able to get this
| erly belongs. and should he succeed in this
} thing, it will be q feather in his cap, and a
J Then EskrIdge thinks some reforms are
needed in the matter of county bridges, and
in other county matters, with which also
parativelv nothing of the views Of the regu-
lar Republican candide (so-ca led) and agree
{ ing with Eskridge on SO many points touch
ing the well being Of Lyon county, think
: viii be entirely Justified in casting my yots
as have Indicated. Respectfully sfnly' pNop
, HIS: see by THE NEWS of the 2lst that
| the ''mongrel committee which nominated
Gratis Now, this commit ee was composed
OF ten persons. five from each party
"went' before this committee to get the nom
ination. This is also groundiess T. A.
To which we reply:
1st THE NEWS did not say it was sur
prlsed that you are supporting Eskridge
1t said your old time friends were
Knowing your politics for the last few
years, THE NEWS itself was not sur
prised when you appeared as Eskridge'
manager.
I'd. THE NEWS has supported Esk
ridge once or twice when he was thu
E nominee of the Republican party, ant
was the representative of principle
e Now Eskridge does not represent an,
q principle. He is, as near as we can flint
] out, Democrat Greenback Republican
t He is not the exponent or Representative
/ of any party or set of principles, but
I hawking about the streets for votes from
all parties. His fight is a personal one
and his speeches are mostly devoted t
| Ia RI N
for office. THE NEWS has principle
and sticks to them, and does not folloN
: persons from party to party. If we ar
not mistaken, the author of the above
e supporting Eskridge because he is OF
q posing the Republican ticket. That
/ our opinion, at least. We claim tn
is NEWS has not changed.
% 3d. In his estimation we differ goo
y deal with DR.. Armor. If Eskridge wei
l. the Republican candidate today we b.
IS lieve the Doctors puff would be entirel
is of different tone. He would not oil
l. iect, in thPt case, to the republication {
u his estimate of Eskr:dge in 1854. W
believe the mongrel candidate Is just {
c ambitious and daring a 'young man
now as ever If DIR. Armor considers
re craftsmanship to go about the count
a accusing the best men in the county I
is henious crimes, when he knows they Al
{, innocent-to keep the community IN
y broil to crafty his Unsuitable ambitiG
"a for office; to PREJUDICE lawsuit befo
its adjudication in the courts; to trio
y and trim for votes; TO make one sort
a speech in one neighborhood and an o
u posite one in another; to offer 10 suppo
es the Republican ticket, including
IT. n. Sedgwick, if he cou
he get Republican votes. notwithstandir
" the "ringr and fraud-then We suppo
&c Eskridge is statesman. So far as Els
ridges success is concerned, we wou
re ask the doctor, in all candor, if he W
LII not fiat failure the last time he was
III the legislature. He never succeed
above the average member of that bod
The local bills generally that have pa
er- ed the legislature when he was q me-
ce Der have been those that did not ms
id with the least opposition. In all t
es- local legislation that has been secur
nd he is only entitled to half the credit,
ir. cause he, strange as 1t may appear, b
nd only been a member of one house of (
he legislature at the same time. Did
lily not fail to get an appropriation for I
art running expenses of the Normal
is last time he was in the legislator
III Did he not ANONYMOUSLY fail to 1