The Wichita city eagle., 1880-12-23
CRAcKNa ran saHLL.

The Winfield Monitor unrcscryedly express
es the feelings Of Mr.. Conklin, its editor, At
length on the State Printer question. The
Commonwealth, after copying the whole arti-
Gle, which Is too long for our columns. inti-
mstcs that We have the floor. The Aoastor
says:
ssThe endorsements OF Mr.. Thacher by such
papers as the Atchison Champion, Wichita
EAGLE, and that class Of newspapers, would
lead stranger In Kansas to conclude that
the aforesaid candidate was the brainiest man
in the State, and when his services fer the
party are set forth, and his abilities vehe-
hemcntly asscyeratcd by his sponsors, We
are amazed that such worth should SO long
have been unrewarded.
There Is to-day in Kansas a few editors who
long since formed themselves into a mutual
admiration and sclf-glorifcation society. and
Dwight belongs to that class. When John
A. Martin wanted TO be Governor, Dwight
blew his horn while Marsh sounded the TIM
brcl: and when Marsh wanted to be United
States Senator, "a position, by the way, that
he could fiji with rs much credit to himself
and State as some of those who have been,
John piped and Dwight blowed; and now it
comes the latter's turn, whercupon like pups
baying at the moon, they all sit down on
their tails and howl for him.
A Teuton at his first Irish wake, Drago-
campmeeting, would be no more lost 10 the
import and purpose OF their surroundings,
no more muddlcd over the formaliZed action
expressed in such precincts than the average
ner newspaper man of Kansas seems in un-
dcrstanding a matter which is as plain as the
nose on mans face. John A. Martin, Ben.
Simpson. Geo. W. Martin, T.. u Plumb, T..
Dwight Thacher, john J. ingalls, and +. p.
Baker, gentlemen all mixed up with Mr..
CoHxln's cocoanut milk, were all pioneers
and all newspapers writers. IL strikes Us
that but slight understanding of the priya-
tions endured aud difficulties overcome by
these and few others belonging to the same
class. whom We could name, would prove an
all-sufficicnt answer to the charge Of ''mutu-
al admiration society,"" In mentioning our
preference for Mr.. Thacher as the next State
Printer no reflection on George Martin or
Floyd Z. Baker was intended. We simply
concluded, taking into the count the whole
matter of worth and reward, of past labors
and cnolumcnts, that Mr.. Thacher's present
claim upon his party was stronger than that
of any other gentleman named.
II is but natural TO rejoice in the good for
tune of those with whom one has suffered,
and but right TO reward recognized merit.
Twenty-Five years have bound pretty firmly
together those who, as young men, took their
lives in their hands and became the coadju-
tors of 'John Brown in Kansas
"A fellow feeling makes us.wondrous kind"
There is no ''mutual admiration society,"
about the matter, only simple appreciation
Of the eternal fitness Of things. We admit
all that Mr.. Conklin claims in behalf Of +. +.
Baker and his Commonwealth, and heartily
endorse all his praise of George Martin, the
present incumbent-of course we dO-nevcr-
theiess we think it would not only be poetic
justice and political wisdom, but party profit
10 elect I. Dwight Thacher as State Printer.
Baker has one of the best things in the State,
george Martin has for years enjoyed many
of the best things the party has had to offer,
and we only asked the privilege Of support
ing man equally deserving who has never
had anything.