The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-06
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<es fool of him
Explain, rs the exigen-
"a. For a specimen of this
.the following extract from the
fe not a little surprised to excellent
= nge the Dickinson County Chronicle, come ont
-7a a foolish attack upon Governor ST. john based
upon a garbled quotation from Of his Eastern
si,eerhes. The Governor never stated he had
taken God into partnership'-he said frequently IN
the eampsign in Kansas. in discussing the amend
nrnt that '.the LcrIl our side which i the
substance of what reporter Of the Chicago Tunes
misstated Ii Is not surprising To see this taken up
by the Democratic press. and commented on uufavot-
ably; hut to see Republican papers following their
lead with ahus, is not erritable To the editors and
j. 20 thoroughly unjust to the Governor. that we
cannot forbear calling attention 10 il. public Off
Ger cannot rush into print and reia;e every petty
SANDER or point out the foolish le- of political oprO
neuts. Governor st. John has pursued a siraighi-
forward. manly course, at home and abroad. and no
kansan has occasion 20 blush for any official or pr
yate act utterance of his
The expression of ST. john abOGt taking God
into partnership was first noticed iy the Chicf,
whereupon the Governors small newspaper ar
iting us with the expression. and denouncing it
as blasphemous. Now the Capital says it is bas-
ed upon a garbled extract from one of his East
ern speeches, and misstated by the Chicago TiEes.
Now, the truth is, that the Chief did not origin
ate the expression; it does moi pIrp"Tt 10 he
based upon an extract from any Of the Govern
ors speeches; it was not stated or mistatrd by
the Chicago Tmes; bat it is the actual words of
Gov. St. John himself. Ia reporter of the Chi
eago TribsHe, a Republicans paper. We have be-
fore us the Chicago Daily TTibrHr, Of Saturday,
December Ith, IS-o. Il contains an ansouncc-
ment of the arrival of Gov. ST. JIn h. the city.
and an interview of him by reporter Of The
Tribune, ia which the Governors own Language
is quoted. as follows:
At the late election in Kansas constitutional
amendment adopted. prohibiting the manufac-
ture or sale of liquor in thar State. which went into
effect the I'd ul., and during the cNenlnS re-
porter asked the Governor about it. He said that
he started the movement three Years ago, and took
tod into Partnership and ever since iIad been max
ing bitter fight Year later he mad 50 worked up
public sentiment on the subject. that in HE annual
ssase he felt justified in recommending the enact
ment of local option laws and his to surprise cNt the
liquor interest came forward in the Senate. and pro
posed the substituting "f prohibitions by ainen'.ing
the constitution. The amendment went through the
Senate unanimously. and he saw that there WAS
truible ahead iOr he 1oiiil lhe
voted for IT, bitterly opposing It IN the House by
every means they could. lie called 10 his aid. how
ever some COED ladies' and through their lahors
enough votes obtained Ia pa-- 1t, hut before
the vote was taken one of the members wcakaned-a
Democrat-but after lung struggle he was won
back, and the amendment prevailed From this
time money poured into the state from the
whiskey interest of Chicago, Milwaukee, 81. Louis
Louisville and other cities To defeat the measure
but he kept up the fight. and against all opPosi-
tion, carrying the State by about 5000 majority
There it is. The Governor ''said' thus and so.
He started the thing three years ago, and when
it was under good headway, he kindly took God
into partnership, and he worked up public senti-
ment, and he called to his aid some good ladies,
etc, &c That Gov. st. John used the egotisti-
cal and blasphemous language reported, we have
not the slightest particle of Doubt. We would
believe it on the simple statement of the news
paper reporter, even if st. John made oath to
the contrary, and his court liar Published col
umns of denials and explanations.