The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-17
THE TICKET.

We place at the head Of our columns rhe ticket
nominated at Topeka, last week. The Chicf is
Republican paper, and as the ticket was nom
mated by Convention called by the Republican
party through its authorized Committee, we
hoist the ticket presented Republican ticket.
We do this merely in a mechanical way, on the
pnrt of the paper. But rs a free and independ-
ent voter, we shall individually, do as we please
about voting for all the candidates. We do not
say that we shall not vote the whole ticket, but
we do say that we shall wait, and when election
day COMES, we shall vote as we think best. 1t
wss nominated by Convention Of cranks, and
crankism is its principal feature. Aside from
the Governor, il is manly good ticket, COM
posed Of men whom the Governor and his gang
did not want nominated-and this is is one Of
the strongest proofs OF the intense crankisn that
prevailed They went there wild on one subject
and one hobby. That one thing accomplished,
they were dcmoralized aud disorganized, with
no more self-control than Il flock Of stampedcd
sheep. Their opponents, comprising n mere
handful. kept them in confusion, and dictated
nearly every other nomination, against their
will and their intentions
We have been voting the Republican ticket
for twenty-seven straight years, with very sell
dam a scratch. We have examined the first
platform ever adopted by National Republican
Convention, and the last one, and all the inter
mediate ones, and cannot find in of them the
new-fangled doctrines put forth by the Conyen-
tion at Topeka, last week. Certain principles
were laid down, and all were recognized rs Re-
publieans who subscribed 30 them. Mon who
have lived by that confession of faith for quar-
Al. 81,
rious issues to remain in good standing in the
party in Kansas The great principle that per-
ynded the early party faith was Freedom. This
was the uatchword, and so potent was it DEEM
ed, that the words free and freedom were rung
in whenever there opportunity. Free
SOIL free men, free speech, and free press, were
popular ntterances; and it was held 10 be- pro-
pitious omen, when the first Presidential nomi-
nee was named Fremont. The Republican mp
rising not to put down what many believed
to lie nm evil-everywhere was proclaimed nOn-
interference with the evil where the people
wanted it. Buut the party arose to resist the
forcing of the evil upon those who were opposed
TO it. Even the abolition of slavery was an act
Of self-defense, after the Shareholders had made
war upon the nation in behalf of the institution.
The uprising Of the Republican party witnessed
a mingling of church members, infdels, and all
nationalities and shades of belief They all uni
ted in common cause, never inquiring each
others hclicfs upon other matters, tolrrating or
ignoring everything in the common resistance to
rncroaching wrong. No people rallied more
enthusiastically, none were welcomed more
heartily. than those Germans known infidels,
who drank their beer aud wine in gardens on
Sunday. The aid given by these Liberal Ger
mans no doubt turned the scale in favor Of the
Republican party. The war passed, and found
the Republican party invincible in the Nation.
Then came the church members, demanding that
the Republican party ostracise thousands of its
most faithful adherents. The unbounded free
dom with which the party started ont, must he
abridged, to square with the moral ideas aud re-
ligious opinions of the church people. The Lib
eral Germans were transformed into Iniidel,
beer-swillng Dutch, and the habits of their life
must be regulated by law. Not only must their
beer and wine be forbidden, but they mnst OBJ
serve the Sabbath day in the manner prescribed
by the churches Republican Convention Of
Kansas has at length acceded TO this demand,
and taken position instrument to foster
bigotry and practice intolerance.
Woman suffrage is another Interpolation in
the Republican platform. This is asked, not ont
Of regard for the interests of the women, but in
order to strengthen and pcrpetuate the grip that
bigotry has raken upon the State. This question
was submitted to the voters of the State, fifteen
years ago. hut was wisely repudiatcd by the vo-
ters. We were then in favor of the movement;
but before the campaign was over, we became
satisfied that it was an arrant humhuC, and have
r
cessful. The present State Senate is a sensible |
reasonable body, not inclined to 90 off wild. 1t
is hoped that the necessary two-thirds cannot be
obtained in this body TO submit such an amend |
ment again. This would, at least, postpone the |
curse of such a crusade two years longer.
A majority of the ticket is composed of good |
men, who not crazy fanatics; but they will |
have to suffer account Of the head of the tick
ct, and the platform. But there is not much |
doubt that the whole ticket will be elected. |
There is q feeling abroad in the State, with the |
necessary elements, to defeat the Governor, il |
properly handled. A live independent Repub-
lican TO head the ticket, with the united |
support Of all disatfcctcd Republicans and |
all opposition parties, would do it but such op.
POSITION will not be secured. The Democrats /
will reason, and correctly, that they have no in
terest in assisting one Republican to defeat an-
other. Besides, they really imagine that they
have some sort of n chance to elect man of their
own. They will meet at Emporia, resolve against
prohibition and sumptuary laws, in favor Of
Gen. Jackson, the Virginia Resolutions Of -gs,
and the last war with England, and will nomi-
nate some Bourbon Democrat who cannot get
the vote of one ont Of ten of the disaffected
Republicans. With feeling ripe for the defeat
Of st. John, il will fail to concentrate and ST.
John will walk in for a third term. But he
is going to lose Republican votes fearfnlly. We
have heard Republicans by the dozen and the
score swear they would not vote for him. Men
who have been Republicans from Territorial
days, who fought through the war, and have
stood by the party through the negro suffrage
issue, and Grantisrn, and Hayesispi, and Guiteau-
ism, declare that they will not vote for St. John,
and many of them say they will vote for Dem.
ocrat in preference.
The reception Of the ticket is ominous There
is not particle of enthusiasm anywhere Even
the most ardent st. John organs before the Con-
vention, do not manifest any special elstion over
the result, if the fruit docs not taste quite as
good as they thought it would before they had
secured il. The opponents of a third term are
saying nothing, and seem to he thoroughly in
different. This means more than if they had
been clustering and demonstrative 1t means
that the day for wiud-work is past and the time
for quiet action como. But a lack of concentra-
ticn upon one point will render this opposition
futile
rF- We have Thought, all along, that the Hi
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