Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-11
A REPUBLICAN, rroHr

"Col. John A. Martin declared to a
Chicago interviewer on Monday last
that all the opposition to the reelection
of Senator Ingalls, would be of person
al and factional character. "-Emporia
News.
Personally, we would like to see John
A Martin governor of the state of Kan
sas-we think he is entitled to it; but
for the life of us we have been unable
so far to see an opportunity to catch oil
to the boom. What does he mean by
the above? In literal sense it is true
because ingalls, as senator has been a
corrupt and useless man. But that is
not the way he is to be understood. His
idea that the opposition is unimportant
and unreasonable. This opposition to
Ingalls, was largely in the majority in
1879, preventing him from securing a
republican caucus nomination, and
would have beaten him but for the rail-
road money. After a continuous enjoy
ment of the position of United States
senator for twenty-four years, Unite d
States district judge, chief justice of
the supreme court, which can be had
for life by the present incumbent, and
a score of minor positions, to say moth
ing of a number of valuable favors en-
joyed by the Atchison democrats, such
as governor, can an Atchison republic
an make a canvass for governor and
carry with him the position of United
fol
They have run it pretty strong, we ad-
init, but it has got to break some day.
We have remarked that we see no OPP
portunity to catch on to the Martin
boom for governor. This is one Of the
reasons. His most enthusiastic sup
porters are men who believe his success
would be stumbling block to Ingalls,.
All the original anti-Ingalls men are
supporting Martin for this reason. If
the st. John tendency toward Martin
means anything it means this. Why
certain Ingalls, men are supporting him
is mystery, unless, as in 1878, it is fol-
the purpose of knitting him. Atchison
had an aspirant for chief justice, cong
ressman, governor and United States
senator. Every twO-year-old boy knows
that the latter butchered the congress
man and governor. He had to do il
because self preservation is the first law
of nature, anyhow of politics. He will
be more justified in doing it to-day be.
cause both the town and individual
have less claims than then. Atchisor
to-day presents a governor, chief justice
and United States senator, on one side
and a governor and possibly congress.
man on the other side. In addition tC
these complications which are exactly
as they existed in 1878, we have the pro
hibitory trouble. We adhere to oul
theory expressed at the time the part,
assumed the prohibition load, that the
trouble was not for a day. The party
was warned by certain element that il
they were asked to support man sole
ly because he was prohibitionists some
body would get hurt. Somebody was
hurt. John A. Martin has the sam,
contempt for the law we have-or he die
have before his alleged dickering, anC
already an element of the prohibition
lists declare they will not touch him be
cause of his anti-prohiDition record
We know he has lost largely of liberia
republicans in the last few months. w,
fear our namesake is the victim of un
fortunate circumstances. But VIVA
are we to understand by the above quo
tation2 Is the power of governor to b,
added to that of United States senate
in retaining the latter place for Ingalls,
There is nothing we like so we'll as al
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