Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-13
COL. MARTIN AND HIS OPPONENTS

Fort Scott Monitor: The absence of
! Col. John y. Martin at Chicago, where
| he filled for two weeks the onerous dI,-
! ties of secretary fthe National Rcpub-
lican committee, was seized upon by
his enemies as an opportune time 10
! spread abroad Ill manner of false
mood and SANDER concerning him and
his relation to the public questions at
issue in Kansas. This onslaught was
opened up by the Leavcnworth Times
| in an editorial artfully written
80 rs TO appear TO be in
the interest OF Col. Martin. in which
! he was made to appear in the light OF
an arttul. designing, political schemcr,
| protesting TO hold TO one line Of poll
cy for the sake Of gaining office, while
! lac awaited an opportunity 10 betray
those who trusted in him. This cdio-
rial was published in TEACHER paper
and hence Mr.. Thacher must suffer.
albei, he may condemn such course.
1t could have had no other purpose
than TO injure Col. Martin and help
Mr.. Thatcher, and the method employed
by the Times is certain 10 react agains {
all who are in whole or part response
bic.
The Lcavenworth Times has since
followed up This attack in way 10
discover lis purpose more plainly.
Notwith LANDING Col. Martin has
from The day of the passage of the
prohibition law, advocated its enforce
mcnt and in every way shown his OPP
position to the dram shop system. The
Times substantially charges that this
course Is a sham and a part of a plan
TO betray the cause of prohibition by
protesting to favor its enforcement
while secretly the object is TO repeal
the probationary amendment.
through the instrumentality of con
siitutional convention. This charge
is not only unfair but discloscs an ig-
norance Of the laws of Kansas which
we scarcely expected to find in the
Leavcnworth Times.
Another consideration in this con-
ncction will suggest itself to thought
ful people, and that is why the Leav-
cnworth Times became so concerned
for prohibition. 1t has been and is
now the lnyeterate opponent of that
policy and has never even compro-
missed itself so much as to say that the
law ought TO be enforced. Therefore
viii republicans or prohibitionists not
heed anything il may have to say
which IS intended purely in the inter
est of the Times candidate for gov
ernor. and not in the interest of any
principle. There is another principle
of well recognized auth rity which
will attract attention. What bond
Of union is there between the Times
and Mr.. Thatcher that 1t should sud-
denly take up its cudgel for him ?
There has been much said about sus-
picious associations in this campaign.
but we have observed no alliance more
suspicious than that which seems 10
have suddenly sprung up between
Douglas and Leavcnworth counties, |
and if ii continues much longer Judge |
TEACHERS friends will find themselves /
under the necessity of Explaining. 1t
is hardly probable that the republican,
prohibltionisis of Kansas are going TO 1
place themselves under the leadership /
of the only square and fearless oppo- |
neni of the prohibitory law among the /
daily republican papers OF the state, /
which is published in the only city in
Kansas where the law is set 1
utterly at detanc'. We /
await with curiosity TO see
the effect of such a campaign agaipst /
a man whose courage has never /
been questioned, either in civil or
martial strife, whose honesty is known
as far aS he is known, aud questioned
nowhere heretofore. and whose utter
ances IN public, in private and as a
journalist have been characterized by
a candor and sincerity which never
failed 10 win confidence, and whose
promises have never gone unre,leemcd
We await with curiosity to see if Col.
Martins comrades, who have learned
Ia respect and trust him by many long
years OF intercourse. VIII allow such
base inSinaationS TO sinirch his record
or shake their loyalty to him in a cou-
test, which they are at least in part re-
'ponsible FOR his entering