The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-09-11
THE SITUATION IN KANSAS.

81 Louis Globe Democrat: The best
Judges will be disappointed II Kansas
does not give Blaine q larger majority
than she has ever yet cast for q prssi-
DENTAL Candidate. He is q special IA
vorite Of the people Of that state, and
they are heartily in accord with the
principles and purposes TO which ne is
committed. No other man in the coun-
try could have been nominated whose
candidacy would have done so much to
harmonic and solidlfy the Kansas Re
publican vote and inspire the party
with confidence and zeal. The st. John
movement, contrary to the expectations
oil It's projectors, is making but little
Roadway there, for the reason that the
Prohibitlonists Of Kansas, as q rule. are
unfinchiDg and radical Republicans, and
disposed on that account TO denounce
rather than 70 applaud st. John for
deserving the party to which he
and they are indebted for favors of
definite and important order. II Is esti-
mated that 5000 votes will cover the loss
in that direction; and this will be more
than balanced by the votes of Republi-
cans who have emigrated to the state
since the last election.
In the matter of candidates for con-
gress, there Is no reason TO doubt that
solid Republican delegation will be
chosen, all the present members having
been renominated with little or no op-
position. The question of prohibition
cuts no figure in that part of the contest
There are some signs of dissatisfaction,
however, with regard to the state ticket,
and certain class Of superficial and I'M
easy Republicans have seen fit to form
an adulterous alliance with the Demo
Gratis on the basis of a proposed resub-
mission of the prohibitory constitution
al amendment TO the people These
ResubmissionIsts do not appear to be
very numerous; and their readiness to
be seduced to Democratic uses Is not
very good guarantee of their soundness
as professed and unselfsh conservators
of the virtue Of the Republican party
There Is always room to doubt both the
sincerity and the practical sense of the
voter who manifests his alleged devotion
to his party by striking hands with that
party's resolute ana uncompromising
enemies; and 1t is hardly TO be believed
that the only chance for a conscience
hurt Republican in Kansas to vindicate
his views and feelings is to fuse himself
with the Democracy.
| There is no reasonable excuse to be
given by Kansas Republican, for de-
Ginning to stand by the party this year in
all its nominations. The cIrcum-
stances attending the bolt of two years
ago which resulted 10 the cleo
ton of a Dem lcratic governor do
not now exist, and the attempt to pro-
long the feeling that defeated Mr.. St.
John is entirely Illogical and unWar-
rantable. To be sure, the prohibition
issue Is still on hands, but it is not in
the shape that made it so glaring in 1882;
and the personal objections then urged
against the head of the state ticket are
not at all applicable in the present case.
The candidate for governor this year Is
man whose Republicanism is beyond
all question, and whose services to the
state In war and in peace have been ex-
ceptionally honorable. He has been iden-
tiled with Kansas from his boyhood his
political record is consistent and admir-
able; and his personal character Is above
reproach or suspicion. His attitude to-
ward prohibition is that OF man who
opposed the adoption OF that extreme
method of promoting the temperance
cause, but who, now that it is a part ofthe
constitution and laws of the state, be-
lieves that it should be honestly and
fairly enforced, il common with other
laws, to the end that ii correct its value
may be practically demonstrated, and
that if incorrect its peDicious tendency
may be proved In like manner. A law
abiding and proper-minded citizen, ask
ing to be elected governor, could not
we'll say less than that, and there does
not seem to be any pertinent and urgent
occasion for him to say more upon the
subject.
| Those Republicans who think that
the question of prohibition should be
| ASouOAlbSCN W tuS poOple are not
obliged to bolt their party ticket as to
governor IN order TO make their opinion
in that respect known and felt 1t is
the legislature, not the governor, that
has power to order the thing desired
and a full legislature is to be elect
ed In Kansas this year. Let
the "Reminiscences turn their attention
1 TO this phase of the situation and exert
themselves 10 send such men to the leg.
islature as will take the necessary steps
to bring about another popular test OF
prohibition. That is their privilege,
and that is the only way in which they
can secure what they profess to have SO
much at heart. The defeat or the cleo
ton of any particular candidate for gov
ernor will not Advance or retard their
| special undertaking In the least degree,
1t is 70 the legislature that they must
look for what they are seeking. There
is no call for them to duplicate the mis-
fortune and modification of thTusting a
Democratic governor upon Republican
state merely because they hold that the
| people should be asked to decide anew
between prohibition and other methods
OF governing the liquor traffic.