Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-15
The Next State Senator

For some time the State Senatorial
question has Deen agitating some Of
the pure minds of this district, conf
posed of the counties Of Phillips, Nor
ton, Decatur Rawlins and Cheyenne
SO far every county in the district
seems to have at lea . one candidate,
except Cheyenne, and some of them
two. IN Phillips, Horace 1Ioulton
ESQ, IL gentleman of experience in
public affairs, has supporters for this
Office, and we learn that Horace is
"willin." IN Moron, Hon. John r.
Hamilton, who has been a member of
tile lower house of the legislature, is IL
candidate, ana from the same county
l.. K. Pratt Esq Il gentleman well
and favOrably known to our people,
comes with like aspirations. We
have heard that Decatur has in
the person of Hon. w. d. Street, Il
candidate who wishes advancement,
but as the harmonious Republicans
can never harmonic completely with.
out two candidates, Van Is. higgins
Esq. has been suggested as 81 Senate
rial cOunter-irritant to MIR. STU eet's fe-
Yer in this direction. In RaWlinS, DIR.
E. u. York, is I; candidate. not i'll the
sense of contest, but III the interest of
unity. If Cheyenne wants q candi-
date she could find good material in
A. NJ. Brenaman Esq, gentleman
who has stood by and for that county
through good and ill report
OF course any one who cab count
the fingers on his hand, knows that
Phillips is the controlling county in
the district. Taking the appOrtiOn-
Inent in the Congressional convention
AS a basis, and this basis will not be
! materially altered, the represeL tatiOn
| i'll a Senatorial convention would
stand as follows:
| IAtIipS......-..........
norton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
.OecaCur.........-......
RaWllhS.............".. ......................
! Cneyenne..... .............................1
! Phillips and Norton, Phillips and
Decatur or PhIInps, IsuwIins and
Cheyenne can nominate Il candidate
for State Senator, and it would require
entire unaniInity on the part OF the
other counties of the district to beat
Phillips in straight stahd up fight
| Rawllns has stood in with Phillips
from the beginning of time until now
iii matters political, and if, as has been
Inumated, that county has no candi-
date in reality, it would be about the
ri lat thing for her to help us out OIL
any candidate we may agree GA as VIZ
nave always done when Phillips haC
a candidate. In Norton il is under
stood THAT whichever of her candidates
Pratt or Hamilton wins with the OS r
ty at home will receive the united SUP
port of the Republicans of that county
and If Phillips unites with them, til.
matter IS settled i'll advance, andOuI
only plan Is to array ourselves on til,
winning side and support the maj
they name OF course the hret n r4a1
in Decatur will fight their battle to tn,
ragged edge, and give the county Il
the Democrats rather than 10 the CD
passing faction.
Rawlins has only one thing to ask D
the man who is to be senator. So Ions
as We have no representation in thI
House, we ought not to be asked to pa
taxes TO the State, aud what we hav,
paid ought 10 be refunded. Ii this Cal
be Ubtalned we can get along very com
fOrta6ly without rept esenIatiye, al,G
We need not insist that 100 OF popula
ton in RawlinS is better entitled to Iep