Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20
CONGRESSIONAL, CHATTER.
THAT APPoRTlONMENT.

After copying our article on the Con-
gressional appOrtionment in a former
Is ne of the HERALD, the WaKeeney
World says:
"NOw we desire to sight our friend of
the Herald 10 the fact that the World is
the only newspaper which has prOpo- ed
a plan of appO' tiOnment by VIII ch his
(and Ourl demand for a "representa alive
from western Kansas" can be realized
All other plans extend he so.calltd
we ern districts so far east "a to render
absOl Ltely certain he selec ion of con
e eS-man from east of The geOgi phcal
center Of the stale. Saline a Ottawa
counties, for instance, are placed by the
junction City Union in the so-caled
North~ estern distrc for the "avowed ;
purpose OF providing a place tor Hon.
Lew Hanback,. Against Capt. ham
back, we have nothing TO say In tact.
we like him. But this pine pie OF pro.
Viding place for h m or any other
man is wrong and should not be tOler-
-ated by the pc pie an instant.
A western district is the ONLY basis
for the Sc ecriOn of a western Kan as
man TO represent us in congress-. Her
aid Brother. what shall " g of the west
do! Shall We unite in purpose and
ac' ion for securing our rights? Or shah
we refuse to do our duty by OurselveSP
Thee are live questions. and uuon the
answer to them depend, in a great
measure, the fortunes OF western Kan
sas for the decade to come
From the HERALD Of January II.
1885, we copy the foregoing. which was
clipped from the WaKeeney World.
1t will be observed tina, what the World
desired was a man from farther west
than Saline county where AIR. Hanback,
then had his temporary residence,
while his real home was atTopeka. and
will be again as soon as he ceases TO be
a cOngre ssman.
What would Mr.. TiltOn have said at
that time had some one infnm him
that after Mr.. Hanback, had falled to
get his appOrtiOnment scheme through.
which was to extend the 9th district far
enough east to Include him, that he
would immediately pack his grip and
come up to O>bo ne City, rent a house
and thus claim that he was an old resi-
dent against whom it was almost sacre-
llge tor any man to aspire t. congress-.
We think, in the light OF the above
that the w, rid Won d have looked uvon
1t as an assumption that was little shOrt
OF all insult To the intelligent men of The
district. When Hanback, attempted u
libby thrOus b The legi~la ure all appor
tlonment that would attach saline coun.
tY 10 the Northwest district like a war;
on an old maid no e, asSuml.g that he
could bull dose the'peop.e OF the north.
west INTO re nominating him as a candi,
date, he viz tuahy said thai You are a set
OF dults and can be made to do whatever
demand, and it only now remains to
De seen whether he Was right Ia his es-
innate or noI.
That he is in this district at all is onlv
because he knew thai he had no o hos,
ot show TO go 10 cOngte ss nom any
place else, and yet he knows that OF ali
parts of the safe by tight this is the
last place he ought to claim as his dis.
tilct, haviI 6 e, eived less support from
this than any other part of the state
asa further Than that he received at The
election Ia the territory now comurls-
ing the OH distr CT, q Sma Ter vote than
any other candidate. tie is or has hev-
oUen ldenuhed vi b the west or nurIh
west. having spent ali his lie in "A an
saS Ia the CITY of Topeka Except tt N
As register Ot The land once at Salina, J
where he will again be if he tails 10
make his scheme work here.
Aud we a;e frank I'd say that because
th9 delegation from this State have seen
1T To col7nize this gentleman IN the biz
sixth that 50 lar as we are concerned
we IN no sense feel compelled To recug-
nlZe their &c Ion. but at the same
time We confess we Ses no reason Wnt
either OF the 1Our carr bag land OH
cels out IN W akeeAey and OberIin, ali
OF whom are III the same boat. should
not want their chief, VINO is SO truly =
repre- entatiYe OF their class retail ed lu
= position that he can stand betWesn
them and possible danger.
The Wor q, IN It's last issue. has q
column interview with PiIkenton. in
which lhs sad Mr.. p. boils over ct an
}maglnay Slighl given few men who
nave chosen TO locate IN the unorgau
geo nntieS and whose polttics 4. q
n1knOWns are not allowed more r. coO-
nlIion iR the district cOnven in than
ten-tlmes their number Oh known Re
pnbheAns IN many OF Inc. organ zsd
C0nn1es, as the statistics will show
HiIl Mr. Pilkeuton tell Us how man