The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-20
COZ. MARTLE,s posITrOy.

TIE EMPoRIA NEWS in q widely
quoted editorial under the above caption
said about two weeks preceding the cleo
ton:
Col. Martin stands as the representa-
tive Of the Republican party, on 8 Re
publican platform; IS such he is entitled
70 unanimous Republican support.
There Is nothing IN his attitude on the
issues of the hour, that renders reasona-
BILE or just any other position on the part
OF any one of the voters of Kansas who /
claims to be member OF the Republi- |
can party and who will support Blaine |
and Logan in the national campaign. |
Col. Martin lodges no issues. Those |
who have heard his clear, ringing words |
will testify that there is in them no IN
certain tone. He proposes to stand on
the Republican principles of respect Tor
| the constitution and the enforcement of
law, and when he says that he will take
the oath OF office, if elected, without
falsehood on his lips or perjury in his
heart" the people know that he will
oonscientiously do his duty. Can any
good citizen consistently object to that
position? Or can any good citizen res-
sonably ask of him more or less than
that?
This was far statement of the posi-
ton of Col. Martin as the people of
Kansas understood it, an understanding
gained from his own uttersnces during
the campaign. This was the position
that the people of Kansas endorsed in
the magnificent majority that they have
given him. In the face of the facts il
seems to be about time that the personal
3 organ of Governor Click, the bush
Whacking Topeka State Journal
a and Its numerous small initial
Y ors should cease their twaddle
7 about the "twoface candidate" "Col.
o Martins double position" riding on two
8 horses" pledges to the saloon men,
and all the other ineffective campaign
Ie ISLANDERS which the people have so EN-
g phaticalIy discountensnced. What i
" the malignant purpose of an item Ink
= this appearing in that paper and cloakeC
under the cowardly refuge. ut is said:
le 1t ID said that in AtchIson the day be
II fore election, that he Colonel Martin
" went personally to leading saloon mel
Of and promised them prOtectlon if he wa
D. elected 1t was IN this way he captures
10 the largest German ward in that CITY
We know that this policy was pursued
lie all over the state.
re Col. Martins own paper. the Cham
,e pion. states the facts fairly and SQUARED
re when, IN commenting on the above,
says:
es Col Martin did not go, either person
q, ally or by deputy, to the leading saloo
n men," or any other saloon men, an
Be promise them either protection c
e. alaa He nathan sAn0ht M
O. asked their votes, either directly or il
re directly, and he did not get their vote
~ The whole influence and vote of the 81
e. loon men of Atchison was throw
be against him. The fact explains VIII
.e. his vote was cut down, in the city sn
g. county, and throughout the state, belO
sst that cast for Mr.. Blame. Colonel Ma
IN tin was voted for. IN this Gil
et- and county, by hundreds OF ant
d. received the votes of thousands of ant
prohibition Republicans throughout IL
lrt state. But he did not receive, eltht
ne here, in AtchisOn, nor elsewhere
IN Kansas, the support, the votes, or q
if influence of the saloon men. More ths
ii, that every German Republican in II
de city who held liquor and its protectiC
as above everything else, voted again
to Col. Martin, and one of the most vlciol
I'D circulars issued curing the WnOle can
int palgn was published IN the Volksverei
is ard signed, in several instanct
by men who were under nnnumber
ate obligations TO the proprietor of th
&C. paper for personal and political favo:
all In every talk he made in Kansas pr
vlous to the electlon-in Wichita, Mar
for Vile, Fort Scott ana Junction City,
ust we'll as IN Winfield, BelleYllle al
.es, Girard-Col. Martin frankly stated tt
her although he did not vote for the prohi
ton amendment, he accepted the de-
lay sion of the sovereign people upon Il
wo question, and should, if elected, respt
rho his official oath to support
not constitution and laws OF t
ne. state. He did not prete
ent to be Prohibitionist; he simply stat
the that he was law-respecting, law-abi
l." ing citizen, and that, if elected, he woU
the do his duty under the constitution a
ate laws of the state. No man had any rig
urn therefore, to misunderstood his positiC
low no intelligent man did misunderstood
are And the liquor interests OF the state,
Iote saloon keepers, understood it so tn
oughly that all the votes and infiueI
far they could control were thrown, In eYt
,wn town and city of the state, squarely 8
hall emphatically against Col. Martin.