The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
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Atchison Champion: The election n
this state Is Of course, satisfactory IN its
results TO Republicans; the man Who is
not satisfied with It is not Republican,
but It should also be 9 source Of salts
faction 70 every good, sensible citizen
without regard to his political afaliations
or preferences.
In the first place. the people took a
hearty and genuine interests in the con-
test, and much as nne-hAired people may
deplore political excitement, It Is much
better that men should be too much In
terested in the government Of their state
If such a thing Is posslble-than too
little. The Champion hos never recog.
nized any citizen IS too good 10 take
part In politics.
More people have attended political
meetings in Kansas this year than ever
before. This applies to both parties
There have been no discussions, a. the
Democracy refused TO take any position
on any question except whisky, but in
the Republican meetings all political
questions were gone over. Such
speeches are an education and fore.
Swallowed the time, when in Kansas,
there shall be some time such q con-
test Of giants IS that between Douglas
and Lincoln in Illinois, IN the great sen.
atorial struggle of 1858.
The Republicans proved that they are
strongest in the open field; they resorted
70 no subterfuges, tricks or machinations.
In directness and boldness there has
been nothing finer than their attack.
This, with Republicans, is always the
best way.
The Democracy illustrated the fallacy
OF an underground campaign in q big,
open, free country like Kansas. Great
reliance was placed IN dark alley and
hen coop organization called the "Sons
of Liberty" OF "Army Of Liberty"
bound together by q very elaborate rit-
ual, full of complicated oaths and
double and.twisted grips. This business
fzzled out lamentsblY. 1t is not calcu-
lated for this latitude. Kansas people
are not prone to conspIracies.
The old fraud OF know nothingism fall
into greater contempt than any political
device ever tried on in this country.
When any public man appears promi-
nently in this country, it Is always at
tempted to connect him with know
nothiDgIsm. If this can be done it is
usually considered ''deadener." The
essential spirit, the EVIL spirit, of know
nothIngism was In assuming that q man
was better than another man because he
was born in this country, and the other
man was not, in other words In array
ing citizens against each other
on the ground of birthplace.
This Is equally political
folly and crime whoever attempts It.
All this appealing to men ito stand to
gether as q man." because they were
born in some particular country, Is q
form Of the old Know Nothlngism
which got tramped on and mashed out
of shape long ago. The Democratic
managers tried it on this campaign, and
many men, doubtless, who did not fully
understand the the import of scheme,
went into it. They will not be driven
into such corral again to oblige bosses,
native or foreign born.
The Republicans of Kansas have done
we'll, and we think they have learned
something; or, at any rate, impressed
more clearly on their minds that light,
courage, freedom, intelligence is what
men need, and not bosses and brides.