The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-10-15
IHE IHuTH ABouI III.

In q complimentary notice Of Albert
Griffin's lecture at that place the
Sslina JOURNAL says:
"It Is believed that u the Republi-
can State Central Committee last fall
bad made arrangements with the Ma
tiOnal Committee TO have had Mr..
l Griffin follow Sc. John about ia west
err New York, making speeches for
tue Republican party, and refuting
81. Johns lies on the status Of the
Prohibition question in Kansas.
Blaine would have been elected Pres
ident. Mr.. Griffin was well known In
the Prohibition movement, prominent
e. q KaDsan, a. good q speaker rs st.
John on that question, and could have
told the New Workers many truthes
about Sc. John.
The Union last fall published the
/ fact that the State Central Committee
were urged 10 send Prohibition speak
ers TO New York to eounteraet st John,
and that they refused 10 do 80 for fear
Of antagOnizing -. John and thus
bring him back TO the State TO fight
Martin. The National ticket was Civ
en- away in the interest Of the ma
chine Ia Kansas, sud such cOwardly
and subservenient organs a. the JOUR-
NAL had nOthing.tO say. The move
ment tO have the committee do some
thing Of this kind originated IN Salina
and it seems contemplate that the
JOURNAL should keep still about it
until now. But such is the capacity
aud usefulness Of the average ring
organ OF today. - Junction city
Union.
The Junction City Union, II Il pub
lished, last fall, the fact" IL refers 20,
published a lie. The Republican
state Committee of Kansas dad not
refuse to send prohibition speakers to
New York to cOunteract the influ-
ence Of 81. John. On the contrary,
the committee informed the National
Repu blicHn Committee that such
speakers could and would be sent,if
wanted, aud several prominent Re-
pubiicahs also wrote TO the National
/ Committee, 20 the same effect. At
one time, during the canvas in Kan
sss, all the appointments OF Col. A. b.
| Campbell Ia this Slste were with
| drawn, aud he returned 70 Topeka,
| expecting To start for New York State
at once, on telegrHphie summons
| from the National Committee. But
no summons came for him. Mr.. Grif-
fin wasalsO ready TO 20, aud the Ma
i tiOnal Committee was informed. But
/ he was not summoned.
The responsibility iu this matter, II
/ there is any. rests with the National,
/ and not with the State COMMITTEES.
/ Nobody in Kansas was afraid OF st.
/ John in this state, aud the assertion
| Ofthe Union that the State Committee
/ refused TO send speakers To New York
for fear Of bringing st. John back TO
/ Kansas. Is absolutely false The ex-
act reverse Of the Unions statement Is
| true. The Chairman of the Republi-
/ can State Committee and the Republi-
can candidate for Governor both
wrote 10 the National Committee ,sug-
gesling that prominent Republican
PrOhibitionists, Rrdently in favor Of
Blaine aud Logan, could be sent from
Kansas To Ohio and New York, to
cOunteract the effects Of st. Johns
work. But the committee never sent
for these speakers, never even request
ed that they should come, and made
no appointments for them. This is
the reason. and the only reason, why
Col. Campbell, Mr.. Griffin and 9th
ers did not go to New York.-Atchi-
son Champion.