The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-10-21

whose term Of Office had regularly ex-
pired, put their names 70 thedocament.
This ex-cOmmittee had no more right
to act than any other private citizens
in the district. Alas for the record Of
votes. In very few places were votes
pOlied at all. / have been told that
polls were only opened in i've Of the
twenty odd precincts in Dickinson
county. In some counties polls could
not be said 10 be opened. Small meel-
ings were held. in some places 50 Sc
cret that the Regular Republicans who
were trying 70 find them. were unable
70 do 50. Those who desired to be-
come partizans Of Mr.. Anderson got
what passed for credentials some how,
but when the s0-callee delegatesassem-
bled at Clay Center, and a committee
ON credentials was appointed, the leg
itimate business Of which was to count
and certify TO this popular vote, the
record OF the vote was found 70 be 50
meagFe and beggarly that they made
no report. and have made none 70 this
day IL is confidently asserted By
those who are best informed. that less
than one thousand Of the 1900
Republican voters in the district voted.
Had the professions Of Mr.. Ander-
son that he must have Authoritative
action from the rank and ille' to just
ify him in becoming a candidate been
sincere he would have rejected such an
invitation to become a candidate
When he accepted such n nomination,
IL was simply a game Of rule or ruin"
When he and his friends pretend
that he is in any sense the Republican
nominee, il is a deliberate conspiracy
70 cheat and defraud the voters.
Mr.. Chairman, I share Thomas Car
lysle's hatred for all shams and frauds.
Fighting under false coiOrs. \ bolter
pretending to be Republican. There
is. believe, a law in this State, as in
many other states, making It penal
Offense TO put false headings on tickets.
or to deceive voters, but here we have
q cluster Of shrewd. manipulating poll
ticians, posing as a popular upris-
ing" and q cunning Continuance palm
ed of on straight-laced mugWumps
and political moralists as a genuine re .
publican nomination.
Nor was this all. Newspaper organs
were secured to bolster up this bolt.
II would be interesting to know where
the funds came from to meet the eE-
pens6s Of this portion Of the popular
uprising" Some few Of those papers
have been Of old boilers and unscrupu-
lOus Anderson organs. These com
menced a systematic course Of misrep-
resentatiOn Of the Republican nominee
and also of those gentlemen, vino in
defense Of the Republican party. dar-
ed to support him. Personal villihca-
ton Of the lowest kind flled these vile
sheets. 10 viii be remembered that
Judge Wilson did not 90 before the
convention as q candidate. lie had for
fourteen years been a Judge on the
bench in a circuit which included five
counties Of this congressional district.
Unable TO agree on any Of the gentle
men whose names were before it, the
name of Judge Wilson was suggested,
lie at first declined. but finally agreed
that his name might be presented, and
he received Al votes and was nOminat-
ed. Does any believe that If Mr..
Burton, or Mr. Ballard, or Dir.
Brown, or Mr.. Calp. had been nom
mated that either Of these gentle
men would have Jared any better at
the hands Of the Anderson liheling or
gans? In their case, as in his. every
sense Of decency and fairness would
have been violated. Their friends
would have been panied and mortified
by unwarranted and vicious aspersions
on their characters. IL such a system
of Fillifcation is to be pursued no man
is safe, and instead of an honorable
a.aHFHfa.4 sfs.Ha
degenerate into billinsgate and libel.
But it is said, in justification Of rhis
bolt that the public services Of MF.
Anderson have been 50 eminent that
the necessity for electing him rises abOve
all party considerations. els a friend.
Of the people. The sworn enemy Of
corporations, aud in favor OF laws 70
regulate and restrict them. lie has
spent yeaTsin taxing railroad lands that
have escaped the sheriff. lie is in IA
yor Of land reforms. lie Is just worn
of his feet struggling to secure the
forfeiture Of mearned land grants"
One man from Ohio Is pressed into the
to say that in hrs part Of
the country I'VE considered Anderson
was as certain 70 be returned as Ed
munds Of Verm mt, Kelly of Pennsyl-
yani, or Garfield, when he lived, from
OhiO.n There is something excru-
lating.y taGetiuus in all this.
Unfortunately Il Is too broad a joke,
Then It Is urged that he Is one Il The
fr5t Of our statesmen the country
cannot get on without him.
lie has fought heroic buttles on the
Geld Of currency reform.
lie wages war on the banks. lie is Op-
posed % the Shylocks, and faYors the
OF the circulating medium.
He originated and carried out meas
nres to prevent aliens from owning
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