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

Anderson as q second choice l learn
that the Cloud county delegates were
elected on opposition tickets, or on the
issue Of Anderson" and 'Anti-Ander-
SON. All the delegates but one believe
were elected from the anti-AnderSon
men. That one was Mr.. Nichols who
was elected By a very small majority.
II the AndnrsOn men could have elect
ed all the delegates, they Of course,
would have done il. The whole dele
cation, Mr.. Nichols included, was in
structed to support Mr.. Brown as long
as there was a chance to nominate him.
In violation Of the instruction Mr..
Nichols, on the second day, went to
Mr.. Anderson when Mr.. Brown had as
good ehanne of nomination as he ever
had. An attempt was made By those
who could not elect an Anderson dele
CATION, to tie up the delegates they had
tried to defeat, with instructions 70
vote for Mr. Anderson as q second
choice. The previous quentiOn, un-
derstand, was ordered on the resOlu-
tiOns, but they were not adopted. but
in any event any one familiar with the
history Of conventions knows how
purile are such efforts. When Ar.
Anderson was first nominated for con-
gress. q considerable portion Of the
votes he had were instructed as a
second choice for your humble speaker,
but Mr.. Anderson and his managers
never hesitated for a moment to carry
their delegates into an anti-Phillips
caucus, where they ballotted about 100
times to see If they could not agree on
any other candidate but Phillips. One
thing Mr.. Anderson had not TO COM
plain Of, they did not turn out any OF
his delegates as he and his cOnfeeres
did mine, l might have complained
that his friends stuffed a ballot boxes TO
steal a county from me, he had no
ffaud of that kind to complain Of. In
two erunties l lost the entire delega-
tiOns because my delegates after they
we're elected, could not, on account OF
floods, get TO the county seats. Beside
the convention at Manhattan the con-
ventiOn at COncOrdia was strBidht-fOr-
ward and fair. lie entered the one, as
1 entered the other. and both submit
ted our claims to them and neither of
ms had the slightest warrant for bolt
ing the nomination and tearing the
party to pieces in wild chase for per-
sonal ACCOMPLISHMENT. refer to that
not that have any complaints to
make. All can remember how kindly
and cordially I supported Mr.. Ander-
son as the Republican nominee
There was no detection from him
on the part Of friends Of mine. 1 only
did what was my honest duty to my
party, and l profoundly regret that he
should have followed any other course.
I, too, was strongly urged by enthus-
iastis friends to bolt. Had l done
50 I would, as he has done, raised the
question Of men not parties. would
have sOwn feuds among Republicans
that years could not have Obliterated.
I would, Of necessity, have cOnspired
against the Republican party and its
principles. No man has the right TO
place his name and personal interests
above the Organization and principles
Of the party that has hOnOred him.
Every patriotic American citizen With
in the sound Of my voice will see the
prOpTiety and necessity of making
break In the political succession, when
there is danger that the ambition Of
men shall rise above the interests Of
the party. IL was a profound cOnvic-
ton that this was OneOf the fundamen-
tai principles Of the American govern
ment that made me yield so cordially
to him.
First, Mr.. Anderson's friends bad
the ''Greenback Convention, (" then the
Mass Convention of dissatisfied Rep
ublieans and others, and finding all
that would not do. his political mana
gers tried to invent what they were
pleased 70 call a Delegate COnyen-
ton. This spontaneous uprising
Of the people. . originated very properly
with the astuta politician Of Riley.
Hon. Geo. A. lIigginbotham. He
wrote letter to some Of the members
Of the new Republican Central Com
mittee, who had been Anderson men,
asking them TO sign a call for a dele
gate convention on an entirely new
basis. Tread from copy Of ths letter
as follows;
MANHATTAN, July 10, 1886.
Dear Sir: Several members Of the
present congressional committee have
approved the call herewith presented
by the old committee for a reheaFing
Of the will Of the republicans Of this
district, and 10 set the party right be-
fore the people. We send you a copy
Of endorsement agreed upon, and If
it meets your approval, hope you will
sign it and return at once to be used
when the approval Of i've Of the COM
mittee is received. We now have it
Informally. Yours truly,
GEORGE II. HIeGIEDoTHAsf.
Chairman.
hone Of the geHtlsmeR who received
this circular, although originally an
Anderson man was 8 Republican. The
folloVin7 IL the tscouvn rafeFrpd ia in