Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-02-20
TIE HANBACK, SCANDAL


to the sepation which Mr.. Hanback, /
caused ia the halls of Congress on the
lst inst, hat we quote the following
original srticle from the Washington
Star which was the first starter Of the
scandal:
Washington, Feb. ID. - Congress
man Lewis Hanback,, of the Sixth Kan
! sas district, made a spectical Of himself
on the floor of the house yesterday, and
/ his friends were hard at work all the
/ afternoon trying to keep the details of
the affair from getting into the papers.
| The report of the house pre- ceedings
viii hardly give a correct account of
the shameful Wrangle which the Kansas
congressman insisted in forcing upon
the attention of the speaker of the
house. lie was evidently not in cOndi-
ton 10 realiZe what he was doing. and,
satisfied all the members that Kansas
| prohibition does not prohibit every
where. Reed and others on the Repub-
| lican side tried to pull the kansan back
into his seat; but he was IN just that
state of mental Obtuseness which puts
man out of reach of persuasion. So
the friends who would have saved him
if they could had to let him 90 with his
after his resolution had been passed
without objection, until the attention Of
everybody in the house was tOrclbly
drawn to him.
In commenting upon the above state
ments the Topeka Daily Capital has
this to say:
If what is stated above regarding
Hon. Lewis Hanback, is true, no one
will deplore the disgrace attaching to
him and the state more than the Capt.
tai. No member of congress, much
/ less one from a state representing con-
! stitutiOnal prohibition, can defy public
| decency by appearing in congress I'M
der the influence of liquor. II the story
proves to be true it should end Mr..
/ Hanback's congressional career.
The Wa-Keeney World, publishes an
! account of Mr. Hanback's strange pro-
| ceedings, and in an editorial comments
as follows:
Two years ago the WORLD took
| something of a part in securing the
nomination of Lewis Hanback, for con-
] gress. i his IS mentioned now to fore
stall some enyiOus rival in his desire to
! hurl the statement at US. We did not
! know Mr.. Hanback, then as we do now.
I "
! him for what they seemed. In saying
| this we have an eye to any jeering OF
1 a personal nature which some of our
most esteemed contemporaries may be
tempted to pour upon us. 1t IS mat
ter of open record that Mr.. Hanback,
has very little respect for his own word.
! Scarcely another personal blemish
could injure him worse.
Personally. Mr. Hanback, is very pop
ular. He will in all probability, be a
! formidable candidate for the succession.
| He has been especially strong with the
old soldier element, and is to-day. He
is not as strong with this clement now
as he was a year ago. He was not as
| strong with them one year ago as be
was a year earlier. IL is not fair to
charge that Mr.. Hanback, has dealt I'M
fairly toward all who have applied to
! him for assistance in obtaining pen
siOns. 1t is true, however, that the
well-based idea, that he has had large
proportion of them on the string Tor
political purposes, has gained ground
to the point Of amounting to conviction
with very many observers.
Mr.. Hanback, will have to make his
race this time on such merits as he
may possess. The time is past when
anybody can be placed under the ban
for supporting somebody else Ter the
nomination tor congress. His many
foibles, not to speak more harsbly of
him, have been too apparent to be re-
sisted with bluff. If his friends are
wise, they will undertake nothing of the
kind. Such a course on their part
would simply lead to such an exposure
of the mans record as to put to shame
the better instincts of the average
voter.
We have good reasons for remember
| ing very distinctly the status of affairs
just prior to, and at the Republican
congressional convention which last
nominated Mr.. Hanback, for congress.
When it was ascertained that this coun-
ty was opposed to Mr.. Hanback's nom
ination by a vote in county convention
of SO &c II, ''poor old Phillips county, -
was q coined and current expression
used very Iavishly for the purpose of
blufing and forcing our delegation into
2 making his nomination unanimous &;
but the delegates proposed to be true to
their instructions, though the heavens
| fell, and they gave their votes to other
candidates. We do not speak of this
with an 81 told you 500 spirit, for we
give to every man who supported Mr..
Hanback, at the last convention, the
, credit of acting from pure and honest
motives, and we trust that they viii
, now be as charitable toward the action
which we took at that time.
, Our opposition to Mr.. Hanback, has
never caused us to throw a single
stumbling block in his official career
l on the contrary we have always been
Z ready to hold up his hands in his ar
< duOus labors and bid God speed in any