The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-01
THE CRANK. .coL." KELLOGG.
4 rnrnnlefn RirHle

Cart. Aohier, candidate for State Senator,
spoke Saturday evening n Miles, pretty
town In Ottawa county. And thereby hangs
q tale, aud be may be said 10 have killed
two birds with ore stone"-tOwit:- the
holding Of two good meetings the same
night. DR.. James Sanders and Rev. JAS
Watkins, Of Miles, found Il ineOnvenlent 10
Be- present, n they had secerted an invita-
ton for = Joint discussion vita the redoubt-
able, seIf-siyled ''CoI." KellcsE and other
Union Laborites at the Gillespie school
house, three miles east The Captain hsd
an excellent meeting for an hour or more,
speaking 10 about sixty gentlemen-and u
may be said miles Il all right" not
Union Labor vote In the 10 wnshiP and all
solid for the Republican ticket from top 10
bOttOm-and then the Salina party and
Others Of the meeting, as had been suggested
by DT. Sanders, repaired 10 the 0inesPie
meeting. This Union Labor blatherskiie
who cannot evoke himself Of two constcu-
tive grammatical sentences and who prtdes
twelve years I'm the cause delivered =
vehement, mischieyous harangue that was
full Of speeious pleadings and dishonest as
throughout it, Presen tatiOn, but Mt ~ close
nr. Sanders caused 20 b. read the following
ePisile, post-niarked Oct -:
IJr. SdRdTrs, Wills. Otfdrrd COUafP, hdHsus.
meeting al the Gillespie school house,
No. =, on saturday, evening. Oct- q. Nou
and your friends are requested Ia be present
and discuss the question. \ our,
The DOCTOR further stated that while the
hour was rather late he thought the sud-
encs would bear with them for n short time.
Kellogg pretended he knew nothing Of the
challenge. Mo. Delaney, Democrat, near
New Cambria, was questioned and stated he
had forwarded the Invitation nj the request
n the chairman a the mgFtlnE. Judge Hugh
Oslorn, and chairman Of the saline
county Executive Committee OF the Tn
Ion IalEBT organization, and other MEM
i,-rS. Osborn neither denied nor affirmed,
but was dumbfOuded. The cry OF TO on
went up frum all parts Of the house. But
Kellogg pleaded Inability To meet his an
tasnnISis by prior enEagrment for the hal
ancc of the night and that his CSagresstoant
Record was at salina- DIR. SANDER said he
could U.s. his COHgrsssfoHdf Record, National
Banking law, Streeter's acceptance, and
Z MON I.alsor platform. but they were declln-
ell with well-ant-ctd dis'iain- Kellogg IN
turn proposed Monday night, Tuesday
night, aud Monday at O'Clock for the dis
cuSsion hut on being accepted suddenly
recalled sOther engagements but said he
election! Hight OF c0wariice! He became
very wrathy and INDUCED In Wild gesticula-
tons and charges of "a st OF cownrds,
aud departed from the room fnaming and
stoTmIng. with his few trusted allies. Then
the meeting went on again, and Dr. Sanders
AMI capt. MOhler spoke In succession. Tie
nlfrting WIS lllufffi a Auff'tsN - aAIN-
MOhl,r and the Republican cause was con
rcTti,,i. "a RU1Id Methodist" the Cap
tain closed his remarks befOrc the hour OF
sunday, aud eNerybodywent away III the
best Of spirits
This man Kellogg preys upon unsuspect.
ing. cre,luluuS persons. Hts frequent All grd
quoiaiinns irum the Congrsssimhdi h.cTTd
Wcrr deceptive and dishonest. Many of hts
statements were rgrpgiOuS and outrageous.
Frum the apparent bond Of sympathy that
exists between him and the Icmocrnnc
L.. Ia, fhfa gRnFlmstnu foil Il
lows that hr u u IEmOc rat In disguise ana N |
under pay at that party.
lie said that National Banks pay no taNes
Ia that statement he proved himself "A fOnl |
or "a knaNc. Every hank In Saltna pays
state. county, schOnl and other taxes the |
same any other class Of property. Ma
tional Banks al-O pay onc per cent tn the
government an their business. The folluw-
Ing certificate was read To the meeting 10y |
Dr. Sanders:
STATE up KANSAS -
OTTAWA CUTNTN,
I, ". ". Walker, Jr. COUNTY Clerk OF said |
OTTAWA County, do hereby certify that the
taxes assessed against the First National
Bank and the Minneapolis National Bank
uf this city for this year are as follows:
Tn" First National Bank, fSSi9L
Minneapolis National bank, tSrLTs.
W. ". WALTERS, JR..
sal, County clerk, ottawa County. /
- Kansas.
Kellogg further stated that SiIi.OU1n of |
government bonds had been destroyed since Il
the war by tin, Republican party. The idea Il
l. prrpIpSterpus. In Andy Iohnson's admin
iStrnilnn Hugh Mrt'ulloCh, SECRETARY ni the Il
Treasury burned up tBt.tssi.fsn Of gr-enbarkS
I,ut a. Sts1n n CONGRESS assembled n Hspub- Il
IIrsn Congressman from Illinois intruSlucel i
n rt-~nlut ION and u was adopted putting
st1T tu this dt.St Ttirtinn. THIS was all that Il
has iprcu burned. Mr.. McJ'ullnch j. to-day /
nrm,rrTtt. Thus might h. given the inlSc
statements aud assumptions of this fellow. II
Kellogg aud his patty manifested rank COW
TFa a FfInuiugf fftff their invita- II
tinn Thry could nut stand AN honest inNrS-
tigGtiion. They can not stand the suns
brt,ah light. tut must fnT~sluth steal away