The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-17

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men Of all parties in Cottonwood Falls.
We received the following commune
;ation few days ago from gentle
man in Strong Ciiss,.
STRONG CITY Kas-, May 9. 1883.
I'D. REPUBLICAN:-I am glad to see your
protest against the election of John Madden /
rs presidential elector. He is unfit for the
position when you compare him with the |
many representative Republicans in the dis
trict. He is Republican only when It win
serve his selfish plans, is a trimmer and po-
htical weathercoek. He is fearfuliY over
rated, and has been fooIishly pufred up in
many ways by newspapers that did not know
him. He Is best known in Chase county by
men who have trusted him, and found him
wanting:
There is doubtless inner history as to how
he sneaked into the Office given him by the
convention, and it is pity that the delegates
were imposed upon. He should get on the
ticket and give place to q broad-gauged, con
sistent, honorable Republican.
MORE ANON
Many persons have spoken to us of
the total unreliability of the man and
the great misfortune to the party, re-
suiting from his being placed ON the
ticket. In fact several worse things
have been said of him than anything
we have yet mentioned. We publish
the following affidavit from which the
reader can draw his own conclusions:
THE STATE OF KANSAS,
CHASE COUNTY.
7: L. Upton, being first duly sworn on his
year he was arrested on the charge of Oh
structtng public highway; that John Madden
that if he would pay him 1Madden1 sI1.oO he
would dismiss that case, and finally affiant
paid Madden, county attorney, $500, and he
SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me, this Eth
Term expires September s. 1890
His political integrity is no better
than his business integrity. We are
reliably informed that in 1882 he left
the Republican party and joined the
Greenbackers. In 1884 he left theGreen-
hackers and joined the Democrats.
In 1887 he fioated pack to the Republi-
can party and was appointed county
attorney to fill vacancy. In the
spring of 1885 ne Joined the M. e.
Church. In the fall he joined the
Catholic Church-just before the cleo
ton. He slips from one party to an
other and from one church to another
with all the ease and readiness with
which an old topper passes from
grocerie to groceri. In no sense then
iness,a hypocrite in religion and char
latan in politics, he cannot be safely
trusted anywhere. There are many
who believe that in a close electoral
count, Madden, if elected, should be
placed under guard. The Ottawa Re-
publican, referring to the action of our
convention in an article entitled ''An
Wrong" says;
By some unaccountable misunderstanding
of political values, the office of Presidential
elector is not bid upon ambition nor COM
mands the respect due to its real character.
1t should be considered an exceptional honor
held in reserve for the best men of the party,
whereas it has been allowed 20 fall into the
hands of almost any man who will accept of
it.
Presidential electors become the embodi-
ment of the state, and execute its will in the
formal castingof its vote for the highest Office
IN the gift of the nation. They should be rep
resentative men, in character as well as in
party recognition, and able to go before the
people in political canvass as the leaders of
the party, able defenders of fits policies and
wisdom.
In the face of this apparent dignity and i'm
portance we are constantly setting up in
ferior men, without personal worth or party
influence. So fragrant has been this careless
ness that in one instance we have been COM
PEELED to remove the offensive nominee and
put more 1T one in his place in order to save
the party from disgrace.
And now. it appears, a like recklessness has
characterized the selection just made by the
Fourth Congressional district convention
One John Madden, of Cottonwood Falls, was
chosen, and his unfitness is act forth in such
manner by a correspondent of the Emporia
REPUBLICAN,, as to bring the party disgrace
and the ticket peril. The REPUBLICAN, says:
The Republican then quotes our edi-
torial comments upon the communica-
tiOn. If there were no old soldiers nor
able Republicans of age and character
in the district Madden's election would
nevertheless be an outrage. The
necessary steps should be at once ia.
ken to- reconsider the action of oul
convention. Let all mistakes by the
party be corrected by the party. Il
the party fails to correct mistakes, the
people will not fail to correct the party
The committees should take action
without delay, and find some staunct
and honorable Republican whom al
loyal men could support for this i'm.
portant position.