The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-24


n the reports. If, as has been shown,
re is destitute of that nanIiness which
s necessary to give him credit among
honorable men, is he fit person to
place at the head of the Republican
party to lead the party in a presiden-
hal campaign of the interest and i'm
portance of the one upon which We are
now entering? No man can say he is
and tell the truth. If, therefore. he is |
unfit for the place, the right thing to |
do is for the committee to call for his |
resignation and if he declines to send
it in, then call the convention together
to reconsider its action with reference
to this position. The papers generally
admit the force of the showing we
have made by asking, Why we did not
make the fight against him prior to
the convention? We answer and con-
fess our disappointment when we say
we had no idea that he would presume
to be candidate, or. in the event he
should be, that the convention would
nominate him. We never thought that
his name would be seriously mention
ed, and, in fact, never saw it mentioned
in daily paper in the district. We
did not desire to make opposition to
him and only did so at the last moment
to save the party from the disgrace
that would result from his election. 1t
is mistake to say it was personal
matter with us. It is true our atten-
ton was more forcibly called to
the character of the man by reason OF
a little business transaction with him,
which revealed the fact that he dealt
with others as he had with us and that
his reputation for integrity was
bad. We did not have his name in
serted in the commercial reports
as dead beat" A number
of his neighbors, who knew him
had this done. The Chase County Re
publican, conducted by Frank D
Weller, a notorious 'dead beat" has
issued an extra" in vindication o.
.Madden's nomination. 1t does not
however, refer to Madden's politica
says nothing about his joining th'
Methodist Church in the spring ant
the Catholic Church in the fall nor tn
reason that caused him to do so
which appears to be on account Of
desire that Madden had TO get hi
: fingers into the estate of a wealth
Catholic that had died only shor
time before. This ''extra" present
! quite list of names in Strong Cit
and Cottonwood Falls endorsing Mad
den's nomination. but this does nc
amount to much in the face of the fac
, that most of them are Dem ocrats an
: persons opposed to the Republica
party who will not vote for him if he
continued on the ticket. The follow
/ ing letter from prominent Republica
3 and business man in Cottonwood Fall
confirms our statement:
!, Hon. c. v. Eskridge, Emporia, Kansas:
DEAR SIR-I enclose you copy of the "Chai
County Republican" extra" containing vi
: dication C?) of Madden signed IS you will Sc
by marks opposite the names, largely by Del
| ocrats, Mugwumps and persons opposed
@ the Republican party. Many of the men WI
= signed the recommendations are as loud no
= against Madden as any one else, but when Il
o paper was presented to them bearing the
- neighbors signature, did not have the coural
\ to Withhold their signature. 1 hope you W
carry the matter to the people and make Il
4 charges understood by them to such an g
q tent that Madden's withdrawal from the tic
v ct will be necessary.
> The letters in this extra" fro
= John j. Ingalls, and Ex-Governor Al
It thony, given way back in 81, evident
:, at Madden's earnest solicitation, we
# written under the impression that
s. was going to leave the State and wou
r doubtless be renewed if these gent
y men were sure he would keep his proI
Use. 1t is poor incentive to YOU
j. men to lead honorable and uprig
at lives when men like Madden are mol
N mated to high positions in eth
n of the great parties of the countI
. The Republican party must prese
, better men for such positions if
- would command the respect of t
l" people. We had hoped to see no b;
&c breaks of this kind in the action of t
is party this fall, but it seems that tho
as who run the machine care but lit
10 I what kind of material is turned OIL
=" We have always believed that it W
10 best to skin our own SkunkS within
d. party lines and, therefore, we thong
"a it best to show up the character of tt
no cheeky and pretentious pettifOgg
before the opposing party should drS
ge its skinning knife and cut to the Dor
o. His continuance on the tick
n. let's the party down in this district
or lowers its standard, and degrades
action of the convention. He is 4
w an Irishman-he is not an orator
n is not a Republican-he is simI
Id "dead beat" Hundreds of Repuf
cans will not vote for him, as we &
assured by letters from various parts
the district. The people are Diet
Id mined to keep the party on a higI
ng plane of political action. The nom
We alton of Madden for this position VI
10 to say the least, a reflection upon t
90 merits of many old soldiers in the
M trict whose scars, ability and integri
re entitled some one of them to the hoI
re that was literally thrown away-WO
of than thrown away.