The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-03
RenobIIcan Conven1Iou.

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publicans of Butler county held their
County Convention to-day in this city
and elected delegates to Emporia and
Wichita. The delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention at Emporia
were instructed to vote for Hon. Thos.
Ryan first, last and all the time Strong
resolutions were passed endorsing SEN
ators Ingalls, and Plumb. By a unaIii-
nous vote it was resolved that the dele
CATION be instructed to cast their vote
and influences in favor of Hon. T. b.
Murdoch as delegate to the Chicago
National Convention.
JUNCTION CITY, Ks, May 1.-The
republican congressional convention of
the Fifth district met this afternoon.
Each county was fully represented.
Hon. John A. Anderson was nomin-
ated for reelection by reclamation.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved. That the delegates in con-
vention of the Fifth congressional dis
trict congratulate the republican voters
upon the suspicious opening in all sec
tiOns of the country of the campaign
which we confidently believe is the
result in a restoration of the country
to loyal rule and upon the unity of ac-
ton now prevailing in the ranks of the
party in this district. We believe that
the first great question to be settled by
the people at the approaching election
is: "Shall the government of the
United States be administered by
those who have shown themselves loyal
or by those who have in the past been
dislOyal." The democratic party now
has control of the executive depart
ment and of the lower house of con-
gress and the rebel brigadiers
have control of the democratic party.
The loyal minority of that party in
now lies tranquil and Frustrated at
their feet. Three ex-traitors were in
vited into the presidents cabinet as his
constitutional advisers, one Of them
being made the arbitrator of pensions,
and as a result we have had scores of
pensions hurled back at congress with
veto. The alliance between eX-con-
federateS and northern democrats af-
ford no protection whatever to
loyal citizens in the south, and
should that alliance become per-
manent and the government
/ securely fastened in its grasp, then
the southern loyalists will not be the
only people in this country pleading for
their rights and begging for protection.
We would not waYe the bloody shirt,
but we have right to judge of the
fitness of party to govern, by its 10y
atty or disloyalty in the past. The
record of the democratic party in three
years of power has but confirmed the
record of its existence preceding the
dates of its rebellion, the conspicuous
feature of which was it's utter
incompetency in administering
the government in an honest
business-like and patriotic manner. In
nominating for the sixth time as the
standard-bearer of the republican par
/ ty of the Fifth district our distin-
guished member of congress, Hon John
| A. Anderson, we Orgratulate him and
ourselves on the brilliant record he has
made as a thoughtful, fearless and con-
scieAtiOus statesman. and we recon-
mend him for his unflinching and en-
thusiastic devotion to the republican
sentiments and for his appreciation OF
the true republican idea of aiding the
weak against the strong; for his prac-
tical and efficient expose at opportune
times of democT attic methods, and foI
his untiriDg efforts in behalf of the
claims of the nations defenders, and
we especially commend him for his
| earnest and intelligent consideration
of The transportation and labor ques
tions, believing that the necessity O
the tranquility of the people so Sc
riOusly threatened by these troubles il
equalled only by the preservation o
the government itself.