Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-12
THAT REBELLION AND REVOLT
TION

Ii some OF the editors or THIS state,
who claim that they can see no sense in
the EAGLES declaration that political
revolution IS present necessity In
Kansas, and that the rebellion which is
to bring it about is now imminent, will
read Sol Miller's last leader headed "The
Grab Game Called Politics." they will
learn number of facts without putting
us to the necessity of telling them in q
much less lucid manner. We append a
liberal extract:
For instance, man is elected to the
presidency by means of money contri-
buted and labor performed by the work
ers and managers of the party. He
straightway imagines that he was elect
ed solely upon his own ability and pop
ularity. and turns his back upon the
men who made him. They have
been guilty of improper and cor
rupt election methods, and in the in
terest of honesty and purity, cannot be
recognized by the chief magistrate. But
it never occurs to him to refuse the Office
obtained through such methods. q He re-
jects the advice of the party leaders, lest
people say that somebody runs him;
and he appoints lot of heightened pre-
tenders to the important offices who
never do party work. but always stand
ready to take in the benefits. His own
family relatives and personal cronies are
quartered upon the government, and
nambv-pamby nincompoops ill major
lty of the foreign missions, scarcely one
of whom raised a voice or hand to as
sist in the election, The men who did
the effective work, with a very few ex-
ceptions, are SO completely set aside that
they have not even influence to secure
the appointment of friend. But two
men who did anything in the campaign
have got into the cabinet-Blaine, who
made splendid canvass, and Wanna
maker, who raised funds and worked
among the business classes and the
president loses sleep worrying over the
idea that somebody may think that
Blaine controls him. The other men,
bers of the cabinet might have gone un-
der in Noah's deluge for all they did
toward electing Harrison.
But if new men were desired, why
was not the principle carried out to its
full extent? Of the important offices
filled by appointment, nine-tenths of
them have been bestowed upon old
hangers-on, who have made office-hold-
ing business; and men are taken from
one lucrative position they have been
holding for years, to be placed in a bet
ter one. rather than give deserv-
ing and competent men chance,
who have been doing party
work for years, and receiving none of the
rewards. Office-holding and family
aristocracies are being built up to an ex-
tent that approaches the system of Eu-
pean countries.
Then, take the business in minor de-
tails. Men puff, and .sweat, and work,
and fuss to elect certain men to congress
and the United States senate. Then
those senators and congressman set up
the claim that they have right to con-
troll the patronage of their state-even if
a foreign minister or council is to be
taken from the state, they claim the
right to dictate who it shall be. The
men they select for these offices, are not
taken for their loyalty to the party, or
their labor for its principles; but they
are the men who are abba and willing to
do the most dirty work to
retain these members in office.
They have entered the line Of
royalty, and the people, to whom they
must look for reelection, have become
their vassals. If one wants an office, he
must beg and cringe to them, and swear
that he will use the whole power of his
Office for the purpose of re-electing them.
They must make it their business to be
always on duty in the interest Of their
master-bulldozing through resolutions
of slobber and endorsement at every con-
vention, campmeeting, funeral, horse
race and progressive euchre party. Even
promises to faithful followers must be
broken, because it is found that some
other man who is on the make, is in a
position to do more for my interests. In
short, the entire party of the state must
be hustled and kicked about for the
benefit of some man they have put in
office.