The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-03
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NEwroH, Kas., March 81. - n,
daily Rspsbiicas will pabllsh thii
evening . letter from Congressman
Peters. In reply to President B. II
Clover, Of the Farmers alliance, whs
recently criticised the Kansas con.
gressional delegation, giving par
ticular attention 10 Judge Peters
The following IL an ePitOms Of the
Peters letter:
"CIoyer, In bis letter published In
the Kansas City Star q the End
instant, admits that the letter abeul
which the delegation were inter.
viewed was not the Official act Of the
alliance, - generally supposed, bui
that % vas made mp Of expression,
drawn from letters spd articles pub.
lIshsd In alliance journals, etc. The
letter Of Mr.. Glover, II it be genuine,
has 20 many Of the characteristic 70
marks Of the demagogue that will
depart from my usual custom In
such cases and notice 10 with brief
reply. have no personal aesualnt-
ance with the writer and hen ee will
confns myself entirely TO bis pub
lIshed actions and Communications,
Mr.. Clover says:
sI3y the way, belle We he n the gentleman
Who was elected TO serve the whole people OF
sleged By the doodle hunters and party pap
suckers % such an extent thai, according "a
his own confession. as I understand y, be
be % es % o s.rve Psy
Of our members sie similarly situated, watch
accounts for the fact that ve mus, look 20
stanford. Cullom and Vance, and Represtn-
ing 10 our relief"
l wish 10 say first that insofar a.
he seeks by eowaTdly innuendo to
charge the Kansas delegation with
having neglected their duty, he 10
either guilty Of wIllful ignorance or
malicious falsehood. IL his reputa-
ton for information has been Justly
earned. then he cannot be ignorant.
Two Of the delegation are farmers,
at least bali Of them have been
farmer boys, reared upon farms, aud
all Of them, by association ~ well ~
by the strongest ties, have every In
terest in common with the agrieul-
tural interests OF our state. What
ever legislation they have secured
has been uniformly aud without .
single exception In the interest Of
Kansas, and, by the way, they Sc
cured the passage OF more bills and
amendments 10 bills In the last con-
gress than any other state delegation.
TO verify this I appeal 10 the record.
In the fiftieth congress over one
eleventh OF the bills passed and In
trodueed were passed by the Kansas
delegation. Whatever legislation
that was desirable for our state and
was not secured was beyond the
realm Of legislative possibility. A.
{ intend TO retire from public life
and will not under any circumstances
accept q reconciliation II rendered, /
have to cay that the heaviest drain
upon my time outside Of legislative
duties, In committees and In the
house has been made upon me by ex-
soldiers and by homesteaders and
pre-empters; and what 10 true Of
myself In this particular Ii almost
true Of the entire delegation. Mr..
Clover knew this because the ICON
fession" to which he 'fers 80 stated,
Whom, then, does he call doodle
hunters" aud pap suckers?" Let
the more than 10000 ex-soIdiers In
my district, whose names, / have on
my books, and whom I have, with
out money aud without price, as
sisted In pensions and bounty claims,
answer. Let thousands Of home
steaders and prs-empters whom I
also assisted answer. would rather
have the good will and friendship Of
these people, even though they be
denounced as "boodle hunters" aud
pap suckers" than that Of this self
constituted guardian, who IL schem-
Ing aud trying to get into the guber-
natorial chair OF our state. In he
half Of these farmers and soldiers !
denouuee this independent candidate
for governor with Democratic aud
Union Labor attachments n q Will
fer Of Kansas and heI honest citi-
Eens. Twill also add, for his deIec-
tatiOn that his assurance from some
Of the lesders Of these parties that
NJ nomination will be made for him
n0r against him Is known, and that
the time will never come when such
= political trickster and demagogue
as his actions and words indicate
him 10 be, will occupy the honorable
position as governor Of the state Of
Kansas. 3. X. PETERS.