The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-31
GIVE PEPPER CHANCE.


"IF the press and the people of
Kansas will stand by me, criticising
only when necessary, will do all in
my power for the honor and credit
of the state for which Senator Plumb
has accomplished SO much. At this
time | ask the people for q fair
trial."
These are the words OF Senator
PETER. They imply much more
than the mere words themselves ex-
press. They come at q time when
we are bowed down with sorrow,
and when we feel keenly the loss Of
mighty arm we were depending
upon. A man steps out at this try
ing time, and untried though he IL,
treasures his state that he will
do what he can. He asks for the
people to be fair with him and no
more, and In that case IL ill-becomes
us to deny him fair trial. Let us
be fair with him.
The people of Kansas got q differ
ent view Of Mr.. PETER than they
ever before received on the day he
stood up in the Senate, and an.
nounced in those few words the
death Of his colleague. His words
conveyed more intelligence than the
mere perfunctory announcement of
the death Of Plumb. Kansas bark
ened to those words, and they gave
her q more exalted opinion Of the
man who was chosen Senator under
the new order Of things. A great
majority Of the people of Kansas
entertained some prejudices against
Mr.. PETER, that the death OF Senator
Plumb. and his actions since that
sad event have, at least to some ex-
tent, removed. We have learned
already that Mr.. PETER is thorough
gentleman, and possessed Of the
finer qualities Of mind and heart.
He has passed successfully the first
great test.
But Mr.. PETER has only COM
menced to be tried, and all his re-
cord for q year or more previous to
taking his seat is against him. The
real people Of Kansas have no
sympathy for many Of the ideas he
or affected to believe in,
during the late campaign. True, we
have not heard Of him saying any.
thing in favor Of those foolish and
schemes since the election,
and this may be an indication that
he has discovered 1.-THE way out"
The people Of Kansas do not want to
find Senator PETER wasting his time
in advocating the issue Of irredeem-
able paper money to be furnished
the people at cost. They will not
him IL he ever again
asserts that Kansas cannot pay her
debts, and this also implies that he
must leave off those fictitious mort
gage statistics, which caused him
great discontinue In the opera house
in this city. II Senator PETER really
means what he says, he will be found
working and learning, increasingly,
and arduously.
We can assure Mr.. PETER that 30
long as he continues to do all he can
for the good Of the state he repre-
SCENTS, and her people, his efforts will
not 60 unwarded nor unnoticed. The
people Of Kansas are not ungrateful,
or unmindful Of what their repre-
are doing. They are as
quick TO take notice Of any insult or
misrepresentation, and their VEN
geance 10 both swift aud sure. Mr..
PETERS words above indicate that he
is aware Of all this, and intends to
do the best he can. We can ask no
more Of him, and 80 by ali means
let us give him q chance.
THAT every candidate has his day
Is as true now as that every dog has
his day. Every fellow In the state
that expects to be elected to the
Legislature next fall is q candidate
for Senator and every other fellow
who considers himself OF any &C.
count is . candidate, all the way
from Ingalls, down to Joe Hudson.
The governor gives each fellow . /
given amount Of time In which to
present his claims, and each fellow
has his friends on the ground to |
blow his bern for him, with the ex-
ception Of Ingalls, and Hudson. The
former IL evidently content to rest
on his own record and claims, with |
out saying a word, while the latter
blows his own bugle because he
knows more about his own peculiar
fitness than anybody else. Almost
every county In the state has Its
''favorite son." who, IL he is not an
active candidate, receives "honor-
able mention" while Shawnee
county and Topeka have Q candidate
or two from each voting precinct, all
hungry and each with his own
peculiar "clsims" on the governors
Mr.. Ingalls, main |
tains Q dignified and commendable |
silence the while, and II IL above the
possible that the governor will give
the commission to him after he has
given each candidate time for pre-
senting his claims.
A COPY Of the Aransas Harbor,
Tex, Herald reaches this Office
Judging from the advertisements IL |
We would say the principal
Of the Inhabitants Of the
place IL selling town lots. The paper
gives the Aransas Harbor Improve
ment Company, . good character,
and the names Of its directors would
indicate that the scheme was . bona
fds business enterprise.