Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-02-27
A sixth District Congressman

To the Editor Of the Capital.
I have been helping in feeble way to
make and unmake congressman in what
is now the sixth district for sixteen years.
It seems to me that this is year above
all others that every republican should
lay aside all personal ambitions and unite
his best efforts with fellow republicans of
the district in securing the nomination
OF man that is endowed with the mental,
physical and financial ability to enter the
canvass and win the fight at the polls,
1t is a question in my mind if the politi-
cal history OF this state records more dis
reputable proceeding than were enacted
at our convention in 1891. While ] don't
claim that any republican nominee could
have won In that contest, I do claim that
the proceedings in the convention drove
hundreds of votes from the nominee.
Let us look we'll to it that such a scene is
not re-enacted.
In looking over the list as has been
published in several papers, I see the
names of H. P. Wilson, receiver of the q.
s. land office at Wa-Keeney; Webb Nc
Nall, register of the q. S. land Office at
Kirwin; j. b. Reeder, clerk of the United
States court of Spanish claims; J. H.
Franklin, who is now and has been for
nearly three years holding down lucra-
tive and remunerative position in the
auditing department at Washington, D..
C., and w. Il. Mcbride, superintendent
of insurance for the state of Kansas. All
good men; all good jobs-jobs that were
obtained at their earnest solicitation and
the solicitation of their republican friends.
Nor are their present jobs the first that
have been awarded them in consideration
of their political services; and I hazard
nothing in saying that not one of them,
it nominated would give up his present
job until the returns assured him of an
election.
While nearly everybody likes pork,
there are comparatively few that like hog
1t is just ksuch work and manipulating
that make the rank and file tired and
causes them to lay down. While the
gentlemen have named are all good
men, there is not one of them that is a
great man, or that possesses single
qualification that can not be found
in hundred men within the district. 1
certainly feel friendly to all of them but
this is not question nor year for
friendship. What the party wants is a
candidate that's winner, and while L
have no pet I would ask what's the matter
with Ellis, of Mitchell; Tiltop, of Osborne;
Sutton, of Russell; Reville, of Rocks;
Chambers, of Sheridan; Blair, of Trego;
Lloyd, of Ellsworth, or Shaffer, of Ellis
all, like the standing candidates, good
men. and by their ability. service to their
country and party would if nominated,
poll its full strength; and when elected
would reflect as much credit upon the
place, as the place would upon them. I
believe the decent thing to do (even for a
Politician is to be satisfied when he gets
what he asks for until he completes his
undertaking, then if the people have any
further use for him, they will call him.
Yours for success,
JACK DOWNING.
Colonel Jack Downing reverses the
usual order of promotion for meritori-
GUS service, and serves notice on all office
holders that they shall "stand as you
are" and not aspire to positions of honor
or profit above those they now occupy
upon the penalty of being rated as
tahogs." Jack ought to have it under
stood, however, that this structure is not
intended for general application, but is
to lie only upon the gentlemen named in
the indictment, who aspire to seat in
congress. Don't you see? Such reser-
walton, aside from adding the merit of
honesty to hisi article, would tend to
soothe any incidental irritation that Gov.
Anthony might suffer on account of his
aspiration to be appointed upon the inter-
state commerce commission as we'll as
some of the gentlemen who desired to be
appointed to Mr.. Plumb's vacancy in the
senate. Some ears don't hide easily.