The Portland daily press., 1892-06-14
Major Il. N. Morrill,.

The following, from the Kansas City
Journal, will be read with interest:
The strength of Major E. N. Morrill, as
a candidate for governor is the growth
of years. No other candidate has had
his experience in the legislature, dating
back to territorial days, and coming all
the way down, in the House and Senate,
and as chairman of the most important
committees. He began as a poor boy in
Kansas, and his growth and success are
typical of the growth of the state. In
Congress, where he served eight years,
he was the author of the most important
pension bill ever enacted, and became
the leading authority in both branches
on that theme. Members, senators and
two presidents often sent for him and re-
lied upon his statistics, his candor and
his sound Judgment. When his pension
bill reached the White House, President
Harrison sent for Morrill,, signed the bill
in the presence of Secretary Blaine and
Major Morrill,, and gave to Morrill, the
pen which had made the bill lava
law which gives $150000,000 to Union
soldiers every year.
When James G.. Blaine was first can
didate for President he called upon his
early friend to lead his forces in Kansas.
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convention, and the instructions for
Blaine were given.
There has been no movement for any
good cause in Kansas, from the begin
ming of it's history, in which E. N. Nor
rill has not taken an active part. And
his strength as political force and pow
er in the state is found in the work he
has done, in the friends he has made all
along the line of march,
The friends of Morrill, are in every
county, by hundreds of firesides. "They
reckon i'll who leave him out.'' Consult
the election returns, the cold facts and
figures, and Morrill, is always found run
ming very largely ahead of his ticket. No
charge is made against him anywhere, OF
by any one, except that he is banker.
All of his one idea assailants are sorry
that they are not bankers themselves;
that they have not practiced his econo-
my, his integrity; that they have not his
sagacity, his foresight. They would like
to have it, to have all his strong traits of
character, but calamity bowling has
made success unpopular, has enthroned
pauperism and improvidence as gods to
be worshipped; and so the cry is raised
that Morrill, is a banker. These cheap
appeals to ignorance and prejudice do
hOt ldoU lOllS. lucy Olo cdIIy duu l6dN0
no sign save dirty taste in the mouth
of their inventors. Major Morrill, is
making strong and active canvass for
governor, and has tried and true friends
in every part of the state who are his en-
thusiastic supporters.
The Alliance party, by its platforms,
by it's laws, by it's bills, by it's speeches,
by its judicial decisions, has given Kan
sas name allied with ignorance, dishon-
esty, infamy. The state must be rescued
from the hands of demagogues and char
latans. The nomination of Morrill,
would be his election, and his election
would wipe out the memory of the re-
cent crazy campaign and put the great
state again on the highway of advance
ment and progress, with the old flag still
flying, not star dimmed not stripe
erased.
Major Morrill, is Maine man, for
mer resident of Morrills Corner, Deer
ing,