The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-09-15

di0nant at sucn conduct, Ola Wns.t tne
! governor should have done. informed
Mr. Lepate that the Objectionable lam
puape added neither emphasis nor or
nament to what he was saying. 1.-The
Won say!'' was the classic re-
sponse of the governors mOuthpiece
and adviser.
These. with the erratic Judge Webb:
the parson whose moustache and
prayers were longer than his head; the
warrior of bri. sht buttons and conspicu-
ous epaulets, who seems to be wanted
more in Colorado than in Kansas, and
other counselors of similar sort, con-
stituted the governors retinue of ad-
visers.
If the governor had an adviser who
believes either in God or in our form Of
government, his name should be given
to an anxious public. do not know
him. All, so far as know, were either
socialists or anarchists, with the pos
sible exception of Judge Webb with
whose views l am not familiar. Per-
haps, also, an exception should be
made as to the statement concerning
their belief in deity, in the case of the
preacher referred to, Mr.. Todd, though
of this l am not sure. My doubts are
based on the uneasiness he frequently
eviuced lest the Almighty might make
some serious mistake, which fear evil
IDENTIFY caused him to pray one morn
ing, not that our wills might be in
harmony with the will of the Father,
but that the Fathers will might be in
harmony with ''oursv'
Is it any wonder that, thus advised.
the governor committed the egregiOus
blunders he did?
Let us turn, just a moment, from the
advisers to the advice. The mathemat-
ical difficulty of making fifty-eight ex-
coed sixty-four or siXty-seven was
easily overcome by the theory that
members against whom contests were
pending should not be permitted to
participate in the organization-enough
contests having previously and pur-
posely been fled to solve the perplex-
ing problem in this way. Under this
brilliant theory, minority could trans
form itself into a majority by simply
filing sufficient number of contests
to effect that result The inevitable
logic of this theory would render it
necessary for each side to protect itself
by filing contests against all the other
fellows, thus making it impossible to
organize a house at all.
Again, the governor was advised that
his recognition of the senate would
constitute the Dunsmore club de facto
house, in face of the universal law that
this could never be true so long as the
de jure house maintained it's existence.
Under this absurd theory, it would
never be necessary to elect but two of
these three coordinate branches of the
Or, if the three were
the governor and either one of
them could, by the mere exercise
of their omnipOtent recognition,
wipe out the third and install in its
stead a mob or lot of hoodlums, and
even the highest court in the land. &C
cording to the supplemental theory of
these wiseacres, would have no juris-
dictional power to prevent the outrage!
But all this foolishness was esteemed
as wise and good advice by ''my gov
ernor." Hence the recognition, the
six weeks of lawlessness in high
places, the marshaling of troops. the
parading of Calling guns, and finally
the narrow escape from civil war.
But man. proud man,
Dressed in little brief authority.
Most ignorant Of " hat he's most assured,
His CLASSY essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tri, Ks before high Heaven
As make the angels weep
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