Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-05-05
Topeka Letter.

house gang few days ago which the
press boys did not get hold of. It was
attended by all the state officers and
nearly all the prominent appointees of
the state administration. 1t was the
closest affair that they have recently in
dulged in, and every man was admon-
ished to the utmost not to allow any,
thing to escape his lips which would
give the thing away. 1t was informal,
but there were necessary, quite earnest
talks by several of the men, high and
low in position, and it was finally decid-
ed bya unanimous vote of every man
present to ask Governor Lewelling to
allow them to present his name to the
convention for denomination. OF course
this was great surprise to Governor
Lewelling, but he finally managed to
give them to understand that he thought
it was his duty to his party to obey any
such call, and therefore he would per-
nit them, much against his wishes to
present his name to the state conven-
ton. Soon after the meeting every
train leaving Topeka carried away some
of the pop statesmen, who went to their
homes all over the state to put the ma
chinery in motion, which will send the
scheme through the pop state conven-
ton with hurrah. There was some
disposition on the part of, some of the
''fixers' to doubt their ability to pull
the scheme through their county con-
ventions, but they were admonished
that their friends at home must be given
to understand that it was the only hope
of success this year, and that there must
not be any kicking from any source.
The anarchist editor of the Topeka
Journal scored another point few days
ago for the cause of the lawless and vici-
GUS element of the state and country, by
making wholesale attack on the judic-
iary and the courts of the land. Ac-
cording to the anarchistic ideas of that
sheet this state has no need or use for a
constitution; as such an instrument is a
hindrance to the enactment of all sorts
of laws which thoughtless and inconsid-
crate legislators take sudden notion to
pass. If there is not to be any authori-
ty by which the judiciary may pass upon
the laws thus hastily and caralessly en-
acted, then indeed have we the basis of
true anarchy. But so long as the state
has a constitution, and so long as there are
courts of justice, it will be the province
of those legal tribunals to inform the
people when they are treading on their
organic laws. The anarchist editor of
the Journal well knows that the greatest |
intolerance to the vicious program of an
archy is this organic law and the courts |
whose duty it is to decide on the consti-
nationality of all laws enacted.
The scheme of the fusion managers to |
get Hon. David Overmyer out of Kansas
politics by having him appointed register
of deeds of the District of Columbia, will |
not be successful. David would refuse
with scorn any proposition made by
John Martin, knowing that it was only
a trick to advance the interests of the
great fusion boss.
The pop managers are trying to con-
vince their followers that the state CEN
trail committee has been playing sharp |
game by which to prevent the republic
ans from stealing our thunder" The
fact is that the pops are too cowardly to
hold their convention before the repub-
licans and build their state platform at
that time, thereby preventing the re-
publicans from stealing their thunder"
They are afraid to commit themselves
on anything until they see what the re-
pnblicans have done, especially on the
suffrage question.
K. BRUNLTANE.