People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-16
MY DEHR GOVERNOR.
Stand Up and Take Your Medicine Rather
Bitter, but Twill Be InVlgOTdtlng.
Wellington Daily Mail.

and still holds lucrative position,
through which he draws a fat salary
from the state treasury, writes let
ter to the Topeka Capital of last
Thursday in which he says:
notice disposition on the part
of some of our Republican friends to
find fault with Governor Morrill,.
which in some instances amounts al
most 10 personal abuse. That is not
right. Governor Morrill, is an honest.
upright man, thoroughly qualified to
discharge the arduOus duties of the
position he holds and he is entitled to
fair treatment as well as the earnest
support of every good citizen of the
state.
Gov. Crawford attempts to decide
the whole matter by one statement:
"GOv. Morrill, is an honest, upright
nan, thoroughly qualified to dis
charge the arduOus duties Of the posi-
tion he holds" We formerly believ
ed absolutely and confidently, both
these propositions first, that Morrill,
was an honest, upright man, and
second, that he was thoroughly quail
fed to discharge the duties of
the office of governor. We regret
to say that observation and ex-
perience since E. n. Morrill, has be-
come governor have very seriously
shaken our confidence in each Of
these propositions.
We would like to believe Governor
Morrill, personally honest, but how
can we in the face of his own state
mentS in reference to the payment Of
his anti-inauguratiOn expenses? If
he will knowingly. dishonesty tllcE
800 or $500 out Of the state treasury,
why won't he do the same with $1,000
or $4,000? Moreover, we have come
to be thoroughly satisfied that his
word as governor can no more be de-
pended upon than the direction of a
Kansas wind one year from today.
Our former abiding faith in E. n.
MOrrill'S personal honesty and integ-
rity have gone through cyclone with
the usual results.
Governor Morrill, may be Thorough
ly qualified to discharge the arduOus
duties of the position he holds;" but
if this be true. he has very aSSiduOuS-
ly concealed his own light under a
(half) bushel and has been following
those of a cOtOrie Of political bosses,
whose names as such have been hiss
ing and a by-wOrd for years and whose
domination over the Republican p r
ty in the past was the cause of its
downfall and to whom honesty of pO-
litiCal purpose is absolutely unknown.
The editor of the Capital who is
state printer, in commenting editOri-
ally upon CrawfOrds letter says,
Republicans who desire above every
thing to see the state properly gov
erned and the party harmonious and
victorious will not carry personal dis
appointment in obtaining office for
themselves or their friends to the
point of antagOnizing the administra-
tion, but should give Coz. Morrill,
their support and their cordial coop
Grafton"
Our criticism of the present admin
istration isnOt prompted by personal
disappointment in obtaining office for
themselves or their friends" We
have never asked or sought anything
whatever in the way Of patronage
from Governor Morrill, or his admins
tratiOn except the appointment OF
one friend to a position by the gov
ernor. That friends application is
still in the hands of the governor and
subject to his future decision. The
governor has repeatedly rendered to
this friend another lucrative and i'm
portant position and urged him to &C.
cept it. We believe that good citizen
ship demands broader, more patri-
otto policy than praising an admins.
tration if you get what you ask fol
and condemning it If you don't.
The Capital editorial further says;
"The Republican party of Kansas is
responsible for the present admins
tratiOn and will have to 60 before the
people on the record it makes, wheth-
crit will or not" This is true. In
the past too large a proportion OF
the party leaders and party press
have followed the lead Of the leader
ship of the Capitals school of politics
and have guaged their comments up
on the administration by their sue.
cess in obtaining patronage at its
hands. Our theory is to hold our own
party officials to the same strict &C.
countability that we do the cppOsi
tion. whether any Of our friends ever
get an office or not. And the time
for these criticisms is certainly at
the very time the occasion for them
arises. Made then, they may do some
good; made later on, they would pro-
badly be barren of practical results.
We stand anYiOuslV ready to praise