Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-13

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to himself an lmmovable phalan1
made up Of the moral and intellec-
tual forces Of the state.
LELAND's STURDY HENcHMEN.
"AssembIed around him is a gal
liant band Of young, generous and
lofty spirits, like George FindlSy,
Lit Crum, Frank Brown, Mort AL
baugh, Jim Simpson and their asso'
ciates, animated by the patriotic pas
sion which drives heroes to battle
and martyrs to the stake. To say
that these eminent citizens are at
tracted to Cy LELAND like flies to
feculence, like buzzards to carrion, or
E;quimax to an occasional walrus, ID
an offense not defined in the criminal
code. To continually stigmatize these
young men as professional buns and
muckworms, living at political free
lunch counters, scurvy thimble-rig-
gers, crooks, gamblers, bunco steer
ers aud confidence men who have
worked conventions and legislatures,
as fairs and pickpockets follow q
circus; boodliDg bawds and drsbs
whose leprous infection no potash,
nor mercury, nor hot springs can
cure, is an outrage On decency and
truth. If there is any dirty work
about legislatures, any votes to be
bought, any reports to be smothered,
any statutes to be mntilsted, the peo-
pie know it is not done by Cy Leland
and his cabinet.
LELGNo's TITLE TO RULE
"No student Of human countenance
can look upon Cy Leland and not
feel thnt he is a born leader Of men.
There is nothing sneaking or furtive
about his glance and bearing. When
he enters room no one would sus'
pect HIM Of a design to steal the slop
jar or purloin the cuspldor. He
gazes straight and fearless into the
face of friend or foe, with steady
eye, and not with the Sinking
glimpse of a sheep.stealing cur with
wool in his teeth.
"That a man so gifted, endowed
and followed should be the object
Of csnsure and reprosch shakes faith
in the capacity of the citizens OF Kan
sas for self-government.
what right have Baker, Broder.
ick and Curtis to oppose the will Of
Cy LeIandY They represent nobody
but their constituencies. Their ere,
dentia's were written only by the
people. That these mere creatures
Of the popular will, with nothing
behind them but msjorities should
have the effrontery to recommend
anybody for Office without first OBJ
tanning the consent of Oy Leland
seems like unwarranted and lnsuffer.
able impertinenoe.
"lbe president must naturally feel
the same way. To rstify treaties, to
confirm nominations, to reform the
currency, in doubtful senate, the
president doesn't want votes; he
wants Cy Leland. The admins
trstlon can stub along without the
cooperation of Baker, but Cy Leland
is indispensable. In filling the off
ces, If Baker recommends Sterne and
Oy LELAND wants Orum for marshal,
the attorney general, whose nomi-
nation for the supreme bench is
pending before the senate, will of
course oppose Baker. If Oy Leland
is for him, the gates Of hell cannot
prevail against him.
MORE LELANDIsM A CRYING NEED
"What Kansas needs Is more Cy
Leland, and il this senseless warfare
does not stop we may lose him. He
may get tired Of ingrstitude and mi.
CRATE to Oklahoma or the Klondike
and leave the republicans to their
fate with no one to pick out candi-
dates for governor, congressman and
postmasters, start newspapers on
Hoods money, set up the primaries,
pack conventions, get little offices for
himself and relatives, and promise
the rest to somebody else.
Everyone shuddered the other
day at the rumor that Oy Leland
had abolished q postoffice where
some enemy received his mail, and
if Baker and Curtis do not com.
promise with him he may abolish
everything, including the pension
agency, before he goes.