The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-02
CAVE GOOD ADVICE
Col. ROssington's Speech to
Kansas Day Club.
Republicans Should Read It
Once More.
WHAT PARTY OWES.
Honest Men Shall Be Presented
for Suffrage.
Party Whip Not for Those Who
Do Not Expect Reward.

At the banquet of the Kansas Day
club last winter Col. w. H. Rossington
reviewed the history of the Republican
party in Kansas. how it had been over
thrown and again regained its power,
and he gave some excellent advice as
to how the party may retain its power.
| Col. Rossington's speech was COM
mented upon and praised by a large
portion of the Republican papers of
| Kansas, many of them expressing the
earnest hope that his advice might be
| followed.
In view of the present condition in
Kansas politics, and especially in view
of the candidate for state treasurer
which the Burton element foisted on to
the Republicans. Col. Rossington's
speech again becomes of interest. In
/ reviewing the success of the Republican
party from 1870 to 1890, Col. Rossington
said:
"At the time of which I speak, just
after Grants first election. the tide of
Republican ascendency was at its full.
1t was difficult for the Democrats to
find men public spirited enough to bear
the burdens and expense of an idle and
vain political contest. It was COM
monty said, if not boasted, that the Re
eublicans might nominate and elect a
yellow dog upon their ticket, and the
pOWerleSs but cheerful Democratic
minority were wont to say that this
successful experiments"
Col Rossington then told how this
condition had continued until the rise
of the farmers alliance when thousands
of honest voters had Joined in chasten-
ing the Republican party in Kansas,
after which it had again been returned
to power Then in closing his speech
and referring to the fact that the gold
Democrats have joined the Republicans,
he ..@d said; hove oo,,a - s+, ..,+n =. D.
publican party unconditionally save in
this: that the Republican party shall be
true to itself and its high behests.
And this is the kernel of my argu-
ment. l speak in the name of the COM
monalty of voters to which I belong,
I who have never held q public office and
have never sought one. Party fealty
is a virtue and is commendable only so
, long as the aims of the party are hon
est and patriotic, and it presents for the
suffrage of the voter men worthy in
: their private character to represent
! those aims. It is not enough to say
: that party discipline forbids private
5 judgment in such matters. The party
) whip has no terror for any save such
! members of the party as either are en-
| Joy1ng or hope to enjoy what Mr.. Tilden
4 denominated the 'usufruct of party pa
> tronage.' "
: Has the Republican party already re-
turned to the yellow dog experiments
with its state ticket?
. One of Thomas t Kelly's personal or
: gan says that THE newspaper fight on
!, Kelly now is conSned to the TOpeka
!, State Journal. a PoDulist paper; the
: Atchison Globe a mugwump sheet
: which never goes to press without a
:. slur at Roosevelt: the Troy Chief con-
a trolled by Leland, and the Holton Re
q corder, which has been led astray. -
Just to show the truthfulness of the
people who are trying to force Kelly
upon the people of Kansas as state
treasurer so that he will have control
of fha mil Of cfa fA
+ two quotations from other Republican
papers on the Kelly matter The first
is from yesterdays Emporia Gazette, in
an editorial advising the Populists of
Lyon county to vote for the Republican
candidates for the legislature it closes
: with the following:
y And while voting for the two Repub-
: lican representa- tives it will be lust as
h we'll to vote the whole ticket from
: Bailey down-bafring Kelly, if he
i doesn't explain. The Gazette is not in
e viting any Populist to vote for man
: who allows the charge of being thief to
n rest against him without trying to
! prove his innocence
: The other clipping is from the last is
sue of the Hoxie Sentinel, which carries
the Republican ticket at the head of
s inserted: For State Treasur
: Honest Republican" Here is the way
e the Sentinel is mot opposing Kelly
u Some of the Republican papers
!
Il epithets at The few who are conscien-
) tiously opposing the election of T. T
y Kelly, as state treasurer, and perhaps
l. in the same column will spin lone
IS yarn concerning the actions of some
,s fusion candidate Just at present they
= are publishing any and everything they
e can lay their hands on in opposition tC
= w. H. Craddock. when to our mind
L nothing has been charged against him
J. that approaches those made against Kelly
e which are-unrefuted further than a per
n sonal statement from him. Mr.. Kelly
Il may be innocent-we hope he is, but we
contend that no man against whom
= such charges are made, deserves the
= nomination for office on any ticke
l. and especially the Republican, and il
- refusing to support such nominees i.
= party treason. we want the brothers t.
make the most of it.
Brothers, be consistent; either oppos,
= Kelly or let the records of the opposition
- alone The editor of the Oakley Graphi,
y takes the following shot at US, which
:. - is proba bly, very amusing to his readers
- who have had an opportunity to stud!
his politics for the past dozen years
Those three Republican editors in tn
Sixth district who refuse to supper
Tom Kelly for state treasurer must fee
mighty lonesome. 1t must be awful t
have a conscience like they have w,
, are not in a position to speak for tn
X other fellows, but our conscience ha
never been called to smite US TO
lifting something from the forms o
our paper after the regular edition ha,
been printed to make room for a roaS
% on some candidate and then print jus
Y. one paper to send to that candidate
le simply because we wanted to give hin
ne a dig We are not saying that brothe
t Mitten ever resorted to this despica
Ii bic course, but we know brother editors
~ not without the pales of the state, VIII
il have, and some of them are the one
le who are loudest in their censure of tn
n few Republican editors who believ
II. Kelly undeserving and have the coura g
n of their convictions. Our opposition
t. not based upon personal spite or any
e.e4 +ic-io