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Kansas Politics

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
October
Year
1884
Copyright
Public Domain
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The lollowinjí extract trom a letter to tlie Advauce, written by Kev. Richard Cordley, well known to many Aun Albor people, gires a good dea of the politica! eituation in that state, and we cominead it to our temperante readers in particular : A cuiious clrcumstance Is, tliat our democratie governor, wlio, two years ago piedicted that prolilbltion would stop lmmiSration and ruin the state, is now claiming the credit for the failure of bil own predietion He asks to be re-elected, thatthls prosperity whlch he has brougbt about may continue Politics are somewiiat "mixed." The republlean convention endorsed prohibition a8 the Hettled policy of the state. Thereupon the whisky ineu cailed aconvention of "re-submission republicans." As the democratie convention, liowever, denounced prohibition and declared for re-submission, this new whisky party voted to co-operate with the demócrata. How large adraflthis will make on the republiean vote it Is not yet possible toleli, though the best jndges afflrm that the republiean ticket will receive not less than .'(0,1)00 mnjor1ty. I was often asked, while east, wbat show St. .Tohn hsd for oarryina Kansas. I replied, invariably, "None whatever; and more than that. hls vote would lie yery email." slnee returulng, I am more than conflrmed in this judgment. St John bas raany warm friends in Kansas and is hlghly esteemed ; but all the most jutlielous temperance meu thlnk separate action unwise at this time. They say the problbltlonIstsareamajorily in the ivpuljlicnn party what has been done has been through that party; the saloon men havo deserted it on account of lts temperance record, and it would beboth unwiseand unjust for tlie temperance men to secede on the olber side. Tlie ouly possibleresult would be to tbrow the state in the hands of the demócrata, who are pledged to break down our whole system of temperance lesislatton. I see Carter Harr sou. tbebtterest enemy of temperance in Illinois, expectsto be elected "tbrongb hls friends, the probibitlonists." The prohibition ists of Kansas do not propose to be used for any sucli purpose. The man Fanning wliom K. E Prazer so unmercifully scoied In that opei) letter business, replied that Frazer was not sincere, and was speuking for the republicans for pay. We notice on tlie printcd circular of gpeakers sent out by the prohibitionists the name of " W. J. Fanning $50 per week and expenses." And not satislied witli pay he wants notoriety also, and is running; for congress. Candidato don't usually get pay for speaking in their own belialf. But the re is no accounting for the vagaries of stich peculiar crauks. ltev. John Russell is also running for office, and he is listed at $25 per night, lo teil the people why he should bc elected. I). P. Sagendorph gets $13, and so on. Kt. John'i $10,000 will neaily all o into the pockets of the Michigan candidates at this rato. A pretty lot to howl abotit " ipeaktng for pay," are tlmy nol f

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Ann Arbor Courier
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