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HISTOET OF  KAlifSAS.
 

Resolved, That we hereliy denounce any man in public life who will dare to employ
corrupt means in politics, and we, tbe Itepublicans of Kansas, will set our faees steadfastly
against all such, and will endeavor to make the future of Kausas pure and good.

The Philadelphia Republican Convention met June 6, and nominated
U. S. Grant for President, and Henrv Wilson for Vice President.

On Febru.ary 23. a caucus of Liberal Republicans opposed to the re-
nomination of Gen. Grant was held at Topeka. On February 28, an ad¬
dress to the people' was issued signed by M. J. Parrott. S. A. Riggs, N, A.
Adams, Samuel N \Vood and E.l4. Ross, all formerly acting with the Re¬
publicans, opposing the re-nomination of Gen. Gr.ant, severely criticising
his administration, and calling for a convention of Liberal Republicans
opposed to absolutism, imperialism, person.alism, and favoring civil
service and revenue reform.

A Liberal Republican Convention was held at Topeka .Vpril 10. The
leaders in the schismatic movement were, many of thi.'m, Republicans
who had been deservciUy honored by the party in times past, and whose
sincerity and purity of inotive were beyond question. The meeting was
called to order by Alarcus J. Parrott. The ofiicers of the convention were:
President, Samu"el J. Crawfoid; Vice Presidents. l!vrou Sherrv, H. li.
Horn, A. Thoman, C. Willemsen, II. E. Shepherd, W. H. :\Iorris. T. S.
Floyd, E. L. Buesche, F. R. Russell. J. E. JIartin and J. F. Clark; Secre¬
taries, ]M. Benas, W. S. Smith, .loseph G. Waters. The couimittee to
select delegates lo the Cincinnati X'alional Convenlion proposed over one
hundred names, among whom were: ilarcus .1. Parrott. Samuel J. Craw¬
ford, A. Thoman. T.'^ll. Walker, C. C. AlcDowell, S. J. Langdon. E. G.
Ross. A. R. Bancroft, S A. Rigys. F. W. Giles, S. N. Wood, 0. B. Butler,
Byron Sherry. G. T. Pierce, J."F. CottrcU. C. F. Hutchings, W. L. Park¬
inson, J. F." JIcDowell and J. G. Waters. .V State Cintral Committee
was appointed: A. Thoman, (^hairman; S. X. Wood, Secretary; C. .V.
Birnie, J. Butler, J. AValruff, .V R. P.ancroft, L. G. Palmer, .Vlfred Tavlor,
James Humphrey, J. E. Deitze, F. R. Russell, G. H. Hollenberg. .J. E.
Martin and R. H. Bishop.

The Cincinnati National Convention met Maj' 3. and nominated
Horace Greeley for Prcsiilent, and B. Gratz Brown, of Alissouri, as Vice
President of the ITnited States.

The Democratic State Convention met at Topeka, June 11. Ex-Gov.
Wilson Shannon presided. He advocated a coalition of all friends of
reform, and all opponents of centralization and plunder. The third and
fourth plank in the platform adopted read as follows:

ii. Believing, as we do, tbat the i-luef executLve of the nation, and the nominee of the
Republican party for re-election, is utterly unfi^tted for tbe bi-h position he holds; that his
administration of the Ctoverninent stands alone in the history of the nation tor shameless
ignorance, nepotism and tjift-takiug ; for reekless disregard of law and forgetfulness of the
honor of the Republic: for utter want of that diuuity and statesiuansliip which should
characterize the Executive i lovernment of the lirst Itepublic ofthe earth; and that his
continuanee in power would degrade the nation and lie dangerous to the liberties of the
people: so believing, we are willing to join with all good citizens in tbe pending campaign,
in the eH'ort to drive bim from plaee.

4. .\sthis, in our judgment, can be most surely iiee.nuplished by accepting and support¬
ing the platform nnd eandid.ate of the Cincinnati Convention, the deh%'ates this day
accredited to the National Convention at Baltimore- are hereby instructed lli.ttitis the
desire of tbe Democracy that the Xational rouncii of the pai ty shall not plaee a ticket in
the field, but that it shall, in tbe interests of tbe country, and to tbe end that a shameless
administration shall be driven from powei, f.'i\ o its sanction to and its powerful voice in
favor of the nominees and platforms of the Cincinnati (.'onvention. And our delegates are
directed to vote in accordance with tliese re-ohitions.

The delegates to the Baltimore Convention elected were: Wilson
Shannon, Thomas P. Fenlon. E. M. Hulett. R. B. Morris, (4eorge B.
Wood, W. R. Wagstaff, .Tohn :\Iartin, Isaac Sharp, B. F. Devore and T.
W. AVatterson.

The National Democratic Convention met at Baltimore, .Tuly 10,
adopted the Liberal Republican platform of the Cincinnati Convention,
and accepted Greelej- and Brown as tbe Presidential candidates.

A straight Democratic National Convention having been ealled to
meet at Louisville, Ky., September 3, the straight Democrats of Kansas
met in convention at Topeka, .Vugust 27. The delegates chosim to attend
the Louisville Convention were: AA'. H. Peckham, .1, H. Oliver, S. AV.
Brooks, J. AI. Jlari^ravi' and R. E. Laurensen; Alternates. Alorris Holmes,
George E. Williams. J. V. Holt, H H. Stafford and J. T. Curran. The
resolutions endorsed the call for a National Democratic Convention to be
held at Louisville. Ky., on September 23, and instructed the delegates to
"cast the vote of Kansas for that pure and incorruptible statesman,
Charles O'Coiior. for President of the United States."

The Louisville Convention nominated: For President, Charles O'Con-
or; for Vice President, .Tohn C). .Vdams.

The Republican State Convention, for the nomination of State officers,
was held at Topeka September 4. The nominations were as follows:
For Governor (on the tenth ballot), Thomas A. Osborn; for Lieutenant
Governor, E. S. Stover: for Secretary of Slate, William H. Smallwood;
for State Auditor, D. W. Wilder; for Sttite Treasurer, J. E. Hayes; At¬
torney General, .V. L, AVllliams; Superintendent of Public Instruction, II.
D. McCarty; Chief Justice, Samuel .V. Kingman.

Under the apportionment based on the Federal census of 1870, Congress
increased the number of Congressmen to 292. and !;ave Kansas three mem¬
bers, instead of one tis before. Pimding the division of the Slate into
Congressional districts, three inembers were, in 1872. nominated and
elected as Congressmen at Large.

The Republican SUite Congressional Convention was held at La\vreiice
September 4. The nominees for Cniigressinen at Large* were: David P.
Lowe, AA'illiam A. Phillips and Stephen .V. Cobb. Presidential Eleclors
were nominated as follows: Charles IF. Langston, .Tohn (xuthrie, AVilliam
W. Smith, James S. ^lerritt and Louis Weil.

The Liberal Republican and Democratic State Conventions met at
Topeka .September 11. Committees of conference were appointed by the
two assemblies,  through whom a coalition was effected.    Ex Governor

'* The Congressional apportionment, under the Federal Ceosiis of lS7i>. increase,! the number
of Congred3mento292, and gave Kansas three inembers. Pending the apportionment of the State
into Congressional districts, the candidates were nominated " at Large."
 

Charles Robinson presided over the deliberations of the Liberal Republican
Convention; e.x-Governor Wilson Shannon, over those of the Democratic
Convention. The committees of conference appointed by the two bodies
were: Liberal Republican—L. A. Potter, Joshua Wheeler, B. F, Kelley,
P. H. Peters, J. W. Beck, J. Critchfield, Byron Sherry, A. Robinson, A. S.
Deming. H. S. Campbell, Joel Moody, L. G. Palmer, S. J. Langdon, J. F.
AIcDowell, J. M. Mahr, Thomas H. Butler, George P. Smith, M. E.
Chaney, Robert Morrow, P. W. Giles, .Tohn Meigs, Silas Burrell, C. J.
Peckham, S J. Crawford, H. Craik, N. A. Adams, E. A. Eaton, J. H.
Sneed and M. J. Ennessey, Democratic—B. S. Cash, T. J. Dolan, J. P.
Taylor, A. Sims, A. AI. Crockett, W. N. Allen, T. P. Fenlon,  T. J. Lane,

D.  G. (Jampbell, T. II. Ellis, P. Chitwood, S. A. Williams, J. R. Gath-
right, J. D. O'Conner, J. J. Brown, G. W. McMillen, M. Neal, J. Deskins,
N. Cree, J. Martin, J. Merryberry, .V. AI. Van Slyke,  G. W. Houston, H.

E.  Norton, A. A. Jackson, L Sharp, G. W. JIurphy, T. T. Curtis and J.
Foster.

Joint committees agreed upon a platform and a State ticket, which
were reported to the two conventions and adopted. The platform
accepted and endorsed the platforms of principles adopted by the National
Conventions held at Cincinnati and Baltimore, and ratified the nomina¬
tion of Horace Greeley for President, and B. Gratz Brown as Vice Presi¬
dent of the United States.

In the matter of nominating State officers and Members of Congress,
it was agreed that the Liberal Republicans .should nominate the Governor,
two Members of Congress, three Presidential Electors, the State Auditor,
and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Democrats should nom¬
inate one Member of Congress, the Secretary of State, .fudge of the Su¬
preme Court, Lieutenant Governor and two Presidential Electors.

The coalition candidates jointly accepted and nominated were: For
Governor. Thaddeus H. Walker; Lieutenant Governor, John Walruff; Sec¬
retary of State, J. F. W.askey; State Auditor, V. B. Osborne; State Treas¬
urer, Charles H. Pratt; Attorney General, B. P. Waggener; Superintend¬
ent of Public Instruction, L. G. Sawver; Cihief Justice of the Supreme
Court, H. C. McComas; Presidential Electors, Pardee Butler, William H.
Larimer, Fry W. Giles, N. A. English and A. W. Rucker; Members of
Congress at Large, Samuel A. Riggs, W. R. Laughlin and Robert B.
Mitchell; Justice of the Supreme Court, H. C. McComas.

The Greeley State Executive Committee was as follows: Isaac E.
Eaton. Samuel A. Rij^s, Wilson Shannon, Jr., Byron Sherry, M. 8. Beach,
John C. Shea and T. jT Anderson.    Headqwarters at Lawrence.

Straight Democratic Presidenti.al Electors were appointed October 3.
They were as follows: W. H. Peckham, S. W. Brooks, G. E. AVilliams, R.
E. IJaurensen and J. C. Cannon.

The Presidential election and the annual State election occurred
November 5. The Presidential election resulted as follows; Republican
Electors—Grant and AVilson—highest vote for .Tohn Guthrie, 67,048; Lib¬
eral Electors—Greek'}' and Brown—highest vote for Pardee Butler, 33,970;
straight Democratic—O'Conner and Adams—highest vote thrown for W.
H. Peckham .and S. W. Brooks, 156.

The vote for Congressman at Lai are was: Highest Republican, for D.
P. Lowe, 67,400; highest Liberal, for Samuel A. Riggs, 34,450.

For Governor. 'Thomas A. Osborn, Republican, received 66,715 votes;
Thaddeus H. Walker, Liberal, 34,608 votes.

The aggregate vote of tbe State was upward of 101,000. The approxi¬
mate Republican majority was 32,.500.

The aggregate State expenditures for the flscal year ending November
.30, amiranted to .'f;544,192.83. Among the items were the following; Nor¬
mal School, Emporia. $61,522.66; Normal School Leavenworth, $7",567.53;
State Universitv, $68,290 , Penitentiarv, .^104,040.09 ; State House and
grounds, S30.48'6 (17, Insane Asvlum, $22,713, Bbnd Asylum, $10,088.96;
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. $14,300; Agricultural College, $15,033.28;
Freedmen's University, $1,373; .seed wheat, $2,476.25.

1873.

Tiie Tltirteenth Kansas Legi.'<liitvre, Thomas A. Osborn, Governor,
met January 14, adjourned March 7. President of the Senate, E. 8.
Stover; Spe.aker of the House. Josiah Kellogg.

January 31, George AV. Martin was elected State Printer, on the third
ballot, the vote being, for jVIartin, 68; for S. S. Prouty, 58.

The voting for a United States Senator was begun January 88. On
that dav a vote wtis taken in each branch with the following result: Senate
-8. C.'Pomerov, 10; D. iM. Valentine, 1; J. M. Harvey, 6; William A.
Phillips, 2; D. P. Lowe. 5; C. A. Logan, 2; John M. Price, 3; Thomas A.
Osborn, 8; John T. :AIorton, 1; Charles Robinson, 1. House—S. C. Pom¬
eroy, 40; J. :\I. lltirvey, 19; D. P. Lowe, 13; C. A. Logan, 11; John M.
Price, 3; D. .VI, Valen'lini'. 2; John T. Morton, 4; Ch.arles Robinson, 3;
John J. Ingtrlls, 1; T. 11. AValker, 1.

Ctirruption in High Places.—The election of United States Senator
occurred Wednesday, January 29. The joint ballot of the two Houses
was as follows; John J. Ingiills. 115; D.'P. Lowe, 6; Sidney Clarke, 2;
.Vlexander M. York, 2; Charles Robinson, 1; S. A. Kingman, 1.

Before the balloting began. Col. .Vlexander M. York, Senator from
Montgomery County, addressed the joint convention. He stated that on
Monday night he had visited Sen.ator Pomeroy's room, in the dark and
secret recesses of the Tefft House, and there, in an interview with the
Senator, bargained his vote for the said Pomeroy, in consideration of
$8,000, of which sum promised, $8,000 was paid him at the time of the
interview, $5,000 paid him on the following day, and $1,000 promised
when he had cast his vote for Pomeroy. In corroboration of the astound-.
ing disclosure. Col. York advanced to the Chief Clerk's desk, and placed
upon it two parcels of money, whieh he desired should be counted and
held thereafter for the expenses of prosecuting 8. C. Pomeroy for bribery
and corruption. The packages were found to contain, one $8,000 and the
other $5,000—$7,000 in all.   Following this disclosure, Senator Pomeroy