The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-22
For the EAGLk.
Reform Meeting at the Duncan
School House.

Mr.. EDITOR, The Independent Re-
form Movement all a-blaZc," was the
flaming heading to some half dozen
posters we noticed sticking OH the
walls of our school house on Sunday
last. AS this contlagration was to be
at its highest on Monday night we
went over to see the blaze. 1t was an
extraordinary occasion. Our demo
cratic friends from the upper end of
the district were all there, and be il
known its some time since we have met
these friends at the school house. From
your city came Col. English, Judge
Fisher, DR.. Furlcy and Mr.. Jewett,
junior. Neighbor Dewing was called
to the chair and the Colonel first ad-
dressed us. lie gave us quite glow
ing account of the convention which
nominated their state ticket: told us
how very pure was the atmosphere
surrounding it, and how impossible it
was for anything but the purified to
ge. any show before that BODY. but
didn't say anything about that county
convention at Wichita Next DIR. Fur
ley took the floor. ''IIc had a record
of his neighbor quite handy on the
shelf" His fellow feeling" didn't
seem to make him SO wondrous kind
toward DIR. Allen, 1--WE don't know as
it ever did, After dwelling at some
length upon the Doctors record he sat
down and the Judge came forward.
His own record was the first thing in
order. and was decidedly interesting.
Then he blazcd away at the editor of
the EAGLE. That Marsh Murdoch had
limited through his columns that he
could give something of the record of
one o: their candidates aid oh hor-
rors, didn't the Judge 90 for him: and
you know that we republicans had al
ways thought that it was our right to
pry into the record of those seeking
Office. Yes and we do vet. The vir-
tuous Indignation of Judge Fisher to
the contrary. notwithstanding. lie
also dwelt at length upon the record
of DIR. Allen, telling us to what excru-
eating pain and torture he would sub
nit sooner than vote for him This
record talk may have been very full of
information to the democrats. but we
are satisfied that every republican vot-
err present knew the record of DR.. Al
len quite as well before they heard ii
on Monday night as afterwards. But
the Judge talked like he would some
time treat us to an article on "The
Nenality of the Press" OF course il
will be interesting. Wonder if he
won't, in his article, take special note
OF the press run by Nelson Abbot
who turned Off the copperhead sheet
in Illinois. The movement is for the
republicans" the Judge says ''and many
of the most faithful workers of them
are into it." To what member of the
county ticket did he refer? Was ii
Mr. Jewett. whom We are told scarce
ly ever went to the polls to vote. Was
it Col. English, who has always used
what ability he may have in opposi-
ton to that party. Mr. Ralph who
has no political precedent whatever.
or some of their other candidates.
After a fruitless attempt on the part
of the chairman to get Judge Fisher TO
repeat some old worn out charge
against Mr.. Stanley, Col. English
again took the floor and wrathfully
his mental batteries at poor
old Pomerov Now it don't look so
bad for the Judge TO give our editors
u little back action abuse, for they oc-
cupy a position of defence, but Pom
erey has long since been consigned to
his political grave by the republican |
party: he is as soldies made captive |
and disarmed. and il rather shows lack 1
Of gallantry in our purified friends to |
ven, their spleen upon him in this way.
Il is also little hard that the repufV
lean party which was the first in his
,ory to search out and punish corrup- /
ion in its own ranks should be so We
belabored because of the Of
ences which il is thus furnishing.
Platforms had not been discussed or
bu. the meeting adjourned /
,iae die and each departed TO his re-
pective home, wondering no doubt |
Terily how many ways there are of
for reform. FARMER h.