The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1883-04-05

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There are number Of gentlemen in this
town who annually essay the task OF run
ming IL, but VINO are just as certainly beaten
as they show their hands. They claim that
they are urged on by principle. while their
seihshness oil purpose Is just as apparent az
the selhshness OF the other side. They ig-
more the great mass OF the people and their
opinions, and in slyly convened caucuses
put up their tickets or men. After having
satisfactorily cut and dried their job, In
stead OF appealing to the judgment OF those
not consulted, they resort TO species OF
| buiidozing and ostraeism. Once holders
are threatened and business men cajoled
anu pressed. The EAGLE, falling to re-
spohh or close In win Their view OF the SIT
ua,lon, Is denounced as neither flesh, fish or
iowi; as lacking IN backbone; as wanting
IN those elements which would bring 1t up
grandiy as The standard OF 1.-THE good, the
true and the beautiful" andmuch like bosh.
At such times. in their anxiety to have
things go their way, these good friends
would crush The EAGLE without reference
10 Its value to the city and county and not
withstanding all the good 1t may have ac-
compiished In the past, II they had power.
But they haven't.
quite large number OF people would
nave been pleased with new admins
tratlon OF the Affairs oil THIS city ana would
have desired the change this spring. There |
Is only one way to encompass such change, |
as The EAGLE has had occasion to remark
quite often, and that Is through the Repub- |
mean party as an organization. Our party |
has the power TO nominate mayor and all
The other city officers, and to elect them as
SUCH. Ihe Eepublicans OF Wichita can
nominate Tor mayor such men as W $. Cor
belt, a W. Oliver, Johnny Allen, a. A.
hyde, or twenty others whom we could
name, ana elect either-not as prohibit
tionlst, mol as Methodist. Presbyterian, or
as an Episcopalian, not as an anticorpora-
ZIONIST or proteetionlst, but simply as Re-
publican, while 10 force them to carry Ell
ther OF the side issues named would insure
their defeat
The sweat has been gone through with
again ana we want TO say TO these gentle
ihen, wllh0us reference TO their good VIII
or their enmlty, Thai successful newspa-
per cannot bc The vehicle OF It's editors per-
sonar hkcr OF uisllhes, or the likes or us
hikes oil any other man, ring, clique or set,
nor can 1t be the organ Of any power less
IMAM That oil an organized party comprising
at least strong minority OF the whole pco-
PIE Win "hich IL may nave TO no.
THE EAGLE deplores drunkenness with
AL It's ghaauy tram OF crimes and woe; 1t
desplses ali KINDS OF Saihoiing rs well rs all
hihns Oh Tricks, trades, professions or swin-
dleS whereby the money oil one man goes
10 announcer without Il iair equivalent, be-
he'ihs theSe put robbery; and, IL trembies
LOT inc youth OF our homes exposed As they
are 10 the deihoraiizatlon OF practically
iieeh.ea houses oil shame; anu its editor
VIII go rs lar as most OF the men 10 rectiiy ,
these h'd WRONGS put IRE EAGLE mas new
II c'aiiien 10 nc Tue organ oil the prohiDi-
t'ohists' nor VI any SET OF combination save
tlh' Vi tne hepupiicah party. III is iof pu-
my ior charity, ior re'gion' ior soDriety,
ioi cn'si'y' anu against saihplihg' ihtem-
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