Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-01
"comE, LET US REASON TOGETHER. ,

A vote based upon reason is ever safer
than the ballot OF the blind partisan, and
the party that only appeals to prejudices
must fail In the end. There are quite Il
number OF men in Sedgwick county who
have for years acted and voted with the Re-
publican party simply because that party
more nearly represented their beliefs, but
who, all the time, felt that there were is
sues and steps higher and beyond any
adopted by the party. These men hope
that ultimately temperance will be the rule
OF the land. TO such we address ourselves
upon the present situation in Sedgwick
county.
There is desperate struggle going on In
this county to-day between the Republican
party organization upon the one side, and
a whiskey organization upon the other. 1t
Is fight organized and forced by the lead
ers Of the saloon interest in this city, which
fight must eliminate next Tuesday. The
Republican party simply resolved that it is
the duty OF all good citizens to stand by
the law Of the land, upon which
platform it placed men Of unimpeachabIe
integrity. The saloon interest fearing a
triumph OF the Republican nominees more
than the party's declaration or PLATFORM
organized and raised money to defeat these
nominees, and to elect certain other candi-
dates Of the Democratic party. Thus the
issue was forced upon the Republican par
ty whether they would or not. Emisaries
Of this saloon organ ization, provided with
money gotten from the whiskey traffic, have
been sent abroad throughout this county
and judicial district with instructions
where and how to use it for the defeat of
the Republican nominees, especially Of the
sheriff and judge. Now, in the face of this
undisputed state Of affairs, this wanton po-
litical outrage, there is a class of men in
this county who are playing directly into
the interest OF saloon victory. They are
doing this by seeking votes for men who
there is no hope of electing. They are per-
suading men away from the Republican
nominees when the defeat of the Republi-
can party means the triumph, not Of the
Democratic party, but the saloon organiza-
ton OF this city, which has pledged itself
to the work OF Democratic victory. So
they have found in the Republican party
the elements which haye sustained and
nurtured the cause for which they are
and the defeat Of that party means
the triumph Of their worst enemy. For
the sake Of q sentiment, or q prejudice,
will you throw your votes away on indie.
pendent candidates, and thereby make pos
sible the rule Of men whose daily business
is n warfare against morals and good gov.
men who organize as 4 class, and
raise money to beat the law of the land in
the use Of corrupt means and by selecting
the officers Of our courts
The fight has come down to that status in
this county, in this campaign, that every
vote that is not cast for the Republican
nominees is vote in the direct interest OF
those who propose to defy the law by the
election Of their own tools. This saloon
organization would give hundreds OF dol.
lars rather than that Moore or Taylor, tho
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track, as they know-as everybody knows,
or ought TO know-thst every vote cast for
either Taylor or Moore tends to defeat the
Republican ticket, and is, therefore, iii.
rectly in the interest of the saloon organi.
cation which is spending its money in the
same direction.
Look the result of next Tuesdays elec-
ton square in the face before casting your
ballot, ye men who are opposed to saloon
rule.