Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-16
Ed. Dorsey's Democracy.

From expressions made by his organ, the
Times, it seems probable that the spirit of
the EAGLE's opposition to Ed. Dorsey has
not been interpreted Alright by everybody
Some men seem incapable of separating =
man from his politics. We are not afflicted
in that way. There are Democrats who We
like personally, men with whom We would
trust our honor, our property or anything,
men who would disdain TO do dishonorable
personal act or a treschcrous one. They are
men in the fullest sense Of the term, as such
we confide in them. They are better than
their psrty. at least personally they are so to
us. While we like and would trust them much
farther than we would some others we know,
We nevertheless have no use for the party to
which they belong. Individually these
friends are good men but their party steams
with treschery. Its history to us is odious
rs treason itself, because it WAS the party Of
treason. Our memory has it SO recorded,
history has it so recorded, and we
don't want party of such inf
deity, and turpetade to obtain control
Of this great free government. These men
whom We know and trust as individuals are
not superior to that old bunker party in the
sense that they control it, for there is spirit
in party that no man, nor set ofmen, nor
state full Of men, can control. That spirit in
the Democratic party is against few institu-
tons, against Nation which shall rule
America, against the honest poor man,
further than it can use his vote. That spirit
will come to the front if ever in this genera
ton the Democratic party comes into power.
That spirit was evinced in the Tammant
meeting last Friday night. But we digress,
Ed Dorsey we always liked as a man, and
always trusted him as an official, but he
failed in the hour of trial of his political
principles His associations or something
else played him false or misled him. After
the Republican party had honored and trusted
him for years, he failed in that hour to trust
the party or the men who composed it, and
went over TO the enemy. The enemy took
him in and gave him the seat of honor, moi
because they liked Ed. or desired to trust
him, but wholly and solely because that
enemy thought that Dorsey could and
would mislead or induce his friends to do as
be had done, and thereby give them VIC
tory over the Republican party which they
in no other way could gain. Its that spirit
Of Democracy of which we spoke above
II will stoop to anything for success. 1t
will cut the throat of the best and truest
man in its own household, and elevate the
most bitter enemy, if thereby it can gain or
win success. In other words, Ed. Dorsey,
who It now appears, wanted to go to the
legislature, instead Of asking the party and
the men who had known him longest and
best for that honor. goes to the euemy of
those friends and eccepts their aid, with the
understanding, covert or otherwise, that he
turn his friends over TO the enemy also, at
least SO far AS to endorse his action and to
vote for him. They will, from this ON TO
election day, treat him royalty, Aatter him.
praise him 10 Others, and urge him To press
his Republican friends to come over and
vote for him. OF course they will do this.
But strong as Ed.was in personal friendships,
and strong as he may be to-day, there is
something beyor1, and, in one sense, over
and above personal friendship in campaign
that is seeking 10 down principle and ruin
the Republican party, and Ed, and the
Domocratics, that nominated him as de-
coy duck, will find it out.