Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-05
A Word With a Democrat.


Democrat has done me the honor to
quote letter which you published for
me the 18th Of August. The way in
which he quoted the three first lines
makes j. little difficult to get their
meaning, but the three first lines are
not of much Importance. Perhaps the
omission of wcrd was unintentional.
| gave that letter the heading of:
"Auother eat let out" and the three
first lines were as follows: "a dude
might have said another feline quadru-
ped exposed to the English gaze," but
prefer to call cat cat.
The editor of the Butler County
Democrat says, just after introducing
my letter to his readers THE action
Of our local prohibitionists in perfect
ing an organization in this city APP
pears to cause considerable uneasiness
among leading Republicans" doubt
very much about the action of that
meeting TO which alluded being able
to cause considerable uneasiness"
among the leading Republicans. II
it has caused considerable measiness
among them do no, know anything
about it. am not one of the leading
Republicans. and | have not been able
to find out from them that they are
uneasy to any considerable exteat.
They appear to be in a hopeful, jubi-
liant mood, and confident of victory
The old gentleman that alluded to in
my letter was DIR. McGinnis. l hope
he will not get out of temper because
l speak of him as an old gentleman.
He is veteran, and have no doubt
that he would make an important fac
tor in skirmi>h yet, for he has got
vim in him. DIR. McGinnis is the pres
ident of tie temperance organization
at EldOrado, and he is as good tenn
perance man As he is Republican.
The opinion which Mr.. G.. f. Lob
dell expressed about the action of a
small number of temperance men
(about twenty who assembled here
on Tuesday evening, August 9th, will
stand the scrutiny OF any number of
fair minded, common sense men.
His words, abiding to the persons
present at that little meeting, were
'their action is ruinous to the catisc."
He is a temperance man who wishes
to see the cause of temperance glori-
ously successful, and for that reason
he favors moderation. 1t is my own
firm opinion that the temperance men
can and will do well by sticking to
their old friends of the Republican
party, the party which has most sym
patty with the temperance movement.
Just imagine lot of thirsty Demo-
Gratis helping temperance men 10 en-
force temperance law.
The thing is an avalanche of absurd
ity. The temperance men know that
an alliance with Democrats would be
Il reirograde, chaotic movement, and
hey will have none OF. | have been
informed by gentlemen who is a
solid and respectable Republican citi-
zen of Ell Dorado. Mr.. John II. Fullin-
wider, that Democrats have been dis
iributing themselves over the face of
our fair county, AID hurrahing for st.
John, whilst they are al The same
time fully determined Ia vote for
Cleveland. What a glit;ering and pre-
eminent absurdiiy it would be to ex-
pect dyed in the wool Democrats to
vote against whisky
1t is an old proverb thai "when the
sky falls we shall al catch iarks," aud
when representative Democrats de-
clare against whisky, we may look
out for the millennium. The Demo-
Gratis can't 'honey fugle" our solid
temperance men to vote against the
Republican candidates.
The editor of the FL Dorado Demo-
crat says this of me: "This friend
of temperance is evidently better
friend of the Republican party" Now
| shall explain my position with re-
gard TO the Republican and the Tenn
perance parties. I have got large
amount of respect for the good, union
saving party, and l hope to vote for
it. The temperance movement is a
grand moral movement, and what is
still better, it is wholly aggressive
movement, and it has my strong SYM
pathy and respect. One solid and
philosophical Republican citizen of
FL Dorado, Mr.. l.. B. Frow, said to
me this morning, when abiding TO
the little batch Of sixteen or there
abouts, who held that temperance
meeting in FL Dorado on the 9th of
August "They are only lot of sore
headed kickers. and they don't amount
TO much" He says that his advice to
them would be such as Artemus Ward
gave upon one occasion: "If you
want to get there quick 90 slow"
lie thinks that the men of extreme
views are acting rather unkindly to-
wards the Republican party at the
present time, and he agrees with me
in the opinion that the temperance
in Kansas has obtained
nearly all OF IFS strength from among
he Republicans Mr.. Frow knows
very well that the men who attended
The little meeting, before alluded to,
do not represent the levcl-headed tenn
perate men of the Temperance party
in Butler county.
The temperance men of Butler
county will "rally around the flag" and
help to roll up the annual Republican
majority for Blaine, Logan, John A.
Marlin and county officers who will
help the people to hold the county
level and solid for the party of pro-
gress.
In his winding-up sentence the edi-
tor of the FL Dorado Democrat, allud-
ing to my letter. says: "This is but
.ample Of the many efforts being
made to bull.doze the prohibitionists
Into going back on their principles
1t was not an effort on my part to
ball-doze the prohibitionists. The
prohibitionists have got too much in
elligence for any man to make a sue
cess of trying to hull-dOzc them.
" ished TO call the attention of temper
snce men to the fact that the Republic
IAN party has been, and is now, the
lily and best friend of the temperance
wrote the above yesterday, but
lid not mail the letter. Yesterday