Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02
WICHITA REPUBLICANS. READ
A Few Questions Which Ought to be
Honestly Answered by Ev-
cry Republican.

These Democratic managers ana
sharpeGs, and we can name every one
of them--mugwumps and all--are just
now very ready with the argument
that in these little local elections poll
tics ought to be ignored. What they
mean is, that Republicans should ig-
more politics but that Democrats
should stick to their ticket and the
game which il represents. Does any
of the Republicans who are going to
help out the mugwump fraud this
spring know of a Democrat who will
vote the Republican ticket? Don't
won know that every Democrat, even
those who were defeated by the
bosses in convention, Will vote the
Democrat-citizens' ticket, straight
and unscratched: Don't you know
that these same fellows could hardly
wait until Cleveland was inaugurated
before they took steps to Dust every
Republican federal Office holder!
Didn't they, in fact, go about with
petitions asking for the places in the
land Office, postoffice. United States
court officers, ETC., even weeks before
Cleveland was sworn in. aud without
any reference 10 the expira-
ton of Republicans commissions?
wouldn't these same fellows who
now ask you to ignore politics in local
matters kick every Republican out of
every local office in two minutes and
n half if they had the power? Won't
these same fellows when You put them
in power use that power ID do that
thing? Didn't the Democratic coun-
Gil, last SATURDAY. night, in spite of the
protest of the two Republican mem
bers, vote to give their Democratic or
gan the city printing year in ad-
vance, before the expiration of the
old contract, aud do it illegally too?
Don't you know that this saloon howl,
aud prohibition talk, and license prom
Uses, are all the mcrest bosh to catch
votes?
The question for every Republican
in Wichita to settle for himself is
whether he will allow himself to he
misled by the false colors and sharp
practices of few Wichita Democrats
who every year, by ringing in some
outside issue and by putting two or
three Republicans on their ticket,
manage to keep control of the city or
ganization, and by virtue OF that con-
troll in more important campaigns.
to keep The Republican party ON the
ragged edge.
There is no Republican in Wichita
who don't know that the Republicans
are in the majority both in this city
and county, vet it is equally well
known that hardly year passes that
the Democrats do not get away with
some very important county Office.
Not only-is this so but they through
the short-si ehtedness of the Repnbli.
cans render every contest doubtful and
expensive.
Why this is so no observa MT Repub-
lican need ask. Ii is simply because
the Democrats through such games as
is being resorted to this spring, keep
the city organization i'm their own
hands, which organization becomes a
great power against the Republican
party every fail. The question every
fall with every Republican nominee
for county Office is, how will the city
go? Now if the Republican party
held this citv--its organization. its po-
lice force, and all that these things
mean in the way of Organization. there
would be no question as to how the
county would go-no question as TO
whether some Democrat was not 60
ing TO down some good Republican.
Just SC long rs Republicans lend
their votes and influence 10 elect the
Democratic city tickets and carry out
the programmes kept up every year
by very small squad of Democrats
in certain office in this city. just SO
long viii the Republican party be hu-
inflated every year or two by the de-
feat of come honorable nominee of the
party. Ii would be great deal bet
ter if the men who claim to be Repub-
licans, but who every year or two help
TO keep this city under Democratic
control, would go over bodily TO the
Democratic party.