Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
WHISKY AND DEMOCRACY.
A Thin Dodge to Catch Republican
Support.

WHISKY AND DEMOCRACY.
A Thin Dodge to Catch Republican
Support.
Ii is human nature 10 sympathizc
with those in distress and to pity, even
an enemy. thet is made 20 vicarionsiy
suffer. The Beacon. in its night be-
fore lasts Issue. mandates itself on
the much-abnsed altar of personal lib
erty, an unwilling sacrifice TO the
/ Democratic god. w',isk,. We say I'M
willing. hcca,ise the editor of the city
organ is not such slave To the bottle
as he would have as believe, nor is he
such friend TO the saloon nor such
an enemy TO temperance rs his words
would seem to indicate. The whole
secret of that columns wall, under the
head of slow often will the liberaI
voter be roped in," lies in the fact
that the Republicans of Wichita pro-
pose 10 act for themselves and 10 NOM
imaie and ran their oen ticket rather
Than 10 longer play into the hands of
few week Democratic bosses who
have managed. for years, by appeal
ing To unworthy prejudices and low
instincts, 20 keep control of this
city. Without whisky or the saloon,
democracy is always at a
disadvantage. No Democratic party
paper can make fight in the absence
of these elements, so we were not sur
pri-cd to sec the Beacon Juggling in
the corpse of an issue that is so dead
50 far rs the interests of the present
city campaign are concerned that. no
amount of stirring by the Beacon or
by any body else can ever make it
stiuk. Had the Democrats of Wichita
the p"wer TO make Fritz Snitzler
MAYOR and he the power to select his
own council, no open or licensed sa-
looms would be run in Wichita. The
convictions nor desires of the city
council can possibly cut any figure in
the whiskcy or saloon question. and
any man who thinks such a
thing possible lacks good sense,
and any politician "r paper
who tries to make it appear that it
docs, is an unblushing demagogue.
The last legislature lifted that matter
beyond the control of any city OF
county, beyond the actions, or want
Of actions. of any or all local or coun-
tv Officer II this were not sn, whs
dom, the present Democratic usyor
and Democratic council make them
selves felt in the direction of licensing
few sa.oons? The city administra-
ton, in so far as that question cuts any
figure. is powcrless. Aud il makes
not whit of difference whether the
EAGLE is a prohibition or an anti
prohibition paper, 80 far as the city
election this spring is concerned, and
all long winded attempts of our dis
pairing neighbour to drag il into such
a fight will prove futile.
Wichita has always been m anti
prohibition town. but at every gem
eral election it has Just rs sqnarely
shown that it Is n Republican town.
Mediocre Democrats have taken ad-
vantage of he large liberal Retubli-
can element TO get themselves into
office apd so torye rs Wichita, a Re-
publican city. has been rGn-we will
Mt saw govcrnei-hy the Democrats.
" ho have never neglected q chance 20
use tic power thus gained
against the Republican, party
aud II, pabican tickets of The county.
Republicans, having grown tired of
this game, propose bow to look little
after their own interests and NJ whis-
Ky howl that the Bcac n or the Dem
ocratic party can invent, ar set up.
viii deter them from voting for Re
publicans instead of Dem ocrat-.
As for the question of resublnissiun,
a constitutional convention, ctr, these |
questions will undoubtedly come 10
the surface again IN future state cam /
paigps. The State being overwhelm-
ing Republican ihev are questions
which will be decided by the Republic /
eau party. But they have no senti-
mental nor practical bearing on the
local campaigns of this spring.
For our own part we believe the ma
jlriiy oughi to rule and the Demo- f.,
Gratis are not in the majority in Wich- !
tia. We believe furthermore that a
Republican is just as good as Dem
ocrat and that 10 Republican ought
10 permit himself to he wheedled by !
specious pleas and smart dodges OF
Democratic candidates to voting
against his own party and his own
candidates and TO voting for some /
Democrat who sails under a false |
flag, only to get into places of power
or for some pretended Republican,
who is found working with the Demo
Gratis 10 beat his own party.
The ticket put up by the Republic
can convention, and found at the head |
of these columns, is just as good as
can be ha ched by the bosses, who
have FOR some time run this city. We
don't care what name they ma, con-
clude to sail under, how loud they
may call out Citizens ticket" or
"'l:berai ticket" or how many Repub-
licaus they may place on their ticket
to catch votes, il will be all the same
a Democratic arrangement and in the
interest of the old ring, which gave
Us the state of affairs we had in this
city last fall, when il was necessary to
form a vigilance committee.
TOMMY HENDRICKS.
The iioUs!or of sore toe notoriety
has caught sore head also. Uncle