Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-16
A LINE OF BATTLE.
To the Editor Of the Newton Republican.

There is no doubt pretty good chance
now to make great deal of trouble fol
the Republicans in the next Kansas cam
paign over the work of the last legislature
and good licking would do the party
good. If some shrewd, clean, fresh mar
could go through the records and extract
the real points for campaign and put
them before the people properly, he could
make trouble for the Republicans. The
air about Topeka is either laden with
faisehood or else there has been much bad
work about the capitol in the last few
years by so-called Republican leaders OF
the legislature who worked for individuals
rather than for the good OF the state"
The above talk is from a stalwart Re
publican, one of the true blues, and indi-
Gates the storm that is coming. When
it happens in Kansas, with her boosted
temperance principle, that men can go
to Topeka, either as state officers or even
as legislators, and can openly indulge in
drunkenness and dissipation of all kinds;
when men are known to be bribed,
as IN insurance matters last winter;
when railroads fill the halls of
legislation with a lot of bummers whose
only business is to defeat all railroad
legislation that is Objectionable to the
roads; when lot of men who, it is sup
posed, have minds forget to provide for
many of our state institutions-when
such men as these attempt to run Kan
sas on the strength of the 80, 900 MAORI
ty, it makes the honorable men of the
party everlastingly tired.
Not long since we listened to CONVEX
sation between two representative men
on this same topic. One, man of nigh
official position. said with much empha-
sis, 81 tell you that if some clean, bright
Democrat would go to the state house
and examine the records and would
show the people Of this state what has
been done by the e. o. p. and what is
being done, the Democrats would defeat
US next time; but they never catch on,
the only thing a Democrat can see OF
smell is whisky bottle. Let him drop
prohibition ard tackle the Repub-
licans on their record, and win;
let him show ths people how
the state convention is managed; how
the Hon. jim i and J. Rats and men of
that ilk gather around some table and
discuss and arrange the platform before
the convention is Called how they look
out for breakers on the temperance side
and boil down the tatfy for the woman
suffrag Favorable consideration"
or something like it-how the tariff is
dressed up for the hungry populace.
The convention meets, elects its officers;
committees are appointed and the COM
mittee of platform Is astonished to find
its work already prepared and ready for
report, and the old granger OF young
delegate thinks that's mighty fine
piece OF work, not knowing the adroit-
ness that proved every word of 1T. Then
let him take the last egislature-and no
microscope is needed to display this
fraud. A volume would be needed to
write up the mean, foolish and
idiotic work of that august body.
Then there is that big elephant
of a reformatory out at Hutchinson. That
means big steal that might interest an
innocent tax payer. The state needs
about as much as it does
state school for wet nurses. The state
printing might be sweet mOrsel to di-
gest-the tons upon tons of worthless
matter that is printed annually for the
benefit of the state printer; the appoint
ment of well known dead beats on state
boards, and while they are in the bust
ness there might be some fun in show
ing up the ring that runs the state, the
gang" that snaps the lash that causes
our worthy executive to prance."
SIS not this treasonable?" l inquired.
"Ah! yes, it is treason; | almost forget
am a Republican" All this breeds re-
bellion.-Ed. Republican.