Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

The Republicans open the fall cam
paign for Sedgwick county tonight, IN
this city. 1t is high time. Not few
who have given their political adhesion
with unwavering devotion and for lie
time to the untarnished principles OF the
only party which has ever done anything
worth naming in the direction OF pure
government and for the elevation or
humanity, are growing Enthusiastically
weary Of the unmeaning fury CT the
Democrats, and Of their poorly disguised
hypocracy. This Democratic corpora
ton being elated over former success
which was encompassed by lnstigatlng
ouarrels and misunderstanding within
the ranks of the Republican party
OF Sedgwick county, are now
attempting to force a false issue, hoping
thereby for another victory, Another
such victory this fail for them would
practically put the greatest county IN
the state. with all its vast political IN
terests and with its magnificent Repub-
lican record of honest and wise rule,
into the hands Of the Democracy. That
party has but to capture two additional
officials, those Of commissioner and
sheriff. TO be able to not only
swing this. the most populous
county in the state, into the Demo-
critic pool, but to deprive this
people, practically of any voice in the af-
fairs of the state, by placing this city
and county in such a position as to rem
der their wishes and interests Of no i'm
portance to the law-making power. The
man who denies either the proposition
or conclusion we thus make does it
through ignorance or because he would
misead.
Kansas is Republican, overwhelming
" Republican, and viii remain SO.
Should all OF her greater
cities, counting Wichita, Kansas City,
Topeka. Leavenworth and Atchison, go
Democrat, by the strongest possible
maiorities, it would not effect the
Republicanism of the state, which is
made up of almost a hundred rural
counties; beside, every one of which
rural counties will remain Republi-
can at least for generation. If
the representatives in the legislature of
these cities named were all Democratic
they would constitute but dozen in a
body of more than one hundred
and fifty, and they would be pro-
portionally ignored. Whatever this
county or any other county
of Kansas receives politically or other
wise from the state must be received at
the hands of Republican legislature,
and they can only receive and only have
influence with that body by being in full
political sympathy and accord with it.
The most foolish issues, the silliest
twaddle being used by the papers and
bosses of the combination which hopes
county this fall, are those Of resubmis-
sion, high license, etc. The election this |
fall has no more bearing on the !
question of resubmission than does a |
lost glimmer of last months moon. The |
man who claims that it does is either |
knave or exceedingly prejudiced. In |
the election of senators and representa- |
tives to the legislature only can that |
matter be touched, and then only by |
electing sound Republicans of admitted |
strength and prominence. The great |
majority of that body, coming from ru-
raj Republican counties, can be nhu- |
enced the most strongly by Republicans
of admitted strength and eminence. |
Should the five or six leading cities IN
the state make the mistake of send
ing Democratic representatives and |
senators to the legislature, all |
possible show OF resubmission would be
postponed for years. if not forever. But
a legislature is not to be elected this fall.
If it were to be it would prove suicidal
blunder for any man, whether Republic
can or Democrat desiring resubmission,
or constitutional convention, to help
send Democrats into body which
would delight in sitting down on any
thing they might ask.
We viii not deny that many strong
Republicans, representative party men,
and even some prohibitionists, desire a
n resubmission of the prohibition amend
ment to the constitution. But these for
the greatest part very well understand
that these things can only be encom-
passed through the consent and by the
action of the dominant party in the
state, and in the legislature; these men
know that should Sedgwick county and
Wichita make one more step Democrat
toward that as community we would
become political cypher in the affairs
of Kansas, our voice unheeded
and our wishes despised. Before
q resubmisSion or before new
or before any other step
can come, which will afford another OPP
portunity to test the viii of the people
touching the liquor question, majority
of Republican legislature must be con-
WINGED that majority of the RepubIi-