The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
WHO WILL BE GOVERNOR OF
KANSAS2

who has hem frequently mentioned as a suit
| able man for gUbernatorlal honors, declares
| that be is not candidate and that he VIII not
| be either for chief executive or the state or
| Congressman at Encyclopedia Lance.
| The Mirror drew attention several
months ago 10 the decided fitness Of Colo
mel Murdoch and showed how accepi able
y candidate he would be t. the nt1re
! Southwest and to a large portion OF Cen
/ trail Kansas There i rapidly growing
! feeling that the well-being OF the state Dc
mands dissolution of tie OLD ate house
crowd. whose domineerins dictatoriaiism
and perm .cious political practices have
| done more to SOW di>senSou and Create
| disrrust among tbosr whose national he
| pubIieanism is unquestloned, than any
| other factor, and wi this Object IN view,
| there has been much earnest talk LOOKING
| 10 the formation of great Republican or
ganiZai ion, with Wichita as ITS nun, whlcn
shall be powerful enough not only TO COM
bat any hurtful measures emanat1ng from
| The Topeka iunta, but hardy and nrm
epourh TO originate and sustain any course
which NAV be deemed to be 70 the interest
OF the party Such an organization Will
delight TO honor Marshall NJ. AurdocK--
| Wichita Mirror.
1t would be a selfishness less excusable
than weakness to either pretend insensl-
bility to such expressions as the above,
or to fail of proper acknowledgment.
1t is not because of any want of appre-
alton of the honor that the chief execu-
tiveship of the state confers, nor a dis
trust of our ability, in some average
measure, to acceptably discharge the
duties of the place, that deters US from
responding with an effort to secure our
party's nomination now, no more than
in the past when we were made the
recipient of like endorsements that were
little short of urgent solicitations.
Neither did we then, nor do we now
hesitate from any other distrust or
shrink from any fear of whatever char
acter, The reluctance then was, and
the reason now is, because of
an inherent personal repugnance to
the distractions involved in the prelimi
nary wire-layings, to the humiliating
concessions necessary to be made to the
demands of the many scattered strikers
of high and low degree, and to the ''sat-
isfactory understandings" that must be
had with the higher officials already in
power and their ambitious friends, be-
| fore even primaries can be controlled"
and properly coached delegates secured.
The men who succeed to Office in these
days of masterful political intrigue and
official patronage, are either suddenly
and Unexpectedly swept into place as
newly arizen prophets, or they are men
born to that mild form of treason and
spoils" such as distinguish the struggles,
and mark the many uncertainties and
the conflicting bargains of the modern
politician. 1t has even come to
pass that nominations for township or
county Office is out of the question in the
absence of a previous fixing" by the
candidate or by his friends. Public
preference or popular choice cut but
little figure except in such isolated cases
as where these are strong enough to
sweep down all local nests and petty or
ganized rings. In other words, it would
not be because of any Discrimination to
accept our party's nomination and to
make the best canvass in our power for
its interests and success, but the newt
able humiliating struggle that must pre-
| = a.. 4 l,a
consent of all the hosts of big and little
fixers who name the delegates that con-
stitute the nominating convention.
And there is another phase of the mat
ter: The politicians of the state have
not forgotten the eagles Rebellion. ="
Whether that rebellion" cost the party
much or little, it was nevertheless an
honest protest against SO much boss die
tation and ring rule, or, in other words,
it was against the idea that certain
''old crowd" should continue to dictate
what should be Republican doctrine in
Kansas, and at the same time hold all
the offices, state and Federal, by passing
them around amongst themselves. That
element still holds sway, largely, in this
state, and if the next governor of Kansas
is not one of their own number, then the
one whom you have so kindly named
above will be very much surprised. In
fine, the next governor of Kansas,
and the next, will be men
who have been in office almost
continuously,-be the men who have in
the past, who now, and who will hold
the necessary prestige and patronage to
control in the selection of the delegates
who will in turn name such as their
party's candidates.
Notwithstanding all of which the ed
itors of the above papers quoted, together
with those of two or three others who
have within week or two spoken in
like complimentary terms, will please
accept our sincerest thanks, our only re-
greet being that in this instance we can
not assure them of remen brance when
we shall have "come into our kingdom
for the reason simple to many, even il
sad to some, INCLUDING the humble writer,
that there is no present or remote pros
pect of our getting there.
IOWA Is Tbs PLACE.
A collector of customs in the prohiei-
ton state of Maine has been in a fix,