The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
COUNTY REPUBLICANS

The Republican central committee OF
Sedgwick county has been called to meet
tomorrow, Saturday, the 18th, at Gar
field hall, to complete arrangements fol-
a county convention tor the nomination
of a ticket for the election this fall. The
Republicans of Kansas are aroused as
they have not been in years 1t Is dlffi-
cult to find genuine Republican, who
is such from principle, who is not
earnestly concerned that no mistakes be
made by committees to the end that con-
ventions may be full and representative
in character, and the nominees of un-
questioned Republican antecedents and
in every other way capable and trust
worthy. The Wichita squad of
bosses, known as the Demo
cratic party, and who have
always manipulated in their own inter
ests the contingent constituting the rank
and file of the Democratic party, have
agreed to sell out to the Alliance for
two or three county offices. Three Off
GERS are already members Of the Alliance
but they are members of the Democratic
squad, so that they will run as Alliance
men but in the interest of the Demo
cratic party, the rank and file of which
will vote the mongrel ticket straight.
When it comes to the polls and voting
there will be 10 Democrats in Sedgwick
county this fall, but when it comes
to the offices in which there are
spoils there will be no Alliance party.
That, at least, is the program of the
Democratic squad.
So far as is known or as can be seen
there is nothing to divide the Republi
can party of Sedgwick county this fall.
If the central committee, the primaries
and the convention do their whole duty,
in manly way, every man with drop
of Republican blood in his veins,
will be ready, will be eager
for the fight. Combined enemies
never scared a Republican. Republi-
cans, as a rule, are only defeated by
wrongs and dissentions within
their own ranks. Sedgwick is
great and glorious Republican county,
and Wichita Republican city, but
through disreputabfe trades and dicker-
ingS made by the Democratic squad in
this city, together with the lack of har-
mony in the Republican party, Demo-
Gratis fill most of the important offices.
In other words, we are a community of
stalwart Republicans being ruled by
lot of scheminG, trading Democrats, who
have been so successfully playing the
Alliance and disgruntled Republicans
that they now refuse to listen to the adj
vice of the Democratic state central COM
mittee. In short the Democratic bosses
who run things in this county
will sacrifice their organization,
or any supposed principle, or make any
combination or trade to secure the office.
They are for Union Labor, for Citizens
Alliance, for Resubmission, for Farmers
Alliance, for anything and everything of
whatever name or character if they can
only get their particular men into place
of political power and political patron
age.
There being nothing to divide or dis
tract the Republican party this fall, and
only earnest determination everywhere
among Republicans to clean and clear
matters up generally, the central COM
mittee is exhorted to do active, honest
work for a representative convention and |
an unapproachable ticket.