The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-10

| Against constitutional convention. 49l
THE EFFECT OF THE NEWS
1t is not safe for man to hurrah for
anybody for about two days after the cleo
| ton. The best way is to saw wood and
wait to hear from the rural districts"
AT An early hour before dawn yesterday
morning everything was sunshine in the
Republican headquarters, while gloom
was SO dense at Alliance headquarters that
one could almost cut it with knife into
big chunks. John Hume's face was
wreathed IN smiles while Rufs
Cones face was as long as
a yard stick. AT the Democrat
headquarters the feeling ran to hand
shaking over the national result for
certainly they received as much good
news for one day as any people. even
Democrats, could wish for. OF course
they felt little sore over what appeared
to be a defeat for fusion in the state, but
they philosophically concluded that they
had glory enough for one day and didn't
leave their apparent defeat in the state to
bother them very much. Before noon
things began to change as it does in all
such cases and the feelings of both sides
was exactly reversed. John Humes face
became longer and longer as the sun
assembled the heavens while Rufe Cones
face became shorter and shorter and
brighter Fred Bailey. the Populist con-
gressional chairman was sick at heart
early in the morning but about noon he
skipped around as light as a peacock and
said TO his friends Il told you so" with
an air that would lead no one to believe
how badly he felt in the morning Frank
Goode, the Republican congressional COM
mtteeman, manifested the GOODNESS of 4
Grant all the way through. Good news
had no more effect on his head than bad
news, and when everybody else was ex-
cited aud enthusiastic oaer what they be-
lieved to be Simpsons defeat, he coolly
went on figuring as if it was matter Of
course. The fact of the matter was that
Mr.. Goode had system of mathematical
combinations which he kept calculating
right along, marking debts here and
credits there. rs losses and gains were
shown. Be it said to his credit that there
probably was no man in the district that
had made more accurate compilations
than he did, and the variations between
the returns and his figures We're so slight
all the way through as not to be notice.
able to anybody but a man who has
especial talents as politician.
When it became apparent that the state
was leaning toward the Populist side, that
Jerry Simpsons scalp was saved, and that
Cleveland had carried everything doubtful
and was battering at the towering walls of
Republican strongholds with damaging
effect, the fusouisrs became very enthusi-
astic and could hardly contain themselves
They yelled and hurrahed and cut thous-
and other kinds of capers to express their
enthusiasm Many of them bad quite
another way of celebrating the event, but
they probably were celebrating the victory
of the constitutional convention and the
probability of resubmission. Well. they
really felt good and considered themselves
as having u perfect right to step over the
chalk line a little. The police force acted
very liberal with them and they had the
freedom of the city SO to speak. The Re-
pubIicaus had nothing to console them
selves with. not even the probability of
winning any bets. They felt exactly like
the Democrats say they felt four years ago,
and perhaps they did. OF course it is
natural for drowning man to cling to q
straw aud this characteristic WAS very
noticeable on Republicans last night. AT
least 500 of them telephoned to the EAGLE
office during the night and feeliugly iu-
quired for the condition of Vermont and
PENNSYLVANIA and upon being told they
were safely Re. ublicsn they piously
thanked the Lord and ruug of.