The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-14
DEMOP0PULIST DAY.
THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT
CAMPAIGN WELL ATTENDED,.
The Procession Contained 4l5 Vehicles,
773 Voters and Required One
Hour and Seven Minutes to
Pass a Given Point.
One of the Marshals Of the Day Pro-
nounoes It Not Nearly SO Large
as the Demonstration Held
Here Two Years Ago

pies party and the Democrats were strictly
sin it."
1t was the day appointed some six weeks
ago for the opening of the state, district
and county campaign, for this county, and
ever since extensive preparations were
| being made to make it eclipse the demon
stration of two years ago. The committee
reasoned that it must be All event that
must save votes and if possible make them.
Chairman Cone of the Peoples parry in.
sisted that if the demonstration was made
more of success than it was two years
ago it would make 500 votes, while if it
was not go great the probability is that a
loss of 500 votes would ensue. The Demo-
cratic leaders contended that the gain or
| loss would be ], 900 votes while Mr.. Kies of
the Commoner and other Peoples party
leaders insisted that the gain or loss would
not be as large as either figures. At
| any rate the central idea in the
arrangements was to make it
eclipse the demonstration of TWO years ago
Accordingly very pressing appeal was
sent out through the district for material
| to make showing and five of the largest
counties IN the Arkansas valley responded
With good sized delegations. 1t was
claimed yesterday and some DAYS previous
by enthusiasts that there would be $1,000
people in the procession, while people who
claimed to be conservative put the prob
able number down at Il, 000 Sensible men
in all parties knew, of course, that all
these estimates were nonsense, as only
about 5000 people. they claimed. were in
the procession of two years ago. l. n.
Dean, one of the marshals of the day in
yesterdays parade, who also saw the pa
rade two years ago. told an EAGLE re-
porter that yesterdays parade was not as
large as the one two years ago and that it
would be nonsense to claim otherwise He
attributed the shortage to the busy season
in the rural districts.
Apart from this excuse, if there is really
anything in it, everything was very auspi-
clous for an immense crowd as the
weather was fine, railroad excursion rates
satisfactory, extensive advertising and
such excellent attractions, to say nothing
OF the incentive heretofore suggested with
reference TO the necessity of n larger crowd
than before. The leaders are not quite
satisfied with the result. all of which
shows that they are hard to please, for no
one but an unreasonable person would ex-
pect better turnout this presidential
year when people are thinking seriously on
the results of the election without the
success of the Republican party. While
the demonstration was not as much of
success rs the leaders, in their enthus-
asm, expected, nc one can fairly and justly
say that it was failure. The EAGLE
made it point to secure all the details
with the utmost accuracy, and while
its figures are much higher than the
average estimate, and only exceeded by
two other estimates yet they are correct
for under the system adopted it was i'm
possible TO make mistake. According 10
the count made, viewing the parade as it
passed the Office, there were i'll line 4l6
vehicles, T73 voters aud L. 6S women, boys
and children. There were thirty vehicles
in the parade that contained no voter at
all. There were also in the parade five
colored people. The two higher estimates
made of the number of voters in the pro-
cession were BY A. NJ. Colson and Charles |
Van Eaton of Caldwell and kingfsher re-
spectively. who found 20 and some other !
man whose name could not be learned who |
insists that he counted 500 voters. These |
mistakes could have been easily made be-
cause one party might think that young |
man was a voter while another might |
think he was not In all the estimates |
made every man in the parade, whether |
be lived in Kansas or Vermont, vino seem
Ell to be over twenty-one, was counted |
as voter. In one instance
only the count of the wagons !
made by the EAGLE was exceeded and that |
was by Charles Mills, a Peoples party |
man, and II. NJ. Rice, Republican, who
found 4SS vehicles including everything,
band wagons advertising floats ard every.
thing which the EAGLE man did not count
as they did not properly belong to the pro.
cessiou. Seven other counts made at that
many street crossings fell short of the
EAGLES count all the way from two TO
thirty-one in the number of vehicles and
from one 10 fifty-four in the numbers Of
voters. At the corner of Second and Main
a count was made and rs voters were
found, but tally was made OF those who /
doubled down and appeared in the pro-
cession twice and therefore il was reduced
to trifie over 500 actual voters. The EAGLE
man only noticed one vehicle that had
doubled and thought that was even a mis-
take: but it is said that the doubling plan
was carried on pretty extensively. This,
however, has come to the EAGLE second
handed aud therefore cannot be vouched
for.
The bead Of the procession reached the
EAGLE Office at exactly 1855 a. m. and the
end of it passed at 1902 p, m. II there had
been no delays this would make one hour
and seven minutes, but there were five
stops at the corner of Main and Douglas
aggregating fourteen minutes, making
the actual time required by the procession
10 pass given point fifty-three minutes
Some people claim that it required the
procession one hour and fifteen minutes to
pass given point. but it is mistake.
The procession was a good one; 713
voters and il6 vehicles make good turn
put. a procession in September proves
nothing in November aud there is no
necessity for anybody, even party enthusi-
asts. TO lie about il The statement that
.'the business element OF a city viii go
With crowd as newcomers III
4 town will SO with the big
gest church." which is identically
the logic of the fusion committee IS not
correct. but. on tie contrary. is all bosh.
The average business man will vote as lie
p!eases, IN Kansas al least, where 3 more
independent spirit prevails among the
business people than in the older states,
where mems minds gradually become mar
row on these subjects
THE PROCESSION.
The procession WAS started az about
Io:50, from the corner OF Douglas and
Emporia avenues, by Joseph Slower,