The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
MADE A FINE IMPRESSION.
Farmer Smith ;iet With Reception YesterEa,
Wherever He Went that Was
ENCOURAGING.

Hon. A. w. Smith, Republican candi
date for governor of Kansas, left fol
| Hutchinson yesterday afternoon at :
| O'Clock, after spending twenty four hours
very pleasantly and, it might be added. very
proftably in the Peerless Princess. No
! candidate for Office ever made more
successful trip TO Wichita from political
standpoint, although the real fact is his
visit was not what could be construed to
be formal one He came down to see
the Princess and have a casual talk with
| the business men. knowing that Wichita
is the commercial! center of the state. He
went away delighted with all the evidences
of life, activity and enterprise hs saw on
every hand. tor q all the things 10 the
| world Farmer Smith is said to like most
| is Fustling qualities. At reasonably
early hour yesterday morning and after
reading the papers, he was ehaperoned
around town to the principal points al
interest by " ". Levy and others. The
city building was visited, all the whole
/ sale houses, the court house and such
! other places of attraction as the proud
SOUS Of the Peerless Princess delight in
| showing visitor. Everywhere Mr.. Smith
received cordial welcome and many
Democrats as we'll as all the Republicans
showed him that courtesy that a promin-
ent man always deserves, and welcome
| BETTING the gentleman who will hold the
highest office in the state duriag the next
two years "There goes Smith was the
word one could hear in every direction and
then every eye would be rveted Oh him for
men have always curiosity to
see the man who is going to
be governor or who Is going
| to fill any other important Office for that
matter. Everybody mostly sought an in
PRODUCTION to him and after shaking hands
with him they would return to their work
well pleased He was rendered regular
ovation at the corner OF Main and Doug
las and again at the court house. at which
place there was quite crowd of people
when he visited there 1t was his inten-
ton to thoroughly examine the court
house and to view the city from the top of
the tower, but he had too many hands to
shake and too many people TO talk to. and
he postponed climbing the stairs to the
tower till future time. While talking
to what might be considered the big bugs
at the court house little old
man wearing faded suit of
Grand Army blue edged his way through
the crowd and grasped his hand. The
mystic sign of the Grand Army, whatever
it is, was all the Introduction he had and
to the next governor it was as good, and
reached the right spot in his heart as easily
as if the little fellow had Governor Hum
phrey to present him. Mr.. Smith quit all
ha har faIi cd i'm, 70,
exchange old army "reminiscences with the
little man as leaiurely as if he had year
to make bis canvass in. 1t so happened
that the little man was Populist, but if
the opinion be expressed to the EAGLE
man of Mr.. Smith is any indication he will
carry great long Republican ticket in his
vest pocket election day. "By George"
said he II can't see how / can vote
against that. Man when go to
her the other fellows l think they are
right in most things but when see such
men as Smith leading my old favorits
party-the partytha befriendsd the Uuion
and when l think of the moaths after
months be spent in prison, aud the weeks,
months, and years l spent on the field; aud
when think of the acts Of congress in
favor of the old soldier, and who they wer e
passed by, and then, again. when think
of the man who vetoed them, all the old
party love comes back to me, and l ask
myself the question: "Am doing right
by giving my vote, indirectly, to the
vetoer. by supporting the Alliance.
The old gentleman reasoned in this way
till the crowd dispersed and the reporter
was compelled to follow. It is entirely
safe to say that one Alliance vote was lost
right there.
The visit of Mr.. Smith had depressing
effect on the Demo- Calamity element. One
of the conspicuous fusionists in speaking
to the EAGLE reporter, said:
That man Smith is different man than
what l took him to be. l have watched
him all day and tell You there are no flies
on him. between you and me. He Is q
mighty good mixer and l can tell by the
way he goes about things that he is a vote
maker from way back. l have seen enough
of his tactics to impress me with the fact
that if we are to beat him we must get up
aud hustle. I took him to be one
Of those pompous fellows, but instead of
that he is plain everyday man, who has
II head on his shoulders that there is gray
matter enough in. at least, to know how
to meet and talk with person
just right. Ii Grover Cleveland aud
10000 postoffices bad not been
al stake am inclined to think L would be
voting for Smith myself. On. well, it is
four months yet to the election and l am |
a great believer in the truth of the old saw
which says. Wise men change their
minds, but fools never.
1t was the opinion OF every unprecedented |
person who observed Mr.. Smiths practical |
ways that instead of the fusioaists having |
a surplus of sixty thousand votes, as they
so radically claim, they will have deficit |