The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-28
THE CLOSET OPENED
And the Gaunt Skeleton of Fusion
Appears in all its Hidousness.
Commissioner Mitchell Exposes the Bot
tenness and Corruption Of Demo-
Calamity Politics
BE Charges Tom Fitch With Telling Him
that all his Employees and Agents will
be Discharged if They Don't Vote
the Fusion Ticket.

the night the lamented Senator Plumb
spoke here rs it was last night to heal
| those two able champions of straight anti
| fusion Democracy-Colonel A. A. Harris
of Fort Scott and W. NJ Mitchell TIT
| railway commissioners. A desperat,
effort was made yesterday by the fusiot
Democrats to throw cold water on thu
| meeting and to prevent tine gentlemen
from getting an audience. The result
| was. as in all such cases, that the more the
| leaders tried TO persuade the rank and file
from attending the more anxious they
were to attend. The parquet was not only
crowded but many people stood up in the
main aisle and in addition to this there
were enough ON the balcony to make a
respectable audience themselves. The
Big Six band furnished the music and
went TO the hall playing that good old
tune, Marching through Georgia" Many
ladies were present, and taking the
audience all in all it was as respectable
and intelligent as any seen here this year
which shows the interest the good people
are taking in the matter of turning down
the calamity crowd. It was 60 place for
rowdyism and was quite contrast to the
straight" Democratic meeting held here
last week
When the speakers arrived in the hall
they were loudly cheered and when they
arrived on the stage the enthusiasm was
renewed with still greater liberality
DIR. Burrows of this city introduced Mr.
Mitchell first and as that gentleman s
frank countenance and manly form APP
peared it was the signal for a loud out
burst of applause.
Mr.. Mitchell Immediately proceeded to
skin the fusion fellows who have been
abusing him SO bitterly for standing up
for his principles. He said the evening
paper here had been attacking him ever
since he refused to tske the fusion dose
and accused him of distributing railway
passes to his political friends with a Law
ish hand
THE other fellows" said he, shave all
the passes rs will show you before get
through"
He then called attention to the fact that
among other things the fusion organ has
accused him of is working on the section
II did work on the section," said he, land
carried water for section hands and / am
proud of it, for it was honest labor and no
disgrace to any man. commenced at the
bottom and climbed up To be sure 1 am
not very high yet, but am going up and
these fellows who are abusing me are GO
ing down. did not come here to vindi-
cate myself from these malicious lies, but
came here to tell you some truths. He
then gave the genealogy of his DEMOCRACY.
stated that he voted for Tilden, Hancock.
Cleveland and all regularly nominated
Democrats from 1876 to the present time
who were entitled to any decent mans
support"
He then read from the Fort Scott Trib-
une an article charging him with furnish
ing passes in the interest of the railways
for Democrats TO attend the stalwart con-
vention. He produced letters from Mr.
Flynn, prominent Democrat of Kan
sas City. Kan, which thoroughly
and completely exploded the purport
and insinuations of the article in question
for it was Mr.. Flynn that the Tribune re-
ferred to in connection with abe passes.
He acknowledged frankly that he furnish
ed a certain number of Democrats with
tickets and not passes and proved that the
very same thing was practced by the
fusion Democrats and the Populists and
not only that, but also proved that men in
this city furnished Democrats with similar
tickets TO the Salina convention when Tom
Fitch was nominated for delegate to the
national convention. He was furnished
unquestionable proof that passes were
furnished fusion Democrats to go to Dodge
City to nominate Jerry Simpson. The ex-
pose Of all this when taken with the &C
companying proofs caused quite sensa-
ton that only adds darkness to the unholy
fusion on congressman.
I'll commence said Mr.. Mitchell, refer
ring to those who carry passes, with j. B.
Weaver the sooner" met him at Okla
homa City the morning of the opening at
9 o'clock and he was then going On a
claim. On that claim he put up stake
before 10 o'clock, and on that stake was
marked in large letters General Weaver
wants this claim" AT IL o'clock another
fellow came along and marked under
1T And So Do l" and that fellow
held the claim and has it yet. Col Jones,
the present fusion chairman of this state
was with Weaver aud he too was mixed
up in the sooner business. He then stated
the number of Weaveris pass taking it
from the book ne used for such purposes
when he was conductor on the Florence
branch n few years ago. They are dig
ging up somethin. against me'' said be
'and / am digging up their skeletons in
return" He then referred to Leweilng
and showed his pass to be LII -four aces
said he but this time they will not win. /
don't know Lewelling said he, but know
of him. He was buying butter here and
in one case at least he hasn't paid for it.
He then produced tue following letter in
proof of il.
TOPEKA, Kas, Oct IL 1882
H. B. Southwick. Esq, Harper. Kansas.
Dear Sir: Yours OF recent date received
Will you kindly give me the names of the
parties who hold the bill for butter against
Lewellipg, also any other Information of
that kind obtainabie. Yours truly.
W. NJ MITCHELL. Sec'y
ENDORSEMENT
The Harper creamery company hold the
claim against Lewelling and H. G. Pert
WAS then secretary and gave the informa-
ton to II. b. Southwick
L. 5. Their papers and evidence was
sent TO Parsons 6 O'Brien of Wichita for
collection. The report is straight and the
parties who have the claim would like TO
have the thing exposed. Mr.. Pert himself
wrote the red Ink endorsement on the
other side.
understand the O'Brien mentioned in
the letter Is now running for state senator
in yonr county on the Leweliiny ticket
which accounts for the fact that the bill
has not been collected yet. Well both of
them will be turned down and then /
suppose O'Brien will so after I.ewelliny
Tor both OF them viii be sore over their