The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
ANOTHERaFIzzLE.
The "Big Fusionist Rally ct Mount Hope :
Very Decided Failure.

The fusionists are meeting with series
of failures as they start out in the cam
paign. The meeting at the Board of Trade
| ball in this city night before last was the
! first of the series, and nobody has denied
that it was a failure. Even the Commoner,
which was issued last evening, does not
mention it. The fusionists were throwing
the blame of it on one another all day yes
terday, and no small amount of bitterness
of feeling was the result The wise fell
lows denounced the leaders of the ratifica-
ton movement for holding il at all unless
they were sure it would be a success. The
other fellows said they had every assur-
ance that it would be a success and
hence went ahead with it. Both
finally agreed to state that the farmers
did not want to come in, in view of the
big rally" at Mount Hope, and that the
citizens of Wichita were too busy to turn
out to ratification meetings but would
turn out on election day all the same. 1t
was generally announced all round that
the rally at Mount Hope wonld be the
biggest of the kind ever held in the county
outside OF Wichita
Well, the rally has now been he'll and
Instead of 500 people being present there
were rs and they consisted of men.
women and children; fully so per cent be-
ing women and children. The Haven
band was in attendance and more than
divided the honors with the orators
Seventy-five per cent. of the crowd came
from Reno and Harvey counties and
Notwithstanding the fact that it was
strictly Sedgwick county affair-the
ratification OF the county ticket-the chair
man OF the meeting was citizen of Reno
county. The number of voters represent
ing Sedgwick county did not exceed
bakers dozen, and many OF these are
avowedly opposed to the fusion ticket.
There are a good many middle of the road
Democrats" in Greeley township who can
not be induced to view the Populists in
any other light than greater enemies to
the Democratic party than the Repub-
licans. Mr.. Lewelling and other lesser
lights did the Grating, which the EAGLE
correspondent, very reputable gentle
man, describes as dull, long drawn out,
tiresome, and not kind suited to the
occasion.
The leaders here are considering the adj
Visibility of having the Democrats and the
Alliance candidates trot in single harness
in this campaign. They mutually agree
that this is the best plan. In the first
place the commonality of the Alliance !
consider it farce to see an Alliance man |
and Democrat, opposing one another in !
principles, talking from the same platform |
and asking the same body of spectators to |
vote for them. 1t is the same way with |
the commonality of the Democracy The |
whole business has a tendency to inspire |
the common people with distrust of poll
ticians generally, and fusion politicians in |
particular. Now, for instance, Ed OBry- |
an takes the platform and commences |
talking calamity. The Democrats present |
know he does not mean what he says, but |
Will screw themselves up to the belief that
It Is a political necessity, while the Ali
ince people will also know that. while he
S apparently talking for Weaver, the re-
'ormer, he is in reality hoping for the tri-
lmph of Cleveland, the plutocrat. On
he other hand, when Lewelling gets I'D TO
speak the Democrats hear themselves
Ibused, and, while he gives straight COM
ort TO the Alliance, nevertheless, they
NOW that he sleeps in the same bed with
he Democratic politicians of Wichita
shen be returns to town.