The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-07
THAT ELECTION IN GEORGIA.
1t Gave the PopaIs,s Here the LocEjaw When
They Heard From There

| Yesterdays issue of the EAGLE struck
| the Pooulists dumb, while is flied their
Democratic allies with secret pleasure
F! that found expression only in cautions
| winks aud pantomimic capers, but nary a
word did they speak, for fear of hurting
the feelings of those whom they have in
weighed into being the instrumentality of
stealing Kansas from Ben Harrison. The
crowd around the Populist headquarters
looked and felt exactly like a crowd would
feel On rainy day when everything is
dark. gloomy and threatening on the out
side. How differently they felt the day
before when they were claiming the state
of Georgia by $4,000 majority in any event,
and "a, 900 if they sgot fair count. The
extra 81. 600 votes the egging which Jim
Weaver received would bring them,
didn't materiaiize and they could not pos
sibly see how the thing went. OF course
their usual skepticism buoyed them up a
little and they pretended to think that the
EAGLE lied about the returns. "Wait till
evening" they would say but when the
evening came and the fusion organ con-
firmed the EAGLE report in excessively
small headlines, the headquarters became
deserted and not a Populist could be
found. What gloom hung over that
headquarters; oh, what a forlorn appear
ance it had and how sad the picture OF
Weaver oE the wall looked. One could
almost see tear glistening in that crayon
painted eye of his The rays of the de-
Ginning sun darted sluggishiy in through
the west window and they fell on a table
full of Alliance statistics without bring
-. ,;el, eir nj # oha
the tick of the typewriter was srilied and a
melancholy prevailed that was really
depressing to the spirits OF the
EAGLE man, for pity makes the world
akin. It is always sad to see set of fel-
low beings after climbing to tho highest
point of hope fall from its giddy heights
to the lowest depths of despair. The ring
sng laugh of RUFF Cone was nowhere to
be heard for Rufe heard the news early,
believed it, for people are always ready to
believe what they wish most and did not
stay around headquarters much during
the day. if, indeed, he appeared there at
all. The EAGLE man encountered one of
the popuissts on the street, a very con-
spicuous popuiist at that, and after
good deal of pumping he found at last
signs of life in him for ne opened his
mouth rs wide as could be and cussed the
"niggers" rs be called them, for he laid
ali the blame on the Colored people of
Georgia for voting the Democratic ticket.
"We have treacnery in our ranks" said
he, and before we can succeed We must
locate it and cut it out like cancer. l
never did believe in letting Democrats
run our politics and am more confirmed
in my opinion than ever that we Cannot
win as long as we hang on to them. A
Democrat is Democrat and that's all
you can make out of him.
The idea that we can burst up the solid
sonth is all bosh and told our people so
many times. Is it reasonable to think that
the Democrats of Kansas are serious in
their professions Of friendship to us, when
the Democrats of the south give us the
rotten egg. am on to them and know
that they are only friendly to us as far as
we help them to elect Grover Cleveland.
From the way things look have my mind
made up that Smith will carry Kansas by
10000 majority. Cleveland hasn't carried
Kansas yet. said he, with ferocious grin
as he marched gloomily away.