The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-17
A POLITICAL REVOLUTION.
Fusion Playing Havoc with the Democrat
of the Rural Districts.

The city was full of farmers yesterda,
and of course the political situation wa
the principal topic of discussion. Tine tall
of the Democrats of the rural districts wa
enough to make the city fixers, as the,
called them, turn pale behind the gills
Forty local bosses were on the street:
with their whips trying to whip the country
Democrats behind the fusion lines, but
they wouldn't submit to the whip worth &
cent. The country Democrats are hot
They reason this way: 1--WE have bser
surrounded by the Populists on all side:
during the past three years and every in
| ducement was given us to join their ranks.
Hundreds of temptations were held
out to us and when temp
tstions had not the desired effect
threats were made, and when we still per-
sisted in retaining our Democratic affilia-
tions we were ostracised by this third
party. 1t took nerve to stick to our prin.
ciples, and now, after three solid years OF
this resistance, we are traded off and bar
tered to the Populists like a flock of sheep
by lot of city politicians 1t required no
nerve of city fellows during these three
years to stick up for their Democracy. for
they were far away and out of reach of
the Populists, and consequently had moth
ing to lose by being thus situated. We do
nst propose to stand it. We will show
these fellows that we who have stood up
for our Democracy in the brunt of this
political revolution cannot be snapped off
and traded like dumb cattle in the market
place" The two gseatest strong
holds of this anti-fusion rebellion
are Derby and Mt. Hope, while
the anti-fusion sentiment is extremely
bitter in all the rural ocalities. 1t is al
most impossible to find Democrat in Mt.
Hope and Derby who is not pronounced
anti-fusioniSt. They are so hot that it is
even doubtful that they will vote a
straight Democratic ticket if one is put
up. They claim that they can go to the
support of the Republicans this year and
still be better Democrats after the battle
than the Democrats who have gone to the
Alliance. In support Of this claim they
allege that they really owe something to
the Republicans while they owe nothing
whatever to the Alliance. They allege
that there has hardly ever been time in
the history of Sedgwick county that there
was not Democrat in the court house and
they fully realize that at no time
could Democrat be elected without Re
publican votes. One of them said-and
pertinently enough, too-that were it not
for the aid of Republican votes, Jim
Brown. Tom Cartright and Rufus Cone
could never hold seat in the county court
house. He also stated-and with appar-
cut reason-that if the Populists had a
majority in the county such as the Repub
lcans have had it would be as impossible
for Democrat to be installed into a
county Office as it would be for camel
to go through the eye of needle. Hun
dreds of country Democrats were named
who propose to vote for the Republican
ticket, among whom was the man
ager of the Jewett farm, who will
vote the Republican ticket from
top to bottom, if the statement
of Mr. A. S. Marble is to be relied on, and
no one will deny that Mr.. Marbles state
ment is worthy of credence. Mr.. Daniel
Gousaulus of Sherman township is also an
objector, and he told County Attorney
Morris so very plainly yesterday. "The
political revolution in this county two
years ago was certainly a wonderful one,"
said prominent Mount Hope Republican
yesterday, ''but it is not patch to the
revolution of 1892 as will be seen when
the smoke of battle clears away in No
vember unless all the present signs fail.
The wheel of fortune is turning back
wards. and every revolution it is making
brings as much with it as it took away"