The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-25
GEO. u Ks \ PORCH
THE POPULISrIC CHOICE FOR JUDGE
IN THE ELITE FOURTH.
The Liberal Qualifications Required for a
Responsible Position by the Fizsrs
Who Pretend to Want Business
Administration.
OATH OF OFFICE.

| OATH OF OFFICE.
STATE OF KANSAS.
COUNTY OF SEDGwICH S.
| CITY OF WICHITA. /, Geo. Porch,
do solmeniy swear that ! will support the
/ Constitution Of the United States and the
| Constitution of the State of Kansas. and
will faithfully and impartally discharge
the duties of the office of judge of election
4th precint 4th ward Inland for the City OF
Wichita, Kansas, so help me God.
his
Attest: GEO X PORCH. (sHALl
f. G. FTEK. mark
Sworn to aud subscribed before me this
| 9th day of March, 1898
FRED SCBATTNER, City Clerk.
By j. Y. kOoGLE, Asst City Clerk.
| The above document is worthy OF a
| place in the archives of the State Historical
| society. notwithstanding the disagreeable
fact that it is q disgrace to the intelligence
and enlightment of Wichita. A few days
ago tho board OF police commissioners,
composed of two Populists and Que Demo-
crat met with the Democratic city clerk
and prepared list of judges and clerks
| for the coming city election. They,
ostensibly, were the fellows who made the
selections but In reality Rufe Cone,
the chief of police and the real
general commanding the Demo Pop cam
paign, was the man who dictated
to them who to put On and who not to put
on. He did this openly ia the city clerks
Office. In his eagerness 10 pus on as few
Republicans as possible he seemed to have
exhausted the number OF Pops who could
read and write and put on one at least
who could do neither. Last year the
Demo-Pop organ came very near having
the rabies because it was alleged THAI the
Republicans put three of their party on
each election board Of five, but now it is
~ quiet as dove Notwithstanding the
fact that there are four Deme-Peps On
every election board of five In other
words they went the Republicans one bet
ter
But this is not what the writer started
out to say as IL does not bear. only Incl
deutally On the subject. Ia the notice OF
the selection of Judges and clerks of the
election it was stated that each and every
appointee must qualify inside of ten days.
Yesterday Geo. Porch, a populist who
was appointed judge in the Fourth pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward came Into the
city clerks Office and informed Mr.. Koogle
that he was ready to qualify, Mr. Koogls
made out the proper blank as above set
forth and asked Mr. Porch to sign it. but
to his establishment he found the populist
gentleman unable to write aud, IN conse-
queBce, he was compelled to make his
mark aad have it attested.
The Demo-Pop gang are bowling like
Comanehe Indians for an Intelligent BUSH
ness administration, and here is the first
mau to come forward to qualify for such
an important position as judge of election,
under the appointment of the Populist
board. unable to write his own name.
And this man, too, lives In the ward where
there are more members of Hypatia than
In all the city combined.
Mr.. Porch may be good man, and all
that, but the Populists ought to have
enough respect for the reputation of W ieh
ita AS the most Intelligent community in
the state to select for such an important
position a man who could write his own
name. The presumption Is that u man
who cannot write his own name name
cannot read aud, therefore, he is utterly
incompetent to fill the position for which
he has been selected.
II Is sickeniny to think Of this Inc ident,
in view of the fact that Wichita has been
recently given the name OF the Athens of
Kansas Wichita has more colleges. acad-
emies, schools and places of learning
than any city In the west The EAGLE
has tried hard to make an impression Of
this fact on the outside world in order to
get people to CONS here for educational
advantages, but now comes the Populists
anil upsets the entire work; for by this
time the special correspondents have it in
every paper almost III the country. One
paper considered it such a
good joke ON Wichita that it telegraphed
to its agent here last night for some more
matter concerning it than tho correspond
ent as first sent out.
What can the people expect from gang
OF this kind In the line of business ad-
Would it not be reason
able to suppose that they would show no
more discretion in their selections il they
elected their ticket"
Did anybody ever hear of the Republi-
can police board of Wichita selecting
man for such an important position who
could not write his own name?
What does the fusion organ think of the
thing after writing an editorial some time
ago arguing the necessity Of an educa-
tional qualification for voters in order to
disfranchise the ignorant classes?
The entire thing would be very laugha-
BILE II it had not been such a serious mat
ter.
1t Is a singular coincident that this
illiterate Judge has been appointed to
serve in the ward where Governor LEVEL
ling, Mrs. Lease aDd Speaker Douglass
reside