The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-03
CAPTAIN CAREY's ADMINIsTRA ALTON.
Also Some Other Facts Of a Political Nature
Not Quiie So Credit2hIe.

It would seem that some of Mayor
Carey's friends construed a portion of our
article of Wednesday morning with refer
ence to local politics, as rejecting on the
methods of the present city administration.
| Nothing of the kind was intended as any
conviction of that character was the
| fartherest possible from our thoughts.
Captain Carey has not only given Us a
conscientious and economical administra-
ton but one which has been subject to
few criticisms from friend or foe. The
only criticism we have heard in year
was one charging too much economy in
the employment of the street force.
He has faithfully carried out every pledge
made by himself and friends to the people
and no whisper of Doodle has been heard
or suggested. And no one could be more
free or would with more pleasure acknowl-
edge the fact than the EAGLE.
Our talk of wool-pullers and.pap-suckers
wholly referred to class of heelers and
strikers whose aim and work is to beat the
Republican party and distract its organi-
cation. These fellows. void of any politi-
cal principles themselves, do not care
whom they support or for whom they vote
so that such work and vote promises them
something and is against the Republican
party They will fuse with the devil
or with a Republican-Prohibitio
as their candidate, providing such candi-
date will consent to run against the regu-
lar Republican nominee. This Is not only
true as to the Office Of mayor, but Of every
other office in the city and county. This
clique and ring has dominated the Demo-
cratic organization of this city and county
for years, and its bosses worked the Peo-
pies party last fall for all it was worth.
They would support l.. NJ. Cox for mayor,
in a minute, as against any other man
that the Republicans might have named,
as they will now support anybody whom
they think they can use successfully to
beat Mr. Cox. The outfit is void of prin-
ciple, and never, in all their lives, so much
as dreamed Of political decency
The question with them is simply
how many votes can they buy,
haw many command and how many steal
through wool pulling, and then who the
man they best can concentrate such vote
upon all without any regard to political
principles and not caring snap whether
their candidate is saint or thief so long
as there is chance for them to win with
him and through him run things. Some
times they call it citizens movement"
or tax payers ticket or a
nonpartisan anything, but it always turns
out that the same clique are not only in it
but that it has all been worked with refer
ence to the interest of the fellows whom
they want to run the county building. 1t
is fact that but one mayor in years has
been able to so much as name
his choice for city clerk. How
much that fact has cost the Republican
parry is not necessary for the EAGLE to
declare. So far as this paper is concerned
we don't care whether that crowd rms for
its tool a Republican, II Populist, or a
doodleganger, nor yet
he is petitioned out, nominated |
out by mass convention, or run out as
an independent non-partisan peoples |
puppett. So long as that behind-the- |
screen close communion joint-stock-junto |
which proposes to squeeze the city for all
that there is in it. and then manipulate |
the advantage thus gained in putting |
themselves and pets in control of the
and its affairs we are for a decent |
manly Republican party ticket and the
war necessary to elect it.