The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-06
VOICES or VICTORY.

Yesterday was sober second-tioucLtd day
and among the best p cf.ed over ne result
Of the elect ion we're some s:auch Demo
Gratis When m EAGLE man enrere.! u
well known store on North Main street
Tie proprietor came forward with II smile
! ard hurrahed Tor Cox Even many Demo
Gratis who voted the cItiz-ns ticket ca ac-
count Only OF y delusion that they owe
allegiance TO every com animation III which
there are Democrats, expressed their salts
faction at the result. The general iiidica-
lions are that 1. thousand Democrats Will
vote the Republican ticket next fall II the
ringsters accomplish q fusion with tie
Pops.
The happiest man in town yesterday was
John Adams, chairman of the Republican
city committee. John never gets excited
or over enthusiastic, but for eli that he
takes "A keen delight in success. He has
many Of tie elements OF leadership and
makes Il campaign manager who : hard
10 beat for tie reason that he has z
faculty for keeping his plans and purposes
profound secret from the enemy. Tlen
again he has the wisdom 10 sea that the
cleaner the methods the more successful
the results.
One Of the Demo-Pop candidates &C
companied his wife TO the polls Tuesday
and placed a fusion ticket il her hand.
Imagine his surprise when she asked MIN
for a pencil TO scratch il and when he OBJ
jected she said Il am going to vote my
way or not AT all and if vote must vote
for Jimmy Black" And you bet she did
g. , Il,
4 good many people are explaining bow
l.. ". Cox got such tremendous laJority
but few people perhaps know WHO Was
probably tie greatest factor in his success.
IL WAS himself. The EAGLE young man
has had abundant opportunities to watch
Mr.. Cox during the campaign and 10 note
his methods and il was in this knowledge
Of the man that the EAGLE never placed
his majority below ! 900 The opposition
never estimated him correctly; in fact
they did not understand the man at all.
l. NJ. Cox is one Of the brightest polite
ians in southern Kansas and one OF the
best and smoothest political workers. He
could give Ben Aldrich and Tom Cart
right cards and spades and beat them TO a
finish and do it nicely too. He can see q
vulnerable point in the opposition quicker
than any man the writer ever knew and
can attack it IL the most systematic man
ner. He does not throw of his coat and
rcll up his sleeves and fight, b. any means,
but he can direct battle TO the queens
taste. II be knew any Republican who WAS
doubtful, no matter where lie was, he al
ways found string which ne could handle.
On one occasion he heard of man who
was uujustly but unconsciously doing him
some harm and with the quichness OF a
lightning fash he found the means not
only to stop the man from wrorgius and
q abusing him, but to make him one OF his
warInest supporters and that man does nos
know till this day how his conversion to
the straight Republican ticket was accom-
pllshed and does not~suspect for mo.
ment that Mr.. Cox had hand in il. And
the great strength and effectiveness of his
methods is their honesty. There Is not on
inc records of the opposition even the sug
lion of an unfair or a dishouorab bic act on
the part Of Mr.. Cox during the campaign. |
He came out of it with hands OF spotless /
white. II the opposition knew the ability /
IF the man they never would entertain a |
shadow OF hope; If his own followers !
knew him they would never for moment /
entertain IL shadow of dispair. In addi- |
ion to having all the other essentials of q |
1oliticsl leader he is n remarkably shrewd I
Judge of human nature and knows at a |
glance and question and another glance |
whether one is for or feminist him.