The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-31
WHAT ANSWER
win the Republicans of wichita swallow Lew
cling and His Gang or not?

What Governor dwellings, administra-
ton now needs, and needs awfully bad, il
endorsement by the people at the polls.
His greatest anxiety is for home applause
While personally he is but little better
known in Wichita than in any other town
in the state, an endorsement by Wichita
would say to the outside world "the peo-
pie who know him Personally, the most
intimately have approved OF his course by
the election of the same ticket on which
he was elected" II there is Republican
in Wichita willing to appreciate Lewelling
or to approve of anything he has done
since be was elected governor. that Repub-
lican has failed to make himself known.
To vote the fusion ticket is to commend
Lewelling and all his acts Of the past win
ter, including his double-dealing on rail-
road commissioner for Wichita, the APP
pointment of Mrs. Lease to the chairman
ship Of the state board of charities, Taylor
to the chief inspectorship, the ordering out
of the militia and everything else.
Governor Lewelling knows, and all that
imported gang that lowered about him in
Topeka last winter preaching Anarchy
knows, as does that rottenest lot of dead.
beat Adventures Of his ever appointed to
the responsible Offices of the state know,
that solid Republican triumph in Wich-
tia, and in the other cities of Kansas,
means rebuke to the sinking riot that
disgraced the state at Topeka the past
winter. The triumph of the Republican
ticket says to the world that Kansas has
no use for the Dunsmores, the Webhs, the
Clemens and all their confrees who plotted
treason, nor for the Burgards and Nc
Aleneys and that tribe of open bride tax
ers and constituencies scoundreIs who, In
the name of reform, ware elected to make
laws for the people, but who in the spirit
Of the devil only voted as corrupted.
This whole fractional phalanx dread the
Of a Republican victory,
and the emissaries of Lewelling and his
have been to every town
and city encouraging and assisting the
fusion party which put them into power
The whisky war at Fort Scott was all
'eint to get an advantage over the Repub-
ican ticket. Something of this kind was
% have been attempted in Wichita, with
he expectation of arraying the pulpit on
he ons hand and frightening heavy tax
payers upon the other. Knowing that the
pending municipal elections mean much
more than mere local triumphs, the order
vent out to the Demo-Pop Fusionists to
put sprinkling of Republicans ON their
tickets, and if the result was doubtful to
,ead the n-partisan-citizens Demo-Pop
tickets with Republicans. or even run
'olting opposition Republican ticket;
n fact, to do anything and every
hing to prevent any rebuke to Lew
Hing and his horde of impudent scape-
traces who are now organizing strong
militia against any trouble to their high
landed schemes of the future. No Re-
publican worthy the name, or worthy any
uture confidence of the party. will be
ound aiding. comforting or supporting
he fusion ticket. 1t is even unnecessary
20 say that much, for every intelligent
nan must stand self-convinced on so plain
proposition. The issue is the plainest
md strongest possible, more pronounced
much more. than that defined by national
,arty lines, for free-trade Republican
night vote for a free-trade Democrat on |
principle. The only, the sole issue, is the
or otherwise the reputation
If the methods and treachery of Lewell- |
Ing and the disgraceful outrages perpe-
rated by his party in Topeka last winter. |
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AN OPINION OF VALUE.