The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-05
VICTORY!
GATTLING GUN POLITICS REPUDI-
ATEt BY WICHITA,
The Voice of the People Heard in
No Uncertain Tones.
The Republican Ticket Sweeps the City
Like Prairie on Fire.
Honest Democrats Stood Up for Honest
Methods ard Voted Down
Demogoguery.
Anarchy Given Black Eye in Kansas and
the Constitutional Methods of
Government Endorsed.
Vituperation and Falsehood Were the
Weapons of the Opposition, But
Truth and Decency We're
More Than a Match
for Them.

Vox Populi: Vox Del. The voice o
the people has been heard and it is the
death knell to anarchy in Kansas.
Wichita has passed Judgment on The
gattling gun statesman and in a way that
cannot be mistaken.
The home of the man who wished Il
support a fraudulent legislature with
bullet and bayonet has told him by it:
ballots that Kansas has no sympathy with
military tyrsnt who believes that tin
horn political party is above the law
Wichita, by yesterdays election, has
proclaimed to the world that Kansas has a
poor soil for the propagation Of defamers
and regulators.
Wichita has, by her votes, assured the
men Of America that the day has gone by
when they need have any fear of sending
capital to this fair commonwealth for
honest investment.
Wichita, by her votes, assures the Re-
publicans hf Kansas that the spark of Re-
publicanism is burning with brighter
glow than it has ever burned be-
fore and that Sedgwick county
will be solidly in the Republican ranks in
1894
Wichita has endorsed the anti-bribery
law and has declared unequivocally that
she believes ia an honest ballot, fair
count and no Doodle, corruption or lntim-
idatton.
1t Was great fight and great victory
The Republicans are indebted to
some extent TO the decent Demo
Gratis of Wichita who manfully
supported the Republican ticket aud aided
materially in driving a nail in the CO fin
of fusion. Scores of the best Democratic
business men who do not believe in An
archistic tendencies of certain wing of
their party walked deliberately up to the
polls and quietly but firmly voted what
must be the true sentiment of every
honest Democrat, the anti-fusion ticket
The Democrats are deserving of
ward strikers of their party threatened
them with all kinds and forms OF ven
gence.
The result of yesterdays balloting is
the election of the entire city Republican
ticket; the election of five out OF the ST Z
Republican candidates for the council. aud
the election of five out of the six Re
publican candidates for the school board
This will make the new council stand ten
Republicans. aud two Demo pops and the
school board ten Republicans, one Demo
crat and one Deuo-pop- What more could
be asked than the above result. It is "a
pity. however, that councilman martin of
the Sixth ward and Mr.. Allison member
of the school board for the Fifth ward,
were defeated. for both of them are re-
msrkAbly valuable n en- in their places.
Ever since the campaign opened the
EAGLE was confident Of the complete
triumph and success Of the city from top
to bottom. The sentiment of the people
was studicusIy ascertained and noted
every day and the result is as was pre-
dicted from time to time. Ii was =
triumph worthy OF the cause and
the rooster OF victory looks natural and
pleasing again at the head OF our columns
The opposition made dishonest and a
dirty campaign; not so much the people at
the head Of the campaign committee or
the people on the ticket as the old rinEsters
who stand behind and pull the strings.
Tom Cartright who was chairman OF the
city committee acted fairly and honestly
and so did Ben Aldrich and the majority
of the candidates on the citizens ticket.
The beeiers and strikers are the fellows
who did tie dirty work aud Il Is very
fortunate that the result has net been
such as &c pull them ia ofise. All the
people may well congratulate themselves
on escaping from this calamity.
The average majority /. I,ooo
oPESTSG TIE BATTLE
The day epeaed bright and clear and
both sides prepared for battle. The op-
position went into the fight well prepared
with all the sinews OF war aud the iadl-
cations are that they used it freely. IRE
Republicans went forward with a 6etermi-
nation 10 via. They made up their minds
that great issue was AZ STAKE and that
they would contest every iach of ground