The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-03-09
HOW THEY wIGeLE AND coNN1vE.
A Republican Talk, For Republicans Only.

nizing the possibility of a greater or less
number of that rampant crowd stumbling
on to some stray copy of the EAGLE, the
utmost care and consideration will be en-
ployed in choosing our words that they
may not unnecessarily offend. The facts
are so universally admitted that we would
just as lief that all middle-of-the-road
Cleveland Democrats would read than
not. For straight-ous, undefled Wichita
Republicans are our words of wisdom,
embracing two simple propositions, in
tended:
President Cleveland did not receive the
vote of single, solitary individual resi-
dent of kansas-male, female, mugwump.
Democrat, Populiss or Republican. That
anomalous incident attracted the atten-
ton of the world, who began to
inquire into the reason They
soon discovered the answer in
another resultant fact; that OF
a Populist legislature and state gov
ernment, presided over By a man claiming
that he had lived in the Fourth ward of
Wichita, which city be further claimed
was his present adopted home. Stimuli
taneously with this discovery came an
other one, and that was that Governor
Lewelling, Of Wichita, and that his party,
whose headquarters seemed to be also in
Wichita, held it to be disreputable for an
eastern man to have money or to loan It
IN Kansas, and dishonest # he should at
tempt to collect it. The immediate effect
of the disclosure that Kansas was
neither Republican nor Democratic,
but bilious abnormity, controlled
by alteration, with headquarters at
Wichita, and. as all know. the character
and credit of the state suffered beyond
estimate. Apropos: We saw letter from
a New York city capitalist. on Monday
last, who replying to an opportunity to
make big paying investment in Wichita,
said: "No, sir; l have some property in
Kansas. but / want no more in state
where to have money to loan is held
by your governor and legislature to be a
crime; your proposition would be accepted
but for the threatening condition of af-
fairs at your capital and until changed l
would rather let my money lay in my
safe and rot" Now, our first proposition
is, what would help our city and state, at
this junctnre, more than to have it pro-
claimed to the world that the city of
when the Demo-Pop fusion state
was held, and where Lewelling
lives, had sat down hard on fusion and had
elected clean Republican ticket from top
to bottom by thousand majority ,
Would not the world remark at once "look
IL that; Kansas is all right, at any rate
Wichita is safe for either business, money
Or property"
You who have your all here and who
troubles and drawbacks Kansas would
start on new growth this very spring.
and that Wichita would within three
months be acquiring new and large job
oing, manufacturing and other interests.
adding in the next two or three years |
many thousands to her population, are |
sked to ponder the propositions and re-
ults Involved. 1t was not question of |
Zoe Allen, nor any other individual. that
Urged the Republicans-who Were backed !
oy many of the best business Democrats |
u the city--to call a convention and to /
dominate straight Republican ticket !
- Ill
characters and regulations stand unques- !
ioned Nor IS it denied that the nomination !
md success of straight partisan Demo |
:ratic ticket would afford renewal of /
confidence OF outside people. But from /
III triumphs of fusion which is but an
,ther name for confusion, and irresponsi- /
oility, often followed by anarchistic re-
the conservative world and Its !
capital will stand aloof.
The other point to which we would call |
he attention of every Republican is the fact |
hat before even primary had been held |
,r a delegate elected the organ of that old |
.rowd of manipulators in this city, who /
lever did little else than work their |
schemes, and which crowd is largely re-
ponsible for Jerry Simpson, and wholly so !
or I,eweiiug, TO say nothing of the other |
mere adventures whom they have placed |
n res esponsibls county offices, this organ OF |
usion and spoils not only criticised the
light of Republicans to hold a party con- |
Tention that they might nominate Re- /
publican ticket, but actually poured out
is slops OF abuse on both candidates and !
delegates before they had been either /
lamed or chosen. And then when after /
thorough representative conven- !
ion had been held aud only re-
ponsible men nominated, instead of /
howing Their true colors as Demo- |
and which they only are,
.hsy issue q trickey call for "Citizens ~ |
Convention" The result of that call is
known, the whole aim of it WAS TO defeat |
he ticket nominated, in the first place be- |
,ause they could not use the men who |
,otapose it, and in the second place be /
,ause it is Republican. The character nor
'ecord OF single nominee on that Repub-
lean ticket, for honesty or capability, has
been so much as questioned It means
If elected and that is just
What the gang dou't want. For three /
weeks they see-sawed up and down. sud /
wound in and out, to fix up ticket that
hey could use and have il at the same
ime headed with some man of Republican
That crowd of jointists, Pops
md Democratic strikers aud pap-suckers.
lave no more use, personally, for Prohibi-
ion Joe Allen, the Repu blican- Methodist, |