The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-01

IN IOfCy-e12uC uOurS Tue peoUio Y
Wichita will begin to vote for six mem
pers of the city council and six member
of the school board.
The interest in the coming election is no
as great as it usually has been. from ih'
fact that it is conceded by all that the Re
publican ticket will he elected from top Il
bottom.
This lethargy and confidence should no
be carried too fax, for in two wards al
least the schemers and tricksters are a
work and have some hopes of b-ating Re-
publicans, some By trickery and some b.
treacherv.
For some reason the Democrats have il
in for John Martin in the Sixth
ward and they are trying hard to bea,
him there. To be sure che better element
of the Democracy in the ward are sup
porting him openly. not having any regu
lar candidate of their own, but on the
other hand there are quite number Of
Pops, in disguise against him who are
fighting him hard because he is honest
| C onsistant and successful. OF course there
is no question about his election if the Re
public,ns are loyal TO the ticket which
they made and the candidate who was the
majority. John Martin will moi
go into the council green horn
He will carry With him intelligence,
experience and the most sterling native
honesty. He served his ward six years or
more already, and a breath of suspicion
was never uttered against bis motives and
actions He served under Democratic as
we'll as Republican administrations aud be
was always held in the highest repute
by each. He was always in harmony with
the mayor aud councilmen with whom he
served, and in this manner was always
valuable to his constituents when he
wanted anything for either them or the
ward as whole.
Now that the city politics are
settled beyond question for this
year the politicians are busying
themselves about county affAir 1t seems
to be the determination OF both parties To
turn every PoyulIst out of the court house
aud to keep 'rm out till they are all dead
and forgotten. kie. will not be candi-
date for renominaIion, but he is training
man named Tiffany, it is said, for his
successor and the beauty of it is that both
he aud Tiffany half way believe thst there
is n show for them. The story goes, and
many he ieve it, that kies wanted Charlie
Phillips to be his successor, but gave that
idea up because Charlie would not divide
the income with him. 1t is actually
STATED as fact that Kies made
a proposition Of this kind to
Mr. Phillips, absurd as 1t NAV seem. He
could not get Charley to run for the Office
without imposing any such terms on him
for Charley knows very well that if nomi-
mated he could not be electid on a POpulist
ticket. Mr.. Tiffany was at one time q
student in that arIstOcratic cradle, West
Point. but for the past flew years has been
running some outside subsidized papers
for kieJ.
There is considerab BILE speculation about
the visit is Robert +. Coates east and the
bearing it may have on the postoff1ce hight.
Some are so confident that lie will return
with a commission in his pocket that they
are already impOrtuning him, by mail, for
positions liz the Office. 1t is said
that when Bob" left be had big roll OF
IN oney in his pocket and blood was in his
eye. He checked his own baggage direct
to Washington and he seemed to be de-
termiued to reach the ear of Grover even
if lie had TO spend some mouey in getting
there. He is the only stalwart candidate
and has the support of that element
practically left the fight and deserted the
field to Tom Fitch. His friends are so
sure that he will be the next postmaster
that they would willingly bet ten to one
on it. He is very confident himself that
be will get the appointment, SO much so,
it is said. that he has already
chosen his deputy. This is kept
very quiet and only very few know it.
He has selec' ed for that position a well
known citizen and an udadulterated Dem
Ocrai. If thousand persons guessed a
thousand times each they could not guess
who he is.
1t is now settled that the Wichita con-
tingent to the Democratic state conven-
ton will be first for Harris of L-aveu-
worth for governor and next for McCley-
erty of Fort Scott. There will Dot he
vote cast Tor Lewelling or a voice raised in
his behalf; this is official.