The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-17
TREY DEMAND" EVERYTHING.

''We demand is the prefix to the ad-
junct of about everything contained Id
the platform of the late Pop convention.
Tie use of such arbitrary language, in
stead of the more moderate sin favor
indicates that all questions considered
are out of the pale of discussion. The
time for debate having passed, and the
facts fully determined, there was moth
ing to do but swell up with an extra in
halation of wind and with bulging eye
balls, to demand" that anything and
everything be adjusted to their liking.
Their moderation in limiting these de-
mands to things terrestrial argues hope
fully for the remnant of the human race
which yet remains outside of this great
party. 1t might have been expected
that while they had their hands In, they
would attack the entire system, and de-
mand that a new orbit should be lined
up for the sun. moon and stars, and that
the earth should stand still while the
thunder of their mighty edicts were
being heralded to the spheres and zones
of the universe. Extra care should be
taken however, on the part of the public
to note the character and political stand
ing of statesmen competent to speak
with so much assurance. 1t is one
thing to argue the policy of untried
theories, but quite another to demand"
that they should, at once, be reduced to
practice without even the formaliIy of
an experiment. If the make up of
the ticket nominated by this con-
vention of sweating patriots is
to be taken as the embodi-
ment of their views there is danger that
the people will enter protest against their
assumed infailibility. 1t is in evidence
that most, if lot all, of their candidates
came from somewhere, and it is common
talk that the states and burgs from which
they hail were permanently done with
their services. 1t is even said that some
of them were aided in their departure by
a metsphorical boot, with a propensity
for kicking. Whether this irritation of
the posterior so inoculated the person as
to communicate the malady for kicking
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is enough to know that the disease is
prevalent. even from the least to the
greatest. a kindred feature of the ticket
is that every candidate has been more or
less prominent here and elsewhere as
Office seekers before this party of "de-
mands" was born. This points the con-
clusion that a new party was needed
and that the older organizations were
not bidding for their services. Having
broken the old ties and cast the in
cubus of Republicanism, and even De-
mocracy from their presence. aud hav-
ing reached the goal through the battle
cry of anything for change" they
are emboldened to take this forward
step.
Their deliberations, however, were
not as harmonious as might have been
expected. The seeds of sedition sown
during their brief incumbency bore their
first fruit in the split upon the woman's
suffrage plank. 1t shows that even in
the heydey of party youth they have the
human weakness TO bite and scratch. |
Efforts will be made to bring the warning
factions into harmony, and if they serve
to bring the hosts to the sheltering folds |
of spotless petticoats it may be recorded |
as the first victory for peace.