The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-23

Prohtbittonists have Failed to Certtf
the Nomination of Their Man in Favo
of the Demo-Pop Candidate VIII
Worked SO Hard to Become the Repub
Iican Nominee.
The war made on Charlie Hatton Il
getting to be very bitter Every Jacl
leg, politician on the other side have z
knife thrust at his heart. 1t is in every
respect similar to the fight made or
John Davis last year. The organ tina
is fighting him is the same paper tha1
was fighting John Davis so bitterly las
year. 1t said day after day thai
John Davis was not competent to fl
the office of county attorney and il
made all kinds of cracks and thrusts al
him. What does the record say. Look
at it and see what it says. When a
man was brought up on suspicion OF
stealing a chicken John Davis said
Have you got evidence to convict this
MANI The answer was NO" Then
he said, Can you get evidence to con-
Wet this MANI" The answer was, Il
don't know" well then 1 don't pro-
pose to put men in Jail and keep them
there at the expense Of the tax payers
until l have some assurance that he
has committed a crime and that / can
prove it,
On the contrary John Davis convicted
every criminal against whom he had
evidence. He convicted greater per
centage Of criminals than any other
county attorney and in doing so saved
the tax payers over $1,000 during his
first term Of court. Where does he
stand in the present attempt to loot the
treasury by useless prosecutions? He
stands squarely against the grabbing
of fees and costs by men who are not
entitled TO them The people think he
is a mighty competent man.
And yet the orowed that is fighting
him is fighting Charlie Hatton and for
what? They are fighting him simply
because ne is Republican. That crowd
does not care a straw for prohibition
rezubm;ssion; all they care for is to
beat the Republican ticket. John Da-
Wis won against all their efforts and so
will Hatton. They could not keep hun
dreoS of thir own men from voting for
John Davis and they can't keep them
from voting for Charlie Hatton. hence
their effort TO pull away some Repub-
lican votes from Mr.. Hatton by fraud
and misrepresentati ton of facts. John
Davis did what was claimed for him
by the Eagle at that time and so will
Mr.. Hatton.
If Dave Dale made his scheme work
this crowd would be in a tight box
When Judge Reed Withdrew from the
Republican ticket the friends of Dale
offered to guarantee the defeat of the
entire Demo-Pop ticket if the Republi-
cans would indorse Dale. VIII any
body deny this assertion.
Dave Dale went personally to Chair
man T. c. Wilson of the Republican
committee and asked him to use his in
huence towards securing the Republi-
can endorsement for him.
VIII Mr.. Dale deny this?
David Dale went to Harry Gordon for
the same purpose and made the most
liberal and generous propositions.
Will you deny this. Mr.. Dale?
Mr.. Dale was then perfectly willing to
be elected as a Republican candidate
TO indorse the Morrill, administration
and now himself and his organ are
whining and saying to the good people:
IL you elect Charlie Hatton il will be
an Endorsement OF the administra ton"
This is not all they are going to spring
On Charlie Hatton in an effort to secure
his defeat. At present a gentleman
with a facile pan is writing an article
with ten inch scare head to prove.
lnce more, that Charlie Hatton is a
5ank proho bitionist. The article is
ready to be published today and it has
been read TO Jessie Haymaker, David
Smythe and all the other leaders who
have approved it as a great campaign
document. II is more nor less than that
Charlie Hatton as president of the
board of education made q speech be-
fore the graduating class of the high
school in which he cautioned them 8
young men starting out TO fight to bat
tie of life TO ''shun evil company and the
wine cup" They think that an expose
1f these few words will be a corker
and that il viii turn thousands of votes
from Mr.. Hatton. Such a campaign
document is an insult 10 the intelligence
II the people Of Wichita for there is
not decent man in town but wha
would give the young graduates the
same advice that Mr.. Hatton gave
hem.
Everybody in this county knows that
Judge Hatton is no prohibitionist as
knows that he has not tasted
drop Of Intoxicating liquors during
he past five years. If he was a pro-
libitionist does anybody suppose that
re would be made police judge last
pr!nS by G. III. Jones, George Pratt
md y. c. Husey at the solicitation of
men who are now fighting for personal
liberty and home rule. The statement
S too ridiculous TO dwell on il.
Charlie Hatton having the experience
f a life time gave the graduates the
anne advice that any father pursuing
'aternal duty would give his children
ma that is all there is to IL.
Now then as to Dave Dale's position
'here is no effort 10 say a word against
i'm but he must be judged by the
ricks OF friends and the statements Of
MS official organ. He has courted the |
all the time and Is court |
ng them now. Didn't they want to |
dominate him in their convent ton as |
vas stated in the Eagle at the time?
DIDN'T Hi Lewis prevent his open NOM |
nation there and then go into the ante |
Dom and say that he knew what he was |
DING, that other arrangements could be |
made equally satisfactory 10 Mr.. Dale: |
hat he would see 10 IL that he suffered |
othing by il and that a plan could be |
evised whereby all the prohibitionists /
ould vote for him anyway. Mr.. Lewis |
eng a slick politician IL was hard to |
Ell at the time what his scheme in the |
lterest of Mr.. Dale was. II is out OF /
he bag now. Mr.. Lewis knew that |
be worst thing that could happen TO |
bale was Ito have him Endorsed by the |
in open convention: that
ne best thing that could be done at |