The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-26


To the Republicans the registration
Is exceedingly satisfactory. Nearly
every voting Republican is registered
and those who are not can be counted
on ones fingers.
The Democrats and Populists were
not so lucky. In the First ward alone
they fall short about 100 and in ali the
wards the shortage will be between 300
and 400 The Republicans with their
characteristic loyalty took the advice
Of the Eagle and registered and they
can be counted on to do the right thing
at the polls.
The situation looked brighter yester-
day than at any time during the cam
paign. Men who Were Indifferent here
tofore were out yesterday with their
coats off. The people, after all, can be
trust ted
The opposition is losing ground every
hour OF the day and every day in the
week and by election day il will be not
only reduced to what IL was last year
but much lower. This is a prediction
that is worth remembering. They will
find hhe business PopulistS and Demo-
Gratis, the men who are willing to vote
for Wichita and its material interests,
VIII not be with them but with those
who are with them not only through
campaigns but all the year round.
The eyes OF the people are being open
ed. They have taken a broader view of
alhe situation They can see that the
election will not be the end of this
movement The man who thinks il will
should take a day off and study the
matter. This fight seems TO be on for
a little while yet and until the people
shall triumph by endurance and steady
persistence along the lines that have
been followed heretofore. No mistake
A. g, h.. IL
are beginning to see that no change is
necessary. In fact they are beginning
20 see that a change would be very
serious matter and may result in a
great misfortune to the city and its in
rerests and to the interess Of the great
liberal element-the element that will
make the city.
The people are beginning to see that
they have a friend in the Republican
county attorney, in the Republican jus
qices and conStables. in all Republicans
vino can stand between them and the
fanatic. boodler and treasury looter;
and they are beginning to see that il is
not wise policy to make a change. They
cannot see that a Populist judge and a
Republican county attorney can get
along any better than Republican
judge and a Republican county at
fOrney.
d
sheriff could get along with more har-
,mony with a Republican board of coun-
~ commissioners than a Republican
sheriff could. They are beginning TO
see that If trouble comes from the court
house it is better TO have one party to
blame than an irresponsible mixture.
Above all they realize that what must
he avoided now is the fractional quarrel.
In unity there is strength and if the
sa.1.g l. -
be by the combined strength of the ma
jority element. Populism viii never
lift hand fcS Wichita in this fight. Its
strength is not in Wichita: its interests
are nc. in Wichita. Populism does not
belong in a city. Does anybody sup
pose that the Commoner with its once
"a week issue could do anything in a
furious every day battle against Bill
Tiger and his fanatical followers in
their efforts to make the taxpayers
sick? No. MIR. KieS would sooner set in
: o.. office grinKding out sub-reasury
warehouse arguments than spend his
nights defending Wichita against its
enemies. He would say that the whole
thing was a sham battle to draw the
attention Of the people away from the
real iSsueS-eove-ument ownership Of
railways ana the Sub-tre3Sury scheme.
The people of Wichita can see that no
SOol can come AAO-il bnetA ludi III anu
they viii stand by the party that will
and can stand by THEM
No one wia deny that the Republi-
can party of Ssdgwicl county is all
right" Nobody viii deny that the Re
publican officers OF Sedgwick county
and Wichita are '.au right" Nobody
can deny but that il is a matter OF right
and Justice to sustain them They are
fighting for this Republican ticket and
n -. k.,.-
accept < as very nice Endorsement OF
sheir position as leaders in the gallant
fight they have made. II the PopuliST
ticket wins ii means of course. that