The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-16
AN ELECTION BY DEFAULT.

An election by default always has in
furious effects. Politically the Amer
lean people are easily made mad and
quick TO resent wrong, either fancied
or real, done to them. And IN their
propensity for quick revenge they
often defeat for a time their own
wishes. We have two tickets in the
political field in Sedgwick county this
fall. One Of those tickets is acknowl
edged to be the best the Republican
party in this county ever named. 1t
was nominated early last summer and
the prospects for its election at the
time We're exceedingly promising.
There is another ticket In the field.
This second ticket was nominated by
the Popufists, the Democrats who were
looking for fusion, being fatty snub-
bed. Since then nothing at all has
been heard from that second ticket. A
great deal has been heard about the
other, the first ticket mostly by way
Of attack from the opposition.
To anyone who has watched the pres
ent political fight in this county lie must
be plain that to all practical purposes
the Populist ticket is out of the dis
cussion. The opposition hasn't a
word in commentator Of its own men.
Its whole fight has been made against
the republican ticket-nOt as indi-
viduals for even the opposition &C
knowledge their personal worth and Of
fetal fitness, but because they are Re-
publicans. They are Republicans. So
also is the governor Of Kansas a Re
publican. The Republican governor
at Topeka has repudiated, has slapped
in the face the Republican candidates
of Sedgwick county. Hence, accord
ing to the opposition, 1t Is necessary to
down the Republican candidates In
Sedgwick county because they belong
to the same national organization that
the governor of Kansas, who has mis-
used Wichita, does.
These Republicans whom the oppo-
sitiOn is so anxious to down because
they are Republicans are known to the
announced themselves as anti-Prohi-
bitionists, the matter that is now up
permoSt in the minds of the voters Of
Sedgwick county. Still the opposi-
ton, while confesSing they are anti
Prohibitionists, calls on the voters to
turn them down for fear Governor
Morrill, would regard their election as
a vindication of his reacherous course
in this city.
Suppose for argument, this is what
happens. Suppose the voters. either
by the refusal of Republicans to vote
or by their voting with the OPPOSITION,
put that Populist gang of nominees in
office. Who would You have in of
e-Prohibitionists or anti-Prohibi-
tionists? Do you know how those
Populists stand on the question? To
satisfy yourself get a list of the Popu-
list nominees and read them over. Look
at that list. How many of the men
do you know thereon? How many
are ProhibitionistS and how many are
not? Have they made any open state
ment in regard to the matter? Have
you seen anyone of the candidates on
that Populist ticket (no, not excepting
even Rufe Gomez come out in any news
paper and declare himself against Pro |
Has Dave Dale or any one
of them said publicly he was against
You know that Denny |
is candidate on the Republican ticket !
and you know he has announced him.
self as dead-set against Prohibition.
Do YOU know who is the candidate
against him on the PopuliSt ticket |
Do you know even his name? Do you |
know where he stands on the Prohi- |
bition question? How would you feel |
to vote against Denny and find after |
the election that You had voted a Pro |
hibitionist into office and voted down
Denny, true and tried friend of the
anti ProhibitoniSts? Suppose you. an |
anti Prohibitionist, vote that ticket into
the county Office and find you have re-
warded lot OF Prohibitienists. Your
temper will then have been satisfied.
but will You have done your judgment
justice?
Do You know who the candidate /
against John Stanley IS on the Popu-
list ticket: Can You speak his name:
Do you know how he stands on the
question: You know John
Stanley is against Prohibition. He
has said so in the Eagle. Look in the
papers and see if Won can
ind any statement from his opponent
1n the matter.
The fact Is this. The opposition i
4 fight on the Republican ticket
snd is keeping its mouth shut clam
Sght on its own ticket II hopes 10
elect the Populist ticket by defearfn.
he Republican ticket not 10 defeat
the Republican ticket by electing the
popuiiSt ticket II knows that by No
power under the sun can il elect RUFF
Cone 10 an office n Se,lgwick county
Dy Pop votes, The good old farmer
Pnnulisrs detests Rufe Cone. and IN