The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-30
TO WICHITA BUSINESS MEN.

For the most part the men on the
| Republican city ticket are identified
| with the progress and advancement
of Wichita. 4 majority of them have
been prominently so. They are bus
mess men and understand the business
| interests and necessities of the city.
They are men Of experience and know
what is absolutely necessary and what
can be curtailed or Topped off without
! injury to the welfare of the town.
They are honest men and viii dis
charge every duty conscientiousiy.
This being true then every man on
that ticket should be elected. This
being true. the defeat of the ticket
nominated by the Republicans would
| be unfortunate. not only from party
view. but unfortunate for the tax
payer. and unfortunate To the BUSH
| ness interests OF the city. The cleo
ton of the men composing the ticket
| is assured If those having the most
interest III an economical and honest
administration will but discharge the
simple duty OF going to the polls next
Tuesday and casting their ballots, ac
cordingly.
To urge such encumbeney upon the
average business man ought to be I'M
| necessary. The mOngrel ticket put
up against the Republican ticket doubt
less contains the names of some good
men. But that ticket is without back
ing 1t * at best but a mongrel affair,
without responsibility. IL does not
command the support even OF the in
tereSts which under the miSleadig cab
of ''citizeDs meeting attempted a fu-
sion Of Democrats and PopulistS. The
ticket named by that movement went
20 pieces. The ticket as it stands is
the result of secret patchwork. and
its nominees are ansWerable To no.
body. Ii is not As consistent in It's
make ZIP as the Old granny and the
aunt Jane affair said TO have been
Matched out by an antiquated old
rooster and a lot of his frost-bitten
female coadjutators at the Auditorium,
Of which Parkinson would have proved
4 more natural leader than for the
crowd he now ostensibly heads.
\ victory for the mongreI ticket
would be Il victory for nobody save
the men named on the ticket, and for
those who might use them after they
had been installed in office And
therein lies the danger. The adverse
and incongruous elements which re-
fuse TO openly advocate the Parkinson
ticket are going to vote for it and
take the chances of running the adj
mlnistration if ir should be elected.
The Democrats, Populists and Prohi-
bitioniSts are all expected TO support
the Parkinson ticket and the leaders
of each ofthese organizations expect to
control the city under his rule. These
leaders think that by remaining in the
background that the women who regis
tered can practically all be persuaded
to vote the ticket gotten up to beat the
Republican ticket, but how gotten up
nobody knows.
The only manly, honorably chosen
and square out, open and above board
ticket, is the Republican ticket. headed
by l.. NJ. Cox, for mayor thoroughly
tested and tried man, and the body
Of it is composed of men chosen for
their qualifications and particular fit
ness for their places, respectively, and
it is in the interest of the city as a
whole, and Of its business men, and
its taxpayers, that it should be over
whelmingly elected.