The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-08
W, J. PITTINGER.
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has never been given just recognition in
the distribution Of the county's appro-
priations for necessary public improve
ments When the Populist wave struck
Kansas the western part of the county
switched off from the Republican party
and put a Populist in as county commits
sioner for the Third district and since then
the people have never ceased TO regret
their action They have been given alb
solutely nothing. Delegations which were
sent in to ask for the construction of
necessary bridges have been snuubed and
d:sregarded by the Populist commissioner
and the people out that way have been
Disguised to point where they feel like
returning TO the Republican fold and
trusting their interests TO the hands OF
Republican commissioner. This feeling
has increased on account of the Repubh
can nominee in that district this fall Had
the Republicans nominated man Of in
tense and unrelenting pertisanship, Re
publican who knew no one but a Republ3-
can, who expected to grant favors 10 none
but Republicans, who thought that a
Democrat or Populist had no right on
earth, they would not have deserved sue
stead, man of liberality of brain, a man
who has just as many personal friends
among the Populists and Democrats as he
has among the Republicans. man who,
if elected county commissioner, intends 20
serve the interests OF the western portion
of Sedgwick county. man who intends 10
get the people out there more bridges
across the Ninnescah and its two
branches so that farmers will not have TO
travel miles around and lose hours and
hours of valuable time. This man is ".
]. Pittinge. of Attica township.
Mr. Pittinger is one of the solid farm
ers of this county. He is one of the sensi-
BILE citizens of his township. Every man
in his township knows him to be that. He
is not laxative or exuberant at any
time. But every farmer in Attica town
ship knows that when Mr.. Pittinger gives
his opinion on a matter or when he volun-
teers his judgment it is the best and most
sincere a sterling man can give. When
he tells the people out there that he will
defend their rights and gain them new
favors as county commissioners every
farmer in Attica township and every man
in Sedgwick county who knows him, re-
alize that the pledge is more than mere
political promise to catch votes and to be
broken after the election. What Mr..
Pittinger tells a man, that thing he will
do, if it takes the last cent and last eff
fort he has in the world. He is just that
kind of a man and the people out there
know it. He Is the kind of man who.
| as county commissioner, will talk little and
do much. He is the kind of a man who
will let the other fellow do the speech
| making, while he is securing good things
for his part of the county. His one
thought while county commissioner will
be to serve the people whom he repre-
sents, and to serve them we'll Any
neighbor of Mr.. Pittinger's will verify this
and add 10 il stronger words of common
dation than are written here. He is a
| man of profound good sense. He acts
with elaboration, but with iron determ-
ination. He only speaks when his mind
is made up. There is very little of the
| politician about him. When he says he
| will secure benefits for the western part
of Sedgwick county, he means 1t and will
| do it. The people who live near him
trustee in Attica township for five years.
and Attica is a strong Democratic town
ship. When the Populists swooped down
on politics in Kansas, Mr.. Pittinger ran
against and tied his opponent. Straws
| were drawn and he won. He is a pros
| porous farmer by occupation with a wife
/ and five fine children, the oldest son, Ollie,
| being we'll known in Wichita as one of the
most sterling specime'ts OF young man.
hood in the state.
Mr.. Pittinger's record is brilliant one
When the Atlanta campaign was on, one
night, soldier was admitted 10 the old
Tecumseh Sherman's room. The grand
old fighter was asleep and the soldier
touched him on the arm and awoke him.
The soldier handed him a message and
| the old general fairly vaulted out of bed in
delight The soldier was Pitt" and the
! message that overjoyed General Sherman
was a captured Confederate code. Sher-
man was at Bib Shanty north of Kenesaw
mountain. Pitt" was in a cotton-gin
where a signal station had been located.
| The Confederates were signaling from
Kenesaw mountain 10 another division OF
in the signal corps watched the Confed-
crate signal flags and began to work on it.
Every word must have a vowel in IL, and
when there were only two flags used one
of those flags represented a vowel. and
after long time the boys figured out the
whole Confederate code. and PITT took
it TO Sherman. While a member OF the
sigma! corps he also delivered messages tor
| Gr1nt, Thomas. and in fact, nearly every
commanding general in that campaign.
Mr.. Pitinger was born March 2. 1895,
on farm near Toledo. o. The fever was
so bad there that his parents soon moved
back TO, their old home at Williamsport,
Pa Here Mr. Pitdnger remained until
he was twenty years of age. getting his
education and learning the trade OF plas-
terer. In ISIS he struck out for himself
He went to Stevenson county, Illinois.
and taught school In winter and worked al
his trade in summer. In 1850 he went 10
Missouri TO Join a colony OF Pennsylvar-
ians who had settled there, among them
his parents. He went into Marys county
70 teach school and the next year went 70
Lebanon TO work az his trade The war
had broke out and company OF Confed-
crates spraEg into being IN Lebanon
Pittinger was politely invited 10 Join the
rebel army or take the consequences a
friend helped him TO get away. The
friend threw his saddle bags on; OF
window az the dead OF night. furnished
him horse, and together they galioped
away. Forty miles they rode that night
and at dawn hauled VI al the colony OF