The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-07

tTdtt tnen came 10 me anu SdlO. Jones
| Colonel Murdoch wants me to serve
| as the Democratic member Of the board
| / don't want the place but the Colonel
| is very anxious to have a business adj
| ministration OF the police department
| and I would like to oblige him. If you
| serve 1 will, but if you don't serve l
| don't think l will
| II then heard that Mr.. Husey would
| be the third member of the board and
| having the create confidence in my
| two colleagues l decided to accept the
! place.
I'VE then proceeded along business
| lines to run the police department.
| Every man was treated fairly and every
| cent collected was turned into the city
| trea sury.
In the course Of time the governor
| here as his representative to investi-
gate. He so informed us and we talked
with him as the custodian of the gov
| errors wishes to u.s.
! General Dawes sent for us and Coun-
! ty Attorney Davis and we had con-
| sultation. Mr.. Dawes told us what he
| wanted us to do and we listened to him
as Governor MorrilPs representative.
/ He said that all we wanted to do was
| to keep prostitutes off the Main streets,
| to prevent the delivery of beer on Sun
| day and to keep joints closed on Sun
| day and see that they were closed at
| II o'clock at night. This he said was
| all we were expected to do.
Mr.. Dawes showed us a written in
! terview with W. w. Johnston which
| contained the same proposition, as the
| terms of the prohibitionists.
I'VE worked in line with this consul
| tation until the governor called us to
| Topeka
What did he say"
I'VE asked him whether the law was
violated in Le2venworth and If so why
| Wichita should be made a target? He
| said that of course the law was violat-
ed at Leavenworth. that there were
open saloons there but that there was
no prohibitionists there who complain
/ ed or who would undertake to urge the
enforcement of the law
! Eve then asked him how about Kan
sas City. Kan, and he said that the law
was violated there too, but that the
! jointists were arrested at intervals in
! blocks of five or so and that hence there
was not much kicking. This system
we understood would be agreeable TO
the governor if adopted in Wichita.
| He expressed great confidence in us all
| the time and told us what the other fell
lows were doing and all their move
ments. We came home believing that
everything was all right and proceeded
|
| sidered to be the governors wishes"
THE EVENING SCENES.
Public feeling was at its height in
the evening when business men and
| liberal minded people generally got
| out in the streets after their days
| laborers. The removal of the commits
| sioners was the sole topic of converse
| ton and the opinions expressed were
all in the same line. Everybody was
mad and thousand epithets We're used
! to express the opinions of the speakers
on such men as Hi Lewis. Bill Campbell
and George Douglas. The latter was
| scored and roasted especially hard and
| his record since he has been in Wichita
| aired With a freedom that was almost
| cruel. The politicians roasted his polit-
| ical career while the business men
seemed to attack his freight rate rec
] ord A few fellows tried to excuse him
on the bread and butter" racket, but
| the crowd was so mad that they
couldn't see any mitigating excuse in
| that. IT would take a long stretch of
| the imagination to think he was the
| same George Douglas that lived here
| five years ago. Some men can fall
| quicker and harder than others.
DAVID HAS CHANGED.
Governor Morrill, evidently wanted
men for the new board as near like
men who could not change their minds
frequently and ii was hut natural that
Bill Campbell was selected as the most
conspicuous figure in the new deal.
He then got David Smythe as chairman
of the board who. three weeks ago last
Thursday, voted for the following reso-
lutions in the Democratic convention
held in this city and which indorsed
the Pop ticket from top to bottom.
The resolutions he voted for are as fol-
lows:
1.-THE Democrats of Sedgwick county
in convention assembled. hereby give
expression to their political faith.
First. We believe in the government
of the people and by the people In
national matters we favor national
rule: in state matters, state rule, and
in local and municipal matters, local
and municipal rule. In harmony with
these principles we believe the citizens
Of Wichita should govern the city Of
Wichita. We believe our people entire
ly capable of self-government and SO
believing. We are opposed to foreign
rule and domination.
Second. We are in favor of resub-
mission Of the prohihitory liquor law
TO the people of Kansas"
The first article in the above resollI-
ton was strictly and undisguisedly A
slap at Governor Morrill,. who had then
commenced his interference in the To-
cal affairs of Wichita.
The question now is does David. any,
longer. believe that the people of Wich-
ita are entirely capable Of self-govern-
nent and so believing is he opposed
now To foreign rule and domination"
David for the sake of being in har-
mony. must have changed his mind.
WAS MORRILL, DECEIVED.
The nomination of the new board of
police commissioners proves one OF two
things very clearly: !. e. that Governor
Morrill, did not know anything about
the men he appointed or that he was
purposely deceived. either by his
Wichita adviser or the committee of
seven. At any rate. G.. l.. Douglas
partner was made chairman OF the
board This paraliZed even the few
Republicans who support Governor
Morrill, here. for they could not under
stand why the governor should put
rank Demo-Pop-a man who, three
weeks ago. was a conspicuous figure
in the Democratic convention that in
dorsed the Populist ticket-at the head
of the board. These same Republicans
are saying: How in the name OF
common sense can we go before the
people of the county with any argu-
rent in opposition to the fusion ticket
when our governor-the head of our
party in the state-takes man who
was a prominent figure in that fusion
convention and elevate him above two
Republicans at the head Of the board
OF commissioners"
In defense Of the governor let II be
said that in all probability he was
deceived. for in the appointments as
given out from the governors office
20 the reporters keck IS put down as
a Democrat TO succeed Pratt. the pres
ent Democratic member. while Smythe
is put down to succeed the present
Republican chairman Some one hos