The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-27
THE SILVER QUESTION IN WICHITA.

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recent article that free silver meant al
that Our forefathsrs fought for in tn
revolution, that il meant life itself an
human liberty and a. lot of other sacre,
things. that our friend Marsh. we repeat
was put through the threshing machin
when the Republican county convention
met and sound money plank wa
The platform of the Sedgwick count!
convention has not settled the matter Will
the Eagle, however. 1t is still fghtin;
| the imaginary British enemy and roast
ing the Republicans who refuse to shudde
| when it mentions the Rothschilds. Their
IS general satisfaction among Republi
cans over the state with the action of the
| SedgWlck county convention. There !!
| general satisfaction among the Republi
| cans of Sedgwick; their convention repre-
GRITTY who were defeated in the convention
| are making desperate efforts TO disturb
party harmony by mingling with the Pop
uIists, Democrats and the frayed edge:
OF all parties and factions and getting
up demonstra tons to counterfeit the eff
feet OF the action of the county conven'
ton. Marsh Murdoch was made chair.
man last week of a meeting. on motion Of
one Of the leading Pops of the county. for
the organization of silver club. Colonel
| Hallowen made a rip-tearing speech de-
| nOuncing the action of the county con-
| vention and declaring for free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at IS to ]. He was
| followed by the chairman of the Pop cen
! trail committee on the same line. one
! and silver money and for paper only and
was loudly cheered for his sentiments.
| Such an attitude on the part of the silver
| minority in Sedgwick county can result
| only in party divisions and animosities.
| 1t is not apparent how they expect TO
| accomplish any good purpose by attacking
| their own party and mlsccSenatlnS Win
| fiat Pops.-Topeka Capital.
Whether the above was inspired by
the one who wrote the silver plank Of
the Sedgwick county platform. or other
wise naturally cropped out Of the sub
| sidized giZZard of the Capital, matters
little. The people who read the bank
organ of Topeka will believe it TO be
| true, while the readers of the Eagle Will
know that it is not. SO far as the state
| is concerned or the Republican party,
| that ends it. Nevertheless the fact
that one can be put TO such disadvan
tage through misrepresentation with
no opportunity TO right himself with
those who have been miSled might be
grinding to anyone not already ground
out OF course, we pity the readers
Of the Capital, but they are beyond our
reach. They are thus mislead, daily,
as to the silver sentiment of the state.
Our only hope for them is in just God
and kinder fate. The Capital in
really representing its readers senti-
ments in other particulars, all its
garbled and One-sided quotations on
the money question are accepted, and
all its fakes, like the above, unhesitat-
ingly swallowed. In plying its read
erS we would not blame their organ
1t is hampered by this influence. en-
vironed by that interest, and goaded by
the other, and being unable TO rise
superior to any of them is just what it
is. Its abue of those who do not be-
lieve with its bosses and patrons is
accepted as independence. 1t is moth
ing of the kind. 1t is but pitiable SER
Witty. Upon the other hand sit is rs
easy for the Eagle 10 fly as it is for
goose to walk" and the Eagle would
speak out its convictions, independent
ly though the heavens came Gathering
down about its ears. And by the way
it hasn't got as much ears as its es-
teemed but always politically-fed con-
temporary. We suspect that pap is |
productive of ears, also of webfeet |
1t certainly is of subserviency. The |
Eagle in having no knees cannot cringe. !
In that respect it differs from the or
gan. The Capital is an organ
Still, touching the above editorial |
quotation from the Capital, there can |
be no harm in saying that the Republi-
can county convention did not put |
Marsh" through threShing machine. |
The threShlng machine will do its work
in November. Nor has the Sedgwick
county convention settled the matter
with the Eagle in any sense. There is
no general satisfaction among the Re
publicanS of Sedgwick county, on the
silver plank but upon the other hand
a general conviction that the conven-
ton made a mess of it and an appre-
henSion upon the part of its nominees.
There was no minority seeking to dis
turb party harmony. Marsh Murdoch
was not made chairman of a silver
meeting on the motion of prominent
PopuliSt, nor of any other kind of a
meeting or club. With these excep-
lions which include the entire batch Of
the Capitals assertions. there may be
found some word of truth in the edi-
torial but if so we overlooked it in
careful reading
Now as to all of the facts: The
Eagle advocates the rehabilitation of
silver as money, in the interest of the
country as whole, its people and its
property. In that advocacy we are
backed by eight-tenthS of the delegates
% the Sedgwick county convention. by
Aight-tenths of the people of Scdgwick
county, by eight-tenths of the people
If South Kansas and Oklahoma. as
llSo by the nominees of the convention
'eferred 10. The silver plank of the !
>edgwick county convention calls for
agreement" This did
lot suit the Eagle nor does il now. 1t
Toes not satisfy the Republican party
If SedSWick county. not one in ten of
whom has any faith in any such prom ;
'Sition. The Republicans of Sedgwick :
county with the Eagle believe that the ,,
most direct and speedy way to remone- ,
lie silver. to knock out the gold mel
ure which has robbed every man of
lalf his values. is for the majoritieS of ,
III the parties To see 10 il that only
liver men be given political preference =.
rom congressman and senators down ,,
o township trustees. The place to
'eSin this work is in the county. dis