The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-01
wao WOULD CROW?

w lffllId- WAS
lenged by the Eagle. All bridges were
burned. every possible avenue Of re-
treat was cut off and for three months
the designs of Wichita's enemies were
frustrated by the Eagles fight, and
every movement made to crush her
came to naught. But for the bold and
uncomproniisfng front maintained by
this paper the city would have been
conquered. and Wichita would have
stood the humble victim Of a blather-
skite who holds the commission of at
torney general, stood singly and alone
as the example" Of fanatical rule,
with every other city in the state free
and unmolested, some Of the inhabi
fants of which cities were wrrung to
the governor to stand By his promise
to make the taxpayers of Wichita sick.
1t has been a fight of and for a peo
pie who are just as good, just as de-
serving as the people Of the other I'M
molested cities Of the state. 1t was 4
fight in defense of their property and
rights, and against inimical interests
abroad and bigoted enemies at home.
1t was a fight that counted, that told ut
every turn. leaving the men who had
been commissioned to do the dirty work
of crushing the town, fOiled and dis
comfitted. unable to secure a convic-
ton or punish a single individual.
There may now be some perplexity
as how to vote so as to most effectually
protest against the attempted outrage
and discriminating conflict attempted
TO be forced upon this people. But
there ought to be no question about
and indorsing the unwaver-
ir g front maintained by the Eagle. 1t
was a hard hole to be put into, such
hole as those who have not had to do
with public sentiment have little idea
Of its many embarrassmentS and real
dangers. But as there was no finch
ing then, upon our part, there should
be no hesitancy now upon the part of
those for whom the war was waged.
No one need be told who will crow if
the Eagle is downed next Tuesday
The Growing won't be done by the men
on the Fusion ticket If they should be
elected. They would know, as would
every man realize, that the game was
up and that Wichita stood whipped and
left bound hand and foot, at the mercy
Of her enemies, with the voice of her
defender silenced because of a repu-
diation of the efforts it made to have
Wichita conceded the same chances en-
joyed by the other large cities Of the
state.
The Eagles election campaign was
put off till the last moment, put off till
long after the other side had opened
out, put off that we might not be en-
barrassed in our efforts TO force the
of that which is due the
business interests of the city, put off
until there was but the one thing left
to do, and that one thing TO ask a re-
cognition of the work that had been
done by it
If the Eagle is left in its fight it win
be left hors de combat, completely dis
armed and silenced. and Dawes will be
the man that will crow. and the COVER
nor and all the Topeka crowd will crow,
and the Lieurance-league and all its
sympathizers. Will crow. and in chorus
howl Il told you So
If the Eagle is indorsed and sus-
tanned, upon the other hand. Bill Tiger
and his crew will crawl into their holes.
the blatherskite Dawes and his
hackers VIII crawl into their holes.
the enemies of Wichita at the capital
and elsewhere. viii crawl into their
holes and as they all pull their holes in
after them will whine in one woeful,
doleful chorus over the fact that the
of Sedgwick county are on
top. and that the Eagle and its party
will have 10 be recognized and con-
coded all that they claimed or other
wise the state administration win be
compelled also TO retire to a hole and
JUST THE MAN FOR THE PLACE.