The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-10-29
LOST HIS TEMPER
DAVE DALECREATES 4 SCENE WITH
ABUSINESS MAN.

He Threatened Him with His Ability to
Make Him Lose Hundreds of Dollars
1t was All Over Bet in which Colonel
Lewis said that He was Fighting Hatton
and was Pledged to Dale-The Cat Got
was Scored for It-Campaign is Getting
on Lovely.
The first man to lose his temper dur
Ing the campaign was the man above
Rll others who would be expected TO be
conservative. He was David III. Dale.
Yesterday ne went into suhe Red Front
store and fairly threatened them with
anihilation. II viii make 1T cost you
hundreds Of dollars" said he.
Those who saag him thought he had
lost his head, he carried on so terribly
and IT is needless TO say that his friends
were disguised
Il could hardly believe my eyes, :"
said one man when 1 saw him I
V4as feeling kindly towards him but
his action today settled me forever to-
wards him / would not think so much
about il If he was a candidate for a
common Office, but the idea of candf-
date for judge threatening business
man to make 1t hot for him is a step
which a free American citizen should
resent. l would not have missed seeing
him In his rage for anything, for ii for
cibly illustrated 70 me my duty. Sup
pose he was elected and proceeded to
carry out his threat against this bus
mess man, does anybody suppose that
he would make a just and impartial
judge. / came from stock that fought
for freedom Of speech, freedom TO ex-
press ones opinions and / am now rea-
dy 10 fight any man who wants to
abridge that right. / don't care who ne
is. whether he is on the bench or not.
If business man in this city fasn' I
the right 20 express his opinion on To-
Cal politics without being intimidaEed
by a man who aSpires to such a high
position as the judicial bench Ii is time
that somebody should be sat down upon
The affair was the talk of the town last
night and everybody censured Mr.. Dale
for letting his temper get away from
him.
HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
The whole thing came about over a
bet that was proposed. George Locke
Harry Stewart and one of the McNagh-
ten brothers met socially and the ques-
zion came up as to where Colonel Lewis
stood in this fight Mr. McNagh1en
said he jhea.li that Mr.. Lewis was fight
ing Hatton and working for Dale and
the two other gentlemen denied 1T and
offered TO bet that Mr.. Lewis was for
Hai5ton. Mr. McNaghten said he would
probably take the bet after awhile and
when he had an opportunity he dropped
into Colonel Lewis office and intruduc-
ed the subject Of politics in a quiet
way in order to sound Colonel Lewis,
His effort was more successful than he
expected. You are supporting Hatton
of course Colonel" said Mr.. McNaghten
mo sir" was his reply, Il am not sup
porting him, nor win I support him
i ann for Mr.. Dale because / think he is
the man that we want, besides l have
pledged myself to him. In the addd-
tional talk Mr.. McNaghten had with
Colonel Lewis the Colonel left no doubt
in his mind as to where he stood and
with this positive information he came
back to Mr.. Locke and Mr.. Stewart
and said: "Boys, l don't want to win
your money too easy, | will bet you a.
500 to $50 or $50 to s25 that Colonel Lew
is is against Charlie Hatton and pied e
ed to Dave Dale Mind you now that
go farther than saying he is for him
and will say that he is pledged to him. :"
How are we going to decide the bet'
said one of them.
Il will go with you to Colonel Lewis
and we viii ask him personally"
At thfs time the gentlemen decided
th1t it was against the law to bet and
failed to put up. In the meantime Mr..
AIcNaghten told them that he knew
where Colonel Lewis stood and that
taking their money WAS like stealing
It.
When Mr. Dale heard of the matter
and that the cat was out of the bag
ne became furious and hunted up the
Red Front where he enacted the scene
above described.
The shoe store was not to blame nor
was the firm and hence Mr.. Dale's cho-
le- was cut of order The little bet
business was simply a private affair
between one of the McNa s'hten boys
and the gentlemen mentioned and was
reilSher IN or near the store.
THEY WE'RE NOT TO BLAME
The McNaghtens are business men
who Do not take any active part in
politics and they are very sorry that
the transaction occurred, but there was
no intention OF hurting Mr.. Dale's feel
ings. The betting conversation was
the same as that held every fall and
In every place where an election is held
1t is hoped that Mn. Dale VIII look at
q in that light and that he viii not put
his threat into execution whether he
goes on the bench or not It is a very
corta in thing that Judge HattCn will
not feel bitter towards any Deulocrat I
or POpIllst who sees fit to offer 10 bet
against him. II was childish and weak
on the part of MIR. Dale and his friends
regardless OF politics, are sorry that he
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been known all along tha., Mr.. Lewis
was pledged to Air. Dale. Mr.. Lewis
said so himself long before Mr.. Hatton
was nominated and many times since.
1t Is no secret, although a studied eff
fort has been made by the other side
TO try and make the people believe tina I
Mr.. Lewis and all that class OF paople
were for Mr. Hatton and thus create
the opinion ( at Judge Hatton was a
pTohibioonist, which is SUCH a redlcu-
lous thing THAT no attention has been
paid to ii. Everybody knows where
Judge Hatuon stands. He stands with
the Eagle SE.i the entire Republican
sentiment Of this community for the
business interests Of Wichita.
IT is GETTING EASY.
TIE oemrQigu is getting easier now.
FNaf n IVES -lever lost IN the sood sense
of TIE good people Of Wfc1lta. Espe-
caalIy was oor.idsGrce held IN the loyal
Republicans Of Sedgwtck county. As
posn,e ed oirt heretofore ts2,a Republican
ticket was never in extreme danger as
long as the people had time TO think
ausi reason. The Popuast boom was al
ways fio-6Ucus-it never had any solid
icy Today tire wSnd is leaking out Of
the Pcpulssr borom aad on November 5
IT VIII fall alle an old snI.sy balloon at
r. country fair. There are no paraHAutes
Awarded