The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-10-12
THE OPPOSITION TICKET.

correspondent refers to 1.-The Dem
ocratic ticket of Sedgwick county" We
haven't heard Of any such ticket There
is an opposition ticket in the field
which seems supported principally by
the Populist organs, and by them only
in a half-hearted way As for any
thing else the Prohib- Crusaders of
| Wihcita evidently have the strongest
scinch on the thing, which was the re-
suit of some kind Of a dicker between
the candidates, and which is called or
captioned Peoples Party Ticket" "A
portion of the candidates are running
on pledges made to the Law and Order
on two other distinct platforms. Its
| candidate for state senator. however,
who was a former Prohibitionist is
making the race in an independent
| fashion, being for free silver and for
resubmission. 1t is a ''if-yOu-don't-
what-you-want-aSk-fo -for-it'' kind Of
a ticket, warranted to both hit and
miss every time. The judge-end Of
| the bushwhacking combine delights
the preachers who inStigated the war
and gave to the taxpayers Tiger Bill
and his tools; the sheriff-e OF it is in
high feather with the police commits
sioners and their force; while the SEE
atOr-end of it commands the confidence
of all who do not know what's the
matter with them. In short that ticket
seems to be a political nondescript.
born out of season, of cross fecunda
tiOn and of double delivery, having
neither head nor tail, bowels or brains,
and nameless. If by any possibility
arising from the muddle and general
destruction of the situation, locally, the
various candidates on that supposed
ticket should be elected no one under
heaven would know what to look for
or where to go after him. The candi
dates on it pull in pairs. but in such
an uncertain fashion that their tails
have to be tied together to keep them
from turning their yokes, and them
selves inside out. From the smell of
its breath it is hard to tell whether it
is inspired by joint whisky or chewing
gum. Such is its fearful and wonder
full makeup that the EIan who wants
TO vote the thing, unscratched, Will be
compelled to back out of the booth and
cast his ballot at the judges between his
legs. While Dave is holding down the
Prohibs, and Rufe is rounding up the
speak-easies, 1pey rustles for the
righteous and ungodly on the corners.
The head of the ticket "amenS' loudly
beneath the ewes Of the sanctuary, the
middle of it "damns" discretly in the
ears of the jointists, while the tail is
left wriggling for general results. If
anybody votes that ticket for Demo |
cratic ticket or for Pop ticket, or for |
any kind of a ticket save as free-for-
all, go-as-you- please, Observation-Disclosures |
hindmost kind of a racket, in which |
everybody will get left except the
Prohib fellows who have got the |
pledges, then have we lost all the polit-
ical diScernment we ever had. We |
thus leave the cold facts for the prayer
full consideration of our anxious but no /
doubt well-meaning correspondent,
who in dreaming he is Democrat will |
get left if he ever votes for any such
goOd-Lord, good-devil mix-up.
The only thing. the wise and pa
triotic thing for every man to do who
wants to do the sensible thing and to
know who he is going to land, is to
vote the Republican ticket, every can
didate upon which is openly pledged
for silver and reSubmisSion.