The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-24
SAM PETERS AND THE OTHERS.

head the ticket. Such a mistake
not only possible but in it's maxim
Kansas may be lost to the Republica.
party, lost in its electoral vote, los
In its congressional representation an
lost in its United States senator. Thi
being true, personal preferences ough
to be sacrificed where party advan
tage is evident. The Eagle has no pref
udices against Major Morrill,. Will
he has administered the affairs of tn
state honestly and economically he hA!
personally alienated two elements o.
the prty, one being dissatisfied becauss
he did. and the other because he die
not; one because he made an attempt
and the other because he failed ii
| such attempt 1t was in a contention
over the same old bone, whatever its
merits OF dement's. it is the one bone
which has distracted and weakened
the Republican party of the state. Mr.
Troutman, of Topeka, is a man OF
ability and OF fixed principles, being
| young, brilliant and energetic Mr..
Potter a firm. solid and successful
business man, possessing many of the
characteristics of an executive officer.
In brief, Morrill,. Troutman, Potter and
Peters are all men without flaw and
Republicans without a blemish, equally
acceptable to all as Republicans, but
not so personally, and a personally
popular candidate is PROFESSIONALLY es-
sential in the present campaign. Flat
" the candidate for governor, demand
ed at the present juncture, is that Re-
publican who can command the enthus-
iastic support Of not only the body Of
the party, but of every faction of it,
Of every Prohibition Republican, of
every liberal Republican, and of every
silver Republican. The man who can
do this is the man who should be NOM
mated. That Sam Peters is that man
there is no doubt Following the NOM
nation his candidacy would raise no
question or doubt He is a Republican
without any ism attachments. His
nomination would antagonize no single
element of the party. This cannot be
said of either of the other three can
dfdates. Morrill, would lose thousands
of Prohibition Republican votes, while
on6 yrn11J6 ysr0uo
equally unfortunate as TO the result
mission and other liberal Republican
voters. 1t is only necessary to state
this fact to have its truthfulneSS ap-
preciated by every observant party
man, no one of whom should require
any argument to prove to him that the
party must have every Republican vote
if it would win this fall. While the
Eagle can and will accord either of
these gentlemen q hearty support, as
the nominee of its party, yet we can
facts and conditions, patent to every
Republican in the state. No Republic |
can, whatever his views, is carrying |
any knife for Sam Peters, either on
of any judgment rendered |
while on the bench, of any expression |
made or vote recorded as member of |
congress, or of any views at present |
by him touching any issue, |
political, moral or religious. He would,
as the Republican nominee for gov
ernor, enter the race untrammeled and |
splendidly equipped by his valuable ex-
perience as a public man, and by his
thorough knowledge of the affairs of
the state. to make a splendid success
ful and winning fight a fight for the
whole party and for every candidate,
/ fight for every Republican nominee
n the state for congress, a fight for a
legislature and conse-
luent Republican United States senator
o succeed old whiskers.
In these expressed convictions and
there is no personal feeling
whatever. no individual interest of any
save the desire to see our
,arty nominate the best man for the
InuSul conditions now confronting us
md the peculiar demands of what may
otherwise prove a precarious and I'M
'ertain campaign. We are advised as
o the claims and figures, respectively,
Il the candidates mentioned, but the
ruth is a large number of the delegates
llready elected are unpledged and I'M
instructed, and a larger number are
till TO be chosen. That a majority
# them will be DESTROYS of nominating
he man who can poll the largest vote
Without reference to the desires of Of
ce-holders and other ring combina-
ions We sincerely hope and believe
otherwise all is left in doubt where
onfidence and courage will be most
eoesSary. While few of the coun-
les OF northern and central Kansas +
ave instructed for one or the other Of
hese gentlemen, the great counties Of
he southwest have not. and they could
cry easily. by inSructing for their old
more than offset the num-
erS already instructed. Such instruc-
ion would create no friction because ,
he other candidates concede this por-
ion of the state to Judge Peters. :
So far as we can see or are able to ,
udge there is no fight being made on ,
ither Governor Morrill,, Mr.. Troutman |
r Mr.. Potter. 1t is not a fight I
against any man, but ii is one which !
hould be made for the best man. ,
he prejudices Of factions. the ISSUES I