The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-07
SCHEME Is PLAIN
C0NsPIRAT0RS AGAINST REPUBLI-
CAN TICKET UNMAsKED.

its organ-It was All Done by the Peti'
tion OF the Bosses-Records Found in
the Office of City CIerk-Federal ON
GERS, Sheriff's Officers, Democratic and
Pop Committeeman and Workers are
the Chaps Who Made the Tickets.
The readers Of the glimmerirg organ
of the mongrel ticket have been surfeit-
ed with a lot Of slush about the big de-
n1and there was for citizens ticket in
opposition to the Republican ticket.
Doubtless many Of them believed tina;
whal the paper said was true and were
lead into the belief that there really
was a demand for another ticket than
that put out by the Republicans.
Of course the Eagle has told the PEG
pie repeatedly that the Citizens ticke1
was nominated by few bosses on the
street corner or in a dark stairway
This the organ Of the mongTel ticke'
has not denied The Eagle has beer
hoping that ii would deny it so as u
catch it in a trap but it was too foxey
and kept on hood winking the public by
semi-plausible nonsense but always
lodging the challenge of this paper.
A reward was offered a few mornings
ego through these columns for any
man who would find a single line in the
mongrel organ indicating that a single
citizens meeting had been held to NOM
mate a Citizens ticket Nobody claim
ed the reward. The mongrel organ was
challenged to state where meeting had
been held, VINO were present, who was
chairman, or who was secretary II
n ha oh On o. hFI
has gone on deceiving the people.
Since it will not stand up manfully
and answer questions that would give
the lie to its own statements and insin-
uaIions the Eagle will give the facts
anyway.
Not man on the Citizens ticket was
nominated by a citizens convention OF
q citizens caucus. They were all nomi-
mated by petition of the local Demo
FRA tic and Populistic bosses. The city
cierk's Office shows this and If any man
doubts it let him go in there this morn
Ing before voting and find out the
truth.
Who were the petitioners who noni-
mated these ward tickets? Let the re-
rords of the city clerks office tell. They
are as follows:
First ward: w. Z. Huffman, who is
Grover Cleveland's deputy revenue col
hector; Jim Derr, the man who brought
charges against Tiger Bill; Harry
Moore, job foreman for the mongrel or
gan; V. J. Christman who holds job
under Postmaster Fitch, and John Clay
ton. These are the non-paTtiSan"(?l
citizens who put out the ticket in the
First ward, every one of them Demo
crat.
Second ward: Harry w. Stewart
who is either chairman or secretary OF
the county Democratic committee; Lew
Dean, a dyed in the wool Democrat
VIII Ayres, chairman Of the Populist
county Committee; George Van Wer-
den, Democrat; john Young, who is
the brother of the candidate; c. r. Hi
barger, d Democratic clerk in the post
office.
Third ward: George P. Locke, assist
ant postmaster; ]. n. Haymaker, one
Of the Democratic bosses OF the county;
James T. Dorsey, the Democratic under
sheTiffs; T. j. Arnold, the chairman of
the recent Pop county convention, John
Mccarthy, a dyed in the wool Demo-
cTat; Ben Aldrich, a DemO-POp; Irwin
StarJtou, ex-couuty chairman of the
Pop committee; / p. Campbell, who
was the Demo-Pop candidate for SEN
ator last fall; J. V. Colville. the ex-Pop
superintendent of public instruction.
Fourth ward: Rufus Cone, the Demo
Pop sheriff; Thomas q. Fitch, the
Democratic postmaster; r. y. Sankey
delegate to the national Pop cOnven-
ton; II. J. Hagney, editor of the Demo
Pop organ; Z. NJ. Piatt, a Missouri
Democrat; o. Mulvey, the Democratic
ex-city engin eer; David and ]. NJ. Ross,
both Democrats.
Fifth ward: NJ. J. Langdon, Demo
crat; J. W. Brown, Pop member of po-
lice commissioners under Lewelling; +.
c. McCutcheon. a DemO-Pop; George
E. Rogers, G delegate to the Pop con-
vention; J. Z. Volt, a Pop
Sixth ward: e. w. Peters, secretary
of the Populist county central commit
tee: ]. H Engles, J W. Mccarthy. A.
Swezy, Tom Freeman, J. w. Burton, c.
Kunkel, G. z. Atchinson, f. J.. Ewing
and Henry SchOtt.
1t can be seen that these tickets have
been made by Postmaster Fitch and
Deputy Postmaster Locke, Sheriff Cone
and Under Sheriff Dorsey, the cnairmer
of the Democratic and Populist county
committees, the secretary of the POP
county committee and other lesser
lights. L is dead sure that every man
of them is an active Pop or Democrat.
If there is a Republican in town who
does not see now that the Citizens tick
ct is a scheme leading towards fuS-
ion next fall he ouEht 10 have the y
rays turned on his head 10 find out Wha1
is in il.
SOME GOOD REASONING.
The following are some good reason:
why no Republican should vote for tbs
Citizens ticket today:
Because il is a DemO-Pop scheme 1
disrupt or weaken the Republican party
Because il Is a political tramp dis
owned publicly but nursed privately by
its paSents-Democracy and Populism
Because it is the ticket Of a Demo-PoI
ring IN control of the postofice anc
sherlffs office
Because the chairman and secretary
OF the POpulist committee helped 4
make Il.
Because / T. Campbell and Judge
Sankey are for Il.
Because Jesse Haymaker, David
Smyth and George Douglass are for ii.
Because Bill Tiger and Hiram Levi:
are for it.
Because RUfe Cone. Tom Fitch and
George Locke made II.
Because there is no responsibility be
hind IL.
Because II is not s good a ticket a:
the Republican ticket.
Because Il stands for nothing but tn.
Demo-Pop pie counter
Because all the friends and supporter
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