The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-03
ANorHER r1cKEr NOMINATED.

The most dangerous element with
which the Republican party of Kansas
has had to contend, is an element or
"rule or ruin" fanatics within its own
lines. The Credentials, the Level
Iings, the Willitts, PETERS, Simpsons
and Dosters, as tools of demagogic
Democrats and fusion schemers, would
never have scored a point. or secured
an Office, but for the Judas fanatics,
such as the Jerry .Botkins, the 81
Johns, the chickering's. and the poilti-
cal prohibition preachers who While
claiming loyalty to Republican prln-
ciples, have ever put forth their efforts
and influence to destroy the party
which represents those principles.
These men failing to reform others by
their precepts and examples have en-
deavored to save everybody by legal
enactment, through the Republican
party. While the average citizen Is
perfectly willing to admit that the use
of tobacco is a filthy habit and with
out excuse, and that liquor drinking is
physically damaging it is not spiritual
" disastrous, yet such average citizen
does not propose to become an IRE
sponsible child of the law whose per-
sonal habits are to be looked after and
regulated by the state. Result, an
annual loss of self-respecting men to
the Republican party.
This is a year whose campaign In
Kansas has been rendered doubtful by
a series of years Of such losses, conf
bined with other untoward exigeneles,
political and material. This is year
in which these extremists should have
shown their pretended faith in the he
publican party by something more
than words. But what have they
done? 1t is true that BOtkin has gone,
has repudiated his own professions
and turned open traitor to all that he
ever advocated. But his coadjutorS
and old time Iscariot confrerees have
held meetings, organized its commit
tee OF Fifty" and what not, and all
directed against the Republican party.
Failing to either control the nominees
or platform Of the state convention
they called another convention at To
peka this week. The convention met
on Wednesday and put ticket in the
field. The ticket is for the sole pur-
pose of defeating the Republican state
ticket
The new party styles itself "The In
dependent" 1t is to be most devoutly
wished that they may stay and remain
and that every man OF
their stripe in the state may join them
and remain with them unto the end
They nominated breaches, Rev. J. Z.
Brant, presiding elder of the Fort Scott
district, for governor, and A. 81. Vance,
president Of the State Temperance
union, which was organized to domln-
ate the Republican party, as attorney
general Why they failed to indorse
the renegade Jerry Botkin is not
known. They, however, had the gall
to express the opinion that two of the
parties which had nominated Jerry
HOu1u WlluuldW thcii eANASo' 49, eAA~
interest Of 'The Independents" South
ard. who was nominated for governor
by the National ProhibitiOnists," and
Hurley, who was nominted by the
"Straight-out Prohibitionists' for gov
ernor, it is announced, will both with
draw in the interest Of 'The Independ-
ents," OF more strictly in the scheme
to defeat Morrill, and the straight Re-
publican ticket
The whole outfit put into bag and
shaken up together can accomplish
nothing, much less defeat the Repub-
lican party. They and their organiza-
ton are unconsequential and utterly in
as power SO long as they
remain outside Of the councils Of the
Republican party, where distractions,
coming of their demands. has worked
so much harm.