The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-07

Voluntarily Retires, and Declares That
the Sentiment Against Him has
Reached the High Water Mark and
From This the Riawaths Man VIII
Steadily Gain-The Troutman Rebel
lion at Topeka.
Kansas City, No, April 6-The Jour
hal, the Kansas City organ of Morrill, OF
Kansas, has the following boom arti-
lie" this morning for the governor OF
Kansas:
1t is the opinion Of the shrewdest poll
sicians in Kansas that the rebellion
among the Republics against Cove
srnor Morrill, has reached hight water
mark, and that gradually, but surely
The tide is turning AS the campaign
opens up more fully, it is discovered
that many men who have been counted
against the governors denomination
are IN reality for him. AS an illustra-
aon, 1t has been heralded far and wide
mat Cyrus Leland had abandoned him
Ind was searching about for new
nan. This cheerful little romance was
Exploded the other day when Mr.. Lee
and stepped from under cover and an
bounced that he had his fighting clothes
on and that the only thing which could
prevent the governors renomina ton, in
his opinion, would be his voluntary
Withdrawal. Other political leaders
who have remained silent while the re-
oeilion was raising its storm of dust are
stepping quietly but firmly to the front
and announcing themselves in favor of
The denomination of the entire state
RdminiStra ton
The entire opposition 20 Governor
Morrill, is based upon one or two
grounds The first is that he has Wob-
oled too much in dealing with the vio-
tators Of the prohibitory law, and the
second that he has not fairly distribut-
ed the offices at his disposal. a well
known Atchison man probably touched
the right spot in replying 10 the latter
charge against the governor when he
said that the great mass of the people
didn't care a continental who the Of
hcers were or where they came from, so
long as they capably and honestly per-
formed their duties, and that the peo-
pie who advanced this charge belonged
solely to the office seeking class, which
was not so numerous as the comic pa
pers would have US believe.
Upon the question of enforcing pro-
bition, there is some basis for the dis
satisfaction. No one accused the gov
ernor of wilfully aiding or abetting the
iawbreakers or of holding any thing but
the most consistent and immovable
temperance principles, but they differ
from him in judgment A great many
or the best and truest men of Kansas
have been grieved at what they term
the governors Vacillating conduct in
A.ao1 fy,cr rr~,+ !, .
but they go no further than to regret
MS utterances and condemn his acts as
mistakes
Granting that mistake have been
made, the friends of the governor main
tain that they have been so overshad d.
owed by the good in his administrat ton
that they sink from sight When a
Fasting up is made, it is discovered that
Governor Morrill, has made good his
pledge to give the people a clean adj
ministratiOn and il would require col
umns TO detail the many reforms which
have been inaugurated by the governor
and other state officers, who are entitled
to a share Of the credit. Not only have
hundreds of thousands been saved 70
the taxpayers, but for the first time in
the history of the state the almost in
calcGlable ramifications of the state
government are as thoroughly in hand
as the transactions of a bank or a bust
ness house. System has been applied
In every direction, and the affairs of the
state are progressing a s smoothly as if
run by clockwOrk. The governors sys-
TEN is SO thorough that when the for
estry commissioner paid too much for
a wagon the other day it was displayed
in the expert accountants report and
7ar
TO appear on the governors carpet.
There is not a single branch of state
government which does not show econ
omtes-not trifiing and for the sake of
record making, but in great round sums
which should be joy TO the taxpayers.
One of the oddities of the present
campaign is the fight which has been
sprung on the governor in Topeka. If
there is public man in Kansas to
whom Topeka owes an obliga ton, it IS
Governor Morrill,. Away back in the
territorial legisla ture he was an advo-
rate of Topeka for the state capital. The
capitol building has been his special
pride for more than twenty years. The
building has never received an appro-
prtation which did not have his earnest
co1nmendation. AS chairman of the
co1nmfttee on ways and means in the
cSIfdlt, dlt WAS instrumental IN getting
onf of the most important appropria-
tipns through the building has ever
mad. At the legislature of a year ago
be bent everything towards securing
the magnificent appropriation now be-
ing endedand without his assistance
1t would never have passed the senate.
Today he is personlly supervising the
work of completing the capitol and in
beautifying the grounds. He went east
and hunted up the landscape gardner
who will make the grounds a thing of
beauty forever, and today is employing
a large force of Topeka workmen upon
the work. Topeka owes a great deal to
the friendship of Governor Morrill,, and
she is seeking TO repay it by running a
candidate against him.
1t should not be understood that To-
peka Is anything like united in its op-
position 10 the governor. M. Trout
man has the fight of his life on hands
TO carry the county and city. Some of
the best men Of the town are coming TO
the front for the governors renomina-
tons. Some Of them confidently pre-
dict that he viii carry the county
Within the past three days the Morrill,
support has come from under cover in
unexpected numbers. and il is now GER
tain that a red-hot fight for the delega-
ton is on hand.