The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-17

man, Gordon and Others Doing Fine
Work With the Committee.
Republican headquarters is now dec
brated in front with two life-size por-
traits of the heralds Of prosperity-Mc-
Kinley and Hobart
The faces of the two great leaders
are striking ones and they impress
those VINO pass with the strong char
acter and sturdy manhood of the two
men.
They bear genial countenances, as
much as to say come and see US and in
response a reporter for the Eagle cali
I'd at headquarters yesterday.
There is probably no place IN town
where business is so lively as at Re-
publican headquarters There Is always
q crowd there. 1T is not made up or
iolmgers or idle curiosity seekers either
but by men who have their coats of
working faithfully and earnestly to
carry this county this fall by such a
decided Majority that the heads of the
Demo-Pop outfit will swim when they
Gee the returns in November.
Chairman Downing and Secretary
Glass are kept busy all day nalung
literature In response to demand for
sound money literature from all over
the country. What has been sent out
heretofore is doing "a world of good
checking the vagaries of the Demo-POp
crowd A great many people were IN
oculated with Desno-Pop falacieS and
nonsense but It is gratifying to note
that the virus has effected only a very
few, if any, permanently.
The chairman and secretary are be-
ting rendered able assistance in their
work by the candidates and by such
able and experienced workers outside of
the committee as President Z. 7. AL
len of the Combined Mckinley clubs
and others.
S. N. Bridgeman, candidate for dis
trict clerk, spends a great deal OF his
time with the committee and they find
him very valuable, not only for his
conservative counsel burt for his WON
derful energy as well Newt is a tow
er of strength In any work. He has,
perhaps. as strong and as devoted "a
following as any man on the ticket and
those who watch his tactics are soon
convinced that he viii be a leader of
his ticket when the votes are counted
In November.
There will be more work put in on the
other side to defeat Newt BTddSeman
than any other man, and all because
he is a Republican Republican. He be-
liszves in the principles of his party and
there is no compromising by him with
ANYTHING that does not incline TO the
slrpport of the whole ticket from Nc
Kinley down. Tt is this trait or his
character that will givehim every Repub
lican vote in November. And he Will
get more than Republican votes. HIS
efficiency as an officer VIII guarantee
him the vote of every man VINO pelleVes
In cleannesS and competency In office
regardless of party. If Sedgwlck coun-
" has ever had better clerk than Mr..
Bridgeman no one can point MS nnger
10 him.
Another man who does a great deal
Of work at headquarters is Harry i.
Gordon, the brilliant candidate for
State senator. The Demo-PopS are
making a special effort to beat Senator
Gordon with L. ID. Lewelling, but the
prediction is here made that on the
third day Of November, Mr.. Lewelling
Will be the worst beaten candidate in
the county. He is, in no sense, the peer
Of Harry Gordon as a candidate for
suGh a dignified and important posi-
ton Mr.. Gordon has the appearance,
the brains and the conservative habits
that are so essential in such a. dignified
body as the senate. He will be a bead
ar there and with a complete Repsrbli-
can administration in state and nation
he is the man who ought TO be there.
The inf .enoe of sEIch a man in public
life WILDE needed within the next few
years by Wichita
The committee is getting the most en-
rouragng reports from al parts Of the
county. There is not a township but
what mas made a better showing than
was anticipated and many of them are
sending in reports OF gains and in
crea ses that are simply unprecedented.
For every Republican who has fiopped
the party has gained an accession of
two from the Democrats and Populists.
Changes are being made every day that
are astonishing even to the committee
and bewildering to the opposition