The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-05

| cause they know that Kansas people
have had enough of Populist state Off.
GERS, and they stand no chance Of win
ming by this distribution, and hence
they refuse their offers and say the tick
ct for electors must be made up TO give
Watson a show. And thereby hangs q
tale.
Added to this refusal to fuse comes a
row among the women politicians in the
Populist ranks. and it is probable the
poor Kansans will he treated to a polit-
zeal war Of words between Mrs. Anna
| Diggs and Mrs. Mary e Lease, rivals
for leadership among the Populist wo-
men of this state. Mrs. Diggs published
en- open letter to Ex-Governor Lewelling
| imploring him, in the interest of the
peoples cause. to withdraw from the
race for governor, declaring that his
record was such as to court defeat at
the polls. Mrs. Lease at once challeng-
ed Mrs. Diggs to meet her in a discus
sion of dwellings acts. She says all
the money the enemy could pile up
would not keep her out of the state.
There has been a great deal of talk
OF dissatisfaction among the farmers
and workingmen of Kansas against
sound money, but facts do not bear out
these assertions. Early this week at
one of the big Santa Fe shops in To-
pe-ka the foremen were interviewed on
the financial question. There are l,2oo
men employed under these foremen. and
every one declared against free silver
and expressed the belief that this poiicy
would be detrimental to the tailoring
classes The substance of the inter
views was that wages never Increased
with the commodities of life. that the
Santa Fee company would not De anie
to increase wages, and that the men
would not be able to buy as much with
what they now receive if the free coin
age of silver policy prevailed.
The Republicans have begun their
work Of organization early, and last week
the state executive committee met at
Topeka and prepared plans for the cam
paign. The sound money Democrats
are quite strong in this state, and they
early took steps to join the move for
sound money convention. Judge Sam
uel Kimbel, of Manhattan, is the leader
of the forces in the state, and he reports
large number of followers ready to
leave Bryan and silver. Hon Cyrus
Leland, the member of the executive
committee from Kansas. says that there
is big row on in his state between the
vision of electors and the vice presi-
Dental question. Chairman Brieden-
thai is determined to look out for Wat
son. and the Democrats want him
sacrificed in Kansas. Mr.. Leland says
that he believes that Mckinley will roll
up a good majority in the Sunflower
state.
The original Bryan man is claimed
by Kansas. He is DR.. S. F. Mercer. of
Larned, Kan. He was the attending
physician at Salem, ILL.,, when William
came into the world. The doctor says
that young Bryan came with howl
and a kick, and that he has continued
to kick ever since" DR.. Mercer is
Republican, but for reasons above stat
ed he says he thinks he will vote for
Little Willie
Missouri has hardly got the nasty
taste caused by the Populist convention
at st. Louis, out of its mouth but the
great enthusiasm aroused by the Repub-
Ecan national convention is still abroad
in the state and the people by contrast
see what is best for the country. There
are great many Democrats, old timers,
Who have not forgiven the treatment
accorded Silver Dick Bland at Chicago
and there are hundreds of these DEM
ocratS who say they viii never vote for
the boy Ora tor" who played Uncle
Dick false. This is one reason for the
great amount OF talk in this state for
another Democratic convention, not
that these Missourdans care for a sound
money ticket, but they want to get even
with Bryan. OF course there are thou
sands of sound money Democrats in
the state, and many of these will vote
for Mckinley whether a third ticket is
put up or not, but the large meetings
of sound money Democrats have been
increased by Bland men who are mad.
The Republicans have been doing good
work in old Missouri and excellent re-
ports have come to headquarters from
the state. The national campaign is
not open yet, and it will not be for some
weeks, but the state committee is at
work
The Republican state convention was
held at Springfield last week, and it was
largely attended. When the convention
was opened by prayer, Rev. j. E. Lentz
asked the Lord ito preserve the nation
from financial dishonor'' The dele
gates cheered Justify. The prayer con-
tinued in the same strain. and. as
political speech, created much enthusi-
asm, which goes to show the feeling in
the Republican ranks in the state. The
state ticket nominated has met with
much favor, and already everything
points to a big and harmonious cam
paign. The sound money Democrats
are organizing all over the state, to the
dismay of the Popocrats. The former
say that, If third national ticket is
nominated, a third state ticket will be
placed in the field, and this will help
the Republicans to carry the state both
for Mckinley and Hobart and the
state officers. The sound money Dem
ocrats are paying particular attention
TO the congressional elections in Missou-
ri, and, as legislature Is TO be elected
to choose Senator Vests successor. they
may, in the end. aid the Republicans TO
elect a sound money Republican legis-
iature to defeat Vest. The Republic
cans have not lost sight of this feature
Of the campaign, either.
The reports from the Blue Grass state
have been exceedingly pleasing to the
headquarters Ever since |
the Chicago convention the dissatisfac- |
ton among the old-time Democrats has
been very great, and Kentucky was one |
of the first to start the sound money |
movement among the Democrats. This |
has grown 50 large and so strong that |
L has split the party in two and since 1
he action of the Populists when Watson |
was put on the ticket the Democrats
ire madden than ever. and the converts
20 Mckinley have increased.
In Kentucky the bolt OF the Democrat
C newspapers has been the feature of
he campaign SO far. When the Cour-
and the other Louisville pa
pers refused TO accept the Chicago plat