The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-27
REEDS ESTIMATE OF LONG.

| peer of any man IN puollc LIE, anu @S d
| leader chosen without a contesting
rival. he sizes up his compeers and as
| signs each his place with such unerrlns
| Judgment as TO make after criticism
| impossible.
This man who knows the relative
value of men with whom he comes IN
| contact, thus knows Chester l. Long
and Jerry Simpson. In referring to
them in his speech Saturday, without
mentioning Iames, he declared that
when it comes 10 representative men,
"the best test in this world is the test
of experience" and that mo sensible
man ever second time follows a lead
er into a ditch" In the opening OF MS
address he observed that the people or
this free and enlightened west not only
need good men in congress, but they
want 10 take pains 10 put them there;
but. that there was time when tnls
district was represented by chaos. his
further declaration that the Big Sew
entb was now being represented by
good man. who has looked after our
interests. and who has brains enough
IN look after them, and who has the
right idea of things, so tnat Whatever
he does comes to something, were
words. like the man who uttered them,
noverfuI because of their simple truth
fitness. They coincide with conciu-
sion of an eastern gentleman who IN
discussing this state and her affairs the
other day, remarked: 1.-THE biggest man
in congress from Kansas, and the man
who has the most come-out to him is
man who is serving his first term, CheS-
ter |. Long"
These disinterested opinions, from
recognized authority coincide WITH WIFI
those of our own people who nave
watched the course of Mr.. Long ana
| have studied his character. sincerity
and truthfulness combined with abli-
ity and untiring faithfulness, are the
elements most desirable in these times
in public men. These characteristics
are possessed by Mr.. Long and IN a
marked way. The great bulk OF the let
ters written to Jerry Simpson by his
constituency during the time he was In
congress remain unanswered TO THIS
day. He was in congress for himself,
for what Mr.. Simpson could get out OF
it; and not for the purpose OF looking
after the individual interest of the from
tier settler, or the complaints OF the Old
soldier pensioner. He was there to be
on the floor of the house making a
"holy show" of himself in every pubic
debate on the estate of the union and
not for the purpose of chasing about
the departments TO find out why some
widow or orphan had been cut out or
their lust dues" Upon the other hand,
no letter was ever written to Chester L.
Long that he did not promptly and ef-
ficjently answer. The differences be-
| tween these two men are as dlstlnct
and sharply drawn as were those De-
tween the makeup of the crowds VINO
constituted the Fusion and Republican
rallies respectively of the two Satur-
DAYS past in this city. Neither need
any explanation nor call for any paral-
lei delineation. They speak for them
selves to every level-headed, unpreju-
diced mind.
But all politics aside, there can be no
question when il comes TO the interests
| of the state of Kansas, to the aHalrs or
the Seventh congressional district, and
TO the needs of the people of the south
west. as to which of these two men is
I the preferable, as TO which Of the two
will proye the most useful, Who the
! pr~atest honor. Chester |. Long Will
Ike in line with the national administra-
ton and a recognized friend OF the pre-
| siding genius of the house, with SOLID
footing in all the departments, armed
with experience and backed by rein
dorsement. commanding the attention
and respect Of all. His opponent am
| billions only to be recognized as the ad'
vance agent of calamity, plumins him.
self on being a fantastic freak and q
free trader from Canada be would
leave for the peple of this district but a
naranthetical record Of daughter AND
(applause.. If such notoriety as comes
of badinage and of buffOonery,and not
of such solid influence as is won by sim
cere application. or of such sound fame
which can only spring from sterling
character, are desired in public ON
eial and a representative in congress
| then there might be some excuse toI
| re-electing Il man whose promouor
originally was acquired of boast that
his feet were destitute rather than any
proof that he had anything in his head
That a majority of the people of the
Seventh congressional district OF Kan
sas havae the same estimate Of Chester
7. Long held by Mr.. Reed will be dem
onstrated next Tuesday at the ballot
box. is no longer questioned by his CON
| mittee. or by men who are conversan1
! with the sentiment OF the people. Boil
as a man and as representative II
congress he stands UNNECESSARILY
above his opponent. whom Speaker
Reed aptly designated as "chaos.'
Honest TO a fault, energetic and faith
ful as he has proved himself TO be, b
will grow alike in power and inhuenc,
In Washington and in the confidence
and respect OF the people OF his dis
trict.
THAT POPOCRATiC QUARREI.
Breidenthafs letter for whoever o.
whatever il may have been intended