The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-02
HATT0N SAYS MT
E0NGRELS CAN'T FOOL THE EX.
POLICE JUDGE

VI the Board or Education nltnou1
Thanks-He is Republican Who Does
Not Want to be a Boiler a Kicker
Without Cause-whitney Tucker Wants
to Decline, Too, and George Pratt Will
Make No Race-Demo-Pop Bosses Are
Very Much Ratified.
Farmer Doolittle was the busiest man
in town yesterday lodging people who
could tell him that Charlie Hatton had
declined 10 be a candidate on the mon
grel ticket and tearing his blue shirt in
strips IN an effort to interview people
who didn't know anything about it.
He had hard time to avoid people VINO
could tell him the facts but by a great
effort lie succeeded.
Well, to make a long story short,
Charlie Hatton has declined. Way
out in the widls of Western Kansas he
heard that Rufe Locke and George Cone
had sat down on the iron stairs, on the
corner of Main and First streets, in
mass meeting, and placed him in nomi-
nation for member Of the school board
from the Second ward. OF course Meth
er one Of them live in the Second ward,
makes but very little difference to the
bosses. What's the use in being a boss
if one is to be governed and circum-
scrfbed by ward lines. Out with such
an idea
Well, az stated before, Charlie Hat
ton has declined He was out in Wich-
ita county when he hard Of the action of
the mass meeting of the representatives
Of John Rreidenthal and of Grover Cleve
land. He doubtless had a very hearty
laugh at the time and enjoyed the little
joke thoroughly. OF course the organ
of the alias ticket says that every man
who was nominated was consulted by
business men and taxpayers before ne
was nominated, but for some reason
Charlie Hatton forgot that he was APP
preached by a delegation of business
men and tax payers and solicited to
make the race. He has been out in
Western Kansas for about five weeks
and the records at the various railroad
et-officeS don't show that there was
any special train Of business men and
taxpayers sent out there to request him
10 be a candidate.
The following is a copy Of Mr.. Hat
toms notification to the city clerk that
he wished to decline:
State of Kansas, County of Wichita
SIS.
Not desiring a nomination upon the
board Of education of the city Of Wich-
lta hereby decline the nomination upon
eny ticket that may be put forward at
the April (96) city election.
CHAS. HATTON.
Signed in the presence of the under
signed clerk of the district court of WITCH
ia county. Kansas, this Both day Of
March, 1896.
c. A. PRESsON,
Clerk
Owing to the fact that there are poor
mail facilities from Western Kansas the
notification di not get here until after
the ballots were printed and his name
appears on them.
Every sensible man knew that the
nomination of Mr.. Hatton was fake
and a fraud and not a few believe that
it should be a criminal offense to put
mans name on a ticket without his con-
sent. especially when he does not belong
to the crowd that does il. Putting a
gentleman in the light of being a boiler
from his party is a serious thing in this
country, and there should be some pun
ishment for it. Charlie Hattton is an
honorable man and he does not belong
to the boiling variety, especially when
there is no cause for il. Mr.. Hatton is
for the Republican ticket and If he
comes home before election day he viii
be fighting for its success. That is the
kind OF a nan Charlie Hatton is, and the
fellows on the other side should have
respected his sense of honor.
Whitney Tucker has also practically
declined to make the race for the school
board in the Third ward. He took a
letter declining TO run to the citizens"
organ but they also were in the de-
Ginning mood and declined to publish il.
Mr.. Tucker also had forgotten the alleg-
ed fact that a big delegation Of busienss
men and taxpayers had prevailed upon
him 10 be a candidate.
The word decline is significant. 1t is
Significant of the party that are back Of
the Citizens ticket. The Democratic
party is declining for the past three
years. Prosperity and business declin-
ed with il. The whole shebang has
been going down decline. The sur
plus in the treasury has declined under
Democratic management, the wages Of
the man who carries the tin dinner pail
has declined, the income has declined,
the exports have declined and even the
honor and dignity of the nation has de-
clined. To be consistent the candidates
of the party are declining and the party
itself has declined to run ticket under
its own name in Wichita.
George Pratt, il is said, also wants to
decline but the bosses wont let him. Mr..
Pratt is a nice fellow and too good a
man 10 be in that crowd. He does not
intend 70 run for the place. he acknow-
lodges himself that he has no show on
earth of being elected, but he is a nice,
easy-Coing man and he don't ike TO
positively decline now and hurt the feei-
ings of the TWO bosses. They have
made a strong appeal TO him not 10 de-
cline publicly and thus hurt the ticket,
and he hates to be disobliging to them.
The crowd was badly demoralized
yesterday and they were strutting
around and raving because their can
didateS were disguised and discourag ed.
Nearly all of the men who are running
know that they can't be elected and hate
TO be punched around by the bosses and
made 10 work for votes knowing that
their work IS in vain. They can't fool
Republicans and without Republican
votes they can't make even a showing.
Republicans all know that the 'non-par-
tisan' ticket is extensively partisan.
Now that Mr.. Hatton is out of the race
they look at the citizens ticket and not
onIy find that there is no Republican or
il but find that none of the candidates
has ever been a Republican. That IS
very "non-partisan" isn't il? Not only
that. but there is not a man on their
ticket who has not been fighting the
Republican organization all his life. II
The citizens" could only find one man
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