The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-10
MAKE A HARD FIGHT IN HARPER

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MAKE A HARD FIGHT IN HARPER
George r Smelling Says That the Fur VIII
FLY There This Hear.
Among the delegates to the congress
sional convention yesterday was Mr..
| George r. Smelling OF Anthony. Mr..
Smelling is one OF the brainy and able
men of the southwest. a man OF fine le-
! gal ability and oratorical powers. but
he is too modest or he would have long
since occupied a prominent place in
| state politics. He is a mighty genial
| gentleman and when a reporter for
the Eagle met him yesterday mornir s
he said he was TOO busy booking after
\ the interests OF his friend. II. p. Nc
Culloch. 10 be interviewed. He finally
! consented 10 talk about the local poll
| tics Of his county and said:
How about politics in Harper coun-
| ty? Well. 1 Will tell you. In the first
| place Harper county is solid for r. p.
McCulloch for delegate TO the national
| convention and is here in force to pre-
sent his claims 10 the convention. What
politics in Harper county viii depend
10 some extent upon whether or not he
shall be selected as one OF the delegates
/ do not mean that II is imperative that
he should go 10 81. Louis in order that
the Republicans OF Harper county
! should continue to vote the Republican
| ticket, but mean this: that IL this dis
| trict would let this honor go TO Harper
county it would greatly stimulate our
! fellows and make them feel that they
were being recognized 10 some extent
and that they were not forgotten by the
! district al large. We have had an awful
| fight down in Harper county for sew
e-al years. When the political earth
| quake of 1890 came along. il seemed TO
| get in its greatest work among US and
1 our county has been recognized as the
| stronghold OF PopuiIsm ever since. Dur
| ing the years that have followed. we
have made an heroic battle against the
| combined forces of the Populists and
| Democrats and have never surrendered
J our principles or asked for any compro-
mise. We have done down there what
/ the PopulistS said they were doing
we have kept lin the middle OF the
| road" In 1890 the majority OF the Pop
ulist ticket in Harper county was some
| thing near 500. The next year we made
| the fight and reduced their majority TO
| something like 500. The next year a
number of the Republicans grew dis
| Nbul d6Eu anu uNcpOAldNAAN anu NtAtNANH-
ed that we ought not TO put out tick
et. but there were others OF US VINO
! contended that We ought 10 put out a
| ticket and when IL became impossible
| 10 get candidates. a number OF US volun-
] teered to take places on the ticket. Mr.
| Mccullough consented TO run for repre-
| sentative and i consented 10 be the can
/ didate for county attorney. and the Of
| fees were filed in this way. We put
| the ticket out and made a fight for II and
succeeded in reducing the Populist ma
| jority 10 something like 800. The next
year, by reason of this fight that We had
made. we were able 10 fill some county
! offices with Republicans and We have
\ continued to elect some Republicans
| every year since, until the last election,
| when we lost all the offices by reason
1 of the fact that the candidates conclud-
| ed among themselves that they did not
want an open campaign and Instituted
a still hunt" which they did not fol-
/ low up with success. II we had made
/ an open fight last year. as was desired
/ by good many Republicans. we would.
7 in my judgment, have elected every
man on the Republican ticket. This
( year is going TO be a great year in pol
| litics and the Republicans in our coun-
| ty intend 10 be in every fight that Is on
! Our purpose is TO make an aggressive
campaign and TO show 10 the Republi-
cans Of this state that while we are
not as many in number as may be found
/ in other counties, yet that we are fun
OF enthusiasm and that we believe in.
and will heartily support the principles
of the Republican party. To my mind
the Republicans in the nation and in
the state are going TO win this year
A In "a Of aFr n
great many divisions al present and con-
siderable talk within the party as 10 the
present administration. but am salts
fed that by the time we meet In state
convention that all divisions will he
healed and that the party vii be united.
Let me say here that Harper county i
for william Mckinley for president. We
have endorsed his candidacy IN our first
convention. We are for him because
we like his standing on the principles
OF the Republican party. and because
he is the most eminent representative
OF the great ideas OF protection and reel
procity. and also because IL IL being dis
covered as the situation DEVELOPS that
he has been for years very friendly 20
the white metal HIS speech made IN
1890. and recently published. viii tend
20 strengthen him in the west. and. a.
we have many Republicans IN our
county who are quite friendly % silver.
his position upon that subject will have
a tendency 10 draw them 20 him. besides
his well known IDEAS upon the question
of the tariff meets with our approval.
The people % our county have
very friendly feeling for she city OF
Wichita. also for It's great daily. The
Wichita Eagle and our admiration
knows no bounds when Il comes 70 the
editor OF that great eKpOunder OF the
peoples rights. the Hon. u NJ MuE-
dock. and as We look al Il. there Is
nothing too good for him"