The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26


ocracy-He wHI Embrace a Certainty
ofProsperity by Voting for Mckinley
Pops Were all Hot Over the Action of
Jerry simpson at st. Louis-They Be
Iieve That He Was Iufiuenced in some
Way by Finances.
The quietest man in the great crowd
In front Of the Eagle bulletin board
sescrday positively made tine best argu-
ment OF the day. He was q stranger
end talked only TO reporter for the
Dagle.
How are you people down here for
Bryan" he asked.
The reporter for the Eagle admitted
that there was quite scattering of
Bryan men around here, bun that the
political star OF the Boy Orator OF the
Platte" had fallen about 30 degrees since
The Pops began TO ma Ike asses of them
Selves at St Louis
We are going to have a horse race
II Nebraska" he said, but I think Nc
rntey viii win. I viii tell you wfv he
VIII WIN Men OF your age and mine
VIII vote for him We are getting TOO
o4d TO waste four years more of our lives
IN a failure A young man OF twenty or
twenty-five can afford 70 experiment
ind loose eight years OF his life, but We
can't Four years OF poverty aad dis
aster Is enough for me and guess il ia
enough for you
There - a great deal in what the
gentleman from Nebraska said. Every
mans efforts and enterprise during the
of=T
failure except, of course. Belmont. Nor
gan & Co, and the other national gold
bond sharks. They have made enough
under the Democratic administration OF
GroVer Cleveland 10 lie low a few wears
and give other men a chance Every
average Eaboring man, professional ana
pusfIsess man has lost four years of his
life under the Democratic administra-
ton and he does not want to lose four
years more. A mans business life Is
not more than forty years at most and
II n has sense he does not want 10
spend one fifth Of IL experimenting with
democracy. experiments that always
have been and ever VII be a stupeudous
failure.
The suggestions Of the Nebra ska. man
are worth thinking about They are
worth the most careful consideration.
especially by the man who is between
50 and so years Of age If he has any
amoruson 70 do anything for his family /!
and FOR himself and his wife IN their old I
sge. NOBODY knows whether Bryan will /
or VIII not bring prosperity; everybody !
Knows that Mckinley viii. Why, then. /
should any man growing in years trade /
on certainty for an uncertainty.
Never has there been such an angry
DuAelln crowd before the Eagle Office as |
there was yesterday. II was PopuIistic |
IN spirit, temper. personal appearan !
IN WhAskers and in voice. There was not I
an hour OF the day that Jerry Simpson /
would not have been hung by acclama-
ton II he had been present. Everybody |
was cursing him and q hundred men /
banged their fists up against the bulle-
tin board and swore they VIII see him
IN a climate much warmer than Wichita |
before they viii vote for him. They
hold him responsible for the monstrosi-
" with one head and two tails. He vas
Fc-ed fool by two-thirds majority |
Whlte the minority were positive, or ap-
peared 70 be that Mark Hanna sugared
HIM Of course they didn't know auv.
thing about what they were charging.
but the Pops must a assert that some one
IS bodied even If they have to charge
their own apostles with IL IF Han
ma did have Doodle there one conser-
vative man said, Jerry IS not a man
who would overlook it" Others thought
that il was not an actual case OF Doodle
but neglected case. They thought
that Sewau was regulated because
he wouldn't give Doodle. Then again,
a few thought that Tom Watson was
nominated as negotiable candidate.
That is that he was nominated with the
understanding that he would be taken
of the ticket at the proper time. The
understanding il that the proper time .
VIII be when Sewau Is willing 10 open
his barrel 10 a few of the leaders of the
Pop party. At any rate a strong sus-
picion and smell Of Doodle pervaded
the crowd before the Eagle Office yes
terlay.
II was interesting TO watch the crowd
as they threw up their sweaty hats
when the announcement was made
that Bran was nominated. In the
middle Of their joy the Eagle man quiet
" wrote on the bulletin that Bryan
would not accept the nomination unless
Il was understood that he would stand
exclusively on the Democratic plat
form. Then the Pop crowd became
hewIlderei and hooked silly. Here
was their candidate refusing 10 stand ,
on the platform their party had built for ,
him They had the consolation OF know
ing that Tom Watson would stand on
IL until that Hadeon refrigerator would | ,
set in but after that it would be empty
and deserted
No one pretended 70 venture an opin- =
ion as 70 the result OF things except a
fe'T Of the more sensible ones who dill
not hesitate 10 say that the Pop party
was too dead 70 skin.
Just about the time the tension was
greatest man started an argument
on the financial question over near the
stairway and ne soon had about 4 | u,
dozen fellows on his neck. All the crowd :
shifted around them and remained there
until about midnight .
The Popuhsts OF Wichita had no idea
last night where they were at and are
esgeriy awaiting the arrival OF the dele ,
gates TO tell them
POPS WILL BsEET AND DIE