The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-18

Second Term, or are lou In favor o,
Turning Him Down?-win You Favor
an Experiment or Take the Course Thai
Want Efficiency in Once, or Politics
Which?
OF all the campaigns ever held in this
country the present is by far the clean
est and freeSt from personalities Of any
kind or character. This is very notice
able and gratifying and can be account
cd for by the fact that the Republican
candidates are men Of irreproachable
personal character which cannot be at
tackled by the opposition on the other
hand, they are men that beileve in
principles and viii not permit their en-
thusiastic friends TO asSal the charac-
Ter of their opponents.
The Repu bI1caQ candidates are before
the people on their record and if the
people are honest with the candidates
and themselves they viii vote accord
ing to the ability and the fitness OF the
men presented to them.
All the Republican candidates have
been fairly tried and they have not been
found wanting. The opposition knows
this and their only hope is to fight them
on national issues. as If local officers
had any thing TO do with national is
sues. They have been in Office two
years and the court house was never
SO free from scandals or suggestions OF
scandals
1t is not too much to say that John
Davis has been the best and clsaneet
county attorney the county has ever
had. His term Of Office has been sin
gularly credita:ble and successful He
could have bankrUpted the county il he
wanted TO and enrich himself, legiti-
mately, thereby, but inSteal of that John
has not only carefully refrained from
making legitimate money on the side,
but he has stood like trusted sentinel
over the treasury His Democratic pre-
decessor was continually causing the
arrest Of men for the purpose Of making
A fee and then dis1nisSing the cases a I
the cost Of the tax payers. John Davis
did not collect a penny in this way.
Whenever he considered 1t his duty to
have an offender arrested he executed
the law because it was his duty to do
so and not for the purpose OF holding
him UP for a little spending money.
That is the kind of a man the people
want 10 keep in Office Il they would
avoid scandals and hold-ups and costs
and high taxes. The business OF a coun-
ty attorney has changed during recent
years Some time ago the main duty OF
a county attorney Was 10 prosecute;
now the burden of his duty is TO give
legal advice 10 the county commission
ers and county officers, to the end that
they may transact business accordfn g
10 law and according to the Ia 1rests of
the people In other words. he is 10
stand over the treasury OF the county
and see that IL Is not robbed by the
fee grabbers.
Then. again, John Davis IS n man who
has gained the confidence and respect
Of ali classes. He has always been ap-
proachable by the people of the county
he has always given them an attentive
ear and has always been ready TO go out
Of his way to serve them. He has been
blunt and honest and whenever he said
anything everybody knew that what
he said was exa;otly what he meant H
has treated all alike, and the man who
went 70 HIM thinking he was a respector
of persons went away disappointed In
a word, John Davis has fulfilled every
promise he made two years go to the
people and it Is bur right that he should
be trusted again
The candidate for probate judge ir a.
J. Myatt 4 million dollars could be
offered in vain TO any person TO point
OUT astnsse blot or stain IN the record
OF A ]. Myatt as probate judge Does
any man know Of any? If there IS let
him stand up and say so. What, then.
is all this talk about turning down such
a man as Judge Wyatt because the ma
tiOGal convention made a certain plat
form at St Louis? Can any diving man
point out what effect the election OF
Judge Wyatt will have in the shaping
OF national policies or the establishment
OF a monetary standard? Judge Wyatt
has been IN Office one term II is the
custom Of all parties to give good Of
fcers n second term. II is a pubic re-
ward. 60 10 speak He has served the
people Of this county faithfully ably
and honestly. Dare any man publicly
sag otherwise? What one man can't
truly say the public on the aggregate
can't say. If the public means To be
honest and sustain the claim that all
wisdom is vested in the majority, Judge
Wyatt VIII be elected with an increased
majority On election day. Who has
bver sat in the chair OF the probate
ord than \. J. Aiyatt? Who has done
more 10 protect the interests Of the help
less and afflicted with which It is the
custom Of his Office 10 deal? Who has
ever had buSinesS 10 the probate court
during his term OF Office that WAS not
treated with the most profound respect
and consideration? In a. word. who IS
disappointed with the record OF 4. ].
Myatt? He mas honestly earned a Ne
election and the people should give il 10
him.
The next man attention IS called 70
is ChareS J. Mackey, candidate for su-
Terintendent OF pubic instruction. In
speaking o< MIN the writer insists on
calling him Charlie. Everybody calls
him Charlie, for he Is not one Of those
tinseIed CHAPS, who want 70 have such
:rills as professor attached TO his name.
He is one Of those bright genial fellows
who wants TO be one OF the people and
who does not think that he IS better
than anybody else because he has
head full of knowledge. Charlie was
elected superintendent OF pubic insIruc-
ton for this county two years ago.
When he was nominated he said he
could not make 4 Speech but would
promise 10 make a good officer. There
Is no man or woman living VINO can say
that he has not fulfilled that promise.
He Is al typical superintendent He
was a school teacher when elected in
one OF the larger country towns and