The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-30
WICHITA AT TOPEKA.

WICHITA AT TOPEKA.
From reading certain of the Topeka
papers. one might be led TO conclude
that the political situation of the state
as well as the destiny of its present
administration, hinged upon Wichita
Statesmen are noted as rushing from
all'sections of the commonwealth to the
capital with urgent appeals or vehem-
ent protests, all pertaining TO Wichita.
The administration having exhausted
its powers in giving Wichita 4 black
eye. and in defeating the Republican
party in the strongest and most pOpu-
lOuS county in the largest congressional
district in the state, we see no reason
for an unusual perturbation at the
/ present iuncture. For a truth there is
no juncture, nor so much as the juXta-
position Of a contention. No further
| damage can be inflicted upon this city
! by the chief executive, materially or
! politically. In the ''hOld-up" our hands
| went UP to the limit of their reach,
| and there we stand helpless and hope
less. Having been whipped there is
no longer the least disposition to fight.
| Then why all this tumult and hurrying
to and fro? No community was ever
more helpless. The vampires have got
their fangs securely fastened, and are
sucking blood to their content. At least
there is no resistance, and if they are
not gOrging. appearances are not only
deceptive, but it is their own fault
| The Jersey COW instead of being MIXED
is doing the milking and is fat, and
all the families of the administration 5
contingent are wearing comfortable,
nay fashionable, attire. All the others
who could get out of the town are gone,
and the rest are beyond going away,
much less of kicking Then why all
this ado at the state house over dead
duck? There is no election pending
or imminent. 1t is months yet before
the governor will want any delegations
elected in the interest of his renOmina-
ton. Besides it is his prOfeSsed pro
hibitiOn friends who hold the Wichita
| bag. The fact that the crowd into
whose hands he placed the interests of
this city-which he first took from the
hands of his best friends-cOuldn't elect
single delegate, nor a yellow dog, in
a thousand years, should cut no figure
at this time, so far as we can see. The
governor can't pick out another and
new lot of strikers who could more eff
fectually run counter to the desires of
this people, nor crowd that would go
farther to do the bidding of his tool,
Dawes. Dawes knows his own kind.
Wichita has only one Tiger Bill, only
one Burrows. only one Lieurance.
Morrill, has all of these and also all of
their cOadjutorS, except the half dozen
VINO have packed-up and gone TO Kan
SaS City, Missouri. in search of a more
congenial atmosphere. 1t is perhaps
true that two of the prominent minis
ters who made MorrilrS victory over
this people possible, are making bids
for fresh pastures and new fields. But
ministers seldom participate in the poll
tician'S primaries. and politicians not
preachers make governors. So why
all this Topeka racket over Wichita:
Nobody in Wichita, outside of Nor
rilIs own police board and their abet-
tors and appointeeS. are concerned in
the Topeka demonstration, Dawes as
sisjant. Tiger Bill, excepted.
Perhaps. however, after all, il the
multiplicity of MorrilrS misunder-
standings were sifted 10 the bottom,
they would be found to have grown
out of his attitude towards a people
who preferred to honor him with their
votes over the claims of one of their
own citizens. Had he left Wichita and
her affairs 20 be controlled by the ma
jority Of her people, as he permitted
prohibition Topeka and anti-prOhibi-
ton Kansas City. LeavenwOrth and
AtchiSOn 10 do, things might not only
have been different with him, but the
people of the state been spared many
confusing conclusions and explanations
with which they have been treated at
his hands. In the meantime, Wichita
will not cease 10 remember him who
in presiding over the destinies OF the
state. has held 10 the cinch on his party
in Wichita.