The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-07
TIssUE-PAPER PROMENADE.

1
To a man with half an eye it has long
been plain that W. Z. Campbell, Occa-
| sionally referred 10 in the effervescence
| of affection as "Tiger Bill" realizes
the tissue-paper floor which he has
made his promenade. With his own
community against him, he has also
never forgotten the fact that in the end
he would be betrayed at Topeka. He
! has been in politics long enough to
know that sincerity from Topeka is i'm
| possible.
He gave an interview in the Eagle
some time since in which he said he
had demanded of Governor Morrill, that
| he enforc the law at LeavenwOrth. The
next day he denied this, saying that he
had not demanded" but requested
Now at Topeka he asSailS the state
administration in a most bitter way,
although it is true the bitterness is
| cleverly concealed under an air of in
| jured innocence.
And what does the state adminiStra-
ton think of Tiger Bill?
The answer can be given sharply and
authoritatively. 1t appears in Kan
sas City paper, the organ of the Nor
rill adminisua ton, and every word Of
it is inspired.
The opinion of the administration is
couched in 4 dispatch from Topeka and
reads as follows: The chief topic of
conversation among the politicians
since the convention of the State TEN
perance union yesterday, is "Tiger
BilF' Campbelfs speech. Aside from
that speech the proceedigs of the con-
ventiOn were tame, and the resolutions
of no consequence. The prevailing
sentiment of the convention was one
Of friendship for the administration, as
was clearly manifested by the adoption
of the motion to Ia BILE the Biddison res
OlutionS. Campbell was the only prom
inent man ON the floor of the conven-
ton who criticised the administration.
Even Bernard Kelly, who makes no
secret of his hostility to the governor,
refrained from even a covert reflection
upon the executive.
Campbell was supposed to be on the
floor as the champion and friend of the
administration. He was the only man
there who is connected with the ad-
ministration or any member of il in an
official capacity. He is the authorized
agent of the attorney general in Sedg-
wick county for the suppression of the
liquor evil there. To strengthen him
in his work and to deprive the viola tors
of the law of any assistance or pro-
lection from the community, a police
commission satisfactory to him was APP
pointed. In appointing this commits
sion Governor Morrill, antagonized
friends of life time, but he wanted TO
aid Campbell in every way possible,
and he applied the full force of his
power under the law. Governor Nor
rill also gave TO Campbell the assur-
ance that he would not withdraw this
support so long as he Campbell should
believe that he could suppress the
AH4uOI III w
Thus intrenched in his position.
Campbell went to work, and has con-
Quoted a crusade against liquor and the
men who sell it in that community IN
equaled IN the history of the Kansas
prohibitory law. Now, after the lapse
of nearly year, he finds that while he
closed the open saloon, the liquor traf- |
fic continues. He has exhausted every /
remedy, and liquor may still be bought |
unlawfully in the town. He wants to /
quit but there stands his contract that !
he will be supported by the admins /
tration so long as he may hope to sue |
coed, and his pride will not permit him |
to resign. At least this is the way the |
friends of the administration look al /
II. They regard his covert attack upon 4
the governor yesterday, while posing /
as his champion, defender and friend, |
as an Invitation TO Attorney General /
Dawes to remove him from Office and /
thus relieve him Of a duty which he 4
finds it impossible to perform.
~ "dHIS " dppeSL UtlOlt bne pup
lie in the attitude of a martyr" friend /
Of the administration said this morn
ing. He wants 20 shift the response
biliry of the failure at Wichita upon
the administration, and he thinks If
he can drive the attorney. general to
relieve him he can 90 back 10 Wichita
as man cut down in the midst of his
usefulness"