The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-30
IT is NOW CONCEDED
THAT ROSS STRENGTH CANNOT
POSSIBLY BE OVERCOME.
And Hence the City Campaign Was Very
Quiet Yesterday-Whne the Boosters
are Whooping it mp the Conservative
Business Men are Quietly Settling the
Mayoralty Question Outside of the CAL
culatious of the Wouid-be Bosses and
Their Clscquing Followers-Th Struggle
is Now for a Good Council.

Is NOW ICE UoOO NouDch.
The campaign for mayor practically
Closed Saturday night, and all day yes
terday the names of Ross and Young
were not mentioned much oftener than
| the names Of any other citizens. The
Young men in every part of town nave
conceded the strength of Mr.. Ross 10 be
such that it is impossible to overcome It;
and while their candidate is said TO still
have some hopes of election, yet his
him to resign the office of councilman
(which he now holds and allow somebody
else 10 be elected to it,
| The battle must now be fought in
! sections-by wards-for councilmen and
members Of the school board TIE office
Of councilman is an Office of greater inn
portanee than is generally accredited 70
| it and the people Of the various wards
should study the character of the candi-
! dates carefully and act accordingly.
In the comparison which is invited the
Republicans have nothing to fear. They
! put up men in each ward whom they
knew TO be well Ialiied and well adapt
ed for the positions of members of the
council and the school board, Every
man whose name can be seen on the
Republican ticket is honest, and that IS
one of the first things the people should
recognize. There is no influence on
earth that could make Findley Ross, as
mayor, depart from what he believed to
be honest, and it is very essential fer
the common good to give him a council
of the same character. 1t is essential
also that majority OF the members Of
the council should be in harmony with
him politically. This does not mean
that Mr.. Ross will not accord the fair
est treatment to the Democratic men,
bers now in the council, or that they will
not accord fair treatment TO Mr.. Ross,
but everybody knows that it is better
to have Republican mayor supported
by a Republican council, and thus have
a party responsibility behind the city
government. The opposition ticket lacks
this for the reason that it is ticket
that has neither party responsibility or
any strong personal responsibility. None
of those strong conservative Democrats
and Ben Aldrich are interested in what
is callei the Democratic ticket by one,
the Demo-Pop ticket by an other, the flu
sion ticket by third, the free silver
ticket by fourth and the citizens tick
ct in the official publication. If, then.
it is a citizens ticket, the Democrats and
other party men owe it no allegiance.
and if 1t is Democratic ticket or fu-
sion ticket. it is not a citizens ticket and
should not be supported by respectable
party men because of its assumed and
deceptive name.
The boosters of the ticket have now a
very new dodge and trying to arouse
sympathy for the ticket by using il.
That is that the Eagle is abusing ii and
the men that are on it. No man in
Wichita has ever read a disrespectful
word used in this paper against any
man on that ticket, and never can. The
Eagle has refrained even from taking
the back files of the official organ of the
mongrel ticket. which published, two
years ago, several columns of the most
scathing criticisms involving the COM
mon official honesty of G.. w. c. Jones.
now its candidate for city attorney. Ev-
erybody will remember that such arti-
cles were published and were said to be
fathered by Judge Tucker. These arti-
cles were submitted 10 the Eagle since
Jones became a candidate. and it refused
To publish them. II is not az all neces-
sarv 10 indulge in any bitterness in this
campaign or to sling mud at the oppo-
sition candidates, or 10 misrepresent
facts. The business men Of Wichita, re-
CARELESS of politics, as we'll as the wage
earners and taxpayers, have settled
this election already in their own hearts,
and have settled il right.