The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-06
VOTE FOR WICHITA
THIS DAY SETTLES TIE CITY CAN.
PAIGN FOR TWO YEARS.
Unless the Business Men and Better EIe-
Party. Fall to Vote, Finlay Ross Will be
Elected Beyond a Doubt II Full Vote
10 Cast His Majority Will be Tremendous
Tho Opposition has Issued False state
ments for the Purpose of Deceiving lie
publicans-Beware of Them.


The city campaign Is closed, and 10th
ing now remains TO be done but 10 cast
your ballots. not in the interest of this or
that clique, bur in the interest OF Wich-
ia.
Ii would seem unnecessary to urge the
people again 20 vote for Mr. Finlay Ross
for mayor to start the ticket with. II is.
or ought % be, thoroughly understood
that he is the man who Is needed al this
time because he is man who is known
to everybody as one who viii guard the
interests of the property owner and pre-
vent his holdings from going 10 some-
body or a tax title.
While il is thoroughly known that Ross
ought 70 be the mayor and generally con-
ceded that ne vii. be, yet it is essential TO
get the vote out in order TO be assured OF
victory, and more important still. 1t Is
necessary that the electors shall make out
their ballots right. The Young managers
and leaders, or al least the boosters OF the
opposition, whether with or without the
consent Of Mr.. Young or his committee,
are circulating a very dirty and mean
statement among Republicans in order to
get them TO spoil the ballots and thus
render their votes null ard void. This
fa.se statement Is that the new law pro-
vides that an elector shall mark his cross
in the square 10 the right OF the name
Of the party ne desires 10 vote for. II
that is done the man intending TO vote
for Finlay Ross will be, ir reality, voting
for his opponent. 1t is very clever trick
and was only discovered last night by a
mere accident The fact is. the law made
no change OF the kind and electors must
make their cross. as heretofore, in the
little square 20 the left Of the name Of the
candidate they want to vote for. This IS
a very important matter, and the fraud
the opposition wants TO lead Republicans
into should be carefully avoided.
With a full vote the Republicans VIII
have nothing 70 fear; with stay-at-home
vote the interests OF the people are in
danger The trouble is the general idea
that Mr.. Ross has ci.cn is what might
defeat him. He has cinch, but only on
the hope that all the citizens OF Wichita
U a. itdSL ll4psr VII DGAAENG III SOOl 6UN-
ernment. will turn out and vote. A spe-
cial appeal is made TO the people ID vote
early.
The campaign has presented some
unique developments. There is TO man in
all Wichita, perhaps. that is trusted by
the people at large so universally as Fin
lay Ross. His honesty is beyond question
and his business qualifications are so
thoroughly established that few business
men in towr will vote agains: him. Yet.
with these two essential qua.Ifica tons,
sufficien. in themselves TO give the city
a great administration. no candidate in
years has run who met with more oppo-
sition-more causeless opposition. After
he was nominated every Tom, Dick and
Harry in a hard up community called up
on him for a joo and because he would
not promise them they went to the oppo-
sition and formed the nucleus Of the
YOurg support. These Mere joined utr-
after day by others until \, "-ed TO
those who see only one side that Mr. Ross
had well nigh hopeless cause. If they
could have seen the changes among that
more respectable element whose patriot
iSIh uosS hot resi- On Jpp tIeE cId4u
have seen the Democratic business man
move c.oser 20 his Republican business
neighbor and agree 70 stand together for
Finlay Ross and hence stand together for
Wichita. II u not unreasonable to say
that $50 Democrats will vote for Finlay
Ross and the Peerless Princess today
This Will be proven by the returns 10
night 1t is entirely possible that the re-
epectable Democratic vote will save the
day for the advocates OF conservative and
safe city government.