The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-14
ARE SIX AND SIX
ED MADISON SAYS TIE WHOLE
SMEAR Is CORRUPT.
LeweIIinr no Worse Than Any OF the oeners
Madison is no Candidate for Governor
Says Republicans are Harmonious and
Will Have a WaIk-Awsy In so-how
the Amendment Of Tom Ryan Looks
to Kansas Republican Worker-Leedy
After the Railroads, Nit-other Politi-
cal Gossip.

EdH. Madison. who used to be one
horse school teacher out vest OF Wichita
on Cow creek but who IS now an eio-
quent lawyer and politician OF state
reputation, was saunte-.ng around the
Carey yesterday after finishing some
legal business, waiting for train home.
Mr.. Madison, it is suggested in a
good many places thai you VIII be
nominated for governor in 1898.
1T is merely little complimentary
notice" he said, ''thac some OF my
friends and well-wishers are giving me-
I'm not a candidate I know 1t is usual
for fellow 10 say this, but I'm not. 1
have an ambition to be lawyer. Don't
know whether / can or not, but my am
bition runs me in that direction. l have
an ambition to be a lawyer, that's my
business, and you cant mix politics and
business in the base work and make
both pay. Well have Republican gov
ernor in 'sS easy. though. You can see
that. This Pop legislature and Its inves-
tigating trickery are relieving US of any
worry for the next campaign. The Pop
party is a disappointment to itself. The
rank and file are disgus,ed-the thoughts
Of their own men give them a gripping
sensation in the stomach. It's a mighty
good ennetic for these fellows who got
sour ana bilious and dyspeptic and went
in.o craap over the puerile corruption
OF the Republican party"
What do you think OF the charges
against Lewelling?"
Il think they are true but think the
otncr fellows are just as deep In the mud
as LewelIing is IN the mire This legis-
idture is Just as corrupt as people ex-
pected it would be and their own inves-
tigation proves ii. There are some To-
peka politicians who want LeweIling out
of the way and they are lampooning
him in great shape. but he is no worse
than any of the rest. There isn't an
inch, nor a breath nor a whimper of this
administration any better that what
Wichita's Pop governor gave the state"
rs McKinley's appointments from
Kansas satisfactory TO Kansas Repub-
Ecans?'
-hSNAAAlNE Ndil Iidhc SUITE very SdIS-
factory appointments If he will His ap-
pointment OF Tom Ryan and accrediting
ii TO Kansas was clean out OF line. Tom
Ryan hasn't been Kansan for years.
He didn't fight the battle here. There
are plenty of good men who bore the
orunt of the battle that could have
taken Ryan's place with credit We
don't like it,
Returning to the Populists, he said:
"Leedy passed through Wichita last
night in the stiffest kind of style, Pull
man car passes, wines, all in state and
polish at the expense of the railroad.
going down to build a competition line.
That's great lavishness for state where
everybody is comparatively poor and all
alike. It might do for the governor Of
New York or Illinois, but here in Kan
sas, where We all wear overalls. eat
sand, sleep on common straw beds and
cuss the plutocrats, it's out OF harmony.
Leedy is making a mighty strut for the
governor of al overburdened. corporate
ridden. poverty stricken gang of suckers
Ike we are Going down 10 build an
other railroad or cut rates. Leedy is
simply having a gay time. It's a pity
all this didn't come to him when he was
a young man and going to see the girls"