The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-03


Suppianting the Popuiists at Every
1urn-what Some of the Disappointed
Aspirants for Places Have to Say-Most
of Those Who Were Left Oot Are Grind
ing Their knives for Future Use.
The silver Republican eontingen:
seems 10 constitute the silk stocking
element OF the Pop party, and the silk
stocking fellows If they are not running
things are getting the biggest Pop
piums. The tallow-boot and hayseed are
not in it. neither is the coTrer yawper
and curbstone screecher. They are good
enough 10 vote on election Say and there
all interest III them ceases. Leedy. him
self, was Republican, onee, and would
have been yet had he IAN less 70 mort
cages, or times had taken a different
turn. So was Lewelling and majority
OF the present directory OF old-time Re
pub;icanism. They are a galvenized
crew. Harris. the man when they have
Just elected United States senator. is
born ar-stocrat. lacking little OF being
plutocrat. His wife wears diamonds
and fine feathers and The HAIRLESS from
Kansas Will not occupy the PETER roost
in Washington nor associate with the
Jerry Simpsons. The tai;-end of the ad-
ministratiOa, such as the police commits
sions have not failed 70 take the cue
from Topeka headquarters, nor does the
Wichita commission vary from that OF
Atchison when il comes 20 ignoring the
horny-handed end the overall clements.
Our last ReDI"iican candidate for judge
OF the district court serenely diSpenses
justice as the Pop police judge. II an
original unyarnished Pop gets a chance
10 tramp the street as patrolman he will
be lucky and ne will 10: meet many Of
his kind either on the other beats Tire
mistake that Lowering made was il
standing by the class which stood by
him. a lot Of Democrats are going -
turn up missing a, the next Pop cleo
ton and Pops won't be elected unless
they can make up the Democrat loss by
free silver Republican gam. The fell
lows now in are profiting by dwellings
experience, and so il is all over the state
just as il is here IL Wichita. Every
board. commission and committee is
spiced up with silver Republicans and
fusion Democrats. The Pop proper =
not IN it. nor won't be until he is asked
TO march up - the polls again. The line
of demarcation between the real Pops
and the old-time Democrats < wider
than the one between silver Republicans
and the silk stocking leaders like Lssdy.
Harris, Breidenthal and all that allot-
ment. The city Pop Will be ask 4 L.
march up 10 the polls ut his SPRING
election and vote for some Democrat,
put up under the name OF Citizen
ticket" Reform" or something of the
kind And they will do il. because they
haven't got any better sense. But they
win not figure al the pie-counter with
any alarming prominence. They are be-
ing used as voters. for what they are
worth. dreaming that they are far-seeing
patriots. while in fact they are the blind
est kind OF tools Three several dyed
in the-wool Pops within a week assured
us that they were slated for places on
the police force Not one of them will
reach his expected plum by thousand
miles Neither OF their names will ever
be seriously considered. They have no
pull and can do nothing but get of
Cheap-talk and march up 10 the polls
and vote against the Republican nomi-
nee who is sailing under his own colors
The one man in the party who sees and
all this. and just in the eyes
in which We here state il, has just been
turned down and out at the bshest OF |
the men who expect to succeed by max |
ing love 70 disgruntled Republicans.
That's old PETER. He is coming home |
with fifty or sixty thousand dollars |
which he mas made out OF the scramble |
by straddling everything in sight and IS |
going 10 set up wall for a middle-of- |
rhe-r0ad course for the Pops. One shake /
Of those whiskers is worth a thousand of /
Leedy's dogs barking at the Pyramids |
1f Egypt and the wind that whistles
through those whiskers will be heard /
farther on.
Locally. the appointments OF the board
II police commissioners have formed the
.hef subject for discussion. and the
criticisms coming from disappointed as
Drants are forceful and in some in
stances humorous. Bob Phelps. the elO-
luent horse trader, said:
Il have worked early and late for the
'eform movement. / talked on the
street corners during the campaign with
more zeal and energy than / ever ex-T-
Used in trying 20 sell boss. and yet
-0u see how l got ief.. Why. i even
made speeches on horse-bac along be
wsen Water street and Doc Blacks
sand bank. but my breath mas drifted
away on the wild. woody. western at
nOsphere. | was actually a martyr 20
he cause. having been thrown into the
0ck-up FOR expressing my opinion or
he New York corner. and Lou Butter
ield. who came to my rescue in that |
lark hour. is left out in the shuttle also.
can't understand II. Isn't the laborer
worthy o. his hire2 / taink so, and |
low while we are discussing these mat
srs 7 want 90 car your attention 20 the
- en= 80 a 1
Iad Roberts eloqeuce f3ated our upon
ne western atmosphere.
Prank Cr0ii accused Tim Lane ~ COM
ng I'D from Cheney 10 get job OF the
,o.ice force. but Tim denied any ssp.ra-
.crs. although IL supposed that several
,srtics from along the Ninnescsh and
rom Butter county desired their claims
1n=idered
Commissions George h Spencer was
Quad n his Office yesterday afternoon.
bling cack IN his chair anc taxing
rest He said:
There never was such a pressure
r1ught against three men as We had 70
n6ure. Il was the most trying ordeal
ever went through To discriminate
as the rub. ana We simply did the best |
-e could The board n0T has plan il /
ieR to. asst the deserving fellows who
-orked faithfully in the late election
ge propose 20 consult the eight-hour
~. ard Colonel Jocslyn IS In Topeka
* for that purpose. We VII probably
-o<k three s5ifts % police instead %
80. thereby giving more men ctaEce
+, Eve and a. the same time not IT.
-szse the exPeditures-
Spca ktEg % the pressure, NJ. Spencer
AID that ne was aroused 81 . O'clock n
- morning by a man zho wanted a
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