The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-27

which he manages mis- own private bust
ness. It would be unjust for the Re-
puolicans to allow single one of their
candidates to be beaten and it is to be
hoped that when the votes are counted
on election night that the ward candi-
dates will be proportionately as success
ful as the general candidates.
II is an open secret that all the oppo-
sition hopes for is the election OF two
candidates for the council and one cam
didate for the school board. The fight"
they are making on the city ticket is all
bluff 10 divert attention from the real
fght-the fight for councilmen. II
would be foolish to say, however, that
all the opposition have lost nope Of elect
ing some of their city ticker. On the con-
trary there ares ONE who actually be-
lieve that the election of the Demo-Pop
ticket is probable. Some men are pre-
pared 10 believe anything. If they would
only think over the matter for a min
ute they would be able to readily see the
impossib:lity of defeating the Republi-
can ticket, especially if they understood
the overwhelming advantage the in
creased registration gives the Republi-
cans. The most stupendous effort ever
made TO give Wichita the combined OPP
position 10 the Republican party was
made last fall and with all this wonder
full effort William J. Bryan, the idol and
god of the dissatisfied elements, receiv-
ed only 10 votes more than Mckinley. He
was, in reality. the only Democrat that
ever carried Wichita when party lines
were drawn. II is absurd 10 even think
that George Young is as popular IN
Wichita as William J. Bryan was last
year, especially when his opposition is
FindIay Ross. The people, certainly.
have not forgotten the fact that Mr..
Ross was elected city treasurer two
years ago by the largest majority ever
given TO any candidate. Of any party.
from president to constable, n the entire
history of Wichita He has done moth
ing since 10 diminish his popularity or
20 weaken the great confidence the peo-
pie had in him at that time. Then, again,
il must be remembered that Mr.. Ross
is not merely the nominee Of a
great party. He Is, as well, the choice
of great number of business men, IN
Guiding many leading conservative Dem
ocrats, who signed petition asking him
10 be a candidate for that office and
promising him their support. George
Young is simply the nominee Of polti-
ca. scramble participated in by FIVE or
six rival factions, each intent not so
much on nominating a representative
man as to crush the factions that OPP
posed them. In a convention like the
one held, Mr.. Young was the logical
candidate as man of force would have
belonged to either one of the factions
in other words, George Young is not a
man sufficiently sturdy TO have taken
sides. Mr.. Young in politics and public
life is simply a passive character. NO
cause, no matter what its Importance,
could inspire him 10 throw off his Goa,
and make a fight for T. In fact, Mr..
Young is one of those quiet young fell
lows who never tries to get acquainted
with anybody and who is all the time
avoiding trouble. Ten TO one that if
he was elected mayor, and exciting cri-
sises promised to occur in the council,
that he would never go there at all, but
let the president of the council have the
honor and excitement of presiding over
the sew.
But enough would have been said /,
nothing had been said. Mr.. Young and
the entire city ticket is outside the limits
of successful possibility.