The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-01
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What the Campaign in Stat
ford County DiScloses'
UERRYS '96 MAJORITY
|MiII Be Cut in Two at the
Closest Calculation.

ST. John. Kan, Oct. 31.-(Speciai-)-- CheS-
er / Long on Saturday afternoon ad-
Dressed here the largest audience he ever
|net in this city. W. E. Stanley and 1. Z.
lambert addressed nearly as large
crowd at night. It wasa magnificent raiIy
tor this strong Populist county and means
Something. The town has a. population OF
eomething over 800 and there were OVo
people at Mr.. Longs meeting in the after
boon, including about 200 Populists N tho
hail, while fully 200 persons went away
unable to obtain entrance.
Republican meetings are success here
khis year. Ex-State Senator o. II. Bent
ley of Wichita held an enthusiastic and
well attended meeting here last week,
William Dickson presiding, and now on
rs very heels comes the monster success
bf Saturday afternoon and evening.
Stafford county viii produce some poiti-
cal surprises this year. Il Will give Jerry
Simpson for congress from between 30 and
Boo majority. Fusionists themselves claim
ho more than 300, except in the case OF
rome extremely confident men, and such,
pn that side, is hard to find this year.
One leading Populist of the county said
Saturday that Simpson would do very well
Indeed if ne went out Of Stafford county
with go majority. Two years ago he got
BOZ, his largest majority of any county OF
the district outsids of Sedgwick.
Conditions have changed since then. The
same situation which confronted the anti
Expansion congressman in every other
bounty in the district prevails fere-dis-
satisfaction, poor organization, indiffer-
ence. There are many good Populists all
over Stafford county who will not vote at
all this year; some because they do not
like Simpson and Leedy on their recent as
eertions; some VINO are sorely disappoint-
ed over their records; some who are abso-
kutely indifferent General Prosperity
Is in their homes and politically speaking,
General Apathy" IS also there. Again.
knany Populists will vote for Long and
Stanley Others will support Long and
h4eedy, and few Simpson and Stanley. so
greatly at sea are they this peculiar year
While a mixed ticket will be voted By
the Popullsts, Long and Stanley will go
put of Stafford with politically the same
Note and 1t will be r handsome one for
khis old-time Populst. county.
! On the other hand, Republicans are well
organized. Three weeks ago they were
not Conditions have changed for them.
The meeting of Saturday was extensively
advertised. System prevailed, too, in the
advertisement. Secretary Ike Lewis of the
county central committee. and the Corn
wells. editors OF the News. with other lead
Ing Republicans of the county, did hand
come piece of work They are in absolute
kouch with the state and congressional
committees and psrenthetically, It might
be observed right here that in this fact, so
general in the Seventh district, is the Sc
Icret Of the indications OF Republican sue
cess. Splendid organization WIFI have ac-
complished the result TO be. The Populist
local committees are not in touch with
kheir state and congressional committees.
Their meetings are not always made the
success IT might be supposed they would
be. BIS are not printed in the towns or
county seats as those for Republicans are.
They are sent from state headquarters
and are often late in arriving. Therefore
the local editor and Job printer. who needs
support Of his county and local party. is
naturally not in good trim for 'whooping
'em up 1t is no wonder he is not. Bot
kin complains of this fact. So does Simp-
son and Harris and Boyle and the Others.
How different il is from the way the Re
publicans do!
In Stafford county Is practically where
maximum fright rate agitation was born.
W. NJ. Campbell. member of the pres
ent state railroad commission. Familiarity
known in Kansas politics as "Bill'' Camp
bel was elected TO the legislature from
this county in 1883 as Union Labor man.
- 1t was one OF his first years of" He
was an original reformer. He honestly be-
Ieved things to be wrong. He introduced
a a1aximum freight rate bill. as a commit
tee bill. in the legislature of 1889. He has
been for one ever since. He was in the
subsequent legislatures of 1S91-3-5. and is
just as much in favor of railroad legisla-
ton now as IN 1859 He was disappointed