The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-05
The Kansas Campaign.

The Kansas Campaign.
} Leavenworth Times: The administra
ton of Dick Chase at the state peniten-
!. tiary was. ii will be remembered. reekins
with corruption, cruelty. irreguiarity and
dishonesty. From highest to Owes- the
PopuHst officials were robbing the state,
oiackmailing the prisoners and INDUCING
IN lhnuman outrageS and vices The Pop
unsts returned to Lansing after clean
and honorable administration by Repub-
hccan ofi1cia1s. and scandals are again
she order Of the day.
mere has undoubtedly been a shameless
attempt 20 blackmail the convict Stops
ana If one convict has thus been intin j.
dated and buAdozed. 1t is safe to say there
are plenty of others. 1t remains 10 De
seen how far the corruption has gone and
| how many Populist officials were infected.
or the TWO officials directly involved one
| IL the son of the previous Populist war
den, and under his father held position
! at the penitentiary. The other was also
an official under the Chase regime. II
was surely the height OF imprudence. 10
say the least, TO reinstate any Of the
! Chase gang In offices at the prison. and
there IS little wonder that dirty WORK has
ensued.
Leavenworth Times: The reign of lies.
! perjury and deception has of course fol-
| lowed he closing OF the saloons and joints
| in Topeka This is plainly shown by the
! increase of recorded drug store sales of
whisky for the month OF July. The mayor
| closed the joints at the end Of June, for
| which month the sales in the drug stores
| were reported as 5SS. For July they rJse
| 20 1914. To appreciate the magnitude OF
| This Increase it must be remembered that
| not one in ten Of drug store sales IS put
on record while the bootlegse.s ard clubs
] Fn thrfry s,,rr L. - zH ~
check and no record. Far worse than he
open sale Of drink, far more demoralizing
to the community, far more prolific of
drunkards and criminals is a system of
| sneaking hypocrisy and perjury.
Lawrence Journal: Topeka is begin
ming to "holler' now about her drug
stores. Topeka has always got a kick
of some kind coming, but # she prefers
the joints to nice, clean drug stores where
you can get soda and things mixed with
your drinks why, of course, she should
return to the joints.
Lawrence Journal: The Pops have de-
cided that they will not have baiiots
printed for the use Of the soldiers. Afier
thinking it over for some time, the con-
clusion was arrived at that the Pops
wouldn't get any soldier votes anyway,
and if the Republicans wanted them they
might pay for printing the ballots.
Arkansas City Traveller: Warden Ian
dis says the resignation of Jonn Chase and
d. Shull, officers at the penitentlary, were
demanded because they mad been holding
up convicts but he didn't want it TO get
into the newspapers. If Mr.. Lands wishes
to cOndone such offenses, ne is but h:.ie
if any, better than the men discharged.
Arkansas City Traveller: This morning
c. NJ. McIntire, late editor of the Arkan-
sas Valley Democrat, and present editor
of the Traders Exchange, met Il F.
Lloyd and congratulated him upon lis
clear and able presentation of reasons for
leaving the Democratic party AMI uniting
with the Republicans. Mr.. McIntire has
been a working Democrat ror many years,
but he, too, casts his lot with the RepDb-
lican party. Next week, we are informed,
the Traders Exchange will be issued as
a Republican newspaper.
Topeka Capital: In the cool oil days
of Populism Judge Mckay had fits when
ever he even thaught of man having the
audacity to ask for a third term in office,
but at last accounts he stf1l had his nose
close to the trail of one for himself. 1t
makes abig difference who the third term
is for.
Topeka Capital: On account of the !
greatly increased police revenue in the /
cities of Atchison and Wichita since home |
rule was established, an explanation is |
due from the Popuiists. who have lately |
had the government of these towns in
charge.
Arkansas City Traveller: The Populists
are now asking the Kansas voters TO dis
believe the stories of Pop corruption in |
the last legislature sworn to by num-
Der of Populists, presumably on the theory !
that nobody should be convicted on the
testimony of Pop officehoider.
The Barton county Republicans adopted
this resolution at their convention last
I'VE are of the opinion that
where the American flag floats. planted
by our gallant soldiers and sailors, there
it should continue 10 wave. and we espe-
cially indorse the administration in the
annexation of the Hawaiian islands"
William G.. Hoffer the Democratic nom
inee for congress in the Sixth district. says
in his paper, the Lincoln Sentinel: The
Populists started out to purge the politics
of this country of its impurities, and the
work was so heroic that il reacted and the
Populist party has become thoroughly
and hopelessly inoculated with those nau-
seating impurities.
Ell Dorado Republican: The state has
paid for attorneys fees during the Leedy
administration $s7S This money was
Boyle was elected to DO, and which he
Is paid for doing
a Captured SDauish Flag