The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-11
The Kansas Campaign.

4 Newton Republican; W. E. Stanley OF
Wichita Republican candidate for gov
ernor, was in the city yesterday. He
visited around Gown accompanied by c.
Z. Branne, chairman Of the Republi-
can county central committee
I Mr. Stanley made a trip through the
back shop and round house OF the Santa
Fe and got acquainted with the railroad
men. He said that he was much encour-
aged With his prospects here.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Stanley
greatly increased his strength in this city
by his visit as he practically made q per-
sonal canvass OF the town and saw humid
reds OF voters He has magnetic way
about him that draws friends.
| He said that he intended to make a per-
I soual canvass of the entire state and was
satisfied that the result would be as he
wished. THE state is all right ne said.
1.-The people are all right and I wiz be
all right next November.
! Kansas city Gazette: Hon. W. J. Bail
ley, Republican nominee for congressman
at large was in the city Sunday evening.
He attended an old soldiers gathering
! ar Columbus. He is confident the Repub-
licans are going to sweep the state Clean
| this fall.
Atchison Globe: w R. Smith, candidate
for associate justice. announces that he
will not make single speech during the
! campaign. This Is enough 10 eleet him.
! w. r Smith is a formerly OF A,chison
man. and no program outlined by weH
! posted Atchison men ever had any speak
! ing on 1t. People na.e plug speakers
I IL, L.,
| Lawrence Journal: Bill Smith, OF Wyan-
| dotte, who is the Republican candidate
for associate justice. says he will not
make a speech during the campaign.
William IS talking through his hat. You
can no more keep him from making
speeches when there is a campaign on
than you can keep a duck from swim
ming when there is a good pool in sight.
Topeka Capital: In his war speech be-
fore the high school Colonel Eugene Ware
cast the political horoscope and described
this country after a good war had done
its work, when the gentleman from Ha
wadi would rise in congress and interro-
gate the gentleman from Cuba on the
condition of our colonists in Ireland.
puDSlINulc cllc 4lh-ippliicS 1Ol liSld44OA S1AAA
the prophecy is practically fulfilled.
Lawrence journal: It seems a little
strange that Republican statesmen and
politicians are not more sanguine of vic
tory in Kansas this year. The most en-
thusastic among them do not place the
Republican majority very high, while the
conservative ones shake their heads and
say nothing. 1t would appear, after the
record made by the Republican party in
the affairs Of the nation and the miserable
failure of Populism in Kansas. that the
state ought to go Republican by 5O,OOo
Perhaps it may; statesmen have been
fooled before, and politicians are always
fooled. The one thing upon which Pop
ulism bulded and relied more than upon
all other things was the declaration that
money was so scarce that 1t could not be
had. Today there are millions of dollars
living idle in the banks of Kansas, all or
It ready fer investment, and the owners
of it all eager to let it go for rate
of interest lower than Kansas has ever
known before. That prop is gone for
ever from under Populism and free Sill
verisrn. What have they left? The
"dovrntrodden farmer is better off today
Than the merchant; the per capita" IS
GREATER than ever; only the sluggard, the
unfortunate or the improvident Is without
nIentv. Under such circumstances, II
would s.en that Kansas ought to give
the Republican ticket the largest ma
ioritv ever known. But the men VINO
work the political problems do not pc
lave II will more than balance IN tavor
Of the ticket. VIII some political phlo-
sonber tell US why this is thus?
1ronsas CITY Gazette: The Topeka Daily
Donocrat has hois.ed the Republican
stata ticket. 1t Urges all Democratic pa
pers to do the same. II gives the pee
reason for It's action we have ever :tad'
instifving any movement in politics. IRE
editor of the Gazette once read a paper
before Republican editors, urging a trust
among newspaper men along party hnes'
When the Democratic party n Kansas
noMed 10000 votes the schemers, 1G0bers
and ringsters of the party fixed W tue'oh
with a lot of hungry, disappointed ana
so,1red Republicans, and the Democratic
newspapers have been cut IN the CoIc
content for years with the husks thrown
AWAY by those kicked out Of the RepuDl-
can party. The editor Of the Democrat
says:
I'm the first place, Dave Ovcrmyer
knows that II is absolutely necessary
for the Democratic press Of the state ~
have a Democratic party. 1t is a struggle
for the Democratic press Of Kansas TO
live anyhow, and with the party organiza-
ton gone il is only matter of time when
the party press will have TO abandon the
fed. The Democratic editors cannot ad-
vocate the soctalistic principles of the
Popuusts, which are in direct opposition
TO the teachings Of Democracy. With the
Democrats party swallowed up by the
Pops. the press is simply dying by slow
degrees. This is a historical fact. a
few years ago there were 100 bright and
up-to-date Democratic papers in the state.
Today there are fewer than fifty. Can the
Democratic editors be blamed for want
ing a reorganization OF the Democratic
party?"
Another Democratic editor. c. NJ Nc
Intyre. of Arkansas City. real genuine
stock necktie plug hat, old-fashioned moss
back Democrat, also comes out for the
Republican ticket He edits the Traders
Exchange al Arkansas City Asked why
he left the Democratic party ne says:
There is no Democratic party in Kan
sas to leave. Ten years ago the Demo
Gratis had an organization and pO.1ed the
full strength OF the party a each annual
election.
ITO the inaction Of the rank and fle
and the greed Of the boosters who have /
sacrificed the principles of the party and /
bartered It's name on the sacrifcial altal [.