The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-09
The Kansas Campaign.

Democracy in Kansas vile names. HI
calls them 'bolters" because they refus'
| to abandon Democratic principles and fol
low a gang who have sold themselve:
!; out TO the Popunsts and who have dom
!. 1t with a view Of getting Populist supper
for the federal offices in 1860 supposns
(what Is inconceivable) that the Bryanate:
should win then. The Atchison convention
was a mere sideshow of the Populist per
Torrance at Topeka and it was controlled
by the Leedy agents When IL comes K
question of honest principle. those who
entered into the fusion deal are out Of con
sideration.
Hutchinson News: Two weeks ago the
Populist papers were abusing Mckinley
because the Twentieth Kansas did not
have enough 20 eat. Now It turns out
tina; the trouble came from the dishonesty
! OF Leedy's politician Quartermaster. and
the Pepulist papers change the subject.
b F. Lloyd secretary OF the Demo
| cratic club at Arkansas City. has become
! a Republican In announcing the fact in
| a letter he says among other things:
| Taking ii for granted that the laws OF
| the Republican party admit to member
ship all men who repent OF their sins
! and come with bowed head and Bonded
one hand and fidelity in the other. and
recognizing that this right applies TO Dem
! ocrats, l therefore this day cast off my
| Democratic garments, worn for thirty
nine years, and don the full and complete
| garb of a Republican
Emporia Republican: The saying that
! sit takes thief 10 catch a thief" Is well
! illustrated by the Populist muddle at the
! toll
up there are working overtime exposing
the corrupt deals of each other.
Judge Doster, whose son was appointed
a major by Leedy, whose brother-in-law
is a member of the state sanitary board,
and who has several other members of
his family feeding at the states expense,
says Governor Leedy is great man.
Hutchinson News: The Democratic
state conventions are sadly divided on the
expansion" proposition. The Texas Dem
ocrats endorsed Mckinley and turned
declared for the annexation Of everything
in sight. The Nebraska Democrats
lodged. The Indiana Democrats endorsed
Bryan in his stand against imperial
ISM" The Democratic party will soon
have to have a receiver appointed.
Hutchinson News: Governor Leedy is
opposed to the annexation of Porto Rico
or the Philippines. Governor Leedy's po-
sition on this subject, however. is unirn-
portant, and will be still more so in a
few months.
Hutchinson News: It Is announced that
Congressman Simpson will begin his cam
paign early this year. The speech of MT.
Simpson which will have the most effect
this year will be the one from the Con-
gressional Record in which he said we
had no use for navy.
Holton Recorder: Get ready to hold
your noses. The Pop officials at the peni-
Tertiary are having a beautiful row.
Warden Lands accuses Engineer Chase
and officer Sbull with taking money from
convicts and has dismissed them. Chase
is son of exWarden Chase. Both of
them served under Lewellng. Shull is an
ex-Populist representative from Usage
county. They assert that they have done
nothing wrong, but that Warden Lands
has been conducting the affairs Of the
institution in a scandalous manner and
that they are going to make some bad
exposures. when thieves fall OUT ETC.
1
Agricultural College is now known
throughout the country as a "Populist
college" No amount of apology or expla-
nation from the state or the college ad-
ministration can alter the fact that a
powerful and able staff was removed
from that college and in their places were
put a number of notorious cranks, charlas
tans, socialists and opulists. Up TO thaY
time the college at Manhattan had been
conducted on the highest plane of intel
lectual and scientific and practical edu-
cation, without trace of partisan influ-
ence. But the Populists made it forcing
house OF opulist propaganda.
The Chicago Times Herald severely crit
icizes President McVicar Of the league of
American municipalities for converting
that league into an organ for intoxicating
others with his own socialistic theories. |
Uuder proper auspices and with a broad
and comprehensive scope the league would
be a power for public good. With an
individual membership Of 5000 public off, |
Gals. representing seventy-one cities the
league might be valuable factor in Sc /
curing good government for American
cities. But Mcvicar uses his position as
president Of the league to make converts /
to socialism. And in order to do this !
he calls in the assistance of the Populst /
and Socialist Cfor that is now its reputa-
tom institute at Manhattan.
FL Dorado Republican,: Kansas went
out of business and shut up shop about f
1890. Prior TO that time the state was all I
business. 1t was railways and crops; cit
les and factories: land, live stock and /
money. Since then 1t has been a contin- |
uous jabber of upstsrt politicians, half /
f,olr cd Ali til
boodlers But the people are tired OF IT. /
Kansas people are now anxious to get 4
out Of politics and back 10 business; and /
they are going 20 turn over a new leaf [
The voters want a man for governor who
will not spend his time working around .
trying 20 see now much he can get out /
of it for himself. They want a man who 4
will promptly turn out the blatherskites !
and boodlers, fill their places with honest !
capable men and then turn his attention /
TO the material interests OF the state
They want a chief executive who will de- /
vote his time In the direction Of increas-
ing the actual wealth of the state: to the
promotion OF immigration; the building /
of factories; 70 the betterment Of our rail- 4
ways and 70 the encouragement OF every I
thing that will enhance the value OF our
farms and make living in Kansas more
profitable and more enjoyable. We have
had eight or ten years OF the cheapest /
kind OF jim crow. flap doodle politics
where CAB and gall double discounted ex-
perience and honesty. But Kansas is at +
last sick Of &; the state is ashamed OF
the street fakir spectacle < has made ot
itsslf and viii GET back 20 the old bust
ness stand next November, by siectln-
". 2. Stanley governor, and viii try "a
make the world forget is crazy political
antics by staying with him Until the for
-ner prosperous business conditions are