The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
The Kansas Campaign.

Leavenworh Times: The plight Of shs
Twentieth Kansas volunteers Is an IN
happy one-to say nothing OF the pligh
OF the other Kansas regiments.
FOR weeks and weeks tht boys OF ths
Twentieth have been ST Camp Merritt
San Francisco. waiting for orders 20 move
10 the PHILIPPINES or to Honolulu When
they went 10 San Francisco they were
Inundated and put TO shame because they
were neither equipped nor uniformed a.
other state troops were.
They had been for weeks at Camp
Leedy. IN filth and mud. till their Clothes
| were rags and their shoes destroyed. They
were held back and hampered oy the
ineficiency Of their officers, many of whom
were entirely inexperienced in military
affairs and were in fact mere political
| bummers
All this misery, confusion biundering
was the direct result Of Leedy's policy
| ID in ignoring the National Guard: ~
! IN making political capital OF the nation 5
| military necessities; 90 in dcfying the wal
| department. and refusing to send the reg
| iment to Fort Ileavenworth, as was de-
| sired by the authorities. If the regiment
had been rendezvoused here II would have
| been properly equipped and cared for be-
| fore 1t was sent out
The consequ ences of the Populist gov
errors arrogant and stoiid stupidity have
gone further and followed the Kansas
! troops down to the present time. Every
! body sympathizes with the volunteers,
| whose patriotic erdor and Intelligence
| and fitness for military service were I'M
! questioned But they are the victims OF
| the mistakes and vices Of q Populist ego
| list whose only idea has been to run the
| military business as he ran the metro
| politan police busines-to pay his polit-
| zeal debts, bride his political supporters,
| placate his political oponents and get
more votes at the next election.
There are bitter complaints from the
| Twentieth Kansas, and good ground for
| them. They have been kept at Camp
Merritt, though the discomfort and IN
| sanitary condition were known and were
almost intolerabe When at last change
was made and the Preside was to be
occupied, a New York regiment just ar
rived was sent to the Preside while Kan
| sas boys were moved TO the reeking
ground that had been occupied by the
cavalry horses at Camp Merritt
In the same way and for the same rea-
sons the Kansas regiment has been over
riden by other regiments in the prefer
enoe for the expeditions. Four or five
expeditions have gone to Manila, ard the
hopes of the Kansas boys have been
again and again deferred. At last, they
were TO go on the Scandal. But no; they
were superseded by the Seventh califor-
mia. Well then. they should go on the
Arizona. 1t was all arranged. But alas.
again, an Iowa regiment must supplant
them.
Their burden of woe is indeed heavy.
Let the responsibility fan whore it ie due.
on the head OF Governor Leely. He will
know better next time than to antag
onize the war department.
Troy Chief: The Dodge City Democrat,
edited by w. f. Petition, falls into line
and says he Will take none OF the Leedy
ticket in his He SAYS now that the mis-
take was made in fuSdng in 1892. AS John
Martin taught US TO bushwhack in 1892
let US give him and his treacherous out
fit a dose of their own medicine this fall.
This is not the year to put up Demo-
cratic ticket. This is an off year. and
the very time to kin off towards. trait
ors and sell-outs. AS Barney Sheridan
SAYS 1.-The way to break dog OF killing
sheep is to kill the dog" Stamp the
whey out of the calamity yawpers this
fall and then it will be an easy matter to
reorganize the Democratic party for the
presidential election.
Lawrence Journal: The Topeka Capital
has for several days been arde1elv ad-
vocating the claims of its fayor1te can
ddates for county offices N Shawnee.
Waving the question as to whether or
not a partisan paper has right 20 co
that, party policy certainly should die
tate that a party newspaper give eacn
and every candidate an equal show for
an office II IS the deepest injustice for
a strong party paper to espouse the cause
of a particular candidate before the party
nominations are made, and attempt to ex-
clude all others by booming its favor1te.
It is not politics; it is not good sense;
it is not Justice. There may be cases
where a candidate is not competent or
Is dishonest, and in such event 1t is the
duty of the paper to say so frankly, al
though perhaps few of US have the cour-
age TO that. But in any event, it is the
poorest kind of politics for a partisan
newspaper to undertake to defeat a half |
dozen good Republicans in order to Sc |
cure the nomination of favorite. and II |
the Capital. which usually exhibits ex-
cellent judgment, continues to do that,
1t will not be bng until we have no ma
jority in Shawnee.
Hutchinson News: The Wichita Eagle |
scooped the Kansas City morning papers
on the big naval victory at ManZanillo. |
There is not a day but the Eagle has
important news not IN the Kansas City
papers. because the latter are printed
shortly after midnight while the Eagle
does not go to press until o'clock.
News says that 1t believes that w. L.
Stanley, the Republican nominee for gov
ernor, is an honest. respectable and SIN
cere gentleman. The News Is the prin-
ciple Populist paper of Osborn county,
and we recognize it for its honesty some
thing that is extremely rare among news
papers of its class.
Valley Center Index: ". z. Stanley
will be the next governor of Kansas.
The people are tired of experimenting
and are going TO elect a business man
to the Office of chief executive. Stanley
IS level-headed and conscientious man.
Hutchinson News: At the meeting OF
tho Popunst state executive committee
last week Senator Harris denounced Gov
srnor Leedy because Deedy had abused
Mckinley and called the conduct Of the
war "dilly-dallying." Governor Leedy
was not present, but Taylor Riddle chair
man OF the committee. took his part and |
said he believed Mckinley was waging
The war for political purposes. Most OF
he committee stood by Senator Harris. /
and il was decided that Leedy should
change his style Of campaign.
Lawrence World That blamed old Mis- !
souri, is bea ting the Kansas record They
AVE q deadlock over. there with 500 bal-
OTIS cast up 10 the last report, while Cy ,
LeIands convention mp in Hiswatha has ,
ess than 400 II IS 70 be hoped that
when the Kansas convention reassembles
N August that they viii vote in blocks
II a thousand for time Kansas can
lot AFFORD to lose the deadlock record.
Garden City Herald: Hon. ". z. Stan o
ey, republican canSidate for governor, !