The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-26
Along the Kansas Nile,

There are just as many Democrats or
the Republican state ticket as there are
on the Populist state ticket
The frosts Webb McNan was having
in southern Kansas edged over into Texas
and killed the yellow fever germs.
George Smelling has challenged Tom
McNeal to a joint debate and both OF
them will go at IL. Both are bright and
Will make a warm article in the cam
paign.
Probably the busiest man in Kansas in
a restricted field is Cy. Leland He is
having night and day fight on a Judge
ship up in his district.
James Fike a Democrat of Colby. 1g-
ures it out that Leedy viii carry the
Sixth district by so plurality over Stan
ley. Leedy had 3.475 in the same district
over Morrill, in 1896.
Kansas viii get in tune with the ma
ton. The nation is Republican. and Kan
sas should be Republican. There IS no
sense in trying to sound a discord in the
overpowerIng melody of prosperity.
Mss Emma Kelly. who went TO the
Klondike and recently returned. counts
herself worth $4,000. She says that her
claims up there are worth that much
She should have transformed them into
Missouri evidence.
Bailey Wagner staked a man with H.
oO0 TO go to the Klondiks. Now tho ma n.
sends for Bailey 20 come to Dawson and
try a law suit over mining claim for
him. Bailey has written the mar 10 trade
his law suit for ticket and come home
Every campaign before this the Popu-
lists have made one Of their issues domi-
nant. The assassination OF maximum
freight rates frightened the POpulists
away from that hibit. They have this
year no dominant issue and no Definite
promise to their followers.
1t IS a fac, that Chester Long is max
Ing better speeche. this year than ever
before Editor Cline OF the Conway
Springs Star. who has a habit OF saying
Just what be thinks and thinking about
the effect afterwaTd. remarks: Long
delivers a better speech this year than
we have ever heard him make before"
The Populist paper has improved more
than the Populist party. All the Populist
papers now publish the WetmOre matter
and some OF them talk about IL. ceusur-
ing Governor Leedy mildly. II IS an act
ual fact that four ears ago nine out ot
ten Populist papers in the state would
have suppressed any mention OF this mat
ter II their columns.
Attorney General Boyle. IN his speech
at Wyandotts. says % the We;more mat
ter: II do not know whether or not the
statements made By Nr. Wetmors are
true. but ] DO say the system OF man
zzemeni OF ;he state institutions IL alto
eether wrong and until THIS wrong Is
rtghtsd such conditions are bound 20 sx-
!st more or less.
TIE Republicans won Kansas lss. year.
and the worst trick they have played on
ths Popuists tbs year s. In getting the
PoyuHsts 20 use thu figures % IsSs 20 base
tbs election o. II L~edy had beer ruz-
ring Tor governor IN Iss7 Re would have
been beaten lie viii % beaten much
easier IN 1874 !; Is probably sAEi ;or
a PoDul.st % see THIS To-Day. 5ut Re S.l
see Z OF November ?
Leeay's action OF MAXIMUM frsizht
rates vas not euviasls. his buii-togEsr
rstentIou % the poGcs commission seT-
sufssn months a. a. enormous ioss va
aot sav5s5}a. his petty spite work against
the STATE EIHta vas not snv.1hle. Is
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treatment % sae volunteers a. TOPEKA.
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