The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-16
SEALOCK IS BULL|ED
Made to, Shoulder Burden of
Wilson's Sins.
MADE STRONG PROTEST
He Signs Statement That Will
son Is BenefaCtor.

sealock has signed the statement. That
was the report on the street last night.
1t is TO be published next week. The
poor old man, manipulated. Inundated,
bulhed. disgraced, coerced, heart-broken,
trembHngly feebly signed away his inde-
pendence TO the Unsuitable gang Of polit-
zeal tricksters who. not content with ma
nipulating MIN, not only laughed his ig-
norance to scorn among themselves. but
now, grown bold from long impunity. force
the old man. at last seeing his errors.
to approve another mans official schemes.
Sealock signed the statement, signed it
after protests, after pleadings. after cry
ing for mercy. He signed il, knowing 1t
to be wrong. knowing it to be MS death
warrant. And the gang last night was
celebrating its vicious victory, ceIebrat-
ing It as a good joke on the honest. but
ignorant old man who, having the desire
and conscience to resist them did not
have the spirit, who went home last night
knowing that IT'S publication next week
IS his political sentence in this county.
II was a mistake to elect Mr.. Seaiock
commissioner Of this county. He lacks
the experience. the judgment, the tenn
permanent, the competency which ii takes
TO Ill that position. He has been an in
strument of men who have made politics
a trade, who. superior to him in every
thing save conscience, have made him a
pliable tool.
The limit OF decency in private life and
the limit of decency in politics are far
apart, but the coercion of old man Sea-
lock was even beyond the utmost out
post of political decency and II ever a
community should condemn Vaccination
it should consemn this.
The community is well informed Of the
official career Of Deacon Wilson. The
evidence comes not from a partisan oppon-
ent but from members Of his own party
It is not necessary here TO recite the acts
of his administration in his Office. He,
with the usual callous air OF a political
nachinist. has affected to despse and ig-
more those charges But the revolt against
him in this district has grown until il
has reached even his dense ears and he
has prepared TO cambat it.
But what a prepa ration. His tool on
rhe board of county commissioners has
been Sealock who according to the gang,
doesn't know much, II anything"
The gang went TO Sealock a week ago
and began to work an him. They de-
manded of him IN their old bullying way
that he sign a statement prepared for
him that all the acts of Deacon Wilson
as commissioner were 10 the best inter
ests of the county! Fancy the gangs
abrupt establishment, fancy the scandal
among themselves when the easy old gen.
tleman put forth conscientious refusali
But they were nothing daunted. Instead
OF demanding. they requested. Still he
refused. Then they began the common
manipulation Of machine politics. the veil
concealed dagger Of hint and innuendo.
Sealock begged. He pleaded. He cried
Tor mercy. But they kept on, having no
pity in their hearts, kept on memorable.
The gang did not go to Commissioner
Howard. He has been on the board with
County Commissioner Wilson. He knows
his official acts. He has a judgment OF
MS own as well as a conscience. But
Howard was not asked to sign II. He
will not be ask to sign It.
Mr.. Sealock has not yet been subjected
to the certain humiliation which will fol-
low the publication of that document
Perhaps the protests of an indignant peo-
pie may stop ii, may save this man, whose
conscience protested TO the last against
this thing, the ileart-broken anguish of
seeing il in public print.