The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-14
The Kansas Campaign.

Lawrence Journal: Jerry Simpson
opened his campaign at Hutchinson BY
a speech abusing Billy Morgan. If tbs
Pops take up that cue, Arthur Capper vii
have TO hire some OF their takers TO 60
out and abuse him, or hand his hopes fol-
the state partnership over to Morgan
Kansas City Gazette: Stone has won
The platform as agreed upon yesterday
by the Missouri state convention declares
for the annexation of Porto Rico. favors
looking after the Cubans until they are
| ready for annexation. and declares for
holding -coaling stations and favoring
American commerce in the Philippines "
Bland is beaten and Mckinley's policy
| supported.
Clay Center Times: Grab your nose;
there is another Pop scandal on in the
state house.
Clay Center Times: Col. Dick Blue is
! going to move to the Indian country to
practice law. Speaking in memory of
/ things OF thirty years ago. what a scalp
| lock the old man hast
Marion Record: Marion county Pops
can be depended upon every time TO put
their foot in it, so 10 speak. In Wednes-
days convention they endorsed Governor
Leedy's outrage upon the Kansas Ma
| tional Guard If this foolish thing had
been done in some locality where the
facts were not known. and where the
charges could be denounced as Republl-
can lies, it wouldn't have been such fool
politics. But here, where the facts are
known, where fifty or more of these
Guards are nursing their wrath, II is
simply-well simply just like the Pops
under such leadership as Taylor Riddle.
Marion Record: Our good brother East
erly, on the Eureka Union (Pop), is awful
anxious 10 have the Christians OF Shaw
nee county turn in and help elect Rev.
Mr.. Sheldon to the state senate. While
you are at it, Brother Essterly, suppose
you turn in and help elect good Chris
tian man (StanleD, governor, instead Of
the wicked old duffer you are support
ing.
Senator Lucien Baker will open the
campaign at Liberal, on the 18th instant.
The straight Democrats of Leavenworth
county intend to nominate full Demo-
cratic county ticket.
Arkansas City Traveller: A prominent
official at the state penitentiary says that
they have investigated the financial abil-
ity of convict Harry Stops and that he
can raise but $500; consequently he can
not secure pardon.
Arkansas City Traveller: Efforts are
being put forth by Mrs. Sophia NJ. Boyce
of the w. c. T. U. of Kansas City, Kan,
TO secure pardon for Willie Sells, who
was convicted in 1885 of the charge of
numbering his father. mother, brother
and sister, and sentenced to be hanged.
Mrs. Boyce is TO be commended for her
untiring energy in righteous cause. but
it is loves labor lost. for the present at
least. Notwithstanding many of those
who assisted in his prosecution, together
with the board of pardons, have expressed
a belief that the boy is innocent and rec
commended his pardon, Leedy. who is an
arrant political coward, is afraid To do
what he knows to be his duty. When
the crime was committed, Willie Sells was
only 16 years of age, and weighed less
than 100 pounds His father was a pow
erful man, in the prime of life and the
boys mother was vigorous and able to
tie the hands of her STRIPPING boy. He
was convicted on the flimsiest circum-
SldNLlaI evidence, IL DclfB CHdISeu ludl he !
Indifferent when viewing the re-
mains of the mangled family. 1t is not !
that in his dazed condition tears |
refused to flow. Outside of the mere fact |
that it was a physical imposibility for |
the boy to commit the crime, his deport-
ment in prison, his honest countenance |
and the truthful eye, which is said TO be !
the index of the soul are silent, though |
witnesses that Willie Sells /
is innocent, and that a great wrong has |
been done him in the name of the state /
Of Kansas. Should Leedy refuse 10 COM |
ply with the recommendations of the |
board of pardons and the prayers of an |
outraged and sympathetic people, we hope |
that the first official act OF Governor |
Stanley will be the placing Of his name
to a complete and unconditional release
not pardon, for he has done no crime-of
Willie Sells, the victim Of unjust perse-
cution.