The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-27
The Kansas Campaign.


Council Grove Republican: For some
cause the reasons advanced by Hon.
BailEe Waggener me AtcAtson Demo
cratic railroad lawyer. who is earnestly
supporting Governor Leedy. have not been
given space by the Pop papers. Here
are has reasons: Il regard Governor
Leedy as safe and conservative man
In the legislature of 1897, when the rad
ical members of his party were passing
almost conhscatory bills against the rail-
roads. he stood like a wall of adamant
and with his veto shut off their wicked
ends. Governor Leedy has been renomi-
n4ted by the PopuIlst and indorsec by the
Democratic conventions II / mad been
q delegate in the latter convention q
should certainly have worked and talked
for him"
Fredonia Citizen: The head officers at
Camp Alger are still debating over the
question of whether rhey have been made
the victims of a practical joke or whether
those Kansas troops are - fools, as
one Of the origadier generals expressed II.
4 few days ago a Tot OF Kansas boys
forwarded a petition to headquarters
which read in this wise: ''Inasmueh as
our services do not seem to be needed al
the front and we are likely to remain here
over winter. we respectfully rquest per-
mission to put in a crop of wheat. we
find about loo acres fit for the purpose on
this reservation and can raise enough TO
bread the army for quite a spell"
Fort Scott Monitor: The Kansas City
Times is making a silly attack on Mr..
Stanley because he says in the campaign
he intends to get down among the people.
1t has been too much the custom OF can
didates for high offices TO hobnob with
the bosses and expect them 10 control The
people, and Mr.. Stanley's determination
to depart from this custom and deal di-
rectly with the people shows his good
sense, and the attempted ridicuie CT his
action how a lack of that article IN the
Times writer. Mr.. Stanley is a peoples
man; his canvass at the Hutchinson coh-
vention showed that fact.
For Scott Monitor: Ill one cf the west
ern Kansas counties a well-known Popu-
list farmer sent the foIoV1ng letter TO the
chairman of the local POpuist &C mmit-
tee. Il have been elected a dcJeSate 70
the county convention, but / will not be
alIe to attend, and l do not intend TO vote
the Populist ticket this fall. l haven't
stopped being a Populis:, Ddt in the cam
paign of 1898 1 told some of my Pepuoiic-
an neighbors that if the country pros
pered under the Mckinley admins tration
l would cast a vote TO sustain It. / can't
just understand how ally our calculations
against the Republicans went wrong, but
I'm going to keep my word anyway"
Topeka Capital: Joe Lowe. who takes
a great deal Of pride in being a consist
ent Democrat every day in the year, says
in his paper that owing to the cowardice
of the Atchison convention and the hOgS-
ishness of the one which met in Topeka,
the Republicans will win a sweeping VIC
tory. He says that there Will not be a
fusion candidate for congress elected out
side of the of the Fifth district, and re-
allies that the allied forces have no sure
thing there.
Topeka Capital: George 81. Wolf, the
PopuliSt county attorney of Usage county,
stands an excellent show of being prose-
cuted and removed from office. Wolf 5
offense consists in attempting to extort
money from hotel keeper at Quenemo,
who was dealing in liquor. Of course
the majority of people will and ought to
agree in saying that if guilty he should
suffer the penalty of the law. There IS
no doubt that he should. He is guilty OF
the most shameless malfeasance in office.
But is there any more reason for prose-
cutting George Wolf, the unknown man
who is the Usage county attorney, than
there is for melting out the same justice
to the head of the administration and
mis- henchmen who have been guilty Of
the same act? George Wolf only attempt
ed TO hold up his victim for a paltry so
bill. Is it fair that he should be brought
to scorn and punishment, while fellow
workers in his political vineyard, who
have mulcted the whiskey dealers for
hundreds of times that amount. should
go unmolested? Wolf had a right to be-
litve that the act which was considered
a virtue in others would be so regarded
in him. He fell victim TO the teachings
of his party.
Hutchinson News: Brown of Pratt has
fallen, and with him goes about the last
of the old-style Alliance Populists. Last
Saturday Mr.. Brown was candidate
before tht Pratt county Popuiist conven-
ton for denomination as representative.
1t was not supposed there would be any
opposition to nim, for the was the or
dained apostle of maximum rates, anti
corporation, long-whiskered Populism.
But when the convention met the new
dispensation PopufistS administered
kick to Mr.. Brown where it would hurt
him most, and send him over the dump.
The Populists who follow Senator Har-
ris, Congressman Simpson and Bailie
Waggener were too much for Windy Bill,
the Populist of 1890, and he Will be sue
ceeded on the ticket for representative
by a one-horse lawyer.
Not only was the old opulist turned
down-the original Alliance man-but the
disgrace was rubbed in by the nomination
of lawyer ins his place, and you remem-
Der the opinion in which lawyers were
held by the Alliances.
This ends the political career Of Brown
of raft He stayed with the PopWist
theories too long. He was still in favor
of maximum railroad rates" and could
not realize that his party had been Leedy-
lied and eTnasculated He knows II now,
but he is too dead. politically. to kick He
has followed Rightmire, Willis, Otis,
PETER and the other cranks who have
been thrown out of the PopuliSt party
because they cougdn't change their opin-
10 nsfast enough to keep up with the fell
lows VINO wanted Offices, railroad passes
and Doodle.
La Crosse Republican: The nominee for
mfliarly called by his host and legions
OF friends IN Kansas, was born In Ohio
IS years ago. He settled in this state near
ly a quarter of a century ago and most
of that time has pTacticed law as a sue
cessful attorney in the city Of Wichita.
Nj Stanley is not large in stature, oJt
large in knowledge and wisdom. He -
one of the ablest carpaigDers in the
state and has taken active part in aiding
the Republican party for many cam
pairns. vet he has never been a candi-
date for Office until now He Is A tenn