The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-26
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I'M. MURDOCH. Editor.
1--WE ARE SEVEN"

SedgWick county has for its near
neighbors Harvey, Butler, Cowley
Sumner, Kingman and Reno counties
These seven counties contain seven
thousand four hundred square miles Of
land. They have population in round
Thousand, a little less than one-eighth
of the entire population Of the state.
They have twelve hundred and sixty
nine miles Of railroad.
They have a voting population of
over thirty-six thousand, or more than
one-tenth Of tibet entire voting popu-
iation Of the state.
In all Of the elements that make a
state these seven counties are great.
Their material resources are wonder
ful, and they are ever on the increase.
The magnitude of development in pop
Olation, in increase of wealth, is not
EASILY estimated. To draw the picture
of the future of the territory embraced
In these counties and do it within the
lines Of credulity would perhaps incite
envy, but the facts Of the statistician
are incontrovertible. They constitute
in Z material way an important factor
in this state Their production of corn,
wheat, cattle and hogs, dairy products
IN which Kansas is great, and which
are now making her the most favorabIy
talked Of state in the Union, help
more than any other portion Of her ter
ritory to swell the grand aggregate.
Now, there is another matter. This
territory Of right, in fact other Dor
lions Of the state expect, that it should
be an integral force in the political and
social affairs of the state, and with that
concert of action which ought to be
the result of business and social re-
lations, if nothing more, and which
we know does exist, It ought to respect
fully demand that political recognition
to which it is justly entitled, and this
can be accomplished by the simple
force of acting ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS con-
cert-in the parlance OF the political
~AcNAA6Ai4S hObClilSI
These seven counties have in the
next state convention ninety-nine dele
gates, or one more than one-ninth of
the entire number. They have it in
their power to nominate the next gov
ernor at the Hutchinson convention.
and in this respect make something of
an innovation or the starting of a new
feature in the selection of a governor !
by the Republican party, for that party
so far in the history Of the state has
never elected a chief executive who
lived more than seventy-flve miles
from the Missouri line.
This is the logic Of the situation max
ing Of w. e. Stanley the probable
nominee of the convention and the very
strongest candidate the party can Sc
lect. If these counties but act together
he will be the leading candidate on
the first ballot. This territory would
give him ninety-nine votes. Five of
these counties are out of the Seventh
congressional district, leaving thirty
two counties remaining with more |
than one hundred votes. Of these he |
will get seventy-five on a conservative |
estimate, and that reciprocity Of polit- |
ical action which candidates for other |
places on the state ticket in other
parts of the state will naturally adopt |
gives him seventy to eighty more votes. |
which would give him on the first bal |
lot more than two hundred and fifty |
delegates. There are seven candidates |
for governor and nine hundred and |
twelve delegates. Mr.. Stanley's pro-
portion on an equal division would be |
one hundred and thirty, but if these |
counties but act together he would |
receive more than one hundred more |
than his portion on the theory that the |
vote will be somewhat equally divided |
and even if that is not done he will be
the leading candidate, and you but |
mark our prediction. This territory |
ought to, in all fairness, act on this |
line. That is. its unity of action makes
the next Republican governor. Mr..
Stanley can carry every one of these
counties by handsome majorities; his
own by fifteen hundred.
If either county in this magical num-
Der were presenting a distinguished |
and favorite son for this position they
would expect US to act within the lines
here suggested. We are seven and time
nor political combine can change our
affections nor decimate our number.
and this sentiment will give us the
victory and change basing lines in poll
tics.