The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-17
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| his states message.
The number OF applicants for Office. AID
| those whose interests are being looked
4 after personally by their political friends
and leaders. are prominent II the councies
| ard state. Among them are John Skinner
/ OF CONVEY county. for he ONCE o. warden
! OF the state peai:e1rtary: also ex-Sherin
Jonn II Wilkinson OF Topeka for the
same office and D. c. Brown OF Anthony.
/ Il IS reported that Lit Crum OF Oswego
/ is an applicant FOR this place, and that
/ Wiz Thompson OF Scott county IS slated
/ for deputy warden
/ For the Office Of coal OIL Inspector there
are number OF prominent men mentioned
who have been n politics more or less
1 as party workers. One OF those mosz
1 prominent is A 3. Armeut OF Cowley
county. Senator Milton Brown IS meu-
+ toned az an available man FOR Weo5 Nc
/ Na2's place for insurance commissioner.
/ Anthony has another candidate n the er-
son OF Thomas Nat,sger. on the ooa-i Of
/ CHARITIES. Another aspirant for an ap-
( pointment on this board is @ ". Kanavei
/ OF Harvey county. There are several mel
toned for 1utant general Probably ne
most sought after Office Is that OF state
grain inspector. There are number Of
aspirancs who are pushing their claims
with all force 20 land this Office. Among
these are Sy! Dixon Of Argonia- ". ".
Haskell OF Wyandotte county. A. s HaT-
wood Of Phillipsburg and Billy Glass OF
Colwich. Wyandotte county has at appr-
cant for assistant coal oil Inspector IN
G. ". Toot hacker. and two other candl-
dates for ,abor commissioner, in W. G.
Bird and J. S. Kelsey.
There are few local applicants her. for
minor places. Among them are J. l. Dew
ing. Uncle" Jessie Burt. Frank Hender-
son and Cook OF Cheney FOR. the Office OF
local grain Inspector. Charles Irwin wants
an appointment on the state board OF cat
tie inspection. and a few others not yet
settled upon by their friends as being yet
in the race.
Many people VIII b interested in learn
ing wha: Attorney General Boyle has TO
say why the fusion ticket was defeated.
The following is his statement:
Certain incidental and minor influences
in a measure contributed 70 this result
The principal influence in this category
was the superior organization the Repu6-
leans had throughout the state The men
in charge OF the Republican campaign had
peculiar genius for organization. and
the results Of the election exemplify their
talent. l have IN mind one country pre-
clnct IN Bourbon county. IN which Il IS
positively known that every Republican
went 10 the polls. whereas over thirty-ive
fusion voters stayed al home. The Re
publican voters were under better party
discipline. by reason Of superior organiza-
ton. This one precinct IS illustrative o,
the entire state vote
u DO not wish 20 be understood as cast
ing any reflection upon the work done o.
the fusion state committees. believe the
men in charge OF our campaign were loyal.
earnest and zea,ous. and did everything
possible with the means at their disposal.
Il must be conceded, however. that the
Republican campaign managers not only
had a perfect system throughout the en-
tire state 10 get their voters 70 the polls.
but they also had the money and the
workers back OF them to carry out the
most careful details.
Independent, however, OF Organization.
I believe there were far deeper and more
fundamental causes responsible for the re-
suits. Il Will be noticed that the fusionlsts
made gains n the cities and lost IN The
country districts. I attribute his result
TO the fact that the business men in the
larger towns and cities were in closer
touch with the business propositions in
volved in our state campaign. whereas the
country voters were Only vaguely and in
directly in touch with these questions.
As general proposition. farmers are
more affected with national impressions
than they are with state issues. Our Re
publican opponents kept constantly before
the farmers attention the fact that he
was getting good prices for his farm prod
ucts. and was. in general prosperous. and
that this prosperity existed under a na-
tional administration.
The Republican pamphleteers and
speakers did not undertake 70 demonstrate
just what influence Republican national
legislation had exertsd 10 bring about
these results. nor did the farmer 90 10 the
trouble 70 analyze the claims made BY
the Republicans. He Simply realized that
he was Better of than he had been for
many --1IS E1r reached ne C-0lr.flsfCr.
that possibly there was something Il The
claim % the Republicans. and II he went
20 the polls a. all he voted the Republic
an ticket Thousands % farmers. however.
stayed away from the polls. being IN
fuenced BY the considerations above sug-
gested
Another very potent factor n this cam
paign was the war sentiment. II. Amer
can ia nothing = not patriotic. and With
consummets skill and unti-ing energy the
Republican campaign managers by means
- their newspapers and speaker have
urged the proposition tha. the country
should stand back % Mr. McKsu.ey ~. rs
war policy. ard. although This p-opox.-
ton had no logica. connection ~ ea--i
with the issues Joined u this cauoas ST.
yet il nevertheless Influenced Thousands o.
OWES
The campaign : over. Tine for VIII
hcst'or and political tomt7oery o pa.
and oriisvs that the ultimate furrrr~--
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