The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-25

nj face Of the campaign Of SANDER, al
legged humor and abuse being used against
the Republicans, a campaign aided and
abetted by the Kansas City newspapers,
the Republicans are going along in a
clean. vigorous campaign. They are
throwing no mud. They realize that mud
is not argument and that after the cleo
ton Wichita must be united as it has ever
been, to make progress. The success of
the opposition means prescription and a
continued bitterness toward every one
who was against the ticket That is the
spirit in which the opposition is conduct
ing their campaign.
The Republicans believe that the COM
munity is on their side; they believe it is
on their side because the majority Of the
people of Wichita, Populsts, Republicans.
Democrats alike believe in continuing
capable man in Office. There are as
staunch Wichitans among the Populists
as among the Republicans and Democrats.
They are all working TO a common end
the prosperity of Wichita.
They will be for the man for mayor
who has improved the city. who with its
increasing prosperity means 10 improve
it more and more.
And why shouldn't they be for that? In
the first place, hasn't Finlay Ross planned
to get every available cent, and, having
got it. hasn't he put il in the improvement
of the city. Think how much better the
city appears, how much brighter. cleaner.
more prosperous. Think Of the air Of
thriving business he has given 10 the city
by employing men to brighten and better
the city everywhere. In eleven months
ending March ! last there was paid out for
street labor 81. o93.9S. There has been paid
To men in repairing and making sidewalks
in the same period S1o4I42 Men have
been employed in the park in THAI period
TO the amount Of S3.322.7l. There has been
expended il labor on sewers in that period
Sl.oi654.
And yet in their campaign OF abuse, the
opposition brands him as 'stirsy.' He
has been economical in getting all The
revenues for the city, a practice that ev-
cry man and woman in this town knows
began last July.
He has struggled and striven 70 get
more funds for the cicy. DO you remem-
her the s. o. option the bond company
surrendered because IL did not buy on the
day il promised? Did that $3.50 cos, the
citizen anything? II was clear, net,
clean gain. Where did it E0e L went 70
the Improvement Of the city. % you re-
member the amount the Ross admin.stra-
tion saved on the lights? Where did those
hundreds goe Taey went into the improve
ment ~ the city
Do you remember the refundinE % one
set Of bonds where s. % WAS saved and
another where S21oo was s4ve5c Where
did thst money so2 i went into The i'm
provemeau Of the city
Is such management rra-sev worthy and
conmendstory 90 a5t7 Does l. rne--. abuse
ard SANDER and r.5.lIiee Has Wichita
improved 81 nos during the lase two years,
Have the revenues If The city been co.,
lec-ed as never besoEec
Every citizen. not blinded hy some PIE
JUDGED friend. knows that Mayor Ross
has made an sxce7-o-4I official T1ey
know that every available ceut he has
turned over 70 The improvement Of re
cisy. They know that he has scratched
ard pulled ard hauled and uc.le5 and
to.led - get more money 70 employ more
men 70 improve the cry mere and more
and increase the price % every 1o5y O
property in the city.
And The men WHO are meeting TIE abuse
and mud Of the opposition believe thai as