The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-22
that the utterances attributed by the cir

| that the utterances attributed by the cir
cular to Barnes and Scott were never saiC
by them; that the circular was trumpe,
up by the same gang who have been try
ing to make money out of the free home!
agitation. Eggleston was to get half tn,
amount raised to buy congress. lie hat
been at this four years.
Mr.. Flynn's trouble was the Barnes con
ference. Some of his old cohorts grew
cold after that and even so influential &
man as Grimes Is understood to have
written to him asking II he had gone
back on the organization. The worst Of.
Tense he finds against Secretary Jenkins
Is the alleged charge that jenkins inti-
mated to Grimes that since Flynn had
gone in with the governor and lefc thc
organization the thing was for Jenkins
and Grimes to form a coalition. The OBJ
ject of Mr.. Flynn's speech was to SET
himself right once more with the organ
ization. This he has probably done. But
how about the Republican party in the
meantime?
The whole business Of the Republican
party in Oklahoma for nine years has
been to hurrah for Flynn and elect him
to congress. Terrdtorially 1t has done
nothing else. And so far there have
been no regrets. Flynn in congress has
fully justified this partially for him.
But Mr.. Flynn should remember these
who have made him. The created should
look zealously to the welfare of the Gre
ator. Every dollar Mr.. Flynn has, all his
influence at home or abroad, came from
the party which has thus stuck to him.
And in this party have been the men
whom he accused and chided Friday.
Every one Of them contributed to and
shouted for his election last fall, and
helped him on to victory. Is not Flynn's
obligation to the Republican party very
great? Is he not the last one who should
stir up iternecine rows, which may cul-
inmate in party defeat two years hence?
Why should he grow ascerblc and want
TO cruelty Barnes and Jenkins and
Thompson and Scott and others because
they will not in all things agree with
him? Should Flynn. any more than any
other Republican. try to take to himself
the party control? Had he better not get
into the ranks and elbow with the pri-
Yates and look core to general party adj
vancement than endanger party unity by
attempts to destroy partisans who seek
to share with him the party leadership?
Truth is. the party at large Is getting
very weary Of the eternal kicking of
the supposed leaders OF the party. No
one or dozen men are the Republican
party OF Oklahoma The charges Of lead
ers against each other-the baseless and
spiteful jowls-are evidences of a con-
dition which needs remedy. II it does
not cease, there will be a new crop of
leaders in Oklahoma, and those who now
ride the waves will be known no more
forever. Each can be a power for the
party II he will; but the present acrimony
indicates that they feel best only when
the spikes in their shoes are heaYing
some other political person.
The State Capital has been F1ynn's
friend. At half the advertising rates,
$4,000 wocld not pay for the favorable
space he has had in this paper: and It
never cost him a cent. It IS his friend
yet but not when he threatens dissen-
lions in the Republican party. This
paper Is the friend of every party
worker, when they are doing the things
winch VIII make for the general advance
ment OF the party. This paper has been
for party harmony: for justice and fair
ness: for decency in politics and good
public service. 1t can see none Of these
advanced in the sort of rows kicked up
over the-llttle Office of census supervisor.
paying about fifteen hundred year It
Is no crime for men to divide on candi-
dates. One man has as much moral or
political right as another to endorse
whom he Pleases; the party at large
cares but little who fills this place: It
cares great deal whether the Repubn-
can party IS on top or on the bottom:
and this should be the chief concern OF
every partisan. whether ne Is IN or out
OF office. a big gun or little one
tt Is time to call a halt on personnel
poiitics