The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-23

Glory.
| a. ]. Banks of Wellington township, di !
his best for Bryan in 1896. He was a dele-
gate to the last Republican county cen
lvention. He is farmer who has been
shown" the faIlacy of the free silver
vagary by practical experience.
| Q. w. Julien. lawyer of Milan, sup
ported Bryan in 1856 and Simpson in 1895,
Republican county convention and IS do
ing good work for the party.
| Professor E. Kelly, OF the county high
school, wandered of after Bryan and free
silver but was also a delegate to the
Republican county convention.
John l. Anderson of Wellington, was
also delegate 10 the same convention
| after having worshiped at the shrine OF
free silver four years. He is one Of the
best known men in the county.
Sol r. Dorsett, Ben Dorsett and Samuel
Dorset of Harmon township, are three
influential farmers who voted for Bryan
in 1895, but are sorry for 1t and are max
ing amends by doing excellent work for
the whole Republican ticket, and TO their
class belong W. E. Franklin. and his son
Ed, Of South Haven township, who are
now among the most active and infiuen-
/ tial Republicans of the county.
I. NJ. Horton and Geo. S. Hill of Cald-
well also voted for Bryan but were dele
gates to the Republican county eonven-
ton and are making up for wasted time
/ by doing most energetic missionary work.
| NJ. S. Mayse, now a Santa Fe railroad
employee at Wellington. spent the 1896
/
/ talking Organism He engag ed in several
| joint debates with Charles Smith of
Washington county. ell is a recent
| Hopper" and is now just as enthusiastic
for Mckinley and the whole Republican
| ticket. He, too, has been shown the fall
| lacy Of the free silver crae.
| Levi Myers of Greene township an old
soldier, has been for Bryan and Simpson
until recently. He is now for Long and
the whole ticket
William Mckinley Of Caldwell, was
against William Mckinley of Canton and
for William Bryan Of Lincoln in 1896, but
he has changed his views and is now for
the whole Republican ticket.
Ed Tinkham, a job printer of yelling
ton, sang and voted for Bryan but was
delegate to the Republican county con-
vention this year.
George, Josiah and Arthur Scott of
Bluff township, are three brothers who
have been voting for Bryan and Simpson.
but are now for Mckinley and Long.
L. G. Rerick of Creek township, was
also delegate to the Republican county
convention this year. He and his brother
Jacob have been voting for Simpson and
Bryan but won't do it any more.
Ed. T. Horne Of Guelph township, was
an enthusiastic Populist worker up till
this year. He is now for the whole Re
publican ticket and doing good work.
Willard Ersom of South Haven voted
and worked for the Populist ticket in 1896
and 1893 He is now wearing a Mckinley
hat and is for him and all his associates
on the ticket.
Hector McEachern of Downs township,
belongs to family that casts four votes.
They have heretofore been the stiffest
kind of oPulists. He was in Wellington
yesterday in search of Republican ntera-
ture to help convert his fellow-Pops, and
reports all the McEarchern votes for
Long and the Republican ticket.
A recent Republican township primary
in Falls township was attended and par
ticipated in by seven former Populists,
who took this means of showing their
conversion, but your correspondent has
been unable TO secure their names.
Nearly all Of those heretofore named
have quit the Populist party and have
become identified with the Republican
party. But there is another very impor-
tant and distinct element in Sumner
county politics this year that will cut a
big figure in the election returns. 1t IS
the revolving Populists. They will knife
Duval worse than any other candidate,
although many of them will also vote
against Bryan and Breidenthal. They are
the men who believe In the original Popu-
list doctrines; some of them will simply
refuse to vote for either candidate, If
they go to the polls; others will vote for
the Republican nominees; while still 9th
ers will stay at home on election day.
E. n. Bishop Of Belle Plaine township.
has been a very active Populist He met
Congressman Long last Monday and in
formed him that he and many Populists
in mis- neighborhood would vote for Bryan
but would not vote for anybody for con-
gress, or at least would not vote for Du-
val Bishop was a delegate to the late
Populist county convention that selected
delegates to the Hutchinson congression-
al convention. He says he soon found
that the Democrats had packed the CON
vention for Duval. and left It in disgust
Bishop is a fighter and proposes to put
In some time seeing to it that Duval's
vote in November Is as small as possible
Anthony Hahn, who has been the wheel
horse and committeeman for the Popu-
lists in Bluff township for years. He
was a delegate TO the same convention
with Bishop and made the same discov-
cry that he did But he goes farther
than Bishop. He IS dead against the
whole shooting match and doesn't hest
tate to say 50. He recognizes that Pop
ulsm is dead and is now an ardent advo-
cate of socialism. His Judgment, how
ever, is that the first practical result Is
to do up the whole fusion deal He
says there are a whole raft OF PopuIists
in his locality who think just as he does
on the subject
Charles Carson Of Guelph township has
been one OF the staunchest Of Populista
ever since the movement started. bat he
bucks on the Duvai deal He contends
that ii is simply a Democratic scheme TO
control the federal patronage IN the
event Of Bryan's election and for this
purpose the whole Populist organization
Is being sacrificed He says that thsre
are between thirty-ave and forty Pops
lists in Guelph township alone who viii
not vote for DUYai and that most OF
them viii vote for Long.
In these statements ne IS eorroborated