The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-11
Deductions He Makes From
the Last Election Here.
ABOUT SEDGWlCK COUNTY
And What Some of Its PoIiti-
cal Idio8yncraSieS Are.

The story of the election after it is
over is very. easily tod. There are men
on ever. corner who can tell you all
about it. There are multitude Of lead
ers-now-what can analyze all OF
the causes which produced the results
given out as the hrand finale-by the
| ballot boxes. There are so-called poll
teal anagers-chairmen vice chairman,
secretaries. subsecretaries, and the imper-
/ turable owl who invests every head
charters Of every political party, who
now-the pregnant fifth post bellum facts.
There are men who are making repu-
tadons as political guessers that simply
came near the mark as a happen So who
really did not know anything about it.
''The real facts are so far as this coun-
ty and state is concerned that neither
party had any specially perfect organi-
zation. and then again this was one Of
the campaigns in which the most perfect
organization could only make estimates
/ Tammany, the most perfect campaign
machine in the world Of politics as near
/ " perfect as human machine can be
made fell down in its work and esti-
mates regarding New York city, itsnative
heath. The organizations in this coun-
! ty on the part of the Republicans was
! fair. The Democrats had none what
/ ever. Notwithstanding the victory for
/ their local ticket. They won out in this
/ respect to some extent on account Of the
Democrat vote which they have in few
/ large townships, which is always Demo
| cratic and which never requires organic
/ ed effort to get it out to vote against
! the Republican party, whic his convic-
/ ton with them which needs neither the
/ stinulant of excitement or the presenta-
/ ton Of argument
In the earlier history Of this county,
when the Democratic party was in a kind
of formative period in its organization
they voted the Democratic ticket The
''Bloody Shirt" argument of that earlier
period did not stir their memories with
any valorous deeds in behalf Of their
country. and in this latter day the cam
on's roar and the exutant shouts of the
victors In Manila bay fell with a dun
thud on their ears. 1t was in this To-
cality that Frank Dale learned his first
politics and gained great reputation as
political manager which he lost one
day in Wichita when he lead the George
J.
stone wall made by George Clements.
Frank gathered up some of it after he
went TO Oklahoma, but it was purely ac-
cidental and short lived. 1t had struck
another atmosphere differing from that
of the north precinct Of Garden Plain.
Wichita City is Republican By major
ity Of about six hundred Mckinley
vote does not indicate that there are
eight hundred more Republicans than
there are of the aggregation known as
the fusion party. which after all so far
as this county is concerned is simply
fusion of Democrats for prior to this
election two years ago for every one
hundred Republicans who left the party
and were known as Popuiists sev/lty-
i've of them had returned. There are but
few townships in the county, in which
there were many Populists who were for
merry Republicans.
Mckinley and the state ticket received
about two hundred Democratic votes in
Wichita. who placed higher estimate
on McKinley's business policies than they
did on Bryans sentiments. The Fill
pino proposition was a good many miles
away. Business was moving up and
down Douglas avenue and Main street
and they did not want to side track it,
beside they had an abiding conviction
that Mckinley would settle the Filipino
question and that there was no immed-
late danger Of the empire, Of which Bry-
an talked so gilbly
This county outside Of the city isDem-
ocratic by about six hundred and we
have an estimate IN my desk which gives
it to the Democrats by FIVE hundred and
sixty-fve and which gave the city to
the Republicans by a little over six hun
dred and yet that was a kind Of happen
SO estimate. There were few gains for
Mckinley as disclosed by the vote il
those townships which were formerly Re
publican. and none to speak about in the
townships which were always Democratic.
Payne township was in It's early his
tory Democrats. SO was Sherman, Atti-
ca. Garden Plain. Gypsum and Grand
River. These townships have simply
grown In Democracy. Their faith is o.
the kind which Croker would gloat over
Twelve Dollar plate dinners. Tam
rnany's criminal management of the num-
icinai affairs of New York city failed to
move them. Bryan could have assert /
ed in every speech that he would have
made Richard Croker secretary of state
and it would have still been SKI TO
three The vote did not require organi-
zatlon. no one had to set up with e.
The vote was not out the vote came
out. Three carriages would have hauled
all the voters tothe polls On this city. The
election old not turn So far as the city
was concerned regarding the local ticket
on party lines. II was largely personal
that IS the decisive vote was purely peg
sonal and selfish Eckstsin lost mans
Republican votes Conley lost many
pemocratio votes Clnly's campaign
had one Of the strongest personalities
hack 81 1t En- the city Ne 10 was not
Amidon. lie lost Comfy many votes hy
being county attorney. It Is not neces- +
sary 20 name this new Richmond VINO
managed. no not managed. hug simply
got the votes for Conly-
THE Democrats won il this way IN tbs
first place The vote on the local ticket
over the county including the city each
osrtv voting for IT'S candidates would
have been very close with the chances On
savor ~ che Democrats, B1t this IS the
wsv Il was done Conls had a.s or
sanitation Williams had his, Ayers was
us manager. Tape htd cne Win Whlc1
Ayers had q great deal TO say sense
perhaps. aud Carson came Very neer-y
representing the relative strensta o. The
opposing forcss-
Well how a5out Piatt-Platt well h-s
vote shows the strength and manage
ucat os the Democrats organization {
When she vote IS properly anayzet Ia
ihis state * sil p found that stan.sr
ald nos pan ary behind eas TT itts