The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-02
VOTES Of The PAST
Figures by Which Flynn Has
Been Successful.
NEFF'S CAMPAIGN PLAN
Gives Up the Strip and VIII
Tackle Greer County.

against Delegate Flynn. Probably tn
only anti-Flynn man of prominence il
the territory who believes in deviou!
chance" is Neff himself, and this II
ing on his part is an evolution Of tht
past three weeks. Nefs purpose in seek
ing the nomination was based on hi:
hope that Bryan would be elected Dresi
dent and in that case he, as the de-
feated candidate for congress, would
have first voice in naming territorial ap
pointees. Nen has never figured in po-
litical life, and the roar and rattle anc
personal solicitation environing con
gressional nominee has built up in his
mind within three weeks the belief thai
he has a slight show. The poor meetings
he had at Saltwater and other places
were not fizzles to Neff because to him
they seemed large and hattering. Sc
while all the fusion leaders in Oklahoma
know perfectly that the situation offers
nothing al all for Nef, Neff is coming
to believe that maybe he can make it
He has a theory that southern Oklahoma
and Greer county can pull him through.
In ten days he will go into Greer county
and talk politics to the people there.
Afterward he will tackle Washita and
| Custer counties in the belief that the i'm
migration into this section has recently
been heavily Democratic. AS Flynn Sc
cured free homes long ago for the Greer
county people, Neff will not be able to
make the least impression there; in
Washita and Custer counties the Repub-
licans feel fully capable of carrying a
majority.
Even Neff has no hope of carrying any
county in the Strip. He only figures on
carrying the votes of the most dyed-in-
the-wool Democratic and Populist parti-
sans together with those who had no
faith in free homes and proved up before
the bill passed and are mad at them
! selves. 1t is a curious fact, which can be
| demonstrated, that the great majority of
Shippers who proved up before the bill
| passed were Democrats and Populists who
| regarded Flynn's free homes as a fake
Flynn will carry every county in the
1 Strip by immense majorities. There are
townships which have been polled which
show that Neff will not get a single vote
in them. For the most part the Repub-
lican management is suppressing these
| discoveries to avoid overcon1idence among
Republican voters, who are wanted at
the polls for the legislative and county
tickets. Flynn will carry Logan, King
fisher, Canadian, Oklahoma, Pottawato-
ME, Lincoln and Cleveland counties south
of the Strip and every county in the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe country with the
possible exception of Washita and Gus
ter counties, an exception which the Re-
publicans of that county ridicule.
! In Flynn's campaigns he has shown the
following increases, which show how his
popularity has kept pace with popula-
ton:
1872 9,496
1880 .................. ................. &c, 267
1888 .'.....'......... .....-...--,...... 2, 400
Frank McMasters has out an interest
ing table of votes and percentages in the
elections Of Oklahoma. He SAYS:
In 1880 Harvey, Mccoy and Croker
were the candidates for delegate. The
following is their vote:
Republican, AIS; Democratic, 2.446:
Populist 1929. Total vote, SAB. Repub-
leans 80, Democrats %, Populists IS per
cent.
The vote at this election on councilmen
at large was: Colson, Republican, 1902;
Maggie, Democrat, 9,151; Pickett, Popu-
list, 2,025. Total vote, 9,175
In the council the parties stood: Re
publican Z; Democrat, 5; PopuIist. l.
In 1882 the vote on delegate was Flynn,
Republican, 9496; Travers. Democrat.
745l; Ward, Populist, 4.34S Total. p ,305.
Percentage OF votes: Republican, AS;
Democrat 81. PODulist On =
The council stood: Republican S. Demo
crat ;, Popunst ?. The house stood Re
publican 13, Democrat 9, PoDulist 4.
In 1894 the contest for delegate the vote
stood: Flynn, Republican. 1890; Beau
mont, Populist, 1874; Wisely, Democrat,
l266S. Total, 1882. Per cent Of total
vote: Republican, 42.7: PopuIist, SCI;
Democrat. 25.2
The council stood: Republican :. Popu-
list ., Democrat l. The house, Repubu
can 49, PoDulist 7, Democrat 3.
1t will he noticed that the vote increas-
ed rapidly from 917S in 1899 TO q. A5 in
1892 and 1882 in 1894.
In 1896 came the first fusion. the parties
fusing having had SIS per cent OF the
votes cast. or 2 clear majority OF 9022. In
the election OF 1894
At this election the delegates had the
following vote Flynn. Republican D.
257; Callahan. Populist 27.i25 Total, So
zoe, a percentage Of Il per cent for fu-
sion.
In the legislative election fusion had
2s.oS7 votes or = per cent Republicans
had e2.c22. or IS per cent Total. 4S129 IN
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