The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-17
A Contingency and Henry Clay SIuss.


admission a the number of her
inhabitants anxious sacrifice themselves
by holding down office has been totally proportion
content hitting the balot-box
The exigency emancipation the
domlnancy of southern oligarchy origin de-
mand for surplus patriotism which glorious
but malgned commonwealth able extri-
herself The slavery moth
ing to the subsequent calamity imposed by ambitions of
her multiplying politicians crowd
from hicket like hastily with
her all elections and multiplying conventions
the thinning ranks sovereign squat have been
left undecided which the greater burthen the
Egyptian this endless noble asprants
Ever being subjected the places
the wall of the increasing mutudes fellows
fiji them he of the minority approaching the ballot
box as the quarrysave dungeon cursing the
hole in which with such legal regularity periodically
engufed when, finally being postponed
because Of primary convention held by his
the state, by county or precinct his
ongwishedor being the end left unchrist
ned by the ourners whose eyes were all found
cried dry before the procession could be formed
and all Of politics.
As exigences create emergencies, so political crises
paruriate Republican primaries held in
Shawnee county Saturday il was developed that
Charley Curtis the United States senate
the fact being predcated upon the claim that Senator
Baker friends had favored holding Curtis to
his pledge candidate for congress in the First
district against Bailey response to this announce
the gentlemen not including that
Of Burton given Sunday mornings dispatches
possible. if probable candidates but all as dark
horses
Having desire to interfere by much as sugges
ton with Topekas choice between Burton and Curtis or
by the nerjecon probable combination of the two to
the county against Senator Baker or to deny the
right Of that northeast seseeers or the chances
Of Mr. Cubbon City and ignoring the evident
satisfaction of the people state with Lucen Baker
their United States senator who from the aspa
tons of those who place. the interests of the
rings which their fry has won the appro
baton of his consistency honesty uprghtnss
and ability, the Eagle announce that if dark
horses to be forced into the race other
steeds belonging to the winning class which will be
The larger half of the state of either
as to estimated by products or wealth.
Inhabitants has boosted representative in the
United States Of which greater Southwest Kan
sas potent part rather important portion If the
individual ambitions local of northeast Kan
of which Topeka candidates the heart
and nucleus going array against an en-
dosement and the reelection Senator Baker and thus
force the choosing of candidate then South
west Kansas will ask the privilege naming man who
viii be urged Republican principles are of the
most sterling stamp whose capacity is not surpassed
by that of the state in being ambitious TO
excel has ever been 100 urge his own claims
much less to exploit his qualifications for the sat
sactory dischargng the bearing the honors
Of seat in the United senate Liberal in his ideas
strict in his convictions personal proby and of political
integrity. comprehensive in his judgment with no faint of
dem1gogy Of selfseeng to no rings and dennd
ent upon cques if Southwestern Kansas man
is ever seated in the United senate no combination
can be formed that him in the esteem Of tho
people Of his state.
If the hxers of the political pocket therefore ara
determined to force their schemes to the end Of
multiplicity of candidates defeat of senator whom
they seem unable to control then they might as well in ar
ranging their deat the chances the char
ac'er and the backing Southwestern kansas man
nercinbefore indicated.