The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-06

sas City convention to make trusts the
( paramount issue, caused the Democrats
in this district not 10 be able to make
great Roadway on that issue. Appeal to
/ Populists TO come and help vas para
mount issue for a time. 1t was just as
burning as Imperialism. because the
Democrats realized that they had to have
come Populst votes, al least, to save
them from total annihiiadon at the polls
The next paramount issue in the district
was the fact that in the circulated edi-
tion Of Longs speech on the Porto Ric9
question. sent out By the national com
mittees. there were left out two lines or
so that had appeared in the printed yer
sion in the Congressional Record. This
was very paramount. and Democrats
/ charged that Long was not a good man
for reelection because Of this grave an
fatal error
But a new paramount issue soon had t.
be dug up, and it was found in the
Grout bill Long believed the bill wrong
in principles. He had the courage to say
50. Like some he did not pledge him
self for the bill and then mentally re
solve to go back on the pledge. He be
heved it wrong to use the taxing p0wer
Of the government to benefit one indus
try at the expense Of another He favor
ed any measure to compel the sale of
oleomargarine as oIeomargarlne, b1
thought it wrong to assist the creamery
arust and at the same time decrease the
price Of b5ef steers and hogs, enhanced
as they are by the manufacture of oleo-
margarine, since this district has i'm
measure calculated to drive out Of bust
ness a legitimate industry and deprive
thousands OF men of employment and az
the same time the workingnen Of a
cheap substitute for butter, was wrong
and unfair, and did not propose to sup
port it This angered the creamery trust
and the Democrats gladly accepted an
other paramount issue. They began to
accuse Long Of being in the pay of the
"oleomargarine rust; that he was pro
tectng criminals; and lot Of intemper-
ate ,uncalled for, insulunb and nbelous
stuff such as the above
This paramount issue was not at all
winner, however, so with it was sub
joined another paramount-the question
Of slavery and polygamy in the sulu
islands. The absurdity OF this question
was soon seen, for when people stopped
TO think. # occurred 70 them that We had
trouble over slavery for some hundreds
Of years in this country and finally
stamped it out; that we had commended
with polygamy for over forty years in
this country. and had succeeded in at
least controlling It, yet We had only had
the Sulus few months. and Democrats
would have the people believe that the
Republicans should have suppressed It out
right, even at the start Then It was re-
mem bered also that only the merest
temporary agreement was made with the
sultan of the Sulus. and that congress (
alone has power to fix the political status
Of the natives of the Philippines. a part
Of which the suus are. tt was also re-
membered that the house Of representa- /
lives at the last session had some trouble
over a polygamous gentleman by the
name Of Roberts. and that GTr. Long had I
had something 20 do with eliminating
him from congress, and that this same 4
Mr.. Roberts was a warm supporter Of the /
same illustrious warrior from Nebraska
who raves over polygamy IN the sulus J
and whose sayings helped TO fasten even +
another paramount issue on the over /
worked Democrats Of the Seventh con I
gressional district IF Kansas.
The minds Of the voters Of the Seventh /
district have rad 70 work overtime the
past few months 70 comprehend, and the
Democratic spelihinders TO keep up with,
ali these paramount issues But just
now today. this hour. the paramount is-
sue with thousands of voters IS. "How
big VIII Longs majority be2"