The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-22
Last Day. Register
SHALL We TOPEKaIZs?
That Is the Question Before
the People of Wichita
THERE is NO COMPROMISE
If the Ribbers are Endorsed,
Politics Not Business Wins.
THIS IS LAST DAY 10 REGISTER


The question every Wichita man and
woman. regardless Of politics, must ask
himself or herself between this and cleo
ton day is this:
Am with the Ribben or an I against
them?@
II you want wichita to be as she has
been. a happy. prosperous community, a
congregation Of congenial souls domin-
ated By. one ascendant thought-the prog
ress OF wichita-you wiz say you are
against the RIbbers. and you VIII vote
against them by casting a ballot for Ben
Mclean.
But II you want TO make wichita poll
tical a congregation of souls to be used
as material for ambitious politicians
whose only use for the community is to
control it. 10 have it elect delegates to
take TO q state convention for their own
profit and glorifeauon. sou win vote for
one Of TWO men, either Hafy Stewart S
man George Young or Harry Stewards
tool Jones.
promise.
The issue IS: shall Wichita be poll
ucal city or shall she not be-"
Topeka is political city. The people
Of Wichita know what Topeka is. DO
they want Wichita Topekaized? II they
do they viii decide for politics. not bust
ness a week from Tuesday.
What would Topekaizing ~ ichfta mean?
Ia IA
come political training ground for So
called leaders 1T would mean that the
only time that Wichita would du the pub
Bic eye would be when some man was
bringing it into convention to back up
his personal ambitions. 1T would mean
that talk of packing houses, elevators
and wholesale houses. the ambition for
10000 people. the determination to be the
metropolis of all this rich section, would
be subordinated to the private scheme Of
political ring. 1t would mean that some
man. who against his own material in
terests didn'- care a rap for the progress
of Wichita, would carry il around in
his vest pocket to be cashed in for his
own benefit. 1t would mean that there
would be no longer dominant in Wichita
the business man. who regardless of his
politics has always been supreme here,
but the politician. 1t would mean that
the spirit which kept Wichita alive dur
ms the long, hard times, the spirit which
has doubled the value OF property IN the
last four years, the spirit which has let
the laboring man build him "a home, the
spirit which makes 1T known an over
This broad land. that when You find a
Wichita man you VIII find O man stick
ing no for his town, that this spirit
would pass. that the business men would
be considered Important only in respect
to the number of votes he could control
at q primary, or whether he was IN the
habit Of attending caucases. That is the
Harry Stewart Idea Of a town-poHtics
first business OF there is any afterward.
III you want Wichita Topekalzed, you
win vote for the ribber. or the ribber's
tool
WHY Is a vote for Young or Jones q
vote for Topekaizing Wichita2 Mark this:
The recent prohibition movement i'm
Wichita was ribbed. The agitation was
ribbed. Harry Stewart ribbed it in order
60 set third party in the Held. Tia hiking
It would defeat the Republican ticket.
He and his crowd have worked early and
late to keep the Prohibiuonists worked
up. to excite them; ne and mis- crowd
have advertised the Pr0hib.tonists mass
settings. patted them on the back. told
them TO keep the good work up. He and
h's crowd have even offered to help the
prohlhidouists circulate their petition tn
get their ticket nominated. for fear they
would faU To- get enough names
Aud how wiu this Topsk aize Wichita2
Mark This. Suppose Harry Stewards