The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-29
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M. Nj. MURDOCH, Editor.
a SUGGESTION ToucHINe KANsAs PoLITIcs.

its own district disposng of the present political sit
uaton in Kansas and settling the choice to be made Of
United States senator next January declares that
IN the event Of the candidacy of certain Topeka man
named he editor pledges the members Of the legsa
ture of district sody for said Topeka politician The
pledge with such show Of confidence that the
editorial has reproduced in two three quarters
with that kind talk good, thing is certain,
fand that is the Third District viii boast
United States Senator is such superservceabe spirit
Of trucking party magnates Of the old allotment
pocket Of northeast quarter Of the state which has
resulted in leaving the large without influence
anything else politically. strange that the pol
iticians Of the First Congressional District should dom
mate the political affairs Of the Second in other words,
that these two districts should always combn
ing and be found pulling together for everything in sight
in the way Of Offices state institutions Indeed it
might also be expected the north end Of the Fifth Dis
should found siding in with that old combination
IS rule There is a community of interests which in
sense guarantees such mutual action. Thus combined,
the interests Of that of the state have in all time
successfully dominated the entire situation.
For cur part we don't any sense in conceding both
limited States Senators to Topeka for that matter, TO
any point northeast quarter of the state That quar-
ter always has gobbed everything in sight in the OF
political emoumens interests. And the rustlers and
husters up there have been able do this partly because
their close corporation and partly because of the yield
ing spirit of the great body state such is evnced
by this District editor alluded to, whose position
is probably inspired by hope or expectation of some
particular personal pull rather than by any desire for
the success Of the Republican party of the state
The Third Sixth and Seventh Congressional Districts
have had little enough boast considering their import
ance hence the discomfort Of interest, hence
growth of Populist party.
There is sensational pull and haul among the polit
ica directors OF the old pocket just now which
involving the last elected United States Senator and his
friends Knives have been out time and even
threats been cut The outside congressional dis
tricts claims all this being considered
by these conflicting elements along the Kaw river.
Should the Third, Sixth and Seventh Congressional
Districts simply stand by their own interests
gether and stand pat in the coming state conventions and
legislatures the engineering bosses of the old crcum
scrbed angle Of which Topeka with her multitude of as
pans is the center would be compelled to go away back
sit down. content with fair share and
the Republican party be thus greatly strengthened
throughout the borders Of the commonwealth
We say that should the live party factors Of the three
rural congressional districts together in
remaining pabe tools in the hands Of the old
pocket experts things would evolved revoved after
most encourgagng fashion Among other things Kansas
City Missouri would cease to be the political mecca where
Of the mandates the Republican organization OF
the state Of Kansas formulated promulgated An
other thing among forty Others quarres as to which one
of half aspirans in the old pocket towns
SHOULD be United States Senator would cease or other
a mudtudnous number of such aspirants would be
lost in their shuttle
Any of the rural congressional districts Of Kansas has
firmly upon right and resoutely by it's
fair demands to be heard needed The Seventh Con
gressonal District is political empire in itself. It con-
tans four five Of the largest populous cities
OF the state embracing oneourh of the states geograp
deal and large per Of the states rural popula
ton It's representative speaks for more people on the
floor of the national than any other representa-
tive in the state if in the United States It is big
district growing rapidly in wealth and in population and
1t is Republican And what say Of the possibilities
FOR results by two three of these ignored rural congress
SIGNAL districts standing together their own men and
is true in degree of the Seventh District stand
ing by itself Let the Republicans Of the Big Seventh"
hold sody together for the right to be heard
their equitable share Of state and federal Offices and
for choice of Of their number for the United
States Senate and victory well nigh assured Either
Of the rural congressional districts enumerated contains
Just bright just capable just as deserving rep
resentatve does the old Missouri river pocket
therefore is political imbeciy to waste the energies
OF such correlation the ryaes Of aspirants Of that
old packed political Judgement who make the state house
and the Copeland house buzzng hives and who cant con
Eeive that the Republicans I'VE ont of the seven con
eressonal districts Of have any political right
to be manipulated eleven months year and com
handed during the twelfth.
The Third Congressional District for which the paper
alluded to presumes speak is in fact closely allied po
lcaly, commercially and materially with the Big Sew
en4b" This community, of Interests e sa,f evident t,s