The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-24
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M. Nj. MURDOCH, Editor.
EoR wIcHITA,s SAKE.

the desire of the business men, the homeowners
the industrial Wichita to vote at the spring
election as unit to the that conditions which make
and have made for the material progress Of this city and
the comfort and happiness and prosperity Of each Of its
citizens may continue undisturbed
Wichita is not a village and can not be village
and one more attempt OF the mentally fanatica the theo
eticauy impractical the survival Of the wtchburn-
ing ntoerant from the dark closet Of some
malcontent and cowardy politician more attempt to
SO run it. viii hurt wichita and hurt it ruinously.
Wichita has always met this intolerant element firmly.
For the progress Of Wichita for peace for the growth
Of its business building homes for the in
crease Of its values for the Improvement Of its various
municipal enterprises this element has long been pre-
vented from the exploitation of its fanatcal desire to
run Wichita a village with all the spying sneakng
and accusing which village village, and keeps
it village forever But whenever that element has been
given this city to run followed business houses
have been emptied houses have been deserted values
have collapsed and the excavation Of wasting quarrel en-
sued And that element the city knows as that ee-
ent itself knows did not when in complete control cur
tail the sale of liquor; it drove twice to the
reeing cubbyhoes beyond police supervision and regu
aton where drinking did become Drunkenness and in
that day as this city knows and the political end Of
that element itself knows there followed species Of pr
vate ire which was blackna and the money which has
since been the cy's useful revenue went elsewhere
For that reason and no other this element has been dis
coaraged The home-owner and the business man, the
a6oring man. the citizen who with all wants Wichita
10 become the metropolis her geographical location
warrants are asked to discourage this element again
These are unit in this desire They realize that the
larger the majority by which it is met the thor
oaghy viii that element understand that this city is not to
be Topekaized Now what break that unanimity Of
homeowner business man. laborer and citizen?
This can break it, and this alone: The homeowner,
She business man. the laborer divide his vote between
Young and Mclean and elect the latter by unsatsac
tory majority But if the unity is to be preserved they will
vote soldly for Mclean and make his majority over
wnelming.
There is no chance for Youngs election He has in this
city to overcome normal majority Of six hundred to eight
hundred But Youngs minority today abnormal In the
first place he can not ask Democrats to support him
Democrat He is on Citizens" ticket Democrats owe
him no allegiance under that title. He has fight against
him by politicians in his forces which viii cut his
abnormal minority lower Jones' the Prohibition cand
date is Populist and viii get considerable Populist
vote which otherwise would go Young and this viii cut
Youngs minority lower stu Add to this the Prohibition
element which two years ago voted for the Citizens can
ddae Tapp which this year viii not vote for Young and
Young has minority which not be built
thing then the only rational thing for the home
owner the business man. the laborng and the ci-
zen whose first concern is the growth of Wichita is to
vote as unit to pour sand into the deep hole Of
hopeless minority, but to build overwhelming ma
jorty for Mclean. majority which win show the
strength the sentiment Wichita which speaks for the
progress Of Wichita for its improvement for the victory
as city it has been speeding towards fast under the
four years business administration Of Finay Ross