The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28
Because Bill Cross Refused
to Debate With Mcclure.
MANY VOTES WON OVER
Fourth Week of Campaign
Ends al Dover.

congress, VIII end his fourth week o
campaign work.
During the four weeks Mr.. MCGUIRE hal
visited many portions Of oklahoma The
committee in charge Of his campaign Ia.
kept him constantly on the move, NJ
time has been lost and in spite Of The
severe strain, the congressional candidate
is standing the work exceedingly well
AS a rule. his audiences have been
large. They have been composed of per
sons affiliated with all political parties
He has received cordial welcome every
where. In Democratic strongholds his
meetings have been well attended and
ne has always received commentator for
his fair manner in handling questions
when it was directly opposed to the
Democratic idea.
lie has made many friends IN the op-
position party and as one Democrat said.
4 can say one this Of Mcclure, that even
IL he does not make a vote, he does not
lose anything by the fair manner used
by him in handling the issues Of the
campaign"
AS the work progresses, Mr.. MCGUIRE
more clearly demonstrates the fact that
be IS a mixer. He meets people Of all
conditions and temperaments. With a
hearty handshake and a few words he
has made friends Of them. for he is sin
cere and there is evidence Of his sincerity
IN every mannerisrn.
One Of the important features of the
campaign was the meeting of Mr.. Nc
CURE and Mr.. Cross al Anaes. in Woods
county The refusal Of Mr. Cross to par
ticipate in a joint debate with the Re
publican nominee has lessened the en-
thusiasm Of Cross supporters The fact
that Cross absolutely refused to discuss
the issues with MCGUIRE has been herald
ed over the territory. There are no ar
guments that can be produced to refute
the facts in the case and the Democratic
nominee has been repeatedly consured for
his inability or lack of courage in this one
instance. For the first tine in the cam
paign Mr Mcclure heard Mr.. Cross
speak lie carefully noted his arguments
and this fact has been Of much benefit to
him in exploding the idea advanced by
Mr. Cross on issues before the people
During the past tow weeks the Repub-
lican candidate has made overland trips
AiiittEA hlONd a-AaA NTi Ht- NDhliAAtS- III
K.owa county Nj McGuires reception
was exceedingly. cordial. re was accom-
panied by the majority Of the candidates
on the Republican county ticket. When
ever stop was made Mr.. Mcclure was
kept busy meeting people Sometimes
there were hard drives 10 make. often
three speeches a day. but each meeting
was telling one. The tour of the county
did much good for the Republican party.
Bin Cross had campaigned the new
county prior to that time and Mr. Nc
CURE was able 10 place Cross statements
in such a light that supporters Of the
Democratic nominee were not satisfied
with the arguments Of their candidate.
The campaign in Greer county was a
success from every point of view. The
weeks trip meant hard driving and loss
Of sleep. but the conditions at the conclu- /
sion of the tour Were such that Republi- /
cans were more hopeful than they have
ever been. Mr.. Mcclure has q number of /
western counties to make vet but as far
as standing up to the work Of the cam (
paign is concerned. he viii be able TO
make them in record breaking time The
work of the four weeks past has been (
more than satisfactory In the men who I
have watched the campaign closely. The F
success Of Mr. NcCuire's meetings have .
been enthustng and the outlook at this +
time has made Republicans more conf F
dent than ever of n landslide for the {
Republican candidate this fall
aIangum. O. r. Sept e7-La~ge au-
diences was one II the striking features
OF Bird s. McGuires trip through Greer +
county during the past week Democrats
are Wen Is Republicans turned out 10
hear him and his meetings were exceed
ingly satisfactory to the men in charge
or the weeks campaign Mr. NcGuire's
speeches were telling ones and he made
friends everywhere he appeared In the
county. TIL morning meetings were large
y attended in spite Of the fact that this
IS "a busy time with the Greer county
farmer.
At olustCe. the Woodmen hall was used
and it was filled with persons anxious 10 F.
hear NIr- Mcclure The time OF the meet
ing was II o'clock. but it was thirty
minutes later than that when the con
gressional candidate beear speaking. He
talked fo- an hour ana one-half on the
campaicn issues. There we've many Pom
ulists in the audience ana they publicly
stated after the meeting that the ideas
presented by Mr.. Mcclure were identical
with theirs The meeting was an en-
thusiastic one in every respect and was
one of the best meetings on the entire
trir
Following isis meeting was q drive q
twenty miles 20 Fl Dorado. in the south
ern part ~ the coantv. AZ s O'clock that