The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-05
Administrations nnris.

| To the Editor OF the EaSie:
To the Editor OF the Eagle: Assuming
the attitude Of a candid observer and an
| honest enquirer. ] should like TO know
what could have been the object OF the
Demo-Pop contingent in bringing the
| Texas Cyclone Davis TO Wichita We SUP
posed that Cyclone Davis, Sockless Jerry
General Coxey, Carl Browne and men Of
this stripe belonged TO a long-passed de-
cade; had worn tnreadbare their native
haunts or had been irretrievably rele-
gated TO the dust-covered shelves OF re-
corded events or had sunken into the
dawnless night of political oblivion.
Yeahs ago Cyclone Davis was a star De
spite his appalling rhetoric. his jumbled
hyperboles. his coarse irony. his Rocky
mountain wit his frontier gestures, his
original sarcasm. his Texas logic. his
fGlse hypothesis. his unreasonable jargon.
his demagogic criticism. his misplaced ad-
jectives. his unjointed adverbs, his total
disregard for the past and the perfect
participial forms Of the verbs. his i'm
practical ideas. his wanton slaughter Of
the Kings English. he was accused by
certain elements OF having political sa-
gacity. but the accusation never has been
proven. He is and will remain. innocent
Of the charge. He is not the kind OF
man who could give color to the political
complexion Of a community.
The man who can be trusted at the helm
OF state. the man 10 whom is loaned the
ear Of a potentate that he may shape
the whispers Of a throne. is the practical
man; the careful man. the patriotic man
The man who can analyze political sit-
Uation and give practical remedies Tor ex-
isting evils. Not man Ike the cyclonIc
gentleman from Texas who has no rene
dies TO offer for any real or supposed
evils which beset the country. IFS whole
theme is criucism-c-iticism of the ratrI-
otto ard practical remedies OF others and
Of existing conditions. assuming FOR him
self that he could run q nation On cra.-
cism.
This Is what the Democratic party tried
70 do IL isez 70 Sc. they went into power
or the criticism Il the Republican party.
with no wei defined policies of their orn
That they failed is a matter q history.
but history has no charms for the cyciorlc
gentleman from Texas
He butchers history with TIE came
vauton cruelty that ~ does bis English
FOR instance. he freely spoke ~ Faurs
reply % certain demands made By Juii-s
Caesar We beg 70 inform The gentleman
that Julius Caesar lived ard died DO vearz
before the advent u Paul as Christian
minister and was born ~ years before
the hlrth 81 Christ
During his recent hsrangae. uriike /
-ther haraHE1es be gave Us six years ago. +
-uy reference re made ~ free SILVER rss +
very conspicuous for frs aiaence one I
-cu.d fancy THAI they could see The sksl-
stCn-lise ghost % Frss silver rlarirr
i-cose-y about the skirts - his ministerial f
-oat - De spread his arms and u7Ee
lire proI heFv - some calamity that uori1
happen g, they Needed net hls counsel. f
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