The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-26
NO APATHY
IN WICHITA
Chairman Denny Analyses
Present Campaign.
BIG VOTE TO COME OUT
Peoples Determination in
Country and City 10 Vote.
BIG VOTE TO COME OUT

The notable political event Of the
week" said Chairman a. II. Denny, Of
the Republican central committee last
evening. has been the dispelllng o. the
idea that apathy prevailed in this cam
paign- The greas registration has con-
WINGED al doubters that she apparent
Quietness Of the campaign did not have
ITS origin in Indifference. A complete
registration does not come cut, can rot
be drawn out. in a year Of apathy. /
have studied the present campaign close
AZ and this is my analysis Of Il: the is
sues OF the last eight years in this coun-
try are settled for tbs tine being; every
one Is enjoying a part Of unexampleo
prosperity, and is busy; the absence Of
controvertible questions in the campaign
eliminates the usually exciting element
OF arguments Usual acrim0uy is en-
tirely lacking People are satisfied with
conditions arising from national econom-
&c policies: they are pleased with Presi-
kent Roosevelt's stand for labor; and his
attitude towards the trusts. They believe
In him, his determination. his patriotic
impulses. They believe that the Repub-
present satisfactory conditions Tho be-
lief IS SO widespread. so deep, that argu-
nent has been silence6-
But political purpose has not been
benumbed- The people are not soirg to
lail TO vote. 10 record their endorsement
Of present conditions. They have not
argued about politics during the cam
paign- They viii not argue election day.
They VIII go TO their polls, vote and
go 20 their business which demands
their attention because OF prosperity.
They did not fail 20 register. They want
ed to register. This was part of their
determination 10 vote
You can count on every Republican
vote in Sedgwick county being cast
Great as the registration In Wichita Is,
every Republican in the city that day
viii be at the polls.
II have, as you know been in a great
many campaigns in Sedgwick county.
Every Republican worker in the county
viii bear me out in this statement; that
not in the last twelve years has there
been the unanimity. the unity. the per
feet harmonious energy in the Republican
PARTY that we ind here this year Con-
)ty, has not this year lost a single in
eividual, man who has allied himself
with the opposition because Of a change
in his political principles. Not q single
man leaving the Republican party has
been recorded. There has been none.
It has never happened this way in any
preying campaign in this county that
have knowledge OF. On the other hand,
7 can name hundreds Of Populists and
Democrats who viii this year vote the
Republican ticket They are known 20
the organization of the opposition. but
their number is so vast that practically
no effort has been made TO win them
back into line Il has been impossible.
Many Of these Democrats and Populists
viii vote the Republican ticket because !
OF general prosperity and satisfaction
with the conduct of public affairs: many
others VIII vote It because of the general
unpopulsrity CT fusion
Both the P0pulists and Democrats. as
q whole. are through with fusion. It
has evolutcd out of existence Tt was
never satisfactory and was fast losing its
only excuse. its effectiveness. So far
as 1 can md. fusion has grown equally
obnoxious TO both the Democrats and
Populists. TO eliminate it hereafter
there are many Democrats who VIII vote
the Republican ticket, as there are many
Populists- There are Populists going in
TO the Republican party. and into the
Democratic party in the political eyelu-
zion this year; there are Populists who
are staying determinedly by their own
party. There are Democrats who are
only Democrats and VIII vote only the
Democratic ticket carefully eschewing
anything marked Populist or Peoples /
Party. There is 40 unity of purpose
The victory for the Republican state (
and county ticket viii be. beyond all
question IN ny mind. SO notable that we I
viii remember it for years to come as I
a landmark in our local political his +