The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-10
DANGERS OF
NEGLIGENC
Impressed Upon Congress
SionaI Committee
IMPORTANT MEETING HELD
Tone of 0verConhdenCe I'm
baraSSing the Members
IMPORTANT MEETING HELD

The Importance Of having a full repre-
sentation of the supporters of Victor Muir
occk for congress at the polls on May
q was the leading subject at general
meeting of the congressional committee in
this city yesterday Nearly every county
was represented and in addition State
Chairman Morton Albaugh, and former
Congressional Chairman Frank Harlow OF
Kingman, were present
Victor Murdoch was able to be present
and with him the entire campaign and its
condition was reviewed in detail, many
important facts being brought out from
the candidate himself.
1t was the end of the fourth week Of
Alr. Murdoch itinerary. lie had been
into two dozen counties. his travels aggre-
gated in that time hundreds Of miles and
he had seen thousands Of his constituents
lie had not missed a train, a meeting OF
a drive and the committee was well pleas
ed with the knowledge he had gained OF
the district and his familiarity with con-
ditions east and present. What pleased
them most. however, was the wide ac-
ouaintanceshlp he had made. In every
county he knows a tremendous number OF
people and was ablc to discuss with every
committeeman the condition in his coun-
~ ana famiiLarIy speak OF the men ne
met there. All agreed that he has MADE,
an exceptional success as campaigher.
The universal verdict of the committee
man was that the candidate viii be elect
ed by a handsome majority if the vote
will come out They believe, however,
that If viii be hard to get the voters out
and they are somewhat embarrassed at
the general tone of overconfidence that is
prevailing If they could telijust exactly
how many people are depending on their
pefshbors to DO the voting they could
more clearly see results. one man WILL
il is feared make up his mind that victor
Murdoch can be elected without his vote
but il is impossible to tell how many more
men will make UP their minds as the one
man did 1t is. as was said before, an
embarrassing situation and if carried to
anv great extent may lead TO results that
the majority Of the people do not wish.
The committee had some information that
tncited in the members Of it a desire to be
very vigiient from now till the day of the
election and they deem it necessary to
inform their people-the supporters of Mr.
Murdock-that their confidence In TIE
election of their candidate must, to be
made effective. be expressed in their votes
and not by their hopes alone. Even the
most optimistic agreed that danger while
they personally did not anticipate IT.,
should be reduced to a minimum ana
the only way to do that was for ever
supporter Of Victor Murdoch to so 10 the
polls and vote, and If possible. carry
neighbor with him rather than depend on
his neighbor to do all the voting-the
neighbor, perhaps. that will depend on
another enighbor and so on till the dan
ger point Is reached 1t was recalled that
in Cheney, this county. a mayor who had
no opposition till 3 o'clock on the day OF
the election was defeated and that in one
of the large towns in southern Kansas
this year a mayor was elected by only
one vote who had no candidate against
him till the morning of the election.
While all these things are possible again
they are not anticipated, but the dangers
of overcontidence still exist and the COM
mittee was unanimous in the opinion that
they should be guarded against by the
utmost vigilance.
The committeeman brought from their
homes the most fattering intelligence Of
the personal popularity Of the candidate
and of the fine impression he is making
everywhere by his pleasing frankness and
his fine mixing qualities. Every man of
them believes, without any sign of fiat
terry. that if his supporters are not neg
Iigent ne viii carry the district by a plu-
rality equal TO that given TO his prede-
Cessor at the last election But none of
them. it can be said. without giving any
of the condolences" Of the meeting, are
feeling extremely happy over the general
prevailing feeling that Victor Murdoch
has n cinch. 1t did not encourage the
meeting TO hear that one of the oppo-
sition candidates is personally so wealthy
that he can spend more money in his
campaign, without feeling the loss of il.
than Victor Murdoch has ever had or
probably ever VIII have-and that he is
using it freely.