The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
CYCLONES ALL
AROUND HIM
Victor Murdoch Had Strenuous
Campaign Finish
ELEMENTS WERE LEAGUED
He Barely Escaped a Bolt of
tightening
ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY
Over-ConfdenCe Still a Dis
turbing Factor
ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY

Victor Murdoch has often said that it
would be the delight of his life to be in
q good old-fashioned cyclone. he came
very near having his wish gratihed dur
ing The week Just closed. lie had an
The excitement ne could wish for. Start
ing cut on the last week Of his campaign
he barely missed being struck by the
bolt Of lightning that struck the missouri
Paciac depot. The electric shock fairy
singed his hair, but ne kept going. All
went well til ne struck the short grass
county IN Hocseman county Friday ne
ran afoul OF q cyclone and had to get d
move on to keep out Of its way All
night thar cyclone cloud followed him
with a dark Ian.ern Of electric fame IN
its hand following 'wha- is YOU? VIVA is
you?" FRIDAY he started out afresh and
looked for peace. but when he struck
Lane county he ran into another twister
and had to dodge again. lie had not been
heard from personally, but the dispatches
indicate trouble with the atmosphere in
his territory.
Mr. Murdoch win complete his campaign
~ Belle PLANE tomorrow. He viii re-
turn home tomorrow night. perhaps in
time to participate in the love feast which
the Fourth ward people are getting up
f. his honor. in ali The six weeks Of
his campaign he has never missed meet
ing, a remarkable record for a man who
had no previous experience as a cam
paigners
The condition of the campaign is very
satisfactory with the exception that dam
gerous overconfdence stil prevails. This
is especially true here at home. This is
largely due to the fact that everybody
in Wichita likes VIC so well themselves
that they cannot see but what everybody
else in the district likes him in proper
ton. Hence the belief that he has a
cinch This overconfdence should not
deter his friends here at home from go
ing to the polls on Tuesday morning and
voting for him. Moses Cohn, who is
now in the city from Ottawa, tells an
Eagle man that at a city election held
there recently, to fill a vavancy in the
council, one of the most popular Repub-
licans in the city WAS defeated in Re-
publican ward by vote of ten TO one
because his friends thought he had a sure
thing and did not go to the polls.
Victor has lost ten pounds during his
campaign He has had to do a great
deal Of work and old-time politicians say
that Misunderstanding is harder on a candi-
date than speechmaking. There is con-
siderable difference between special and
q general election the work is divided
between many candidates and as a con-
sequence does not fail so hard on either
one Of them. A great many people
thought it was foolish on the part of
Victor to make such a strenuous cam
paign. saying that il was unnecessary,
but Nictors ambition was 10 meet tho
people, to know them, to ascertain their
needs and to inform himself generally
about the district which ne hopes TO rep
resent. And when Victor Murdoch un-
dertskes TO do a thing little thing like
hard work docs not stop him.
Every effort is being made here at
home to get out a creditable vote Ar
rangements have been made with the
street car company b. which persons de-
string To vote while going. to their places
of business can secure a transfer enabling
them to set off. cast their ballot and take
the car following without any extra cost
This ought TO be an endorsement to vote
early. The merchants of the city. without
regard 10 PARTY nave also aided greatly.
In closing their doors for an hour for
the purpose OF enabling their employees
to vote at e convenient rime This r.ire
act Of generosity ought. in itself. impress
people with the Importance of casting
their votes. The people can greatly aid
the committe by voting Early and save
very meagre purse from being taxed
unnecessarily for carriages in the latter
part of the day.
The people should be careful about max
ing out their ballots. The act Of voting
Is simple. on this occasion all thar is
required TO be done is to put a cross in
the circle above Victor Murdock's name.
1t Is not necessary to make a cross in
The square At all. II you vote for Muir
dock YOU must vote for him in the col
urnn where his name appears. If YOU
write his name in any other column than
that in when his name is printed the bal
lot will be no good and viii not be count
ed. The safest way by all odds is to nut
a cross in the circle over the name Of
Victor Murdoch
In Wichita the polls win be omen az
o clock in the morning and will be kent
open till the same hour in the evening.
ale best time is TO vote in the morning