Monday, September 12. 1988 / University Daliv Kansan
Candidate seeks identity during KU visit
Meinhardt asks students to help defeat Slattery
By Mark Fagan
Kansan staff writer
When Blaine Spurrey and his friend sat down at the bar and ordered a pitcher of beer, the bartender seemed different.
Although he was wearing a Wagon coat, he was older than the small braiders. And like some other Friday afternoon patrol he was a political character.
"We saw people running around with all these things on," said Spurrier of the many silver, red and blue stickers people were wearing. "We were all in it."
And that's exactly what Phil Meinl-dardt wants—his name to be known. The Republican candidate for Congress spent most of Friday at the University of Kansas, having lunch with faculty at the Alumni Academic Hall, and then meeting on boards on Wesco Beech and served beer at the Wheel, 507 W. 14th St.
Meinhardt is running against incumbent Jim Slattery for the 2nd District seat, which includes Lawrence and Topek
The visit was organized by the KU College Republicans. Brett Fr拭, club chairman, said it was important to get rid of and meet people.
Phil Meinhardt?" 'Frazier said. "The more people we meet, the more friends we build, and the wheel are a KU tradition. What better place is there to meet people?
'People have been asking, 'Who is
At the Wheel, Meinhardt moved about, talked to students and distributed campaign literature before spending an hour behind the bar.
"He asked us to remember him in November," said Jeannine Stephens, Lenessa senior.
Her friend, Dawn Hayes, Overland Park park senior, said, "But we would have remembered him more if he bought us the drinks."
Neinhardt didn't buy anyone's drinks, but he had his share of them. "I don't think Kamikazes — a conception of triple sex, voda and juice—just for the sake of it."
"It was fun," Meinhardt said. "I had a wonderful teacher. She didn't lead me by the hand through each step. She just said, 'Here is it—do
Patricia Summers, Kingwood,
Texas senior and a bartender, said
Meinhardt didn't need much help.
"He caught on real fast." Summers said. "He even got $2 from one beer for pouring him a pitcher of beer."
Meinhardt did not earn any money for his service, putting all the tins he
received in the tip jar.
receive an Rp 50 per
On Wescoe Beach, Meinhardt had a chance to discuss issues of concern with students.
Meinhardt said one of his immediate concerns was education, specifically student grants and loans.
"I don't know exactly what I can help," he said. "But if we can spend $300 billion on defense, we can can afford a few billion for education."
Meinhardt and his wife, Elizabeth, are lunch at the alumni center with some of the faculty members. The main topic of conversation was how to defend Slattery, a former graduate.
"We talked about the great advantage the incumbent has," Meinhardt said. "One professor said incurring a large number of newsletters, travel allowances and the like. Those advantages have created a situation where incumbents are expected to be more effective."
Roy Laird, professor of Soviet and Russian studies, invited the Meinachtae group said he wasn't an expert on U.S. politics, he said it was easier to win the election.
"It is the obvious," Laird said. "He has to work for name recognition, confidence. He has to circulate and as many constitutes as possible."
Staton Breidenthal/KANSAN
Republican congressional candidate Phil Meinhardt tends bar at the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St. Meinhardt was at KU Friday.
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