Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-25
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
OLD-TIMERS PREDICT 4 VICTORY
IN THE COMING CONTEST.
Delegates Assembling Republicans
Getting Into Line---lndications
That the Convention Today
Will be Harmonious.

There is a good deal of interest mani
tested in the county convention which viii
assemble in this city today. The contest
over the election OF delegates in the rari-
Gus wards of this city with few excep-
tions was friendly one, and the outlook
last night and yesterday indicated that
the convention to-day will be harmonious
Quite number of old timers were heard
to remark Yesterday that the Republican
party of Sedgwick county were never in
line better than at this time. These men
who have attended conventions and en-
gagged IN election contests IN this county
for many years do not hesitate TO say that
the party will roll up its
Old time majority in the county
next fall and not only carry
the county for the national and state tick
ct, but that every man on the county
ticket next fall Will be elected by an over
whelming majority.
very considerable amount of canvass
ing was done yesterday and last night
among the city delegations, and those who
arrived from the country. All seemed de-
sirous of sending strong delegations to the
various conventions The interest last
night seemed to center in the election of
temporary chairman. The names of Col.
H S Taylor, of this city, and Albert Lane,
Of Rockford, was frequently mentioned on
the street and each seemed TO have good
following. Late last evening after the
crowd was reinforced by the arrival of
several delegations from the coun-
try, strong pressure was brought
! TO bear on Col. j. NJ Balderson
| to allow the use of his name for temporary
| chairman, but the colonel seemed inclined
! to give some one else the preference. The
/ country delegates, however, were not in
clined TO give up the colonel, and many of
them declared their determination to make
| him temporary chairman notwithstanding
| his protests.
| 1t was generally conceded that strong
! delegation ought to be sent to the Garden
! City convention. The city delegates were
urging the names of Hon. /. b. Wall,
Rodulph Hatfield, Z. G. Arnold and c. f.
| Coffin, with the ideas of filling up the dele
| CATION from the country
The most interest seemed to center in
the election of delegates TO the state con-
yention at Topeka. 1t was conceded that
the city would not be entitled to more
than four or five of the nine delegates to
be sent to tho Topeka convention
yet quite a number of names were men
tioEed as probable candidates, the most
prominent of which was Hon. j. 3. Jewett,
Col Murray Myers Geo. l.. Douglas, VIM.
ORGY, s. L. Barrett, S. Dunkin, > ID. Hal
lowell, Ben. Downing and VIM. Smith.
Each of these gentlemen are strongly
| urged by their friends and it is conceded
that any of them would make good candi-
dates Quite number of delegates from
the country were together in council last
night trying TO agree on names to be pre-
scented for the different conventions, but
adjourned without coming to any conclus-
ions, and concluded to wait until more OF
the county delegates arrive.
The names most frequently talked of
among the delegates yesterday and last
night, for the state convention al
Wichita was Hon. William E. Stanley, J
F. Bellew, l.. \. Woodcock, George Wal
tiers, Colonel Hutchinson and Senator John
Kelley.
Every delegate in the city as we'll as
! those who have arrived from the country,
are in favor of urging the name of Colonel
James Hallowell for delegate at large tc
the national Republican convention at
Chicago. The colonel said last night that
only one incident had transpired in thi:
business 10 wound his feelings and thai
was the report put in circulation and pub
lished by some of the city papers that h
had secured a victory over Hon. William
E. Stanley in the election OF delegates
favorable to himself, when the fact is there
was no contest at all. He said that Mr.
Stanley and he were the best of friends
and that Mr. Stanley had supported hin
at the locals.
Colonel Hallowell said if he was chosen ;
delegate to the Chicago convention that il
would be largely owing to the fact tina
Mr.. Stanley is supporting him for thu
position. Mr. Stanley said he had only
regarded the report as coming from (
Democratic source and did not pay an.