The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-11
TOO BIG A SUM"
The Democrat Secretaries Fall Down In Plain
Figures-Ives Announced Attorney Gen.
eral but Bentley Got the Votes.

erA Out bentley Got the votes.
The early morning train of yesterday
took away many of the visiting politicians
who had been attending the conventions
of the previous day. Some, however, re-
manned until last evening spending the
day, for the most part, looking around the
city and making sort of day of rest.
The leading feature of political chat was
the contest over who should be the candi-
date for attorney general Many were not
satisfied with the result, thinking there
had been a little mistake on the part of
the secretaries in keeping the tally and in
solving the little problem of addition just
prior to announcing the result. The sus-
picions along this line led 10 an investi-
CATION Of theyote on record by the secre-
tarieS e. - ~ ~
The second ballot being so badly mixed
up the result could not be announced, and
the third as announced gave f. NJ. Bentley
lS6 and j. NJ Ives, of Sterling, 1872. and the
latter was declared the nominee of the con-
vention. In the investigation yesterday
by some of the leading democrats it was
found by a little correct mathematics that
the vote as recorded by the secretaries
gives Bentley 1S6 and Ives 1873, which
would give Bentley the nomination. But
in the vote as recorded Ottcwa county gave
Bentley two votes and Ives eleven, while
the county is entitled to six votes. The
county did give Mr.. Bentley two votes and
gave Mr.. Ives four. The pencil mark in
the Ives column may have been intended
to record four but it looks much more like
eleven than four and in adding up the
column it is conceded by those
who examined it that it would
undoubtedly be counted eleven.
The county of Douglass is recorded as
giving Mr. Bentley one vote and Mr.. Ives
seven. The county is entitled TO seven
votes. Captain Green, of that delegation,
did vote for Bentley but it is thought that
should cause the Ives column to show only
six votes. The county of Waubaunsee
shows more votes for Ives than they had
delegates present, and in the nominations
that followed cast only the number of
votes they were really entitled to.
Upon the record itself as it
is given over to the central
committee it is claimed Mr.. Bent
ley was nominated by three votes, but
counting out the mistakes apparent he has
clever majority.
Those most interested in the matter are
slow to remark that Democrat should be
censured for making mistakes in addition
and consider it purely mistake due to in
experience and not due to any desire in
herited to count anybody out" But of
the secretaries who kept the tally and who
attempted to add the figures. not one, for
some reason or other, took kindly to Mr..
Bentley as a candidate 1t will
also be recalled that the chairman
at that moment, Col Tom Moonlight,
would not allow six votes changed from
Ives to Bently pending the announcement
of the vote. While the secretaries were
trying to figure up the vote, six votes were
announced as desiring TO make that
change. Had it been allowed it is said
more changes would have been made in
that direction, but the chair ruled such
procedure out of order. But a short time
before the same chairman had allowed
changes under exactly similar circum-
stances as far as the convention was con-
cerned. But it is also known that Colonel
Moonlight was not favorable to
Mr. Bently, and this fact is
OlICl IGlCIIou W III COuueCulOu WIFI bue
ruling made An attempt was
made by some to interview the colonel on
the question soon after, but he was eX-
busy with Democratic affairs.
Concerning the matter yesterday Mr..
Bentley said: 81 got the nomination but
it was announced wrong 1 do
not know what will be done about the
The Democratic central committee will
meet at Topeka on the Goth inst, at which
time it is thought the matter will be taken
under consideration. 1t is not known
whether the committee will act
on the record and declare the vote
or whether outside influences
will cause it to seek to do something else,
provided something was deemed polite.
As is known the vote for Ives in the con-
vention was somewhat influenced by Mr.
b. H. Glover, of the Alliance, who took
hand in his behalf. A member of the COM
mittee summed it up yesterday in the con-
clusiOn that the whole matter would re-
solve itself down to the question as to
whether they had better feed the Alliance
sugar or choke off a majority of the con-
vention. He thought those seeking to get
strength from the Alliance would sugar
Bently Hencely: ME known you got the
but now just let it go and two
or three years from now name the palm"
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