The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-10

nab. u. " LeWeliins, udu
the people. business man. man honor
ed in all the walks of life. and man pre-
eminently qualified to fill the high offic
OF chief executive of the state of Kansas
We believe that the first principle o
good government is best subserved by de
feating the corrupt political ring which
has had control of the government of Kan
sas, and to this end we believe in hearty
cooperation with the Peoples party.
We arraign the Republican politicians
| who changed their motto from stand NJ
for Botkiu" TO Stand up for Kansas" a!
hypocrites. In fact, they are standing NJ
for the protected manufactures of the eaS'
| and slandering the character of 1S5, OK
voters in the Democratic and Peoples
parties as repudiators and calamityites
and thereby in!uring the credit of oul
| state.
We coudemn Senator o. H. Bentley and
| Representative George l.. Douglas for their
record in defending the uujbst freight dis.
ordinations against the interest of the
| state of Kansas.
When the fusion resolutions were read
Fred Bentley made motion to proceed
to the election Of only senator aud
county attorney and to empower the
county committee to supply the balance OF
| the names on the ticket. This precipi-
tated another outbreak and uproar after
which Judge Ransom took the floor
| and protested against any effort at
fusing. He was roared out of hearing and
| lifting his voice above the din he said:
you are afraid to let straight Democrat
| be heard"
Tom Fitch. Fred Bentley and others
spoke, Mr.. Bentley saying that it was the
agreement that the Populists should be
| given the other offices, aud alleging that
| the committee on negotiations with the
Alliance bound the convention to not
nominate candidates for any Office ex-
| cept senator aud attorney He
also alleged that John Carney OF
| the West Side was the man
! who made resolution to that effect in 4
convention held thirty days ago. Mr..
| Carney jumped from his seat and asked
for few minutes 10 explain his position.
He stated that he did not make a motion
| to empower the conference committee to
treat and that their action was not
binding on the convention by any means.
He stated that the motion only reached to
the extent of comforting with the
Alliance reserving final actiotion for
the convention. Mr.. Ransom moved
that the whole matter be laid on
the table. Mr.. Ranson's motion failed
aud Bentley's motion prevailed. The
order of business then covered only the
nomination of senator and county at
torney. j. n. Haymaker then came for
ward and in a neat speech put Ed O'Bryan
in nomination. He said that he was proud
to stand before the convention as Dem
ocrat; that he was proud Of the party of
Jefferson, jackson, Madison, Tilden and
Cleaveland.
''Other parties" said he, "may spring
up for the moment and dazzle the eye with
their false and phosphoretic glare, win
ming adherents for to-day only to be en-
quilted on the morrow, but the Demo
cratic party stands out eternally right and
eternally enduring. They tell US that
here in Kansas the Democratic party has
been swallowed up by the Peoples party.
II SO, well and good, for, believe me, the
potion Will transform the Peoples party
into new and revised edition OF the
Democratic party. But it is not so. Show
me the party that has swallowed the
Democratic party to its extinction and l
will show you a zebra that has changed
the color of its stripes and an Ethiopian
who has changed the color OF his skin.
Other parties may hope to succeed
the Democratic party. For Gods sake
Les them cherish the vain hope. When
their ephemeral party has gone out in
gloom and darkness like burnt out
candle, and been forgotten, the Demo-
cratic party will shine like the sun in
mid-keaven casting it's benefcent light
upon the nations of the earth gathered in
III IF I'D lad ba mi
States, lighting them to happiness and
contentment, peace and prosperity"
This WAS slap at the Peoples party
and was cheered loudly. For almost the
first time in the history of Kansas" said
Mr.. Haymaker, continuing, there is a
hope of Democratic success" He did
not say there was hope of Peoples party
success or Republican defeat but of Demo
cratic success AT last" he says "thank
God we can speak to a people not wholly
blinded to economic truth. Our candidate
for state senator will be our leader He
did not say that Weaver or Lewelling or
Simpson will be our leader although the
Democrats have aud will endorse them,
but he. plainly and emphatically stated
that 'our candidate for state senator will
be our leader" This was another
hard hit at the Alliance and was cheer
to the echo. we do not want a man for
this position" said he, whose judgment
will not be in letters and leading-strings
to any board of trade Mr.. Haymaker
also said he wanted man who combined
some of the elements of the bull dog and
the prize fighter" and finally wound up
by presenting the name of Ed O'Bryan.
On motion the nomination of Ed O'Bryan
for state senator was made unanimous.
He made a short speech in ac-
acknowledgement, in which he said
it was the proudest moment
of his life, and that he found no pleasure
in the world equal to worshiping at the
shrine of Democracy. In less than four
hours afterwards he appeared in the ALI
auce convention and swallowed all their
principles, and apparently took
fully as much pleasure in worshiping at
the shrine OF everything opposite to
Politics make hypocrites of
US ail' are the words of modern states
man.
The next order of business was
the nomination of candidate
for county attorney. Judge McCandless |
who bears remarkable likeness TO the |
picture of Bill Nye, placed Sam Amidon !
in nomination in an eloquent speech. |
Colonel Huffman in an equally nice speech |
put Willard Boon in nomination. Jesse |
Haymaker put Judge Shields in nomina- !
ion and viii Glenn named +. K. Blake Of /
he West Side. John Farrell in speech |
iull ofvim and vinegar seconded the nomi- |
nation Of Amidon aud referred in glowing
terms TO his ability as a hustler after
votes.