Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-21
THE s1ruAr1ox IN KANSAS.
A Lively Contest Promised In the Demo
cratic Party.


cratic Party.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening star.
TOPEKA, KAN, April 10.
There promises to be lively contest within
the democratic party during the next thirty
days over the question offusion with the peo-
Piles party. The situation il q peculiar one.
The old-time democratic leaders want to fuse,
while the younger element and the majority
of democratic editors are opposing the scheme
vigorously. While this fight Is going on within
the ranks the peoples party lead
ers are declaring that they will make
II the democracy Of Kansas fuses with them
they will simply have to vote their ticket. The
leading alliance newspapers have maintained
this position, aud it has arrayed nearly all the
democratic newspapers against them
The whole question rests with the demo-
cratic state central committee, which has SO far
refused to call a convention to nominate state
ofhcers. w. &. Jones, chairman; Ex-Gov.
Click, Thos. p. Fenlon and others OF the COM
mittee who control the machine and who will
send solid Cleveland delegation TO tho ma
uonal convention are in favor OF placing no
electoral ticket in the field. and at
the polls in November simply vote the peoples
tlcket ana II possible remove Kansas from the
republican column. They arc willing to call a
state convention at the same time and place of
meeting OF the peoples party state convention
ana then agree on u combine ticket provided
the peoples party will give them two or three
places on tho ticket. At first several leading
people party advocates fell in with this plan.
put tho leading alliance papers sat upon it
hard, and It Is doubtful if a combine can be ef-
feeted IN which the democrats would get any
thing but crumbs.
The democrats would be willing to indorse
Attorney General Ives for governor, but there
IS oeeraeo opposittOh to him among the farm
ers They regard him as democrat and
nothing more. Then National Lecturer Willets,
VINO was the candidate in 1890 and who insists
thas ne was counted out, wants the renomina-
ton, and he is strong candidate.
Jerry simpson, Otis, Clover and John Davis
a rocky one to travel. There is no doubt but
thas there will be democratic candidates In
each district, and il there are they will be de-
ieated by republicans. The progressive Gle
ment In the democratic party is getting very
nred OF the records some of these statesmen
are making IN Congress. They are not proud
OF having contributed to their election
Ihey won't support republican candidate,
put they VIII demand that q democrat be nolni-
mated and they will vote for him with pleasure,
knowing that it will contribute to the election
o. republican and thereby lay out an aIIiapce
man. Clover may not be renomiuated by his
own party. He slept when he should have
showed his hand on the free silver ISSUE and
no amount OF explaining to his coustitue uts
wall wipe out: that fact The probability is
that Gov. Humphrey, should he consent
to become a candidate. will succeed Clover.
Tho defeat Of Otis and John Davis is virtually
conceded because there will be three candi-
dates in each district. Jerry Simpson may
prevent'a democratic nominee from being put
IN the held In the seventh district. but even
then he has no sure thing, as a great change
nas como over the people there.
VIM. Baker may pull through again. but that
depends upon the kind OF candidate the repub-
itcans nominate.
The contest for the nomination for governor
IN the republican party Is the most exciting in
the history OF the state. The two leading can
didates are ex-Congressman Z. NJ Morrill, and
A. W. Smith OF Mcpherson. Smith is far in the
lead at this time. NJ. NJ. Murdoch of the Wichita
Eagle Is late candidate, but his support con-
sists largely OF newspaper boom aud brass-ba
display. The principal thing he will lack at
the convention will be votes,