The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-23
1T Is FUSION,
The Dem &C rats by Superior Diplomacy Got
What They ASKED Prom the Alliance
YeSierdar

The conference committee of the Peoples
party and Democracy met again yester-
day pursuant to Mondays adjournment
and completed the negotiations for fusion
of the two parties on county ticket this
year. When the adjournment was taken
Monday the offices of county attorney and
state senator had been conceded to the
Democrats, but the matter of the office OF
county commissioner which the Demo-
Gratis had asked was left undecided. Since
then two wings of the party took hand
IN the matter. One wing favored the Al
lance taking the Office of county commits
sioner while another wing wanted the
Democrats to have it. The former prefer
red to give the Alliance ali the legislators,
county commissioner and state senator i'll
exchange for the remaining offices;
the latter said they preferred the attor-
neyship, the commissionership and the
senatorship and for these they worked and
side OF the subject had the Endorsement OF
the ''fXers" who made the deal with the
Alliance on the state officers.
The result of yesterdays conference then
is that the Alliance conceded to the Dem
ocrats the offices of county attorney, state
senator, county commissioner and legisla-
tor from Douglass district. This was
perfectly satisfactory to the Democratic
committee and they feel tickled over their
superior political generalship over the
Alliance in getting the county commits
siouership which was the office the ALI
ance hated most to give up. The program
then is that both parties viii hold their
conventions on the same day the Alliance
TO make their nominations and send them
over to the Democratic convention for in
dorsement and vice versa. 1t may be pos
sible that some of the candidates OF the
Alliance will be objectionable to the
the Democrats and it is dead sure thing
that some Of the candidates Of the Demo
Gratis will be Objectionable TO the Alliance
for prominent members Of the latter party
have told the Democrats that if they
nominate certain men they will help to
snow them under. AS the matter stands,
then, the Alliance will not tell the Demo-
crat who they will support, but tell them
plainly who they will not support, thus
practically debating to them and not leav-
Ing the Democratic convention free TO
make its own nominations. Now that the
Democrats can see in the dim distance
a chance to get into Office there will be a
small row among themselves that will ap
proach civil war. The rank and file of the
Democracy anticipate this aud yesterday Il
Caucus WAS held in j. \. Haymaker's
Office for the purpose OF looking over the
situation. The Democrats of this order
entertain a most pronounced suspicion
hat i,al a,l Of
their party will try and run The primaries
in the interest OF their own particular
clique and it is to offset this that yeSter
days caucus was held. The caucus pro-
posed that all the delegates elected shall
be partial ones and above all that no
delegate shall be elected who may be
identified in any way with the ring. Time
will tell whether this will be a success.
The reason that this step has been taken
arises from the action of recent meeting
of the Democratic county central COM
mitfee at which it was decreed,
to all alleged Demo
cratic usRges, that the committee should
name all the judges and clerks of the
primary elections instead OF 1.-The people
there assembled The friends of Judge
~ AsSO4- d4C SIOtAilcs
right down on this, and it is probable that
the action of The committee viii not be
They claim that Sam Amidon. as chair
main Of the committee, could, if be would,
appoint men as Judges and clerks of the
primaries who would admit men TO vote
for delegates favorable to his candidacy
for county attorney, who may not be
voters in the wards, or in the |
city for that matter. There i. suspicion |
all the way through, and one side is afraid !
that the other side will not tote fair.
While the result of yesterdays confer |
ence is generally considered by those on |
Ihe outside TO be generally agreeable to he |
leaders, nevertheless such Is not the case. |
They are fighting among themselves. |
Harry Stewart, who is secretary of |
he county committee and who WAS also a /
member of the conference committee was
IN the wax path yesterday, and it is SAID |
Of him that be gave one of the leaders u
very rough combing down and that in !
return the leader in question proposed to !
turn Harry down" and keep him turned /
Down for n long time to come Harry is
popular with the rank and file, and his
friends say that more than one can play |
hat game.
THE COUNTY NORMAL