The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-17

Martin. l. was absolutely distressing TO
witness the crushing these gentlemen re-
ceived from McCaliister, who is an humble
man of limited ability
Judge Webb OF Topeka was called for
and made long speech eulogistic
OF the Peoples party. Chenault
of Bourbon asked him whether he did not
vote against Neeiy's resolution IN the
house against the force bill He equivo-
Gated. Another asked him if he believed
in the Alliance system OF finance, and he
| said he did. Another asked him whether
he would vote for the Alliance ticket this
fall, and he said he would Sill another
asked him whether be didn't vote against
/ the maximum freight bill, and be said he
] did no. know whether he did or not ID.
i 2. House Of Sumner county caused great
( excitement by saying that all who were
/ propoundiDg such questions 10 Judge
! Webb were Democrats who had couspired
/ to run the convention This was loud
/ ly cheered and for the first time
( the sharp lines were drawn between the
/ cid Democrats and the old Republicans of
I the Peoples party. 4 young fellow from
4 Rice county added TO the excitement by
making an infiamatory speech against the
| Democrats who were trying to run the
convention
! Brown of Kingman suggested that the
convention was taking the Peoples party
Of Kansas into the jaws of defeat by their
action in dragging their old party pre;a-
| dices into the convention. He suggested
that the convention take a vote on the
subject az issue and decide tue
fate of the candidates without disrupting
no he E5Sh b-.I
breaks An old gentleman from the
Third district said that Christ never re-
fused person admission among His peo-
pie, and thought that the Peoples party
should admit Judge Webb since he had
expressed repentance. The excitement
was simply intense and it looked hke a
row was bound TO ensue for about half an
hour. Finally the chair decided 10 pro-
coed with business. and the roll of the
counties was called. The vote was an
nOunced as follows:
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Necessary TO choice, rs.
Alien was declared the nominee by the
chair and great excitement followed.
CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE
Fred J. Close OF Jefferson county, can
date Tor congress in the First district,
nominated W a. Harris. an ex-conieder-
ate Of Leavenw worth county. for congress
man at large. The nomination was sec
onded by two hundred aud seventy-four
old soldiers, including Harrison Kelly
VINO said that something should be done by
the convention to offset the effect of the
Kansas state law which debars exConfed- |
crates from voting in Kansas.
Ben Henderson followed with an elo- |
quent speech in behalf of hundreds of old !
soldiers of Kansas in favor of w. A. Har- !
ris, and said that when the electric spark /
carries the news to the south in the morn !
ing. that an ex-Confederate has been nom
mated by Peoples party convention in I
Kansas, the result would be the changing 4
of hundreds OF thousands of votes in the /
solid south.
The meeting was devoted for fully half 4
an hour 20 speeches by old soldiers, which |
were unnecessary and only served to de- /
lay the business OF the convention Great 1
excitement was the result of these I
speeches, and scores were roar /
ing and shouting for recognition at one 4
time. Bro" Biddle said he had been in /
twenty seven battles and that the second +
ing of the nomination of Harris was the .
proudest moment of his life.
Mr. Harris was nominated by acclama-
ton by IA rising vote. Great applause and 1
excitement followed
Judge Doster of Marion presented the /
following resolution, which was passed:
Resolved, That we. as delegates 10 the
Peoples party state convention, thank the
good citizens of Wichita for the cordial
welcome and hOspitable treatment we
have received at their hands during our
session.
A motion that the delegates to Omaha
be instructed 20 vote for Weaver and Wat
son for president and vice president re-
spectively, was voted down.
On motion the press of Wichita was
thanked for the fairness with which it
treated the convention during it's session.
On motion the Glee club vas thanked
for the service rendered the convention,
the Paola Glee club
Adjourned sine die at o'clock n m to-
day.