The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-10
THE CHILD is BORN.
THE DEMO CALAMITY CONVENTION
CHARACTERIZED BY HOWLING
SCENES YESTERDAY.
They Made the Deal with the Calamityites
and Received Only Two County Offices
as their Interest in the Spells
Third District Democracy Fool
ed by an Alliance man in
Democratic Costume.

''Mr. Charm" ooh, rats; sit DOWN.
"Mr. Chat" 1.-THE gentleman is out o.
or" mo, 1 amt out of order" ''Si
DOWN. Mr. Chair" Trap, rap, rap
| Gentlemen of the convention, come tt
order" ''Mr. Cha" "Mr. Chair
mir. Chair" "Sit down. He is ouI
of order" ''Mr. Chat" Trap! rap!
rap!Ml "Wiu the convention come tc
order?" Mr.. Chairman, have the TO-
| Mr. Chai-" Rap, rap, rap!l "Will the
gentlemen come TO order? Rap. rap
rap.] The chair recognizes the gentle
man from Sal" "Mr Cha, Mr.
| Chair" ''Mr. Chair ''Mr. CHARM
Trap, rap. rap4 Il must have orderp'
[Rap, rap, rap1 "Who's a liza" Rap.
rap! rap.!l "Mr. Chairman, 1 move TT
Il call the gentleman to ord" "Mr.
Cha" "Mr Chai-" Mr.. Chair
''Mr. Chairma-" Trap, rap, rap1 "Will
the gentlemen come to or,ler?" Rap!
rapl rapl rap! rap! rapi RAP! RAP!l
The above is an exact sample of the
variety Of parliamentary stuff that
grated on the ears of the EAGLE re-
porter in the Democratic conven-
ton of Sedgwick county that was held
across the street and within four seconds
walk OF Schnitzler's yesterday.
Many conventions have been held in this
county, but none of them equaled this.
Some of them have been more noisy for a
short time, but this was noisy all the
time and would be impossible for any
chairman to enforce order without having
sargeant-atarms with a gag for every
delegate present.
1t was about 10 O'Clock when the dele
gates began to assemble in Zein-
myers hall, 116 North Market street,
and fifteen minutes after they were
called to order by Chairman Sam Amidon
of the county central committee The
secretary read the call. Mr.. Amidon made
speech, and said that nothing was cut
and dried, and he proposed that the con-
yentlon should select its own temporary
chairman. At this momeut johnson of
the Sixth ward jumped TO his feet, and in
behalf OF the Amidon forces, nominated
Councilman Mundy Leveredge for chair
man. Harry Hill threw a very dangerous
bomb-shell in the convention at this time
aiming it at Mr.. Leveredge, but it didn't
explode, and Mr.. Leveredge was unani-
A-iCoo1t CiSOOCu. LII IiZtDdtIlCh vi Deudil
OF Amidon's forces then put Harry Stewart
in nomination for secretary. The anti
Amidon forces having an opportunity to
punish Sam for trying to turn down Mike
Cook at the primaries, bobbed up, and one
of them placed Mike in nomination. The
Amidon forces being little afraid to
make a test of strength, proposed that the
nominations be closed and that both men
be made secretaries. 1t was so ordered.
A motion that committee on order of
business be appointed precipitated the
issue of the day, for Henry Glenn of the
Fifth ward sprung to his feet aud moved
that a committee of nine be first appointed
to confer with the Alliance with reference
to fusion. Somebody suggested that
committee had been to see
them already, and then the fight
commenced. Judge Ransom of the Fourth
ward said that he wanted no fusion with
lot of bankrupt politicians and cheap John
statesmen; that be had been voting the
straight Democratic ticket sixty years and
that he thought it shame and a disgrace
for the grand old party, as he called it, to
trail its banner ia the dust by trucking TO
the calamity howlers. The judge created
quite A sensation. particularly when the
Tears began to ooze out of his eyes when he
to the achievements of the old
Democratic party. Judge Ransom Is so
years old, splendid type of the Democrat
OF old times. hero of the Mexican war,
a federal prisoner for not obeying
the mandate of the federal court
in not ordering the Issue of bonds for
FRAUDULENT contracts in Missouri an associ-
ate on the bench with Judge Seay, now
governor of Oklahoma and yet when he
proceeded with his talk, young fellows not
yet 30, followed rats, etc, at him. He
made a mighty sensible talk nevertheless
Fer the next thirty minutes no one could
a word, us fully one.third OF
the delegates were jawing one another
over parliamentary foolishness. Finally
Henry Glenn'S motion was voted down |
and on motion committees on credentials, |
order of business, resolutions and permau- |
ent organization were appointed, after |
which an adjournment was taken for !
fifteen minutes. 1t was thirty minutes |
however, before they resumed work, for |
Iank Owens slipped into the convention |
and proceeded to tell spicy story to the
crowd, and of course, they preferred to |
hear Yank's story to doing business.
Upon resuming the chair the chairman !
that the committees were not !
-eady to report, and an adjournment was !
aiken till l o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1t was l:39 p. n. when the convention !
vas again called TO order, and fully forty !
minutes more elapsed before the COM
nittee on credentials was ready to report. !
10 the meantime the candidates were all 1
busy "electing delegates by finding out !
10 hir,S M lad and