The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-12
TO NOMINATE.
The Alliance Meets at Wichita Tuesday
and Wednesday to Name State aud
Congressional Tickets.
The Men Who are After the Plums and the
Men Who VIII Get Them-Some Fore
casts - The Dark Horse From
Wlchita-Fusion and Anti
Fuson-Democratic
Tricks.

Wichita will be the center of attraction
in the state of Kansas this week Tn,
Alliance or Peoples party will decide
with what set of men they will make til,
fight Cor veal or woe, this fall. The repre-
sentatlon will be large, as there is, beside:
the full quota of delegates. legion o
aspirants and camp-folowing of genera
visitors who pursue the Alliance conven
tons with the hope of a chance crumb.
But the interest in the convention will
not eliminate in the university OF human
beings, but in the exquisite outlay oil
diplomacy aud execution of political
schemes that are to be carried out.
FUsIOV WILL PLAY PART.
The fate of fusion will be largely de-
termined. There are various ways of work
ing this question out. The convention
may put up full set of Simon-pure Alli-
ance men with the secret understanding
that certain ones shall be slaughtered III
return for a similar action among the
Democrats toward their state ticket This
would be dangerous and not over
expeditions. Again. the convention may
openly favor fusion IN their resolu-
tions. This, too, would be ill-advised
from political standpoint Again, the
convention could name several out and
out Democrats for certain places on the
state ticket. This is decidedly the most
plausible line of action, and would work
out most satisfactorily. Or, the conven-
ton may decide to sop the Democrats by
giving them David Overmeyer for con-
] nd nit ii
cratic proclivities, and keep the whole
state ticket for the Alliance. This would
be manifestly unfair to the Democrats,
but as the Democratic party is in no sense,
in a condition to ask or enforce much and
the Alliance is trife autocratic on this
question of fusion, it is very likely to re-
suit in that way
LIKELY TO BE ANTI-FUsION
! This, however, is on the supposition
that the Alliance is for fusion, which is a
most rank assumption. They may be, but
! nobody can state it as a verify until the
convention has been polled. County after
county has instructed its delegates I'M
| conditionally against fusion in contrast to
only few counties that have instructed
in favor of it. In case the fuSionites should
gain the day, it will be by the aggregated
strength of individual delegates who have
not received instructions one way or an
other.
The Sedgwick county delegation is for
fusion, straight out, but il is stated on
good authority that they are with the mi
nority and fusion will go. The Alliance
has, as party, arraigned both the old DO
litical factions with equal sincerity and it
* hardly nOcS; bla that II will itcaIf
with Il fusion that widely diverging
tenets do not warrant.
However this is only conjecture. There
may be an unexpected sentiment among
the delegates in favor of fusion, but at
this time, there is no license to believe
that that is a fact.
SIMPSON TO BE RENoMINATED.
Tuesday will be taken up with what now
appears TO be mere ratification of Jerry
Simpson-that is his nomination by ac-
clamation. Simpson seems to have the
nomination in his pocket, and no man,
not one can be found among the Alliance
politicians, who would lay himself liable
TO IA charge of high treason by even men
tionlng another asprant. Unless there is
bomb concealed in some hot headed, I'M
advised delegate, who should upset the
whole convention, by rantankerous
speech, Jerry Simpson has the nomination.
Tuesday evening Jerry Simpsons NOM
ination will be ratified at the Crawford
opera house and a general reception ten
dered the delegates to both conventions, at
one and the same time.
Jerry Simpson and Mrs. Lease will make
speeches. l.. d. Lewelling will deliver the
address of welcome to the state convention |
Wednesday morning, and o. l.. Smith of
Phillipsburg will respond.
Wednesday the congressman at-large |
and the state ticket will be nominated.
ovERMEYER's CHANCES.
The first ballot on congressman at large |
viii probably show the following men in |
the race: S. n. Scott of Mcpherson, Harri- |
son Kelly of Coffry, A w. Harris of Leav- |
w. f. Hutchinson of Sedgwick, |
ii. p. Vrooman OF Wyandotte, p. p Elder |
of Franklin, II. r. Walling of Sumner.
But from present prospects none of these |
will get it. 1t is decided that the plum I
shall go to David Overmeyer, the eloquent
Democrat But if the anti-fusionites |
should be too strong in the convention !
they may sit down on Mr. Overmeyer and |
VI.
of the sub-treasury and always has his |
line out for something. or Harrison Kelly, !
who made his famous stump from the |
Republican party, or A. w. Harris, who
has just been beaten for the Alliance
in the First district, may
come in for the prize. OF course the Sedg-
wick county crowd are for Overmeyer, but
the convention may not be cut out on
Sedgwick county pattern.
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
The convention will endorse some man
for the United States senate. Those men
toned as likely to receive that honor are
John Davis of Geary; H. p Vrooman of
j. f. Willis of Jefferson: p
P. Elder of Franklin; Jerry Simpson OF
Barber.
HOW THE GovERNoRSHIP STANDS.
The great fight will come over the gov
Just now there are four lead
ing candidates who. in the eyes of great
many are all doomed TO the ascendaucy Of !
A dark horse" These four are J. y Ives, !
P. p Elder. John Willis aud w. D. Vim
cent.
Today young Mr.. Vincent leads in the
race.
Two weeks ago Ives virtually had the
but his action in reducing the
railroad assessments settled him. He was
the choice of the leaders because they be-
ieved be could poll the biggest vote. bat
the voice of the people thundered omi-
nouslv, and Ives had 70 be dropped. How
ever, a great many Alliance men believe
that Ives was actuated by an honest
rnntiNn arA II my be that this iHat