The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-10
EVERYBODY WITHDRAWING.
There are Now Only THREE or Four Candidates
Iefs on the Deme-Poo TIcxet.

The poor Demo-Pops are in terrible
straits. The large, harmonious and rep
resentative convention" that assembled
few days ago yelled themselves hoarse
shouting victory, not knowing that inside
OF forty -eight hours eight of their candl-
dates would have seen through the gauzy
scheme they had in view, and resigned.
The two last to leave the old hulk are
Oscar Barns and George Mathews. Mr..
Barns was their candidate for councilman
il the Third ward and Mr. Mathews was
their councilman in the Second ward, both
OF whom are good men-too good TO be
made the cats paws of the ring that IS
trying to capture the court house next
year and everything else in sight. Both
are frst-class citizens, old settlers and
men Of large business and property inter-
ests. Mr.. Mathews never WAS willing 70
serve with them on the ticket while Mr..
Barnes was only willing TO serve under
the leadership of Joe Allen, having been
councilman once before under Mr.. Aliens
administration Both gentlemen request
ed the EAGLE reporter last night 70 an
nounce their withdrawal from the
race. Charlie Hatton, nominee for
the school board in the Second
ward may withdraw also. He intimated
this to an EAGLE reporter last night when
he said: Il am Republican first. last
and all the time. I never scratched a Re-
publican ticket, and probably never Will
voted for even ST.. John, and I would
probably do so again if he was the regular
nominee of the Republican party. 1
have full faith in my party. and
have no inclination whatever to
run after strange gods. I had
no idea of being the candidate of that con-
vention the other day. It is safe to say
that man who talks as Mr.. Hatton does
is not willing to allow himself to be made
a tool by the conspirators against the in
tegrity Of the Republican party. Nobody
need be surprised TO hear of Harrah and
Redield Withdrawing. Nothing could
tempt them away from their party fealty
but glitterlng promises of success and
certainly they cannot be so blind now that
they cannot see the complete wreck of
their hopes. It is predicted that before
Sunday no one will be left on the Citizens
Demo-Pop ticket but Judge McCand!ess
and Johnnie Ratliff.
The Demo-Pops. who had fixed up
such a clever schemes they saw it-are
disheartened, confused and
COMPOUNDED. They are up to their eyes
in the soup and there is
no way by which they can
gracefully retreat from their ridiculous
and Iudicrous position, except withdraw
ing all their candidates and making the
election of the Republican ticket unani-
NOUS. Four or five missionary commit
tees searched the city yesterday in vain
FOR candidate but they met with dis
on every hand. They tried
hard to prevail on A. II. Ward to take the
place, but in vain; tor Ward does
not want to be a secondhand
candidate. They even wanted the
EAGLE reporter TO run and by tomorrow
hey will probably want Paddy Shea 10
AXE up colors and lead them on
Later-John V. Moffet arrived last night
md had hardly got to the corner Of Main
md Douglas when the committee called
,n him and wanted to thrust the nomina-
ion on him; but he would not give them !
positive answer till after he had heard |
rom LewelliEg, Jim Legate and the |
Jasperite pavement suit.