The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-24
THEY ARE SCARED.
SENATOR MARTINS FALL FRIGHT
EMS POSTOFFICE AsPIRANTS.
Probability That Cleveland Will Appoint
No Ons Who is Not Stalwart.
Fusion Democrats Coucede
That They Are Not in
It-Dark Horses.

No fusionist need apply. The next post
master at Wichita will be stalwart Dem
ocrat. That was the talk yesterday
among the politicians.
The Democratic central committee will
meet again this afternoon for the purpose
Of indorsing a candidate for the office.
The fight among the candidates is still on,
but the contention is not so bitter as 1t
was ten days ago when the committee
last met.
At that time An Endorsement from the
local committee was worth something;
Today it is not worth the paper upon
which it will be written.
An Endorsement from the local commit
tee is good only before the eyes of Senator
John Martin He might be influenced by
the wishes of the local fusion committee to
ndorse the candidates OF its choice, but
now the candidates are beginning to ask
themselves the question. what
good Can John Martins Endorsement
do US at the White House! he
only Kansas man that has secured an office
from the present administration through
the influence of John Martin Is Postmas-
ter Frank Thomas of Topeka. That was
done about the time Senator Martin said
Il anna Democrat" Later events have
satisfied the administration that John
Martin is fnsionist, and not Il Democrat
of the prescribed stature. and the admins
tration has undone everything done for
him, by cutting the official head of his
closest friend and financial hacker in the
senatorial contest-Frank Thomas.
Were it not for the development
OF the fact that John Martin
the administration, but that the admins
tration is opposed to him aud the fusion
of which he is the representative, Sam
Amdon would be Endorsed by the com
mittee today. The indications now are
that he will not be a candidate at all and
then the committee will be at liberty
to indorse some one else. Under pre-exist-
ing circumstances this would precipitate a
a bitter fight, but under the present Cir
cumstances the mere Endorsement Of the
local committee amounts to nothing; for
no man in Kansas having influence with
the administration would do it any honor,
because it does not represent Democracy
but fusion. Amidon had preparations
made to go to Topeka yesterday, but the
announcement that Martin and fusion
were in the soup caused him to abandon
his proposed visit to the supposed dis
psnser of Kansas patronage.
Tom Fitch also looked very blue; for 30
FAR AS Martin was concerned he was on the
inside track. His Endorsement by Martin
was so sure that be did not even admit
that he was candidate. II Martin had
any influence with the administration as
to the dispensation of patronage, Tom
Fitch would be postmaster of Wichita,
and the other fellows were never in it.
That position was farmed out three
months ago to him.
Tom Cartright also looked very glum.
for rumor had 1t that he was to be Ami
don's deputy in case of the gentle
mans success, possibility that has always
been very remote.
j. NJ Ross had only one man in the
committee and had been refused tho in
dorsement by Martin some time ago. The
defeat of Martin, then, docs not ef-
feet his chances, but with Mar
tin fusion went down, and j.
NJ Ross is a fusionist. hence
he is not in it. 1t is the same way with
Bob Carson and all the other fusion DEM
ocrats. None of them has ghost of a
show for the postofice.
The scramble among the Stalwarts is
increasing as the chances of the other fell
lows have diminished. There are about
five prominent candidates in the field and
all of them are active in getting individual
Endorsements from Democrats at home
and abroad 1t is the general
opinion, however, that the identity
of the next postmaster is not yet
known and that dark horse will enter
the field one of these days that will sweep
all opposition before him.
Colonel Bean is rustliug hard among
the Kentucky delegation to congress,
but Colonel Bean is fusiouist
and he can't get it. The stall
warts have been assured all the
time that the administration would not
appoint a fusionist and by the time the
Colonel has all his papers filed the stall
warts will also file mass of evidence i'm
peaching his Democracy and showing that
for three years he has been more Of Pop
ulist than Democrat.