The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-07
A DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

The alleged Democratic leaders of the
Seventh congressional district will meet
III the parlors of the Carey hotel today for
the purpose of dealing out the patronage OF
the district, which consists exclusively OF
postoffices. 1t will be n great day for both
the officeseeker and the committeeman II
last nights indications Count for any,
thing. Already there ARE nearly one hum
bred Democrats in the city, scattered
around in various places, from the Carey
hotel down to the 20 cent lodging houses.
The fellows that are stopping at the Carey,
of course, are after the best postofiIces,
while the fellows who are stopping at the
chea per houses are the patriots who desire
to serve their country at he cross roads.
They are dressed according to their am
bition but it is doubtful whether the fell
lows al the Carey have as much money IN
their pockets. Tie former invariably
wear plug hats while the latter wear
slouches of the vintage of ;sSS The wise
Democrat who seeks office Will always
wear Il plug hat no matter what style at
may be. The hat. generally, goes
longer way towards catching the Demo-
cratic eye than the head that is under it.
This may not be believed but it is fact
nevertheless. Another thing the wise
Democratic politicians will do and that Is
to chew fine cut tobacco. In the Judg-
ment of the average Dem ocratic heller the
man who chews fine cut is more Guilt
waited in his habits than the man who
chews navy plug and hence the politicians
who are after office of the better class
always chew fine cut. In batch OF seven
of them, whom the EAGLE man met last
night five of them had fine cut. one plug
and the other didn't chew at all. Now
then all these fellows have nothing in
common with that superior class Of Dem
ocrats who were on the surface of the po-
litical sea few years ago. They are
mostly the second and third rate fellows
who could not come to the front in legiti-
mate politics, but who were thrown up by
the upheavel of 1892 with The miscella-
neous lot of other politicians that now run
things in Kansas. 1t is doubtful whether
ten per cent of them could get n certificate
of good standing from any legitimate
Democratic organization in the district
They are however, the kind of fellows who
if they secure the spoils they are after, can
be depended upon to whoop it up for Jerry
Simpson. l.. D. Lewelling and John Mar
lin eighteen months hence.
OF course. there are about five candi-
dates for every Office, and the committee
will have its hands full trying to please
all of them today. The fact of the matter
is, the committee can't secure an office for
even one of them; the men who will get
Offices this year must have the endorse
ment of some influential politician outside
the state The time was when an honest
Democrat could get an office without
going back to his old home for endorse
ments; but that time has gone by.
The following are the members of the
central committee of the district:
Barber-T L. O'Bryan, Medicine Lodge.
Barton-H. j. Roetzel, Ellinwood.
Ciark-A. NJ. Van Landingham, Ash
land.
Comanche-Dick II. Rich, Coldwater.
Edwards-P. \. Pearson, kinsley.
Finney-R. NJ LAWRENCE, Garden City
Ford. w. Emmons, Bucklin.
Grant-George w. carp, Ulysses.
Gray-E G. Barton. ingalls,.
Garfield-J V. killon, Eminence.
Greeley-F r. Moore, Tribune.
Hamilton-F NJ Dunlayy, Syracuse.
Harper George I. Parry, Harper.
Harvey. Is. tugate, Newton.
Hodgeman-J w. VIM, Jetmora.
kell-George 7. Cris:, Santa Fe.
kingman-W. A. Eaton. kingman.
Kiowa-A r. Roberts, Greensbare.
Kearkey-W B. Loucks, Lakin.
Lane-A BE- Frakes, Lakin.
McPherson-C. NJ. Bruce, Mcpherson.
Meade-D b. Stutzman, Meade.
Ness-Charles NJ. Coventry, Ness or Ba-
zine.
Pawnee-H. NJ Bickel, Earned.
Pratt Il Gibbons. Pratt.
Rero-Frauk Colliday, Hutchinson.
Rice-P. p 1'ruchard. Sering.
Rush-W. 5. Dutton, McCrscken.
Scott-Jonah Harris, Scott City.
Sedgwck-J. 5 Richardson, Wichita.
Seward-W. I. Gibson. Liberal.
Stafford-C. s. Mace, st. John.
Steyeus-A p. RidenOuT, Hugoton.
Sumuer-Sam Woodson, Caldwell
Stanton-A b. Reeves, Johnson City.