The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-23

at the bat. His policy was. from the
start. to create the impression that b,
/ Was in favor of harmony and he played i
well. He eulogized Col. Bean and sin tn,
interest OF harmony" placed him in nomi
nation for temporary chairman TIL,
Amidon forces cheered him and cheeres
/ Col. Bean. Edwin White Moore,-tb,
quiet. polite, suave Edwiu.--ihen arcs.
and presented the name of George Dixor
for tenn porary chairman. Then some more
coats and vests Were peeled off and the
swords of the leaders were drawn for thu
| fray. 4 sickenIug silence reigned for
second or two and every eye was turned OF
Am.don. Sam played with his mus:ache
but said nary word. Tom Fitch seemed
confident, but still Willard Boone was
nervous and excited. The ballot was or
dered taken, and there was some excited
whispering. When the result of the ballot
was announced Dixon's vote stood ~.
! waile Beams stood 66.
Tom Fitch smiled, Willard Boone was
getting ready to shout, Ed O'Bryan looked
sad, and every eye WAS turned on Sam
Amidon lnquiringly, as much as TO say,
Whats the matter with you Sam" Sam
! never changed color, but slowly
arose, and as be did so a ripple
OF whispers ran through the convention.
He rolled up his sleeves and very cody
said: Gentlemen, | came into this con-
vention to act fair and l supposed my OPP
position would do likewise, but / find l
am mistaken. The ballots have been
II flied and do or tn =
| can't for the life of me see how this con-
vention could cast 143 votes when there
are only l34 delegates in the convention. ="
This statement was like thuuderbolt
from clear sky and another big ripple
OF excitement ran through the hall.
The call published in the Beacon was
again consulted and Sam was right;
the ballot was stuffed. Yes, Democratic
instincts prevailed, and the ballot was
stuffed. Willard Boone was still excited
and pale, and he jumped to the platform
and with yell caught the eye of the
chair. He made speech, in which he
tried to justify the inflated vote. and in.
sisted on having the chair announce Mr..
Dlxon's election to the Craftsmanship.
This brought down upon him an immense
storm of Kisses, and finally one of his own
friends had to go TO him aud make him sit
down. 1t is hard to conceive how any
man, much less county attorney.
could make such foolish break as
he did. All his senses seemed to have
left him; otherwise he wouldn't approve
of an affair which everybody knew to be
fraudulent on the face of it. His useful
ness for the balance of the day was de-
stroyed, his reputation as politician fell
to zero, aud not only that, but by his very
foolish speech in favor of sustaining the
vote he drove some of Dixon's friends over
to the other man. If the vote had been
cast and counted right Dixon would have
been elected by two votes. Another bal
lot was ordered and the first blood was
drawn by the opposition to the ring and
every one OF the ring forces
blamed Willard for it. Ed O'Bryan in
the interim between the two votes went
around doing missionary work against
the Beacon again and the second vote
stood 65 for Colonel Bean as against 60 for
Mr.. Dixon. Colonel Bean was declared
duly elected and took his seat amid up
roarous applause by the Amidon-
forces. Sam Gilbert was then elected
temporary secretary without struggle
and the business of the convention went
on.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Organizations. B. Amidon. Will
Hewey, C. c. Figg, n. q. Sickner, j.
V. Mayall.
Credentials-W l. Osborn. r. NJ. Piatt,
D.. d. Kirk. d. Smyth, T. G. Pratt
Order of business-Charles Daniels. W.
T. Likely, Judge McCandless, Albert
Christman, r. w. Williams.
Resolutions-J. n. Haymaker, f. W.
Moore. James Boyland. t. A. Cartwright,
George NJ. Dickson.
Onmotion of W. l. Osborn recess was
taken until o'clock.
THE NOON RECESS
Some terrible wire pulling was done !
turing the noon recess. The ring" forces |
thought they could recover from the effects !
If Boone's speech during the two hours |
and be able TO capture the permanent or |
sanization when the convention assembled |
n the afternoon. The Amidon- Osborne |
'orces were dead on to their racket and |
hey, too, worked like beavers to maintain |
heir position in the fight.
At 2 O'Clock the convention was again /
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