The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
WILL MEET FRIDAY
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION CALLED
FOR THAT DAY.
Long Controversy as to the Method
of Procedure-First Vote Taken to
Have the Committee Select u Candi-
date-Speeches Followed With the
Result Desired by City Precincts

At o'clock Yesterday the members
of the county central committee in and
for the precincts which constitute the
Sixty-seventh representative district.
met at the office of O'Bryan & Gordon
on North Main street to take action rel
ative to the method OF selecting a can
didate to run for the legislature for
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Major U. NJ. Lawrence.
Chairman Gordon of the general
county committee presided, while
Frank ". Oliver acted as secretary.
The method to be pursued caused
quite a controversy in as much as the
| country members outranked the men,
bers in the city in point Of numbers.
Three plans were suggested, viz: To
call the old convention together; to call
new convention and the committee
men to make a nomination outright
The first motion made was TO have the
committeeman met and select a can
didate and this motion was carried.
j. d. Caldwell of the Sixth ward then
took the floor and made a red hot
speech alleging injustice TO the city in
favor to the country. He said that the
plan suggested would give the country
the power to Selct the candidate by d
large majority although ii did not have
enough votes to elect a man whereas
the precincts in the city which gave Nj.
Lawrence a majority far greater than
he got in the entire district would have
a representation equal only TO one
fourth of the entire convention. At
this point Thode Brown, Joe Henley
and others pitched into the 6elibera-
! lions. Mr. Henley took the floor and
made a speech in which he argued that
ri yrarinnfC nnrll6 hold pY.in RIGS
and that the country precincts could
send the same delegates that participa-
ted in the convention that nominated
Major Lawrence. Somebody suggested
that the country delegates would view
this plan with suspicion and the result
was that motion was made and car
ried that a convention of duly elected
delegates be held in this city Friday,
at 2o'clock to name a candidate.
In pursuance of the action taken
Chairman Gordon issued the following
call last night.
IA Republican representative con-
Vention for the Sixty-seventh represen-
tative district of the state of Kansas,
fbr the purpose of nominating candi-
date for representative in the legisla-
ture for said district, TO be voted for
Dec. &C. 1894, will be held at Garfield
hall in the city of Wichita, Kan, Fri
day Dec. 81, 1894, at o'clock p. m.
Said election is a special to fill the
vacancy in said Office caused by the
death of L. NJ. Lawrence, representa-
tive elect.
said convention is called by order
of the Republican central committee
in and for said district, and the ap-
portionment of delegates shall be as
follows, towit: One delegate at large
for each voting precinct in the county,
and one delegate for each twenty-five
votes and maj or fraction thereof cast
for Chester /. Long in the fall of 1892,
which apportionment amont the sew
eral wards and precincts will entitle
them to the following representation
towit:
First ward. Sixth ward. 10
Eagle township n. 2iGrant township. )
Greeley to'nship n 2lGypsum to ship e..
Gypsum toShip W 2Kechi to'ship..... 4
Lincoln to'ship... 4lMinneha to'ship.... 3
Park toship e.. 2Payne toship..-....
Rockford t'Ship m Rockford tship d..
Valley Center t'pn 3Valley Center tip S.
Wichita to'ship.... 3
The central committee gives notice
that the primaries will be held on
the goth day OF December, 1894, in the
county precincts between the hours of
and o'clock p. m. at the usual
places, and in the First and Sixth
wards in the city between the hours of
and o'clock p. m. at the usual places.
Done by order of the Republican CEN
trail committee for said district.
H. L. GORDON, Chairman.
Dec. IS, 1894.