The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-25
PoPULIsTs WITH KNIVES.
Some Inside History Connected with Thurs
day 5 Convention.

The Populist convention held Thursday
has left great many fostering sores
after it.
These sores were not so apparent at first
as they are now, since the gentlemen are
beginning to talk and tell what they know
about one another.
Joe Furnish sits in an easy seat at police
headquarters and smiles when he hears
anything said about the ticket. Joe is too
shrewd to talk on the subject, but his
smiles are ample indications Of the feelings
OF his heart.
Charlie Phillips is at his desk as usual
and seems to be happy enough, but there
is no question but what Charlie was treat
ed shapily by somebody and that he knows
il. II somebody hadn't done him dirt
there IS no question but what he would
get more than % votes in the convention.
There Is one consolation, however, which
Charlie doubtless has and that Is that it Il
bEd year to run on a Popuiist ticket.
The, court house Pops have known this
long ago; II Mr.. Kies did not know that
re election was out OF The question be
would be candidate himself
Spanking of Mr. kies. 1t is said that the
districs clerk 5 office had something TO do
Win JLle CFuSElUS Oh jos uTllSu dllbt-
tion in the convention. Furnish was at
one time in the Office of the district clerk
himself, and was let out by Mr.. kles. The
latter. however. knew that Joe had some
in6uence with the farmers aud he could
not very well afford to drop him very hard
lie accordingly hired him TO travel through
the country taking subscriptions Tor Mr..
Kies' paper at ii salary of $40 per month.
Joe Thought he had fully as much sense as
a Popullst POLICEMAN, aud insisted on hnv-
ing just much wages, SO the county
central committee gave him $50 a month
extra to do missionary work. Joe tray
eled through the county several
months Some say that he, did
not want the job any Longer
while others say that Mr.. Kies stopped his
pay for the reason tnat he was tearing
down the fences of Mr.. Kies IN the country
and fixing them up for himself.
At any rate it was noticed some time ago
that there was great falling off from The
support of Mr.. kles which could not be
placed until the vote was taken on district
clerk Thursday, at which time it was
easily seen that Joe Furnish had II. Fur
nish wonld have been nominated on the
second ballot were it not for friends of Mr..
Kies who got the Third and Fourth wards
to throw enough votes to Arnstt
to defeat Mr.. Furnish. Arnett
was the slate nominee, but
for all that he could not get the nomina-
tion were il not for the knife being used
on Joe Furnish.
The present situation is that Mr.. Kies
has knife, Willie Avres has a knife, Joe
Furnish has knife, Rufe Cone has a
kusfe and they all will use them at the
proper time and place. l. Is also int-
mated that ". h Tul. er is sore because be
was beaten for the nomination for com
missioner bv Whitney Tucker He is
old time refOrmer and the fact th At be was
beaten by man who had only been In the
POpulist party two days before his nOmI-
nation, raukles in bis bosom.
There are a good many PoDulists who.
for various other reasons, are sore and
they will be heard from.