The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-09

Albert Christman was nominated for
district clerk By accismation.
George 8. Wilson was nominated for
probate judge by reclamation.
John Gates and A. y. Whiteside were
placed in nomination for superintendent of
public instruction. Judge Glenn arose 70
say that he knew Whiteside's father,
grandfather and great grandfather, and
urged his nomination. All this. however,
was unnecessary, as Ms. Whlteside with
drew, being thoroughly satisfied with the
eUloglstie honors Judge Glenn paid him.
john Gates was then nominated by accla-
nation. He made speech of acceptance
which was Such a horrible lacer-tlon or
the queens English that Dave Dale So
licited the gentleman to decline tbs nomI-
nation, which he did 1t was also learned
that he only made per cent IN arithmetic
at the last examination. Amos Burns
who. strange TO say, Is both Democrat
aud scholar, was then nominated for
that Office.
The principal business of the conven-
ton being now over the decks were cleared
for action for the usual Democratic row.
Senator Ed O'Bryan moved that the con-
greSsIonal committee be requested 10 MI
the vacancy in the state ticket with a
straight Democrat for congress. This
was hit at Jerry Simpson. Dave Dale
raised TO a point of order against the
motion aad Chairman Amidon sustained
it. The senator's Irish got up by this
time and he called for a division. which re-
suited IN sustaining the chair by ID bare
majority of eleven votes aud they Were
principally Populisfs who had partici-
pated in the convention and were after
wards discovered. The First ward
voted in favor of OBrYan and
to the establishment of everybody
Pat Healy that great leaderin the recent
Pop convention challenged he vote. Col
Unel Tom Fitch jumped 10 his feet and ia
as exciting Fourth of July speech de
manded by what right such noted Pop
as Pat Healy was anticipating In the coD-
veution. Pat explSined that he was simply
obliging a delegate friend of his from the
First ward who asked him to be his proxy.
Several called for the sergeant alarms to
gently pick up Pat and drop him out of the
window, but the sergeant happened TO be
Pats brother in-law and the request was
not obeyed It takes an lrishman to put
life into Democratic convention and Pat
and OBryan kept up the reputation of
their race.
TIE OTHER CONVENTIONS.
There V as no sspirant for the Office of
representative from the Sixty-ninth dis
trict and several Populists were Logging
for the Populist nominee, but the people
of that district wanted no POpulist repre-
sentatives and /. n. Phillips was offered
as sdCEluCc, duO WIS uuau4uOus!y HOui-
mated.
In the Sixty seventh district nobody
could be found willing TO lead a fOrlorn
hope but r. W. Williams, engineer at the
Carey hotel, and he was nominated by &C
clamatlon.
In the Sixty.eighth district Farmer
Doolittle, the Pop candidate, was very
anxious to be Endorsed, but the Democrats
had AT that moment an anti-fusion streak,
although they fused few minutes after on
commissioners. The farmer was showed
under and Mr.. Einhaus, a shoe clerk, was
nominated by reclamation.
In this district the Pop candidate for
county commissioner, Whitney Tucker,
was Endorsed.
they did 1t tor they found out that Whit
ney has bad record with the labor ele-
ment and their intention all through their
nominations was TO put up men who could
catch the labor vote. Whitney, ii appears
committee of the city council when the
eight hour law went into effect. On that
day, In order to evade the intent OF the
law. he and Mr. Carey collected the street
workers together, discharged every one of
them and re-emploved them by the hour,
thus compelling them to work ten hours
as usual for days pay. One dollar and a
half was days pay until the eight hour
law went into effect. at which time Mr..
Tucker made it 10 cents per hour, or 81 20
for the legal days work. his is the
record Whitney has as a champion of labor
and the Democrats are grieving very much
over the mistake they made in nominating
him