The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-11
BREAKS AT LAST.
The Combine Against Funston
is Broken.
He Will Be Nominated or the
Convention Will
ADJOURN SINE DIE.
This Seems to be the Prevail
ing Opinion
Among Many Delegates at the
Convention.
SINE DIE.

The Second district Republican con-
gressional convention in session at Law
renee started out this morning as though
it meant business, but it soon drifted
back to the old mo choice, no change"
which had charactized the the announce
ment Of the 1000 ballots taken up TO to-
days session.
The convention held but a short ses-
sion when it convened at 4:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
The first ballot faken-the S81st-re-
suited as follows: Funston 40, Buchan
3S, Howard 21. Smart IA, Parker 13.
After the 914th ballot the convention
adjourned to p. m. and when it recon-
vened the balloting was continued with
out change up to the 1UOOth ballot, when
adjournment was taken until 8 o'clock
this morning.
Most Of the delegates spent the night
in caucusing and the Johnson county
delegation was not long in doing some
thing. After it had been in caucus but
a short time the delegates announced
that they had decided to no longer stick
to the anti Funston compact which they
signed
This action released all the other dele
cations from the compact and it WAS ex-
pected would fesult in d nomination on
the first or second ballot this morning.
The Buchan hackers were made very
mad. when they learned what the John
son county delegates had agreed to do
There was a great deal of swearing in
the Wyandotte county headquarters. and
several members of the delegation
(three) said right out that they now pro-
posed TO vote for Funston.
Buchan protested, and his supporters
prote sted. but the three delegates de-
clared they would vote for Funston for
the nomination. and would then organ
ize anti Funston campaign and beat
him al the polls.
This occurred at 2 o'clock, and per
sonal encounter between the two factions
Of the deleg alton was narrowly averted
By the adjournment Of the caucus.
Immediately after breakfast this morn
ing this delegation held another coucus,
and renamed in their headquarters until
a half hour after the time tor the con-
ventIon to convene. Mr.. Buchan got in
his work and the delegation continued
to vote solid for him when they went
back to the opera house.
In the meantime Buchan had gone be-
fore the delegations from Douglas,
Franklin and johnson counties with a
proposition that they defeat Funston by
selecting Wyandotte county man, he
being willing that the other counties
should name the man.
Douglas county positively refused to
be party to such procedure, but the
johnson and Franklin county delegations
showed by their votes when the cOnven-
tion met that they had been seen by Mr..
Buchan.
On the 1OO3rd ballot the first change
came when Franklin county vas called;
instead of casting her twelve votes for
Smart AS she had done since the begin
ming. her twelve votes went to J. K Cub
bison of Wyandotte county.
Johnson county followed by changing
her eleven votes which had been going
to Parker and giving them TO CubbisOn.
dr.ffo 1rfx ra6 f.
with great interest and it was a great
disappointment when her thirty votes
were announced for Buchan as before.
Miami county continued to give two
votes to Smart even after Franklin
county had gone to Cubbison. and Frank
lin county after six or seven ballots
changed back to Smart
johnson also left Cubbison and went
back to Parker, leaving the vote as it was
at the beginning
The Wyandotte county friends of Cub
bison were afraid to vote for him, fear
ing that the other faction would go over
to Funston, which would start the A len
county farmers wheel rolling towards
victory.
Mr. Funston still insists that he will
be nominated, and it was expected his
nomination would be made before noon
today, but those who expected it were
disappointed. =
Up until last night there had been the
best of feeling between the delegates,
but after the anti-Funston agreement
was broken many of the delegates began
to show signs Of getting mad, and today.
while they smiled on the convention
floor, they scOwled in the lobbies and
many threats of revenge were indulged
in.
What the convention will do is still
problematic except it is well understood
that Buchan never will be nominated
An acceptable dark horse has not yet
been found and it looks though the
prediction made yesterday to a STATE
JOURNAL reporter by Farmer Funston
thai he will either be nominated or the
convention will adjourn sine die, will be
fuif led.