The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-31
LASH COMES DOWN
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE AFTER
COMMISSIONER sMYrHE
They are Afraid OF Being Identified with
Tiger Bills Crowd-CoIonel Sam Ami
don Says with Great Emphasis that
Smy the Must Not Vote Against Hatton
on the Board-Dale and Cone are in a
Box and Trying to Kick the Lid OF to
Get Out-Tiger Bill Roasts Modest
Judge Hatton.

The Tiger Bill fight on Judge Hat
ton was the chief topic of conversation
/ on the streets and in business house:
| and hotels yesterday
Dave Dale and RUfe Cone and Presi.
dent Smyth, of the board of police com
| misSiOneTs, were active in trying 70
head off the report that the Demopor
nominees had protested against Mr.
Smyth taking part in the fight against
Judge Hatton.
Mr.. Smyth is very emphatic in his
denial Of the report that Dave Dale
and Rufe Cone had came TO him and
asked him not TO vote for the dismissal
of Judge Hatton.
When asked by a reporter for the
Eagle whether he would vote to force
Judge Hatton out Of the office of police
judge, Mr.. Smyth smiled knowingly
and refused 10 answer the question.
When asked that question Mr.
Smyth had just came down from Tiger
BiH's office. where they had been clos
eted Cor more than an hour, and oil
IDENTIFY had made up his mind just wat
he intended TO do. but he would not I'M
fold his mind on that subject
When Tiger Bill came out of the room
his lower lip indicated great firmness
but for all that there was a tinge OF
disappointment in his countenance
When asked what he thought of the
situation he said:
There has been a good deal said
about the costs in this last case, all Of
which IS over estimated, but admitting
that the Citizens club case cost $500
as has been claimed, and it results in
driving from office a corrupt and time
serving judge there would never be 500
spent to better purpose"
This was enough to indicate tina
Tiger BIZ intends TO continue his fight
against Police Judge Hatton, and that
he intends to make the commissioners
face the music II does not make any
difference whether Judge Hatton is
right or wrong. The little band of in
tolerant Prohibitionists behind the as
sistant attorney general do not want
Judge Hatton. and Tiger Bill will drive
him from Office if in his power to do So.
1t has been suggested that Tiger Bill
is mad because business men, Republi-
cans as well as Democrats, have re-
fused % iadorse his actions, and that
he IS fighting the head of the Republi-
can ticket in order TO defeat the whole
ticket. or force the leaders to ask terms
of him, and his action certainly tends
to make this suggestion look plaus-
able
Colone Sam Amidon came down
town yesterday morning. the tails of
his long coat Topping up and down and
his diamond breast pin rejecting the
morning light. Colonel Huffman was
evidently worried about something and
the Democratic workers knew that Mr.
David Srnyth, Democratic chairman Of
the board Of police commissioners, was
the cause of this movement among the
Democra tic leaders.
Colonel Sam Amidon brought his
closed right hand down violently into
the open left and one tail of his long
cutaway emphasized the action by fly
ing up as he said: Under no consid-
Grafton must Smytn vote to dismiss
Judge Hatton from the police judgship.
IT viii beat Dale as certain as rolling
off los. and elect Hatton district
Judge"
Colonel Huffman thought Smyth was
too smart to he caught in that sort Of
a trap. He did not seem to remember
that Mr.. Smyth is a Methodist and that
a certin Methodist preacher was being
appealed TO by the Prohibitionists to
hold him to the rack.
1t was even asserted that Rev.
Woods. the head Of the Law and Or
der league, and VINO used to be Mr..
Smvth's spiritual adviser, had been
backing W Mr.. Smyth. and il is posi-
lively known that Rev. Woods has
been in the city since this fight COM
menced.
It now remain to he seen who will
have the most influence with Mr..
Smyth, the Democratic leaders or the
two Law and Order Methodist preach
ers.
Such Demopop nominees as Dale and
Rufe Cone have been smiling all over
their faces since the Prohibition fight
has been inaugurated. They thought
that it was making votes for them,
but since the Prohibitionists have
begun to train their guns on
Judge Hatton the head of the Republi-
can ticket. these two Demopop nOmin-
ees have become alarmed. AS the
street saying goes, They are scared
out OF their boots"
It will be difficult thing to load the
ignominy of this fight onto the Repub-
licans when Tiger Bin and his follow
ing are fighting the Republican ticket
and supporting Dale.
Mr. Dale is wonderfully afraid that
he will have to show his hand. He
wants the Prohibition vote, but he is
alarmed when he sees the great bus
standing behind Judge Hattor in his
fight against Tiger Bits crowd.
Dale and Cone are agraid that II Mr..
Smyth votes to remO>~ Hatton that
the people Will s. that the DemopOp
leaders are hasing on the Prohibition