The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07


Undertaken a Hopeless Tssk-Pops and
Democrats do Not Fuse Worth a Cent
Colonel Huffman and Deputy Post mas
! ter Locke Want to Educate the Pops
They Fear that IS a Hard Thing to DO.
| There is evidently going to be lively
| contest in the city election in Wichita
| this spring.
The Republicans have determined TO
| nominate a straight ticket while the
! Populists and Democrats are holding
back with a view of uniting all the
dicordant elements in support of an op-
position ticket TO be called Citizens
| or Peoples ticket. Colonel Sam Ami
don and /. p Campbell and +. f. Kies
are manipulating the congiomerated
mass but they do not fully agree as to
the best plan TO be adopted
Amidon wants a regular fusion tick
ct Of Democrats and Populists, while
Mr.. Campbell prefers to have straight
Populist ticket in the field and let the
Democrats endorse il. kies thinks the
smart thing TO do would be 10 bring
out some sore head Republican for
mayor who would endorse most of the
and then have the Pops and Democrats
endorse him and fill in he ticket with
their fellows.
Judge Sankey and Mr.. Helm are in
favor of letting the Democrats paddle
their own conoe. Their idea is that
the Cleveland administration is so un-
popular in this section that any ticket
that is known 10 have the support of
the Democrats is certain To be defeated
at the polls in Wichita.
Colonel Huffman and Assistant
Postmaster Locke give it out cold that
any ticket that does not recognize the
Democratic organization cannot have
their support. Their idea Is that last
falls election ought to have learned the
Popuiists some sense. and if they have
not learned anything, then so far as
they are individually concerned the ed
vocational process of knocking them out
Will be continued.
While Amidon, Kies and Campbell
continue their uniting process, the Pop
and Democratic following are gradu-
ally getting wider apart. The average
Populist statesman who breaches the
party doctrine from the street corner
never loses an opportunity to hit Grow
err Cleveland and Carlisle and the Dem
ocrats never fail to get hot
There is evidently going to be a lively
contest for the Republican nomination
year is considered equal to an election
and for that reason the big fight will
be made in the primaries.
Nobody seems to be able to tell how
many voters will have to be seen as
there is very light registration
There are men now taking lively in
terest i'm the election of delegates to
the nominating convention who have
not registered and unless they do SO
cannot vote at the coming election.
The prominent candidates mentioned
yesterday in connection with the office
of city attorney We're George Adams.
George w. c. Jones, Thomas Wilson
and w. p. Campbell. They are all good
men and able attorneys and it is con-
ceded that any one of them could be
elected if nominated by the Republi-
can convention.
There are also number of good Re
publicans who are willing to serve the
people in the capacity of city clerk.
Among the names most prominently
considered yesterday on the street were
G. :. Smith, the present clerk, A. G.
Dixon, Dick Hailowell, ". l.. McNair
and G. \. Witbeck.
Candidates for city treasurer do not
seem 10 be coming forth and last night !
not single one had showed up. George !
Adams says the office does not suit |
him and that ne prefers to be city at |
torney. MIR. Adams says the response |
bility is great and bond of about !
$50 900 is required while the pay is only !
$50 a month.
The Republicans are determined to !
put up q good ticket and when the men /
are selected they will receive the sup /
port Of the Republican voters. That is !
the way Republicans talk now and /
there is not likely to be any change i'll |
that respect between now ana the
ELECTION