Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-03
DEMOCRATS WITH KNIVES,
sHANNoNs AND OTHERS AFTER rur
SCALP OF MARCY X. brown.
- Also Claimed THAT Police Commits
soner Shelley u Aiding Them In
the fight-Blg split in tho
Party Certain.

Party Certain.
The trouble between Marcy X Brown
II chairman of the Democratic county com
mittec. and the large opposing element II
his party Is still the all absorblng toni,
. oi discussion in local political circles
Two weeks ago Brown believed himself
h so strongly intrenched that the goldbu,
leaders and the antl-Brow free silver met
you'd not dare TO attack him. But in thi.
rJhe was deceived. Some OF his former trust
ed leutenants abandoned him and wen
u over TO the enemy. and now he is no
q sure but that his pcutical downfall vii
y speedily result from their cunninglv de
Nsed schemes He is certainly apprehen
siNe OF a renewal Of hostlties and Is for
Trying himself to the best of his ability
owing to the promise made by polio,
Commissioner George VI. Shelley to thu
gSldoug leaders that u they would take
DAY afternoon and evening, Brown woult
resign the chairmanship OF the county
comrnittec Just after the Pertlc Spring.
that occurred in the city and the country
precincts was between tho Brown and the
anti-BroWn free silver men. The goldbuG
leaders say that they also obtained assur.
! Xhces from Commissioner Shelley that in
II mitted to name half the delegates to the
\ i&o,untty convention, Believlng that Com
Old IT,, not NEEDLE with the primaries.
IEM-lne leaders OF the free silver opponents
pose to be bound by Commissioner shell
!ey's promises TO the goldbug bosses and
hght him and his followers, but they hey we're
not strong enough TO capture some of the
big wards that they had decided they
needed Hence the anti-Rrown men aid
not cut much of a figure at the primaries in
preciney re ify bay b%t Wer IN seyeTa of the country
one Of the Shannons said yesterday that
the hight upon Brown would soon be re-
tend to have a meeting Of the committee
eth, just before the Pertle Springs con-
will then force Brown out Of the chair
I'M hmshhsnip; has undefsta4d nd th2t ne claims
three county comrptteemen, but we win
show him that he hasn't got them when
the proper time comes. Not only the
-;ra"G party n Kansas City are opposed
and 10. n May with him now, but they
things sprung in the county, convention
to hnd out something about Browns pop. pop.
ularity Just so through the country pre-
cincts. The country Democrats have got
party will so to pieces If he remains at
the head of the county. committee"
up to the trouble between Brown and
those who are opposing him and to the
and the shannons ana John May and their
respective followers During the last year
f6rIsy of groWqS w Est term as at
edly charged with being the chief of a
band Of grabbers. After he was again
numerous occasions. Many good Demo-
Gratis in the city and country precincts.
charges to be well founded At that time
ara for many many months in,fterward Brown,
es 6thsrs who fnasy have been end active
city, We're tosethsr. N'.s In fact It wa. was
n .tttan ffar 1stgst
There were then some matters pending
they became suspicious of each other.
Prior to these happenings there had been
split in the city Democracy. caused by the
2uble barreled city convention held in
.rner hail, at which Judge Frank G. John
an! Frank Cooper We're nominated by
'the opposinE, factions for mayor It was
then tlat the Francsites attempted to
of Brown and his followers, and were
piqued over, their defeat and have since
then been plotting disaster for Brown
q hold-over in the Office of prosecuting at
torney that the rupture between himself
ward Flndley and the Shannons had disa-
greement, and they have continued enemies
up to the present time. Four months ago
or thereabouts John May and the Shann9nSi
parted company Frank shannon invaded
the Second ward and opened a saloon at the
northeast corner OF Sixth and May streets,
skannons proposed to establish a new po-
litical push in the ward, and deprive John
er. SIX weeks ago 'i.ickey' O'Hearne, an
intimate friend of the Shannons, decided
northeast corner of Fourth street and
Broadway, one block north of Councilman
Moran's saloon at Fifth street and Broad
way Open warfare resulted between May
and the Morans and the kruegers on one
side and the Shannons and Mickey |
0'Heane and their Ninth ward friends on
Another fe, 'ure Of the manifold troubles
that are bearing down upon Marcy *.
Brown and his friends Is the conduct Of
Police Commissioner George NJ. Shelley |
during the past two or three weeks. Brown
Nessrs. Shelley and Fyke were appointed
members of the police board and urged the /
governor 70 appoint them IT is said that
were the choice of Brown and the othet
men who constitute the leaders Of the |
Blown faction of the city and county De- |
Brown has had no reason to complain Of
Comm,issoner g ,i Fyke for he has proved ed Icy 10y,
assailed by his enemies either, openly or
eo,yenntly,, But il the .rumors that are in
said of Commissioner Shelley. These ru-
mors charge shelley with attempting to |
mittee away from Brown, and thereby de-
prLye him of his strong POLITICAL pun.
Those who claim to have "inside facts"
say that Shelley is engaged in setting up |
n political machine that will be absolutely |
under his control and that he has decided |
that Marcy * Brown is in his way The |
fact that he has not announced whether he |
Will accept the craftsmanship of the county |
committee, which is alleged TO have been
voted to him by "A majority of the members |
of the committee, is generally regarded as
confirming the rumor that he Is endeavor-
ing to scalp Brown.
If other rumors are true, Commissioner
Shelley and Governor Stone are likely TO |
have disagreement over Brown and sun
day closing and other local matters 1t is |
well known to many people in Kansas city |
ahat the governo does not approve OF the
sunday closing ier of the police board.
and that he was very anxious % see Shell
ley and tell him so during his last visit to
the city. But Shelley failed TO meet the
governor mere. and the contemplated in
terview between them did not occur. The
governor has learned that in addition to
wasing war upon brown, Shelley is pre-
pairing to remove Colonel L. u. Irwin from
The office of chief of police and give that Of
iice TO Chief Of Detectives Con Murphy.
and he oes not approve of that project, SO
II is said
Rig Purchase of Wheat.
Mr. Charles G. Jones of Oklahoma City,