The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-02
BOTH WANT SPOILS
COUNTY PRINTING UPsETs TIE
PLANS OF FUsI0NISTs.

Populists Tell Democrats That They Cam
Have but Two Omees and the Demo
crats Take Their Hats and Leave TIT
Conferenee-They Say They Can Bluff
as Hard rs the Pops and Declare They
VIII Put Out . Straight Ticket MT
Kies of This City aud His Paper Arr
Blamed for the eplit.
The Democrats and Pops had q very
cool meeting yesterday. Both confer
ence committees met and after a few
minutes talk The Democrats picked up
their hats. said ''Godd day gentlemen, "
and brushed out Of the room. In other
words they unceremoniously bolted the
conference.
At the informal conference held early
in the week the Democrats had every
thing so much their own way that the
rank and file OF the Pops rebelled and
said they would never stand H. AT
that time IL was agreed that the Dem
ocrats should have county attorney,
state senator and county commissioner.
At yesterdays conference which was
called to finally divide the Offices the
Populists who do not believe in the
tail wagging the dog informed the
Democrats that they could have the
Offices or county attorney and superin-
tendent of public instruction only. This
is where the Democrats put on their
hats. babe the Populists good day and
retired.
The result OF the conference caused
great commotion among the Democrats
and their sympa thizers in the Pop par
ty. 1t seems that Brother" Kies Of
the Pop party and editor of the Com
moner is blamed for the bolt One
Democrat said that Judge Babb and
Mr.. Kies have sold a large block OF
their interest In fhe Commoner TO
stranger who is to connect himself with
the paper tomorrow. II is said that
the Comrroner stock was sold with the
understanding, at least. IL not a prom
Use, that the P0pulists would elect the
next county commissioner thus max
ing the Commoner the available paper
for the county printing.
When they heard il stated that the
Democrats were TO get the county COM
missioner that fact knocked the pros
pect OF the county printing and IL may
be that the stranger who Is alleged TO
have bought Commoner stock. kicked
The Democrats will insist on the COM
missioner. They, too, have a paper that
is interested in the matter. They have
the Beacon. The Democratic paper
can see most clearly-and that Is that
If there were two Pop commissioners
the CommoSer would get the county
printing and then start an evening pa
% Of xr-hf ah al tot
field with the Beacon and thus reduce
the business that II enjoys now They
are quarreling over a ma liter that ca.
be easily settled. They should compro-
mise 10y allowing a Republ county
commissioner TO be elected and thus
end the trouble. The public will do
that anyway in November, so there Is
no use in being sweating over IL this
hot weather.
1t is really not a question OF ONCE
but OF spoils. IL IL was a question of
office there would be no trouble as the
Office of superintendent of public in
struction Is a much better paying Of
fee than that of commissioner
The Democrats feel mad at being ten
dered the office OF superintendent of
public instruction. II is an educational
office and they don't know what in
thunder they would do with It, The
Democrats never did banker after an
office were it required reading. writing.
spelling and arithmetic and they are
not laundering after II now. The Pops
have no use for 1t either but the POPS
are better off than the Democrats as
tey have a man wo can half way I'LL II.
TIE Democrats say they will have
what they want or cause Jerry Simpson
trouble. They don't like Jerry any
way and not a few of them think that
as he was here a few days ago he gave
Mr.. Kies some pointers at bluffing. II
is a fact that Kies is a great Simpson
man and that he is not much for Mr..
Lewening. The latter is in favor OF
treating the Democrats more fairly and
IL is said that he expressed regret last
night that the Pop conference com
mittee was not more generous The
Democrats are also not because the
Pops put Mr.. High, the brother OF the
Pop candidate for commissioner. on the
committee. They think that
II the Pops had any intention OF being
fair they would not put the brother Of
an ayowed candidate on the conference
committee One Democrat said last
night that the Pops are blufflng hard
and that they will find out tina. the
themselves.
At any rate there Is wide breach BE-
tween them