The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
SIMPSON HAS GOT IT
MCPHERSON Ian is MADE CHAIR
NAN OF STATE COMMITTEE

Although He Lost His Own County He IL
| Pot In Charge Of the State campaisn
and viii Try the Thing Over Again.
Taking for Experience the Campaign Of
Farmer Smith, Which was Lost-Fieh,
was Made on Joe Bristow for secretary
| of the Committee But He Could Not be
Dswned.
| Topeka, Kan, Aug. 13.-The Repubai-
can state central committee tonight
elected j. NJ. Simpson Of Mcpherson
county as chairman. and ]. L. Bristow
| of Franklin county as secretary. These
selections were agreed upon at meet
F! ing of the nominees upon the state
| ticket. Simpson was the unanimous
choice of the meeting. There was some
objection to Bristow for secretary. He
| was supported by Governor Morrill,; T.
F. Carver, nominee for chief justice; H.
| E. Richter, nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor, and George E. Cole. nominee for
auditor, and opposed by Secretary Ed
wards, Superintendent Stanley and At
torney General Dawes. The opposition
to Bristow suggested the names OF
Frank Brown and Mort Albaugh. Con-
gresham Blue and Treasurer Anterior
were absent and had no part in the
selection.
The executive committee will be Sc
lecbed tomorrow.
J. NJ. Simpson who was selected as
ol t. 80 he 70 ~
board of railroad commissioners. He
was chairman Of the state committee in
1892, when Farmer" Smith went down
before Lewelling. His selection meets
with Popular approval, for he is regard
ed as a shrewd political manager. He
had charge Of Morrilrs interests in the
contest just closed and landed his man
without single vote against him In
the convention.
NO SORE SPOTS.
This morning a representative inter
viewed all three of the defeated candi-
dates for governor. The first was Hon.
T. NJ. Potter of Marion county, and the
manner in which he spoke left no doubt
of the absolute sincerity Of his words.
He said:
you may feel from the top Of my
won't find spot which is even tender.
I am for the ticket from Governor Nor
rill down. and have no reservations in
making the statement. The Republi-
cans OF Kansas are going to win this
fall. and hope to show that 1 am no
taggard in striving to make the victory
as sweeping as possible"
Hon. S. r. Peters saSd There will
be no Peters man found sulking in this
campaign. I am satisfied with the
ticket and will lend it my cordial sup
port from Major Morrill, to the foot.
We are going to win this fan. Every
day the outlook grows brighter. The
chances today are so per cent improved
over what they were two or three weeks
ago. For the past eight days I have
been campaigning over Kansas, and
everywhere / have been the reaction
back to Republicanism has been marked
and radical. By November we will
have in line stronger Republican party
than the state has known for years.
will be in the campaign to the end"
James A. Troutman said: when
Major Tom Anderson seconded the nom
ination Of Governor MorrE last night
and declared that the Troutman forces
would be found in the front of the bat
tie for the reelection Of the governor,
he voiced the sentiments of myself and
my associates in the contest just closed
We are neither sore nor sulky, and in
the contest which must now be waged
until November we only ask a chance
to fight
Cy Leland, who was the backbone of
the anti-Morrigl fight, processes to have
no sore spots. He declares that il Is
the business OF the Republican party to
elect the ticket which it has nominated,
end predicts dts success without the loss
of a man.
NEW GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. 13-Sam Kimball
and Charles J. Lantry, chairman and
secretary of the sound money Demo-
cratic committee of Kansas, tonight is
sued an address to the Democrats of
Kansas, calling a state convention to
meet at Topeka on Tuesday. August 25.
to elect fourteen delegates to the sound
which is to meet at indianapolis, Sep
TENDER %. The address closes as fol-
lows:
IAN true Democrats who feel that
the action of the late convention at Chi
cago does not represent their viewe,
and who recognize in the declaration of
the national committee, as announced
at Indianapolis and above recited. the
true principles of Democracy, are invi-
ted to actively participate in the nece-
sary arrangements for the convention
herein called. Communications are in
vited from all sections with respect to
the above matters to either OF the I'M
dersigned, and it is so to be hoped that
all interested will be active in indicating
their wishes and in ascertainilg the
necessary work TO be done. All sound
money Democrats desiring to partici-
pate in said conference will please for
ward their names and addresses 10 the
chairman, to the end that detailed ar
engagements be made for the meeting,
and roll of delegates be prepared