The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-07-29


The Democrats OF Wichita, following
out the policy of their party. a, Chicago.
proceeded to swallow up the Populis,s
OF Sedgwick county yesterday.
The conference committees OF both
parties met on North Main street end
declared a dividend Of the county offices
this fall.
Last Saturday the county committee
of each party met ana appointed q sub
committee 10 arrange the terms OF q
fusion These were the committees that
met in conference yesterday.
There were six main offices 70 Be dis
posed OF and the Democrats got three.
The division is as follows: County at
torney, senator and county commissioner
are 10 go TO the Democrats, and district
clerk and superintendent of public In
struction and probate judge are 10 go
to the Poplists. TIE latter win also
get the representatives, but as none OF
them has a chance Of getting elected
they are not counted as being worth
anything. Besides the Democrats had
noaspirants for the places.
Sam Amidon or Dean Gordon viii get
Haymaker or II. G. Toler will get the
office OF senator. Tho Office of commits
sioner has not bene disposed Of yet to
certainty. VIII Ayers will get the
office of probate judge, j. v. Colville will
get theo flee OF county superintendent
and Fred Williams is billed for the Office
district clerk. That is. they Will get
the nominations for theo ffices and not
theo ffices themselves for the RepubA-
cans are prepared to take care of them
for the next two years.
The trade was made with all the dig
nifty and solemnity with which with
which bandidts divide the epo.ls Of q
train held up. 1t was q cool and delib-
crate distribution of booty not yet taken.
II was clear case Of counting chick
ems before they are Matched.
1t IS also said that before the final
agreement was made that the Democrats
as one Of the terms of surrender insisted
that the POpulist delegates from Sedg-
wick county shall vote for the Demo
cratic electors at their state convention.
In other words. the Pops have consent
ed TO slaughter their candidate for vice
president in this state. The Democrats
were very much ttckled over this part OF
the spoils and claim they have by far
the best OF II. There was a report that
the Democrats may yet get one Of the
representatives and IL they do he viii
be Frank Craige of the Fourth ward,
the same spectacled young gentleman
whom sam Amidon cast reflections at
in the recent Democratic convention
when he was suggested as a delegate
Mr.. Helm. was TO have been the norni-
nee OF the Populists for county attorney
provided that Office went to that party
in the division. But that was an Office
the Democrats have had an eye on for
some time in order that they might be
able to control a certain element and
they insisted on having IL. This has
made a great many of the Populists
sore because they think that Mr.. Helm
should have that nomination as he had
it before and was sacrificed
Then, again. speaking about the DEM
Ocrats getting the best of Ii, they prac-
ticamy Will have all the nominees VIII
Ayers and Fred Williams are both
Democrats. and always have been, but
they joined the Populist party as Rufe
Cone did. to control 1t. The Democrats.
since the Chicago convention, have
claimed that all the Democrats in the
Pop party would return TO the fold and
they doubtless VIII. VIII Ayers and
Fred Williams Will be back to the Demo-
cratic party inside of six months wheth-
er they get elected or not. One promi-
nent Democrat boasted Monday that
every man nominated on a fusion THE
year would be a Democrat or an ex-
Democrat. with a leaning 10 the old
party, and according 10 yesterdays con-
ference his statement is fulfilled