The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-25
POLLOCK IS NAMED
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| able speech in which he dwelt on the
| availa bility OF Mr.. Smith He said
| that he was an old soldier, a graduate
Of the University OF Michigan, mayor OF
| ElDorado for three terms and as a citi-
zen and lawyer was second 10 none.
John Calhoun Pollock Of Cowley coun-
| ~ was ploced in nomination by ]. H
Buchanan Of Winfield. who made one OF
| the most brilliant OF the nominating
| speeches. Mr.. Pollock's nomination
was @-conded by Hon Charles Z. EIli1gl
{ Wellipgt71. WHO ade z spec \ bristl
| ing with Republican loyalty. He pre-
dicted success for the Republican ticket
from Mckinley down and said that
John Pollock would GARY the is -
by 1000 majority. c
Fred Washburn OF Harper presented
the name OF Mr.. George 3. Croker OF
his county. He made a very impress
sive address and was loudly applauded
c. E. Branine Of Newton presented
the name Of Hon A L Green Of Harvey
county. His speech was eloquent but
| q little too long. He dwelt on the fact
| that Mr.. Green had been a resident OF
| Newton since the time that there was
| not house south Of the Santa Fe track.
| A great many of the Newton people
were spectators and hence the name OF
| their fellow townsman was received
with great applause. The nomination
| Of Mr.. Green was seconded by G. F.
! Grattan. very eloquent delegate rep
! resenting Mcpherson county.
Hon Ike Lambert Of Emporia nom;-
mated Mr.. J. G.. Hutchinson Of Lyon
county. Mr.. Lambert is a ready ora
tor and he presented the name of MS
| favorite to great advantage.
! Judge Martin OF Reno county In an
unique and catchy speech presented the
! name of l. Houck Of Hutchinson. The
name Of HOuck was received with ap-
| plause amounting 70 an ovation.
| The best nominating speech Of the day
] was that of W E. Stanley OF Wichita.
| He spoke eloquently about all the can
didates and extoled their abilities. He
paid high tribute to the learning and
/ dignity Of James Y. Dougherty end
| pledged his honor that If oDugherty
was nominated that Sedgwick county
wculi give greater Re pub"-an ma ori-
~ than any county IN the district. The
nomination Of Mr.. Dougherty was re-
ceived with great applause from the
! Wichita delegation.
BALLOTING BEGINS.
The balloting began and Andy Rich
ards called exactly fifty rolls in one
hour.
The first ballot stood: Pollock, p:
Dougherty, Is; Green, 20; Houck, IA;
| Hutchinson. Is; Croker, II; Smith, II
The balloting continued the same as
above until the thirty-first roll call, at
which time Houck lost and Smith gain
ed ?.
1t changed again in the thirtyeighth
haf 1n% :, u
erty, 10; Green, %; Houck, 172; Pollock,
q; Hutchinson, II, and Smith, 20.
Ar the end Of the fifty-second roll call
the ballot stood: Croker. II; Dougher
~. Is; Green. 20; Houck, IA; Hutchinson
IA; Pollock, 81. and Smith IS, which was
exactly the same as the first ballot,
with the exception that Hutchinson
lost vote and Smith gained one.
On motion of Carpenter Of Marion
seconded by Greer of Cowley, the con
ventlon then adjourned until 7:S0 p. m
During the recess there was some
wonderful wire pulling and combination
making.
EVENING SESSION.
After the afternoon adjournment
there was great deal of medicine max
ing and when the delegates assembled
in the evening II looked like there would
be some trouble, but The vote first ia
ken did not prove sensational. Hutchin-
son went four votes and Smith fell of
four. In the next ballot Hutchinson
fell of seven votes and Smith went up
eight votes. When Green wood got
through toying with Hutchinson and
Smith it gave four votes 10 Daugherty
This was the first time that Daugher-
~ got votes outside of his own county
and the Sedgwick county delegates be-
came very much excited and enthusias-
tic. It ran that way until the sixty
fourth balboa when Greenwood gave
Dougherty another vote and the Sedg-
vic county delegation simply went wild
with enthusiasm.
The convention diIly-dallied until the
156th ballot, when there was great ex-
element in the Sedgwicl<. Reno. Lyon
and marion delegations. A job had been
put TO have Reno county take the con-
ventio- by storm by going for Greene.
On the 134th ballot Stanley OF Wich-
tia arose in his seat and cast the vote
OF Sedgwick county for Pollock. In
T.sdiately Tom McCully % the delega-
ton challenged the vote and tlere was
great excitement but Stanley showed
when Reno county had not toted fair
with Sedgwick and after considerable
effort McCully was persuaded not TO
insist on the challenge. The rsSters
rang when Pollock was declared the
nominee.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
There was 10 superior genius shown
IN the tactics preliminary 70 the battle
Each candidate had MS headquarters
and his loyal supporters bur for some
reason none OF them knew whore they
were at before the Convention opened
Nearly etvery county had q candidate
and those who had not were governor
by sectional interests All but sum
ner county believed IN eleCcing q man
from the Seventh Congressional district |
and voted that way. I; was the same |
way with the Third and Fourth dis |
tricts. The reason Sumner county
stood sosi5iy for Pollock IS that he Re- |
cant change in the judicial districts q |
the state put Sumner and CoTley 5uto |
one and hence Pollock was as much a 4
member OF the bar o. Sumner county |
as he was OF Cowley. Men tired r /
vain 10 make combinations but t1r /
some reason The candidates could Tot 4
So the result OF a combination with /
mis- or that delegation The cong-e-
ssonai lines as well as tLe judicial dis
crict lines wsre - mixed that people |
we're afraid % slip over them excsDr !
With great caution Nothing really /
an be said OF t1e Presimin ares % tbs
,onvs1 ton: they were dun and unints--
sting. Old time Politicians said clos
- % he shore than ever before. T71a
hotel was crowded WITH delegates al |
Al gat and until morning bur none %
hen would venture 81 opinion as - |
when the convention would end o. wfzo !
he candidates would b. Judge Bur
lett q tfse CoTiey-S uulsr district sad.
i would Ike 10 Sc the nan who knows