The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-10
NOT FEELING AT ALL GOOD.
Politicians in the Seventh District Get
Into Scrap.

Politicians in the Seventh District Get
Into a scrap.
WICHITA, March 1O.-There came very
near being u row in the Seventh district
| congressional convention here yesterday
| afternoon, when the roll was being called
for the election of delegates to the ma
| tional convention.
As the name of each county was called
the chairman of each delegation arose
and announced the vote of his county.
Each county was allowed two votes for
every delegate, not more than one vote
for each delegate to be cast for one per-
son, there being two delegates to be
elected. Il
According to the convention slate
Frank Vincent, mayor of Hutchinson
and Harry Bone of Clark county, were
to be elected, Mike Sutton being the
third and outside candidate.
Ed II. Madison of Dodge City, ex-
commander in chief of the Sons of Vet
Grams made the speech nominating SUIT
ton. He dwelt at length on the fact that
Mike Sutton was the only old soldier
before the convention as a candidate and
told how at 16 years of age he carried
musket in defense of his country. Alto
gether it was just such a speech as al
ways touches the heart of the old soldier
and more than that it is admitted that
Madison's speech was the best heard in
the convention.
As result of this speech several votes
were changed after the county chairmen
had polled their delegations.
When Reno county WAS called Judge
w. Nj. Gleason arose and announced II
votes for Frank Vincent and II votes for
Harry Bone Almost in an instant
turee mem ers of the Reno county dele
CATION were on their feet protesting
against the II votes being cast for Harry
Bone.
Chairman Elliott had hard work keep
ing the members of the convention seat
ed, but it was done and the result was
Mike Sutton got three votes out of Reno
county away from Harry Bone. They
were captured by Ed Madison's speech.
After the delegates were elected they
were called before the CO invention and
Mike Sutton the defeated candidate was
called on for a speech.
Sutton began by giving a thrust at the
Sedgwick county delegation which had
voted solidly against him. He said: 81
expected something of this kind from
the Sedgwick county delegation when l
heard that General Murray Myers it's A.
2. A.. chairman-but that's all right l
can smell limburger on Murray Myers
breath half mile against the wind"
He expressed his sympathy with one
of the institutions of Wichita and Sedg-
wick county when he said:
ttNext winter our part of the state will
come up with good number of the
right kind of Legislators (for resubmis-
sion) as we always do"
He exhibited the bitterness he felt
over his defeat when he said: "Harry
Bone is a good fellow and l endorse all
the good words that have been said about
him here today, but l was carrying a
rife at first with Mckinley OF Ohio
when Harry Bone was In his swaddling
clothes. Ii you expected to see in me
corpse, tell you you see a mighty lively
one, but l guess PHI quit being a candi-
date, / think l am broke of sucking
eggs but we have boy out in our coun-
try Ed Madisonl that you fellows want
to watch, or one of these days he will be
after you with a sharp stick
He concluded by saying, "When Nc
Kinley goes into office he won't declare
war one day and make an assignment
the next"