Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-29
PRIMARIES WILL BE HELD By THE
DEMOCRATS TO-DAY.
THE BOSSES ARE AGAIN AT WAR.
CANDIDATES AND THEIR FRIENDS
LINED Up FOR ACTION.
Mr. stiIweII VIII Repeat His Address
on sound Money Thi. Evening
Ex-Mnyor Davis Predicts
Sweeping Republic
an Victory.

II the different varieties Of Kansas City
Democrats-chiehy the Brown-Findleyites.
the O'Neillites and the McGowanites-do
not fly at each others throats and cause
each others blood TO flow at the primaries
this afternoon, IT will not be because they
are not desirous OF doing SO. The bitter
ness which has marked the disgraceful
antics and rows of the spIit-up local
Democracy is more intense this morning
than ever.
Marcy K. Brown. who is emarting under
his recent defeat by the court house ring.
is going to make a desperate fight to re-
cover his impaired prestige. Trouble is
expected in nearly every ward in the city
for every possible trick and means Of
skullduggery and intimidation will be re-
sorted to by each of the quarreling
factions.
In the Third ward Fred Fleming, as
usual. will head the Brown hosts. Pitted
against him will be Sheriff o'Neill. the
slatemaker. who will be at the head of one
faction of the court house gang. o'Neill
will be aided by a number Of seceders from
the old court house gang.
The two factions are united, SO far as
enmity to Brown is concerned, but are at
loggerheads over several Of the aspirants
for nominations at the hands of Mondays
convention Brown is counting on carry
ing this ward. for 1t has heretofore been
one Of his strongholds.
The brothers O'Flaherty. who are related
to Marshal ]. B. Keshlear. are prepared to
make a hot fight for him in their ward
the Fourth. Keshlear is not on the ONefll
slate.
A row Is certain to break out in the
Eighth ward, for W. c. Scarritt is to lead
the fight against the Brown delegations.
IT lis in this ward that an; effort will be
made to vote Exposition park race track
touts and hangers-on.
In the Ninth ward are six delegations at
least, three OF which are Browns. The
Shannons will superintend the work OF the
court house element. It is IN this ward
that Ed Findley will spend most Of the
day.
In the Tenth ward the fight is entirely
between the regular delegation, which Is
for Frank Lowe. for prosecuting attorney,
and the so-called anti-court house delega-
ton, which is the Brown crowd under an
other name. which is for the nomination of
Charley Fyke for the same office. The
Lowe delegation will undoubtedly be
chosen. but the Fyke supporters are resort
ing to the most desperate measures. Fyke
is q brother OF the police commissioner,
and 1t is commonly talked through the
ward that In order to bulldoze them into
supporting the tFyke delegation the police
commissioners are holding up the licenses
OF at least three saloonkeepers in the ward.
The saloon men have been told plainly that
IL they support the Fyke delegation they
will get their licenses. otherwise not.
A Rumor About the Police.
II was stated last night that yesterday
Chief Irwin issued an order that all the
members of the police force who are not
10 appear at the polls in citizens clothes
this afternoon at ! o'clock. in the interest
OF the Brown delegates.
The Polling Places.
The polling places have been designated
by the board Of election commissioners as
follows:
First distr:ct-All north of Twelfth street.
Polling place. 1922 st. Louis avenue.
street. Polling place. northwest corner
Seventeenth and Wyoming.
Second district-AIi west OF Wyandotte
street. Polling ?. ace. 30s West Fifth street.
First district-All north of Twelfth street
enth and east Of Broadway. Polling place.
4l6 West Ninth street.
Second district-All south Of Twelfth
street and west Of Broadway and south
Of Eleventh and east Of Broadway. Poll
ing place. Cordoya hotel.
FOURTH WARD
First district-All north Of Seventeenth
street and west Of Broadway and north Of
Sixteenth and east Of Broadway. Polling
place, 1900 Broadway.
Second district-Ail south of Seventeenth
street and west of Broadway and south Of
Sixteenth street and east Of Broadway.
Polling place. lands court.
FIFTH WARD.
First district-All east of Summit street
len avenue and north of Twenty third
street. Polling place, 7ls Southwest boule-
ward.
Second district-An west OF Summit street
and south of Twenty-third street. Polling
place 2625 Southwest boulevard.
SIXTH WARD.
First district-All east of Holmes street.
Polling place. 5s7 Charlotte. street.
Second district-All west OF Holmes street.
Polling place. southeast corner Missouri
avenue and Oak street.
SEVENTH WARD.
First district-All east of Park and south
of the bluff and east of Lydia and south of
Independence avenue. Polling place, 24a5l y
Independence avenue.
Second district-All west Of Porter road
and north of the bluff, and west of Park
avenue and north of Independence avenue.
and west of Lydia and south of Independ-
ence avenue. Polling place, southeast cor
ner Fifth and Lydia avenue
EIGHTH WARD.
First district-All east of Tracy avenue
and north of Tenth street. and east of
Troost avenue and south of Tenth street.
Polling place. a0l4 East Tenth street.
Second district-All west of Tracy avenue