Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-23
MANY DELEGATIONS FILED.
the Democratic Primaries
Next Saturday.

Yesterday was busy day for Demo-
cratic politicians, fxers and schemes. 1t
was the last day allowed for filing delega-
tions for the county convention 10
will be held next Saturday. The time for
filing did not close until 3 o'clock in the
one Democrat has for another those who
were entrusted with the filing of the dele
cations waited until within few minutes
OF the expiration of the time and then they
all went in with a rush. Twenty-siX dele
cations in all We're filed and in every ward
save the Second there will be contest,
In most of the wards it is to be the
same old Brown and auti-Brown fight
which has been the bone of contention in
the Democratic ranks for SO long. AL
though in a number of wards there are
from four to six delegations filed the fight
will in reality be on only TWO of these. the
others being dummies. filed for the purpose
of obtaining extra judges and clerks. In
the Ninth ward, for instance. no less than
four of the delegations were written by
one man, said to be Jim Shannon by those
familiar with his writing. The only fights
into the makeup of the delegations are
those for sheriff and prosecuting attorney.
Hugh MCGOWAN. Bernard Corrigan and
others of the bosses of the gold wing of
to beat Frank Lowe out of the nomination
for prosecuting attorney at all hazards
and they have centered their strength on
James A. Reed. having thrown Joe Will
Jams overheard. Williams was cheated out
of the nomination two years ago and the
bosses mean TO see that he is defeated
again.
One peculiar thing about the composition
of the delegations is the character of the
men placed on some of the so-called free
silver delegations. In the Fifth ward, for
instance. the name of Frank Muehlschuster
heads the Bryan silver delegation. Mr.
Muehlschuster Is one of the most pro-
nounced gold standard Democrats in KAN
sas City and has been selected as one of
the delegates TO the sound money conven-
ton at st. Louis. The Fourth ward silver
delegation contains the names of such ar
dent free silver 90 men as Hugh McGow-
an and Bernard CorrigaR, and other in
stances of similar nature may be cited
all the way through, In the First ward
also the fight which is being made on Boss
Jim Pendergast. One of the delegations
from the Tenth ward is headed the
test was filed against it with the election
commissioners on the ground that the
heading contained more than three words.
The protest was signed by ]. j. Dunn,
but it will not be considered, as it is not
well founded
Following are tssH the HeIsgati9ns M R% as filed;
Regular Democratic deiesation.Thomas
3. Berry, W. J. Shea. G ]. HoIohan, Z. W
Burnett. J. N. Kramer. John F. McAnany.
Straight Democratic delegation-!ames
Pen0ergdSt. LOUIS flel0. JOnn Jones,
Antony McCue, Patrick Kenally. James
Connolly. Ed Blanchard. Oliver Messmore,
Joseph Moore, w. ]. Shea. Joseph Watson.
Bryan silver delegation-George Mack,
Pat Keneally. Louis Field. John Jones. Ed
Blanchard, James Connolly. Oliver Ness
more, Joseph Moore, Joseph Watson, A.
McCue, Tom Maloney, John Leary.
SECOND WARD.
Free silver delegation-Jonn O'Grady. NJ.
NJ Morris, J. B. MCGOWAN, F. B. Pauley.
Charles Oldham, NJ. Moran, Charles
Eagan, Ed Mckinney, W. H. Buck, r. O.
THIRD WARD.
Democratic delegation-t,. G. Baird, E. r.
Hunter. Tim Cotter. c. S. Gottlieb, d. p.
Thomson, Elijah Robinson, W. NJ. Draf-
fen, Joseph Lorie. P. f. Dwyer. Russell
Griner, F. X. Jenny. H. A. Jeimore. Alex
New. D. S. McGonigal Daniel Spillane,
Hamilton Stuart. Clyde Elliott. r. l. Bier
smith. j. A. Boppart. Nj. J. Welch. r. b.
Murdoch. John Sweeney, a. S. Machette.
Free silver delegation-Tim Cotter. John
Coffey. Frank Rozzelle, f. r. Hunter.
Hugh c. Ward F. H. Dexter. Henry Craw-
ford. w. f. Sullivan. W. II. Sibert, J. c.
Mahoney, J. NJ. Cleary, p. +. Dwyer. John
Keating Thomas ". Spofford. c. D. Mann,
John Grady. Dr. Charles E. Wilson, J. \.
Mcdonald, P. Casey. ]. p Knoche. H. C.
Nelson. John Cavanaugh. Barney Stevens
Regular Democratic ticket-Tim Cotter,