Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-27

and nearly every member was interested
seemed ln the fends of al the ehS Tea
Eeon would triumph. Senator Leedy intro
sef Tb, ei ea 10 aSoS 5 tse e9mSsien iS
SO cogentiy on the latter proposition that
the Senators were really in favor Of aboi-
fishing the commission. Senator Leedy also
e o aS 70 ss a aoS Eop The Of
s6olishlns the eeam,mission: He had MS his
ThscSer am M to ham S and said S-' SUM-
.haI; eshd1y: are you reilly i1sarnest about
II never had any Intention OF doing any
thing OF the kind until saw the members
doctor. and then I concluded that If they
had no other way to spend their time their
am in earnest about it now. and when the
bin comes up for a third reading viii
tell them some things they think no one
wei. If you win let up on the eomn mi s
Tns 2sl,s CON- ,,.. -. mn vim
go through the House and become law?"
anred nssta TSe & passd
BRANCHES, and the horse doctor had to go:
diture of $4,000 annually and Leedy gained
his point.
As a strategist and tactician Leedy gained
q reputation second to none during MS
service in the Senate, and this experience
people Of kansas a eieE S him to the suber-
material chair.
Leedy's methods OF campaigning are pecu-
ticket on eli trains on Which he desires
ing for him to do the same; His EFFORTS te
t hasf h the Of tSe ats Of OF
Why some of these little , naT5oWs.min mo
signed to it come down to Topeka imagining
it is patent of respectabilrty, says Sen
He always returns the passes sent to
him, and a courteous letter to the ofnetels
ator Leedy never offends any one when
he can help it, yet he does not hesitate to
hunnbIest citizen of the land.
His nominati09 was the result &c of his, his Mt it
enemies second. Those. who favored Lew
SUCH bitterness. WHICH nR Wa fully returned
by those who were In favor OF Harris.
the other without loss of self-respect Leedy
was the second choice of both Lewelling
Ieedy refused Internationally to take the
nomination if he had to give a single pledge
is unhampered by promises and. as he him
fVe Applicants where there 10i is only place
for one His foresight Is shown by the fact
the th' Le3ei ling night. merely promis-
ing to give his hearty support to the noIni-
With "a a he's hearty good WIN. and long before
the convention was called ne had good rea-
Leedy
Apropos of his unusual methods of con-
| Quoting a campaign, when Leedy tele-
graphed for quarters at the hotel during
the convention the proprietor inquired
whether he wanted the quarters engaged
| in the name of his manager or himself
Put them IN the name Of my manager,
whose name is ]. w. Leedy. / was unable
| to obtain any other manager, he tele-
graphed back
Notwithstanding the fact that Leedy was
his own manager, he does not underesti-
mate the efforts of his friends, and he IS
| fully sensible of the fact that without their
| co-opera ton he could not have obtained
| the nomination. Every one who attended
that memorable gathering remembers the
| fight that was made by Leedy's friends to
allow each candidate a few minutes in
which TO address the convention Harris
friends opposed it, but dwellings Eeuten-
ants were confident their man would carry
| off the oratorical honors. and favored the
plan
Senator Leedy's speech was the surprise
| of the convention. 1t was short. but II
was so plain and practical that boy might
have understood all he said There was
| little of oratory, but the arguments adj
Vanced were automatic to the Kansas farm
| er DELEGATES who realized that one of their
| own number was telling them things they
| themselves knew to be true The ballots
after the speech show that Leedy was
| right when he said he thought it would
| do him good TO have a little talk with the
delegates = T. M