The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-01
SECOND DISTRICT FIGHT.
Review of the Situation Before the
Convention.


There is every probability that the
Second congressional district cOnVen-
ton which meets at Lawrence next
Tuesday viii be one of the most in
teresting political gatherings of the
year
All the counties have now held their
conventions and the eighty-five dele
gates which viii attend the cOnven-
ton are chosen. The counties in the
district are. Allen. Anderson. Boar
Miami and Wyandotte. The only con
test, it is thought viii be over the adj
mission of the WyandOtte delegation.
There are two delegations, the Buchan
and the anti-Buchan. Both were
chosen the same day by Wyandotte
Republicans and both claim to be prop
erly chosen delegations.
The candidates are. Billy Buchan of
Wyandotte, Jack Harris of Franklin,
gresham II. H Funston of Al
len. Eldon Lowe of Bourbon, State Sen
ator u. @. Metcalf of Anderson and the
latest addition to the list of candidates
-C- w. Ir1ckett of WyandOtte. These
candidates have support as follows.
Buchan has Douglas county with eleven
votes, one vote from Johnson, and viii
try to seat his WyandOtte delegation.
Harris has Franklin county with eight
votes, Linn with eight. and four in
Johnson Funston has Allen with six
Miami with six, and three in johnson.
Lowe has his county, Bourbon. which
has ten votes, and Metcalf his home
county, Anderson, with seven. Trickett
VIII rely upon seating the delegation
chosen from WyandOtte as anti-Bu-
chan.
Harris leads with twenty votes on
the first ballot, Funston will have six
teen, Buchan twelve, Lowe ten and
Metcalf seven There are eighty-five
delegates in the convention and fortv-
three must be obtained ia order to
nominate. With the leading candidate
tWenty-three votes short of this n1lro-
fighting for the nomination, it is read
lily seen that there is some weight in
the prediction that the fight viii be
long drawn out.
Although Senator NetcaIf has gone
into this fight as much in earnest as
any OF the other candidates, it is said
ne stands no show at all and the dele
cation viii either 60 to some other can
didate or go all to pieces-divided IN
among the field.
Second district politicians say the
delegation viii go to any other caudi-
date rather than Funston and this is
the general feeling regarding the hall
ance of the delegations in case of a
deadlock.
"A wen known Second district polti-
clan said today with reference to the
tight; My guess is that this nominal
ton VIII not go to any man now seri-
ously considered as a candidate The
reason is that most of the candidates
in 1act all of them-participated in
the anti-Buchan fight in Wyandotte
county and hurt themselves in irving
TO Keep Buchan from getting the dele
cation from that county.
II think some man VIII be taken I'M
who is not now in the race. IF tI7fe ie
done, it viii be either CharT- Scoft. n
Allen or Congressman Dick me IN
muddle this year is about as bad as It
was two years ago. when it took over
a thousand ballots to select a successor
to Funston This years fight viii be
a good deal the same kind Of a one. I
think
The opera house at Lawrence has
peeh secured Tor the convention and
MllA pe apporLoned orr to the various
delegations in the manner Of afvine
each the best possible accommodations
The other rooms in the BUILDING viii
be used for caucus meetings and com
mittee rooms.