The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-10
The dd1iita Daily Iuesdau gHorne garch TO- 1886.

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| lived among its people for many years,
as one who knows its every city and vii
| lage, as one who knews its every hill
| and dale, as one who knows and loves
| its common people. If he is elected as
your representative he Will represent
| you and you alone. No man or no class
| Of men can dictate TO him anything
| that is contrary 10 your desires. II cleo
| ted his only consultations will be with
| his friends and neighbors; there will
| be no Journeys east OF the east line or
| the Seventh congressional district TO
| ascertain how IT'S representative shall
vote. In his veins there flows the blood
of the Celts: he may be deserted, de-
| feated, beaten, but no man can own
| him.
Gentlemen Of the convention, pre-
| sent 10 you friend of the business man
and a friend of the farmer. An old SOL
der and the old soldiers friend A Re-
| publican of uncompromising loyalty
A man always loyal 10 his friends and
whose religion is to do good TO his fel-
low man. 4 man brilliant in wit and
repartee and yet one who never used
those talents TO wound the feelings of a
human being. l present 70 you the gen.
ial, social, intellectual, broad-minded
cOmmoner. Mike Sutton Of lodge City"
The vote stood: Vincent, 14S; Bone,
III; Sutton, 49,
All three men were called before the
convention and made addresses but the
speech of Mike Sutton was one that put
everybody in a good humor and made
Mike the most popular man on the con-
vention floor.
]. c. Nicholson of Harvey and Ham
iltOn Irish Of Rice county were elected
alternates to the St. Louis convention.
The following men were chosen as
congressional committeeman:
Barber-L. NJ. Axline, Medicine
Lodge.
Barton-E. w Moses. Great Bend.
Clark-H. j. Bone, Ashland.
Comanche-Harry Williamson, Cold
water.
Edwards-W. n. Buggy, Kinsley.
Finney-H. F. Mason, Garden City
Ford-Ed H. Madison, Dodge City.
Grant-H. E. Evans, Ulysses.
Gray-J. L. Bower, Cimaron.
Greeley-J. S. McMurtry, Horace.
Hamilton-George Getty, Syracuse.
Harper-Fred Washbon, Harper
Harvey. c. Johnson, Newton
Haskell-H. F. Millikin, Santa Fe.
Hodgeman-P. H. Hand, Jetmore.
Kearney-W. 3. Wheeler, Lakin.
Kingman-Frank Harlow. Kingman.
Kiowa-G. H. Bidwell, Milleville.
Lane. S. Simmons, Dighton.
McPherson-M. P. Simpson, McPher-
son.
Meade-George W. Wiley, Meade.
Morton
Ness. N. Barnard, Ness City.
Pawnee-W. P. Peter, Larned.
Pratt-George H. Saunders, Pratt.
Reno. B. Vincent, Hutchinson.
Rice-H. Irish, Sterling.
Rush-A. C. Waitman, LaCross.
Scott F. Bond, Scott.
Sedgwick-Dr. w. A. Minick, Wich-
ita.
Seward-A. K. Stouffer. Liberal.
Stafford-W. Dixon, St. John.
Stanton
Stevens-James Kelso, Hugoton.
Sumner-Harry Lopez, Wellington.
Wichita-H. c. Thrapp, Coronado.
The congressional committee met at
the adjournment of the congressional
convention and organized by electing
Frank Harlow of Kingman as chair
man ad L. NJ. Axline of Barber as Sec
rotary.
CONVENTION NOTES.
John w. Nyce and Harvey Horror as
Caldwell
The towering, solid form of Let Crum
of Oswego was constantly in evidence
in the lobby.
Ex-City Clerk W. S. Nelson of Well
inSton was one of the active workers in
the congressional delegation.
Harry Taylor is down from Rice coun-
~. Harry will probably be a candidate
fOT. the laoiSI tr1ra this war and stands
a very fine show for the nomination.
Mr.. Glenn, editor of the Kiowa Journ-
al, is in the city attending the conven-
tiCn. He is an enthusiastic young Re-
publican and is putting in some good
licks for his party in Barber county.
George Sells is down from Topeka,
where he is a valuable assistant in the
office of the secretary of state. George
is the leader of the Coyote club, that
band of sweet singers that made the
campaign of 1894 so lively.
Mr.. Davis, editor of the ChTonoscope
at Larned, was among the strong list
Of delegates from Pawnee county. The
Chronoscope is one of the ablest edited
weekly papers in the west. Few pap
ers show more taste, especially in their
selections.
Lieutenant Governor Troutman was
an early arrival at the Carey yesterday.
Mr.. Troutman had great many friends
at the convention and was kept busy
answering questions about his candi-
dacy. He perpetrated a great joke on
Tiger Bill.
One of the strong Republicans al the
state convention is Paul Magic. broth
er to the new marshal Of Oklahoma.
Paul is younger than Pat, but for all
n b.a caanE n haua a hotter concern
ticn OF how his country can be best
served in political way.
Judge Nelson Case Of Oswego was an
early arrival yesterday. Judge Case
is a candidate for chief justice Of the
Supreme Court, and regards MS pros
poets Of getting the nomination as all
right and bright. He is an old kansan
and Republican Of strong influence in
his section OF the state.
Steve Oliver came up on the Sunday
night train from Kiowa and immediat-
ely proceeded to work for his friends |
Steve is one Of the hardest workers IN
his county and if you want to make hiTT
mad just intimate that he is Populist
Dick Bentley Of the KiOwa State bank |
is another delegate from the lilly OF the
Medicine Valley"
Sol T. futile of Caldwell was one OF |
the enthusiastic delegates d. t4-S Oo4A
vention. Mr.. futile is a candidate for |
the legislature this fall and there IS /
hardly a doubt but what he viii be I
nominated and elected. He represents (
all the elements that contribute 20 |
down in that country Sol /
is a mighty bright man. and viii make I
a strong and influential member OF the 1
house.
Among the gentlemen who came up !
from Sumner county 10 make con-
gresham. was Tom MOrdy OF Belle /
PLANE Tom ran across Tim McCar- |
,hy who tod him 2 funny Irish story |