The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-08-08
FOR SENATOR NOW
THAT'S THE LAST SLATE MADE FOR
EX-GOVERNOR LEWELLING.

His Support IL He is Elected-1ntfma-
t,on. Tbs. Combine was Effected
a,ookin< to That End by the Victor and
vanquished-It was Mr.. Lewellfng That
Started the Stampede to Lsedy Through
the Atch'son Deiegation-what Local
Pops Think of Things.
Since the defeat of L. D. Lewelling at
Abilene, for governor. Pop politics nave
changed in this county. States that had
been made before are now broken ana
new states are being made. The kies-
Simpson following will be sat down up
On the convention next week. Inc foP-
ulists who were for Leweliing are not
and they are going to press down d
crown of thorns on the brow OF MT.
Ktes when the commissioners conven-
ton takes place Mr.. Kies has his
heart set on securing the nomination or
q Populist commissioner but it is alto
gether likely that he will not succeed
In his designs. -Populists as a rule are
not very much inclined towards
strengthening the enemy But the
Populists are not talking much in their
but when the time comes they viii pun
the knife out of their boots ana use II
silently but effectively.
They have a new scheme now ana
that is to run Mr. Lewef1ing for the state
senate and it is not improbable that ne
will be nomina ted at the convention
next week The Democrats wanted
that place themselves but they are Will
Ing TO yield it to Mr.. Lewelling II ne
wants il. The idea is to give Mr.. Lew
cling a position OF vantage II, IN the
future Developments, he would become
q candidate for the United States SEN
ate. His friends say he viii be can
didate for the United States senate and
they think that if he was in the state
senate that he would improve his chan-
res There is one thing certain they
saw and that is that If Lucian Baker
had not been in the state senate he
would never have been thought OF as a
candidate for United States senator
Under certain contingencies state SEN
ator has quite pull and those contin-
gencies are liable to arise next winter
according TO local politicians.
Then, again it is hinted very strongly
that there is a promise out that Leedy,
in the event of his election, Will help
I'd States senator. This suspicion is
justified by the fact that it was Mr..
Lewelling who opened the stampede
that lead to Leedy's nomination. Mr..
Lewelling had the vote of Atchison
county solid and at the end of the third
ballot he went to that delegation and
said: "A stampede is about due on the
next ballot. 1t is going in the direction
OF Leedy and I want my friends to lead
IL and be in the band wagon Atchi-
son was one of the first counties called
and when it broke from Lewelling to
Leedy the stampede commenced and
dashed down the line until the genuie-
man from LIE Roy was nominated.
Some time ago the Eagle said that
there was a combine between Leedy
and Lewelling. Some of the local Pops
were mad because such thing was
hinted and they denounced the state
ment as a Republican lie. They pos
sfbly see now that this paper was about
correct In the statement ii made.
The defeat of Lewelling does not
make the local Demo-Pops so sore as
the nomination of Jerry Botkin. Bot
kin has few friends here but they are
very few. He will not increase their
number before the election. The Sedg-
wick county Democras WIFI bolt Mr..
Botkin. They will not vote for fim.
under any circumstances. They know
Mr. Botkin. They know him as one
of the rankest prohibitionists that ever
struck Wichita. They remember very
distinctly all the prohibition disturb
ances he raised and tried TO raise here.
Even when he was in the pulpit he was
eternally interfering with the practical
methods Of running a city government.
He not only tried to run the churches
Of the conference but he tried to run
the municipal governments In his con-
ference district. He tried to organize
an ecclesiastical power with himself as
the leading figure. There are places
I'm Kansas where that style of man will
win but not in Sedgwick county and
II is doubtful if Botkin win get a, thou
sand votes in the county.
Taking everything into consideration
the Abilene convention has lost 500 votes
10 the fusion ticket as whole in this
county.
HE Is WELL BALANCED
Former Wit hita Girl Finds HUI sbaud In