The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
OBJECT TO CLICK
POPULIsTs POINT OUT THAT He IS
A CLEVELAND APP0INTBE

Make Very Acceptable Candidate for
Party That is Going to Howl for Free
silver to the Full Extent of its Lungs
! Popriists Also Dread the Idea of Com
ing out Against Prohibition = Chances
for Fusion said to be Very Slim-POliti-
/ cal News of Kansas
Topeka. Kan, Jan. 27.-The Kansas
City Times correspondent has the fol-
| lowing:
There has been a good deal Of news
! paper talk lately about fusion between
| the Democrats and Populists this year,
/ with George W. Click as the candidate
| for governor. While such a combina-
| ton IS possible, it is not probable. Many
/ of the Democratic leaders are oppOs-
! ed 10 any kind of a coalition with the
PopuIists, claiming that II would result
disastrously 10 their organization, as
did the ARRANGEMENT in 1892. The Pop
! ulist leaders are also opposed 20 fusion
! for the simple reason that they want all
the Offices themselves. Those who are
outsDOken for fusion are Democrats and
Populists who prefer anything 70 Re
uublicanisn. This faction is as yet
greatly in the minority burnt IS grow
ing. However. ii is the opinion OF con-
serva tive Democrats and Populists that
there will not be any fusion on state Of
ficers this year. and that there viii be
three straight tickets in the field, as in
1894. At any rate, fusion cannot be ac-
complished without a fight.
II fusion shiuld be agreed upon the
Democrats likely would name the head
Of the ticket, and Click would be the
logical candidate. His position on the
financial question is satisfactory TO the
POpuliSts as well as TO the silver wing
of the Democracy, and his well-known
antaGOnism 10 everything Republican
VIII bring to his support al the OppO-
sition 10 the present state administra-
ton. Outside OF the crIOwd of ''refOr-
nners" who want office, the only Cbjec-
ton urged against Click by the Pop
uIists is that he holds a federal position,
and is. therefore, a friend Of President
Cleveland. Bob Semple, secretary Of
the Pupulist state committee, is quoted
as saying that eff Click were not a pen
sion agent the POpulists might run him
for governor"
The gold-standard Democrats are op-
posed TO fusion because the combina ton
candidate for governor would have 10
he silver man in order TO carry the
Populist vote. 1t IS said that this ele-
ment is quietly organizing for the pur-
pose Of strangling the fusion spirit be-
fore the opening Of the campaign. II
IS also said that the Democratic state
committee is in touch with this ele-
ment. and yill use Its influence 10 pre-
vent fusion.
Mr. Click is not a candidate for gov
NeTnor,. or anything else. and the gossip
in his.favor IS by those who would like
TO eee him make the race. If he should
Zoe nominate for governor II would be
one of those rare cases OF the Office
seeking the man.
The rumOrs Of fusion which have been
ffo2ning around for some time have
Civ en- the Republicans a great deal OF
uneiasiness. Whenever they hear that
kim of talk the phantom OF 1892 rises
bef ore them and they cali 20 mind the
pri,ied $4,000 majority which was swept
aw ay by the reform" wave Of that
year. Through Populist nis7nanage-
me,lt they got back into power, but
their own administration has caused so
mulch dissatisfaction that they view
with alarm any prospect Of a coalition
of the opposition forces, by which a
ticliet, headed by such a man as Click,
might be put in the field against them.
A strong point against fusion is that
the Democrats want 10 do away with
the prohibitory law. and the Populists
want TO retain ii. True under the Pop
ulst administration, the prohibitoTy
law was more f1agrantly violated than
1t has been since its enactment, but this
was on account of the personnel of the
officials charged with its enforcement.
. The Populist party as a whole is for
prohibition. The Democracy will have
strong anti-prohibition plank in its
platform. The Populists will either
for },
lent. They won't say anything against
it The man the Democrats support for
governor will be an anti-prohibitiOnist
Whether the POpulists would line up TO
that kind of a governor remains TO be
seen.
UNIFIRM EXAMINATIONS.
Topeka, Kan. Jan. 27.-At the last
meeting Of the State Teachers associa-
ton the county superintendent de-
partment authorized State Superinten-
dent Stanley TO appoint a committee of
nine &C unity superintendent as an eX-
aminirS board for county graduates.
The drlty of this committee is 10 prepare
set OF questions for the APPLICANTS for
common school diplomas in every coun-
ty in the state. This VIII make the eX-
amfnaTions uniform throughout the
state, and VIII tend to give a better idea
of the relative standing of the schools
in the various counties than the sys-
TEN heretofore used. S
Mr.. Stanley has appointed as chair
man of that committee County Superin-
tendent Stout of Shawnee county. Since
Mr.. Stout has been in Office but three
months his appointment to the chair
manShip of such an important commit
tee is a high compliment, and shows
that he Is ranked with the foremost
county superintendent Of the state.
The other county superintendent who
are members OF the committee are: J.
+. PEARS, Douglas county; Alice G.
Crunspton, Pawnee county; c g. Swim
gle, Riley county; II. W. Grass. Ellis
county: Ida Martin, Labette county;
J. H Anderson. COwley county; Lewis
Scott. Marshall county; Horace Tru-
man. Lincoln county.
\ minimum rate Of 60 per cent and
average Of so per cent Will he required Of
all applicants for common school d.
plOmas in the following branches: Men
tai and practical arithmetic. reading.
writing. physiology, United States his
tory, grammar, photography. desc-ip-
tive AID physical geography, local AMI
national constitution.
The last Saturday in February and